So you've sunk yourself into your Web startup--your time, your money, and your soul have all been wrung dry into your baby. You're living the American dream, Web 2.0-style--and then your bubble bursts.
For every Myspace and YouTube, there are a million less successful Web experiments. Be it bad timing, less than ideal marketing execution, an oversaturated market, or a simple case of the stars not aligning correctly, sometimes startups are destined to fade away before they really have time to actually, you know, start up. So, what happens to a startup, if they don't get snapped up by a Google or Microsoft or become successful brands in their own right? The answer to that unfortunate question has become, increasingly frequently: eBay.
That bastion for antiques and slightly used medical supplies is increasingly becoming an auction block for less-than-successful Web 2.0 ventures. Profy spotted a listing for RSSCalendar, currently going for $50,000 with zero bids (and free shipping, incidentally). That price will get you the domain name, software, source code, the provisional patent application, and a few bonuses to help you get the service up and running by the time the Web 3.0 bubble strikes--or maybe even Web 2.5.1, if you're lucky.