My Internet journey

Last summer, just after me and my beloved and beautiful wife decided to merry, another idea struck me. Tons of unused stuff was lying in boxes and moving with us from one apartment to another without seeing daylight… why don’t I just sell these things online and make a buck or two…?

That is how pishpesh.net was born. In Hebrew, the word pishpesh is used in the term shuk pishpeshim which stands for flee market. pishpesh is also a little bug. Like everything I do I started by letting everybody know the market is open (not the wisest thing to do) and then began to upload images, edit descriptions etc. oh…. I also wrote that money will be collected to help funding the upcoming wedding.

Since the publishing date was Jewish Valentines, everybody really loved the idea and people started buying everything, from magazines and books to tea cups. One of the most popular sites in Israel also published a story about the site and for couple of months we received an average of about 400 visitors per day.

As the time passed, the peoples interest decreased and I eventually I shut it down about three months after we opened it.

Total revenue: about 500$.
Secret of success: Great timing and a good cause.