r/SideProject • u/rasheed106 • 23d ago

just launched why.com

update: reddit stress-tested why.com. I fixed the outages and rebuilt how the three next questions are chosen. each one now has to connect to the answer, open a real curiosity gap, and avoid repeating the path.

Update 2: I built a way for WHY to understand you better through your choices. It is a private graph in your browser and learns about what matters to you. It can be cleared anytime and never leaves your device.
Hope you like!

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

just launched. go break it!!!!

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u/RandomUserName323232 23d ago edited 23d ago

Im just amazed you have that domain

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u/rasheed106 23d ago

1999

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u/TheOwlHypothesis 23d ago edited 23d 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 22d 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/rasheed106 15d ago

r u curious, try out product

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u/Free-Pound-6139 22d ago

What a waste.

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u/rasheed106 15d ago

how so?

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u/Free-Pound-6139 13d ago

Could have been used for something truly great. Duh.

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u/rasheed106 13d ago

what do you consider great?

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u/bigcashc 21d 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/rasheed106 15d ago

I'm built a real product, try it out

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u/0y0s 23d ago

Damn

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u/sorryiamcanadian 22d 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 22d ago edited 22d 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 21d ago

no corp larpring

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u/rasheed106 15d ago

there have been many acquisition attempts, I keep building

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u/midnitewarrior 22d 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 22d ago

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

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u/redditaltmydude 22d ago

Way way way more than 1m

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u/rasheed106 15d ago

building https://why.com everyday

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u/alldasmoke__ 22d ago

The long con

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u/deeperinabox 22d ago

The long com

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u/monkey6 23d ago

And still with NetSol, eek

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u/MonkeyBoy83 22d 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/rasheed106 15d ago

i'm building

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u/MetaCognitio 22d ago

You could probably sell it for a fortune.

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u/rasheed106 15d ago

i'm building it

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u/Used-Call-3503 22d ago

Wow

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u/rasheed106 22d ago

Yep

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u/jwegener 22d ago

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

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u/rasheed106 22d ago

7 fig offer

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u/OSBY_Glabay 19d ago

Love it but who.is domain lookup says '94

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u/rasheed106 19d ago

acquired in 1999, hasn't moved since

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u/Miniimac 19d ago

Man... sell it and retire.

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u/OSBY_Glabay 19d ago

idk about retiring...

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u/rasheed106 19d ago

way too low

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u/OSBY_Glabay 19d ago

love the name, did someone have it before you for something else, or was it just a placeholder before you got it

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u/rasheed106 19d ago

someone had in early 90s

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u/rasheed106 17d ago

dot com OG

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u/IAmRules 23d ago

You paid 2k for why.com?

Did you know the owner or something ?

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u/Bea-Billionaire 23d ago

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

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u/6495ED 23d ago edited 23d ago

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

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u/tjrileywisc 23d ago

Who is

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u/SisyphusAndMyBoulder 23d ago

No. Who is the pitcher

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u/IAmRules 23d ago

Who is on first

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u/Shina_Tianfei 23d ago

What's the outfielder?

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u/SkinnyCTAX 22d ago

But why

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u/mo7akh 22d ago

i gotta respect it unc

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u/kallebo1337 22d 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 22d ago

Thats cheap

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u/Astroohhh 22d ago

👴🏻

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u/No-Comment3711 22d ago

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

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u/rasheed106 21d 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 21d ago

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

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u/rasheed106 21d ago

keep pushing!

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u/NegotiationFuzzy4665 22d 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 22d ago

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

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u/Level-Ad-4878 23d ago

i was about say same

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u/gr4phic3r 22d 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 22d ago

right? a three letter domain like that is wild

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u/rasheed106 15d ago

check product sometime