Show HN: Maintenr, a platform for auto enthusiasts

maintenr.com

11 points·korzun··6 comments

I think this is really neat! Congrats on launching! I hardly see enough startups (uh, side projects?) taking on mundane, everyday things (car maintainence to name one) so this is nice.

One piece of feedback: I love that it is free. Free is great! But this does mean that, at some point, it might go away. What then? (That is, help me figure out why I shouldn't be worried about relying on this for maintenance!)

Looks like you could buy maintenance.com which might be a better url. Then you could host it on auto.maintenance.com and branch out to other products as well.

Conceptually its a great idea, and the monetization is pretty straightforward, forums for covering maintenance issues/techniques, sponsored stories by people selling replacement parts, etc.

They might also be able to sell access to publications like repair manuals and technical service bulletins. There are other sites that sell these already (like http://www.alldata.com), but combining this with your car's maintenance records on a single site could be a plus.

And computer maintenance, you know do backups, clean out the fans etc. Or house maintenance, check for leaks, bugs, change the smoke detector batteries. Tie it together into something that exports a dynamic calendar app so that you can just open your phone and see maintenance items coming up. Tie in with Evernote to collect receipts, reports, etc.

I could see real value in that.

Congrats on launching. Interested in the parts pricing / sourcing component.. I own Partsline.com and am interested in collaborating. What's the best way to connect?

This will probably be the google doc I have going to track maintenance. Signed up. When are you going to start adding people from the wait list?

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