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I really have to admire Zed's use of all things lean here. It looks like a bare-bone site with no architecture to speak of, but there seems to be just enough content to create a compelling value proposition. This is an MVP if I've ever seen one. With just a couple hundred words of plain text, he can actually test whether there's a market or not. Very inspiring.

That being said, the name could be a deal breaker. In fact, it almost makes me think that the whole thing was put together tongue-in-cheek. It just screams "a place to buy a bunch of low quality junk."



Funny, because my first thought was "wow, awesome domain name. How was that not taken?"


Because, to me at least, it sounds like crap.


But some people will admit to loving crap. Lots of crap, the more, and the more crappy, the better. Some people will wax enthusiastic about the crap they love.


I think the name might just work great because of that tongue-in-cheek.


only to catch your eye. I can imagine it dying down quietly after the initial 'wow wow'


That's the idea, just put it up and see if anyone gets it.

I was thinking the name screamed, "The internet's dollar store!" But yeah, then I liked it.


A dollar store where serious sellers are meant to be identified by having paid a tax of >= $1 per item (for the image)? I hope you don't mean "dollar store" too literally.


yes, great MVP!




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