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Another experiment out - many more to come
We keep building @latecheckoutplz so we can stay sharp for our clients at @meetLCA and @DesignScientist (and also to have fun and build with our community, of course 🥳)
just built something fun: offerbutton.com and it’s 100% free for founders
story time - back in college i built a dating app. making ok money from ads, nothing crazy.
one day, random email hits our help inbox: "interested in acquiring your site, wanna chat?”
It was a brazilian company. It was only by some random chance that I was in that support inbox. Thank god.
turned into life-changing exit offer (at least it felt like that at the time). classic right place right time situation.
got me thinking: why isn't there an easy way for buyers to find sellers? Wouldn’t it be cool to sell your business to someone just browsing?
so i built offerbutton - one line of code that lets anyone make an offer to buy your business:
that's it. embed it, forget it, wait for offers.
built this entire thing with v0/cursor because everyone said "ai coding isn't ready for real products"
prove them wrong i guess?
Offerbutton is perfect for:
- indie hackers with projects
- creators with media properties
- saas founders testing exit interest
- anyone building in public
works for deals $1k to $10m+.
100% free to embed. no fees. no commitment. It’s free for now for the first people who install it.
try it: offerbutton.com
oh, and here is a video i made with AI mostly. I had fun doing it.
why i think offerbutton could be cool
too many great products die because founders/buyers never find each other.
let's fix that.
who's got something to sell?
In 1996, a marketing professor discovered something fascinating about brands:
People don't just buy them—they form relationships with them.
And like you and me, brands have personality traits that create emotional connections.
Let's find your brand personality:
How do you design for connection?
For this project, I used human-focused design:
- warmth instead of corporate polish
- illustrations instead of stock photos
- connection points instead of contact forms
Breaking convention to build community, not just another platform.
"Make it less techy,” the founder said,
"My clients aren't hackers living in San Francisco - they’re government workers in DC.“
“I don't want to look like a web3 tech company.”
That was the brief.
Here’s what I did with it:
before -> after
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