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Turn your unused domain into a complete web application

Do you have domains that you are not using at the moment or unused domains? Why not turn it into a complete, functional social news aggregator like Reddit in 3 clicks? Newsy lets you do this powerfully with all the features that you need.

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Web App•Productivity•Marketing

Launch Team

Matt

I have serious concerns about this product. On the surface, it looks like a great idea. But after looking at one or two of the example sites, I see a glaring issue. Newsy copies the ENTIRE ARTICLE. It is basically lifting the entire post and putting it on your domain. It that doesn't scream copyright infringement and make me run away like lighting I don't know what does. At best, you should be doing some kind of Google Pegasus to pull out some highlights. But currently you're pulling the entire article! Not good.

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4yr ago

Newsy

@matt_zimmerman Hi Matt. Thanks for your comment. We do not copy entire article. Here's an example https://www.heystartup.com/57248... Which links to a full article https://venturebeat.com/2021/04/... We display what's found in the RSS feeds (or the contents returned by the API). If for whatever reason there are full article, then it's the source of the article we'll have to look into (and we have seen some RSS feeds that return everything).

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4yr ago

Matt

@newsyco This: https://www.faithfulnews.com/573... Sure looks like the entire article of this: https://www.lifenews.com/2021/04... That looks like copyright infringement. Many other articles look entirely “lifted”. Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer.

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4yr ago

Newsy

@matt_zimmerman And like I said, the content comes directly from the RSS feed - here's the RSS feed - https://feeds.feedburner.com/lif...

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4yr ago

Muhil Venkat

Hunter

Ever bought a domain name and haven't had time develop it, so it's been just sitting there idle? Yes. We know that feeling all too well. As professional / hobbyist domainers, entrepreneurs and developers, we have spent time, money and effort in buying many domain names over the years with hope of one day turning our brilliant ideas into reality. But all too often, many domains have stayed un-used and idle. So don't feel alone because we know how you feel and that's why we built Newsy, to not only solve our own problem, but to help you too.

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4yr ago

Aditya

Product Hunt

@muhil_venkat such a good way of making some use of those 8 domain names I own, and renew them hoping I will do something with them 😥

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4yr ago

Newsy

@muhil_venkat Thanks for hunting it!

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4yr ago

Alun Hill

Is it possible to sell the domain WITH the newsy content, please, e.g. change ownership?

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4yr ago

Eric Bae

HN+ : HackerNews Plus

Maker

@alun_hill1 Yes! We have an option where you can sell your site directly via the your Newsy site.

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4yr ago

Alun Hill

@eric_bae Thanks! Just to be clear, this will allow transfer of the domain WITH the Newsy content? Sorry to ask again, but I can see how to sell the domain via your system, but I'm not clear how to transfer the Newsy contents, too. It's a terrific system and I'm looking to buy the 100 sites plan initially.

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4yr ago

Eric Bae

HN+ : HackerNews Plus

Maker

@alun_hill1 Yes. You can essentially think of your domain name and Newsy site separately. They just happened to be connected together. So let's say you sell your "site", which includes the domain name. Then you will transfer your domain name to the buyer and then transfer your Newsy account to another person. If you want to transfer just a single Newsy site to another person, we can easily organize that for you.

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4yr ago

Alun Hill

@eric_bae Perfect - thank you SO much! I'm upgrading now!

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4yr ago

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