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Old Jul 27, 2018 | 07:36 AM
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Hi all, so I wanted to share: https://hiddenrides.com/.

This is a side project/hobby for me - mainly because I enjoy browsing various car forums to see what cars I can afford at any given time.

Shared this on a few other forums and got positive feedback so thought i'd spread the love.

Any thoughts/feedback would be appreciated!
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Old Jul 27, 2018 | 07:50 AM
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I just spent some time navigating it. Its extremely stream lined and simple. I love how it pulls from all sorts website and drops it there. Most of the cars i saw i'd guess aren't on many of the main websites. Good job!

Does the website automatically search other websites to pull car listings, or do you/the car owner have to list them manually?
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Old Jul 27, 2018 | 07:54 AM
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Originally Posted by achampagne
I just spent some time navigating it. Its extremely stream lined and simple. I love how it pulls from all sorts website and drops it there. Most of the cars i saw i'd guess aren't on many of the main websites. Good job!

Does the website automatically search other websites to pull car listings, or do you/the car owner have to list them manually?
Thanks for checking it out.

Its pulling automatically from the forums (took alot of time building out the software). if you click the pictures, it just outlinks you to the forum/source.



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Old Jul 27, 2018 | 10:46 AM
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I could totally see myself surfing the site for hours and hours ... good work
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Old Jul 27, 2018 | 05:06 PM
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I like this.. how long would you say it took you to build? I notice you said it’s a hobby but do you think you could monetize it at some point?
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Old Jul 27, 2018 | 07:17 PM
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I hope you have taken steps to protect the IP. This is a wonderful idea.
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Old Jul 28, 2018 | 06:28 AM
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Originally Posted by bealljk
I could totally see myself surfing the site for hours and hours ... good work
thanks!
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Old Jul 28, 2018 | 06:30 AM
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Originally Posted by philliesfan1992
I like this.. how long would you say it took you to build? I notice you said it’s a hobby but do you think you could monetize it at some point?
hey - it took a couple months to get started, between the source collection, actual work, building scraper code, designing website, etc...

at this point i'm focused on building out the tool versus monitization.

maybe in the future, but just glad people are enjoying the product atm.
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Old Jul 28, 2018 | 01:05 PM
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Nice work!

...this is going to eat up a lot of my free time.

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Old Jul 29, 2018 | 06:52 PM
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Very nice layout and easy navigation. Congrats!
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Old Jul 31, 2018 | 08:10 PM
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Dude... I'm actually pretty impressed with this. Flipping awesome.

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Old Aug 1, 2018 | 04:04 AM
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Wow, really cool! This will make parting with my money much easier.
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Old Aug 1, 2018 | 07:23 AM
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Have you considered affiliate marketing?

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Old Aug 9, 2018 | 05:51 PM
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just decided to click on this.. props to you. it's great
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Old Aug 27, 2018 | 09:11 AM
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*sigh* more daydreaming here I come.
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Does it have beef with searching in Canada? Seems to pull no results when I choose that as the location. Otherwise, looks awesome!
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Old Sep 6, 2018 | 05:23 AM
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Originally Posted by coop3422
Does it have beef with searching in Canada? Seems to pull no results when I choose that as the location. Otherwise, looks awesome!
Ha - no beef with Canada

There are a few Canadian listings on there, but theres just not enough forum classifieds supply.
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Old Sep 6, 2018 | 05:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Desert Z
*sigh* more daydreaming here I come.
you might not know it, but if you are on the forums, you are subconsciously day dreaming...
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