Online marketplace for plant nurseries
A niche marketplace where garden centers sell plants nationwide, with the owner taking a share of each sale.
At a glance
Estimated by a classifier that read the source. The bar shows how sure it was.
- Category
- Directories and marketplaces88% surex
- Earns from
- Marketplace cut92% surex
- Startup cost (estimate)
- $1k to $10k60% surex
- Time it takes (estimate)
- A few hours a weekLow confidence45% surex
- Where
- Online99% surex
- Coding
- Needs coding94% surex
Source
Hacker NewsComment by ryanfelton in “What was your best passive income in 2014?”, July 30, 2014
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