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Well, hang on.

There aren't thousands. There's like 200+ on that list right now.

And if I am understanding this right, a lot of those don't seem like they're "daily"

There's also a lot of pointless and silly stuff in there. For example, the one about a microwave that stops before it rings, or the one that filters top level domains (tlds).

An entire section isn't even real businesses, just wishes for one.

There are only a handful of actual serious businesses that can generate money listed here. Something like ~10. Even assuming this was daily, that would be 3k+ new serious businesses per year. That should be way higher, like 10x as much given how low the barrier to entry is for a modern day business (especially in software).



My point exactly! Legitimate online businesses compete for attention with nonsense and every other legitimate online business. Regardless of the viability of the idea, a new online product is a snowflake competing for attention in an avalanche.

All things considered, it is much easier to get a paying customer with a proven local business idea than an online business.




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