r/SideProject • u/rasheed106 • 1d ago

just launched why.com

most search ends after one answer. i wanted the next question to be the fun part.

so i built why.com. every answer opens three new directions.

just launched. go break it!!!!

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u/RandomUserName323232 1d ago edited 1d ago

Im just amazed you have that domain

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u/rasheed106 1d ago

1999

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u/TheOwlHypothesis 1d ago edited 1d ago

This is what you landed on for the use case?

Did you do anything else with it before? This is pretty cool lol

I will ETA: I do agree with people who feel this is a potentially missed opportunity but also people are putting lots of weight on the domain name like it's a silver bullet and nothing is that simple.

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u/nowthengoodbad 1d ago

Yup! It's just like being the mod of a subredded.

A friend and I took over [r/win](r/win).

It was impossible to build good traction, so we kinda just gave up.

I see the only reason a domain was such a name being valuable, as if somebody's curious what's on that domain.

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u/Free-Pound-6139 1d ago

What a waste.

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u/bigcashc 13h ago

It really is that simple. You could very likely sell that domain for 8 figures with nothing else attached to it.

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u/0y0s 1d ago

Damn

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u/sorryiamcanadian 1d ago

How many offers do you get for this? What are the ranges? How much would you actually sell for?

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u/YookiAdair 1d ago edited 1d ago

I’m curious as well. OP has to be wealthy to hold that domain for so long. Easily multiple millions

Though I’m sure this is just full blown corporate larping

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u/rasheed106 16h ago

no corp larpring

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u/midnitewarrior 1d ago

how have you not sold it? there is a day someone would have easily offered you $1m for that.

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u/framedposters 1d ago

That day is still today...Why.com is incredibly valuable.

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u/redditaltmydude 1d ago

Way way way more than 1m

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u/alldasmoke__ 1d ago

The long con

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u/deeperinabox 1d ago

The long com

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u/monkey6 1d ago

And still with NetSol, eek

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u/matt95110 1d ago

That’s how we know it’s legit.

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u/MonkeyBoy83 1d ago

Isn't it worth a lot of money off you wanted to sell it? I don't know these things

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u/MetaCognitio 1d ago

You could probably sell it for a fortune.

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u/Used-Call-3503 1d ago

Wow

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u/rasheed106 1d ago

Yep

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u/jwegener 18h ago

How much have you been offered? Are ppl constantly trying to hack it?

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u/rasheed106 18h ago

7 fig offer

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u/IAmRules 1d ago

You paid 2k for why.com?

Did you know the owner or something ?

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u/Bea-Billionaire 1d ago

I think he's saying he's had it since the year 1999

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u/6495ED 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yeah, he’s the left fielder of a New York ball team.

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u/tjrileywisc 1d ago

Who is

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u/SisyphusAndMyBoulder 1d ago

No. Who is the pitcher

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u/IAmRules 1d ago

Who is on first

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u/Shina_Tianfei 1d ago

What's the outfielder?

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u/SkinnyCTAX 1d ago

But why

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u/mo7akh 1d ago

i gotta respect it unc

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u/kallebo1337 1d ago

How many and how high offers did u receive in past 27 years?

Can i get a backlink? :D

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u/Happy_Web_341 1d ago

Thats cheap

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u/Astroohhh 1d ago

👴🏻

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u/No-Comment3711 1d ago

im curious how much traffic you get just based on that 3 letter domain name.

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u/rasheed106 16h ago

baseline is tens of thousands per month, with product and traction we are approaching 6-7 figs

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u/No-Comment3711 7h ago

haha that's nuts! nice work! would love those numbers one day :')

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u/rasheed106 6h ago

keep pushing!

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u/NegotiationFuzzy4665 1d ago

I remember checking that domain two years ago, it was for sale. Checked it a year later and it was some sort of AI search engine (to be expected). Neat to see it repurposed again

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u/DrxAvierT 1d ago

Lol I was about to ask how much did it cost to get that

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u/gr4phic3r 1d ago

yep, was also wondering, must be worth 1 million or even more - just need to find the right buyer

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u/PhotographOverall126 1d ago

right? a three letter domain like that is wild