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title: "Kiwi developer selling a Web 2.0 app on eBay"
date: 2006-03-09
author: "Richard MacManus"
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  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2006"
    url: "/tag/2006.md"
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# Kiwi developer selling a Web 2.0 app on eBay

![ben nolan](https://web.archive.org/web/20100824185343im_/http://static.flickr.com/21/34463734_8f81bfdf77_m.jpg)My [NZ 2.0](https://web.archive.org/web/20100824185343/http://groups.google.com/group/nz-20) buddy Ben Nolan is selling one of his web apps, [bubbletwo](https://web.archive.org/web/20100824185343/http://www.bubbletwo.com/), [on eBay](https://web.archive.org/web/20100824185343/http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7597881036). There he is [pictured on the left](https://web.archive.org/web/20100824185343/http://flickr.com/photos/benn/34463734/in/set-72057594062935380/), pretending he’s zooming down the Silicon Valley highways in a Ferarri (which may yet happen if he sells his mapping startup [zoomin.co.nz](https://web.archive.org/web/20100824185343/http://www.zoomin.co.nz/)).

Ben whipped up [bubbletwo](https://web.archive.org/web/20100824185343/http://www.bubbletwo.com/) recently and he describes it as a “Web 2.0 Instant Blogging Site”. He’s currently [taking bids on eBay](https://web.archive.org/web/20100824185343/http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7597881036) for sole rights to the app. He wrote on eBay:

> “I’m selling bubbletwo.com. You will get full ownership of the domain name, the ruby on rails application that powers bubbletwo, all html, css and the database.
> 
> The site was released yesterday and has been visited by just under 200 users. Bubbletwo lets people create an instant blog. Its kind of similair to Shorttext or Writeboard.
> 
> If you win the auction (the reserve is just enough for me to buy a macbook pro and a 24″ Dell monitor) I’ll send you an agreement to transfer over the IP. I will also help you move bubbletwo over to your own colocated server (I use layeredtech.com for my hosting). After that – you’re on your own.
> 
> I expect that with a decent amount of promotion and a little luck – you could earn back the reserve price within a year using Google Ads.”

Now in the interests of full disclosure I have to admit I have something to gain if Ben is successful. If he manages to sell his app on eBay, then I get his old Mac mini 🙂 I’m easily bribed, as you can see 🙂 But also I like promoting my fellow Wellingtonians. Go Ben!

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/kiwi_developer.php))*