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Building a marketplace for indie developers to buy and sell projects, domains, and templates

Indie developers build a lot of things that don't go anywhere. A side project that got to MVP and stalled. A domain with a good name that never got built out. A template built for one project that would genuinely save someone else weeks of work.

The problem is there's nowhere great to sell these.

Flippa is overkill (and expensive) for anything generating under $1K/month. Reddit's r/entrepreneur has occasional "for sale" posts but no proper listing format, no discovery, no escrow. Most of the time, that domain or side project just sits around gathering dust.

iStack is my answer to that gap.

What you can list

  • Side projects — Fully working apps and websites, with or without revenue
  • Domains — Good domain names with or without existing traffic
  • Templates — Code templates, UI kits, starter projects (like the kind I sell through DiggaByte)
  • SaaS products — Software businesses at any stage
  • Code packages — One-off scripts, libraries, components

How it works

Sellers create a listing with description, tech stack, revenue (if any), traffic stats, and asking price. The listing stays up until sold or removed.

Buyers can browse by category, price range, tech stack, or revenue tier. There's no intermediary blocking contact — interested buyers message sellers directly and negotiate terms.

For higher-value transactions, the platform facilitates escrow through a third-party provider so neither party is taking a blind leap of faith.

Built with

The stack is Next.js App Router + Prisma + PostgreSQL. User accounts, listing management, messaging, and escrow integration. Authentication via NextAuth.

One deliberate constraint: no algorithmic feed, no engagement-bait ranking. Listings are sorted by recency and category. The browsing experience is meant to feel like a classifieds board, not a social feed.

Why build this

I've had side projects I wanted to sell and had nowhere to list them. I've had domains I wanted to offload and ended up just letting them expire. The existing platforms are either too focused on big revenue businesses or too informal to give buyers any confidence.

There's a real market for "decent indie thing, reasonable price, no drama" transactions.

Explore listings at istack.site.


Built with: Next.js, Prisma, PostgreSQL, NextAuth, TypeScript, Tailwind

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