90% of startups fail but no one’s monetizing the graveyard. Reviv is Product Hunt for failed startups a platform to learn from failure, buy dead assets, and reboot the best ideas.We're turning startup failure into the
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This is an amazing idea. Very high potential. Just like there are multiple sites to buy inactive youtube/meta/other social media pages/channels for highly discounted rates, your idea to re-sell those IPRs might become very huge. There's a market for people who believe in the concept of revival. However, I have a few concerns to share: 1). Compliance - Very hard to deal with. Since transferring the primary ownership or IPRs like domain, databases, or digital assets is very complicated. You'd need to devise a whole system for that. 2). You'd need active monitoring so that the platform doesn't become a promotional space for people to market their businesses. For sharing the failure stories, one thing which could be looked upon is being anonymous/pseudonymous for those who are not ready to reveal their identity. Personally, I would even pay a premium to be a user to such a platform which has genuine stories to learn from. Very excited about the idea. If you're building this or looking for people to work on this idea, I'd be interested
Hey pranav thanks for your stating out the issues that may faces.and also for the feedback, appreciated man.
Nice one is it going to be like acquired?
Not exactly like acquired
🔴 1. Negative Brand Association Failure stigma is real — Users might be hesitant to publicly associate with failure, fearing reputational damage. Investors, job seekers, or future collaborators may view participation or listing here as a red flag. 🔴 2. Low Incentive for Founders to Share Honestly Founders may sugarcoat or omit details to protect their reputation or avoid admitting mistakes. Expecting deep, honest post-mortems at scale might not be realistic unless incentivized (and even then, hard to verify). 🔴 3. Asset Quality Control Issues Many failed startup assets (code, domains, branding) may be outdated, low-quality, or legally complicated (e.g., investor ownership, co-founder disputes, or licensing issues). Domain names may have SEO penalties or brand baggage. 🔴 4. Market Demand Uncertainty It's unclear if there's enough demand to regularly buy failed startup assets or revive their ideas. Those interested in startup ideas often prefer building their own, not reviving others' abandoned ones. 🔴 5. Ethical & Legal Risks Reviving failed ideas could trigger: IP conflicts (e.g., trademarked brand names, copied code). Privacy issues if codebases contain user data. Contractual liabilities from the previous venture. 🔴 6. Monetization is Tricky Who pays and how? Founders? They’re broke or moved on. Buyers? They expect cheap or free assets. Ads? Not enough traffic at scale. Building a profitable, scalable business around failed ventures may ironically fall into the same trap as those you're showcasing. 🔴 7. Trust & Verification Challenges How do you verify: Ownership of code or domains being sold? Authenticity of post-mortems? That assets aren't plagiarized or already recycled elsewhere? 🔴 8. Curation and Signal vs Noise The platform could be flooded with low-quality or spammy listings, making it hard to find actually useful or revivable projects. Curation becomes critical — and expensive. 🔴 9. Platform Reputation Risk Positioning yourself as a platform for “failures” might make branding difficult. If too many scams, junk, or unresolved disputes happen, trust erodes quickly. 🔴 10. Revival Is Rare Most startup failures are due to deeper problems (e.g., no market need, poor timing, wrong team) — not something that can be fixed just by recycling the idea or assets. Revival success stories could be very rare, making the premise less impactful than it sounds.
Just to share where I was coming from — most startups don’t fail just because the founders gave up or made mistakes. A lot of times, there’s just not enough market cap or they’re up against strong rivals already in the space. No one’s building alone — if one closes down, it often makes the other one stronger. That’s the reality. So the list I shared wasn’t just random — it came from that kind of thinking, but maybe I didn’t explain it well enough. Also, honestly, some of the solutions you mentioned sound awesome, but I personally feel they might not work out practically in the real world without serious support or structure behind them. But no hard feelings at all — I respect your view and wish you the best if you're working on this. It’s a cool direction, and you clearly get what you’re doing. 👊 There's a medial and yourstory like platform similar to it!! They give information about in there model what goes wrong with them at a time!🤷
Haha, caught red handed classic Chatgpt generated list. But hey Jay, good try, let’s break it down like a real builder would. 1.Totally valid failure still feels like a scarlet letter for many. But that’s exactly why Reviv matters. We’re not glorifying failure ,we’re reclaiming its value. The world’s shifting toward building in public, second chances, and transparency. Reviv gives people a way to say that I built this, it didn’t work, here’s what I learned maybe someone can take it further. That’s not embarrassing. That’s heroic in this climate. 2.If you give them the right space and incentives (think community respect, second chance exposure, even micro-monetization), honesty can become cool. And honesty thrives in the right culture. Reviv won’t just be a dump yard it’s a community driven ecosystem. Verified badges, featured stories, maybe even micro grants or exposure perks for great stories and post mortems . We’ve seen how platforms like Indie Hackers and Twitter threads encouraged vulnerability Reviv is just a focused layer on top of that shift. 3.if we come to asset quality control We don’t need everything to be premium. We need enough assets to be discoverable, repurposable, or at least insightful. The same way Notion template sites or Flippa work it’s about curation and tagging. SEO penalties or licensing? Flag ‘em. Add disclaimers. Basic hygiene systems go a long way brother. 4.so if we come to the marketplace Some people build from scratch. Others start from templates. I hope you used Canva templates to design something 😅 Reviv is not selling a dream or anything waste we’re giving people starting blocks. MVPs, domains, designs, or failed ideas all are useful to the right buyer. Even if a project isn’t revived, someone might reuse the UI, logic, or insight. Nothing goes to waste here. 5. Ethical and legal issues definately be upmost priority in every startups and companies and We take this seriously. Clear listing rules, IP ownership declarations, automated checks, and user flagging systems will be built in. We're not selling stolen code or user data. We’re surfacing what’s shareable, useful, and properly documented like a clean, something like startup GitHub archive. 6.Yep, just like every marketplace in the early days. But here’s what’s possible Paid access to curated asset drops Featured listings Partnered incubators browsing for failed insights Creator packs for content teams/startup studios This isn't about get rich quick.It’s about unlocking long term ecosystem value. I don’t build for monetization but I build with value in mind. Money definitely follows when value is given to the user. 7.when it comes to trust not everything can be verified 100% right But most marketplaces work on trust signals, not full audits. Linked accounts, reviews, reports ,simple stuff. Let the community decide what’s real and what’s noise. 8.The platform might be messy. Yes, like Reddit. Like Craigslist. Like GitHub if you search wrong. Curation is a feature, not a problem and We build filters. Highlights the best stuff. Let people follow curators. It’s totally doable in my perspective 9.People will say “oh that’s the failure platform.” Cool. We’ll say “yes and it’s where the smartest builders hang out to learn and rebuild.” That’s not bad branding. That’s bold branding buddy 10.Yes. And still, even one great idea getting a second life makes this whole thing worth it. It’s not about every asset being revived it’s about making failure itself useful. That’s the magic of the platform Reviv isn’t about glorifying failure. It’s about refusing to waste it. Every failed project still carries time, thought, lessons, and love. Reviv isn’t a graveyard it’s a library. Some people come to read. Some come to rebuild. Either way, it’s worth existing. 🙌 Anything else you want to say Jay ? Thanks for pointing out all these even you used chatgpt but it helped me a lot to brainstorm and it was a real kick to answer.
Awesome man we often complaint about un glorified stories not highlighted
Failed startups should need to have proper send off too 🙃❤️
great idea and new entrepreneurs need it
❤️glad uh liked
This is interesting
Thanks Anirudh!
Good idea , market it well , make it popular
If all goes well definately this product is going to be live !
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