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Coverage of Y Combinator Hacker News (HN) in the Nexus archive.

Earliest in view: Apr 20 · 13:42 UTCMost recent: Apr 20 · 13:42 UTC
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P2P crowdshipping marketplacetopic1BlaBlaCarorganization1cold start problemtopic1manual matchingtopic1subsidizingtopic1two-sided marketplacetopic1Minimum Viable Product (MVP)topic1
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  • BUSINESSApr 20 · 13:42 UTCHACKER NEWS
    Ask HN: How to solve the cold start problem for a two-sided marketplace?

    The author is building a P2P crowdshipping marketplace (similar to BlaBlaCar for packages) and faces the cold start problem, where travelers and senders are reluctant to join without the other side. They seek strategies to bootstrap the first 50-100 transactions, asking if manual matching, subsidies, or route constraints worked for others.