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Ask HN: Should I shutdown my 20 year old SaaS sideline?

3•pohwp•17h ago
I have a 20 year old saas sideline in the UK which makes about $10k a year (very little work). It is a vulnerability nightmare. I'm in my 50s now and decided I don't have the energy or desire to rewrite the code. I've tried to do so over the last 6 months but never get anywhere. I work in a full time job. My head is a muddle. What questions should I be asking myself about whether to put it to bed or keep it going?

Ps. I'm a one man ltd company

Comments

jaredwiener•17h ago
Does it have value to the customers using/paying for it? Would someone want to acquire it?
pohwp•17h ago
Good point. Yes, very much so to value point. I imagine no to acquisition.
pavel_lishin•17h ago
Do any of your customers find enough value in it to take it on themselves?
DolfinsSunlight•17h ago
Would love to know more. I'm looking to take on a SaaS venture myself. Career as an engineer dipping my toes in the water of entrepreneurship.

Feel free to send me a message, would be interested in acquiring it.

ycom.precut439@passmail.net

TheRealGL•17h ago
The first question is: is this making me happy (could I live without the $10k).

Just interested, what language is the codebase in?

pohwp•7h ago
Php/JQuery/MySQL
code_Whisperer•16h ago
I am also interested in seeing what you have, and I love refactoring older code.

Please reach out if interested and let me know more, let's see if there's a possible deal here. :-)

codewhisperer at team803585.testinator.email (replace the " at ")

code_Whisperer•15h ago
(I forgot I had an email contact in my HN profile, you can reach me there, as well) :-)
pohwp•7h ago
I’m not there yet, but will keep your details, thanks.
nicbou•15h ago
You could turn around and sell it for $30k. That's the rule of thumb for selling a profitable website, I keep reading. This would make a young developer really happy, I bet.

Alternatively you can pay someone to rebuild it properly. It could be a fun project for a more junior dev too.

csomar•8h ago
Feel free to email me. Depending on the niche, I might be interested in such an acquisition.
leandot•1h ago
I’d love to hear about it, for a reasonable amount and in a good niche it might be interesting, feel free to pm me

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