Michael Heredia

Building colombiamove.com — free marketplace and community for expats and locals in Colombia. Bitcoiner, expat, builder.

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2026-04-20 08:45:05 UTC

Most CVs in Colombia fail because they copy the gringo format. Here's what actually works in our market — and the mistakes costing you interviews. https://blog.colombiamove.com/como-hacer-cv-que-consigue-entrevistas-colombia/
#Medellin #Colombia

2026-04-16 20:15:04 UTC

Vi este anuncio en nuestro marketplace: Apartamento amoblado en El Poblado en Medellín. Cada anuncio es una historia pequeña de vivir aquí.
https://colombiamove.com/anuncio/apartamento-amoblado-en-el-pob-869ff825
#Colombia #Expatriados

2026-04-15 10:15:02 UTC

Best decision I ever made: moving to Colombia. Second best: learning enough Spanish to stop being the tourist in my own neighborhood. Third best: building Colombia Move.
#Colombia #VidaEnColombia

2026-04-15 09:45:02 UTC

Biggest lesson building a bilingual marketplace: don't auto-translate, don't machine-translate. Let sellers write in their language and let buyers filter by theirs. Simple, respectful, works.
#Colombia #Expatriados

2026-04-15 02:45:02 UTC

Bogotá te hace sentir que estás en el futuro. Medellín te hace sentir que estás en casa. Cartagena te hace sentir que estás de vacaciones. Los tres son Colombia.
#Bogota #VidaEnColombia

2026-04-15 02:15:03 UTC

One of the harder parts of building a marketplace in Colombia: you can't just show dollar prices. So we built a live COP↔USD converter into every listing. Range pricing, real exchange rates, bilingual.
#Medellin #Colombia

2026-04-15 01:45:02 UTC

Built a feature this week where sellers can receive offers directly on their listings — accept, counter, or decline in one tap. WhatsApp gets a template notification so they never miss it.
#Colombia #LivingAbroad

2026-04-15 01:40:04 UTC

Pasé la semana reescribiendo cómo funciona Colombia Move. Menos categorías confusas, más contexto en cada página, y un selector de vivienda que por fin entiende que arrendar y comprar son mundos distintos. Me encantaría que lo prueben y me digan qué romp…
https://blog.colombiamove.com/rediseno-colombia-move-buscar-publicar-mas-claro/

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Most digital nomad visas in Colombia don't actually let you work legally. I just broke down exactly which ones do—and the gotchas nobody talks about. https://blog.colombiamove.com/colombia-work-permits-visa-types-legal-employment/
#Colombia #VidaEnColombia

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The Colombia Move community is where expats, locals, and the moving-soon crowd actually talk. Come lurk, come ask, come share. colombiamove.com/comunidad
#Bogota #VidaEnColombia

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2026-04-15 00:20:02 UTC

A thing sellers told us over and over: "I'm answering the same question 10 times a week and none of those answers help anyone else." Our new public Q&A turns every answer into infrastructure. Answer once, benefit every future buyer. That's the whole pitch. #Colombia

2026-04-15 00:15:03 UTC

Colombia doesn't have a reliable way to accept crypto in everyday commerce. So we built one — Bitcoin Lightning inside our classifieds marketplace. A seller in Medellín can receive pesos equivalent instantly from anywhere in the world.
#Colombia #Expatriados

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Most expat resources for Colombia are scattered across 20 different Facebook groups. I'm consolidating them into one bilingual community with real answers, real sorting, and real searchability. Slow build, but the right one.
#Colombia #DigitalNomad

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2026-04-14 23:15:02 UTC

Added @mentions to community replies. Type @ and you see recent participants in the thread; keep typing and you can search the whole user base. Notifications fire automatically. Cross-thread conversations without breaking flat sort order.
#Bogota #VidaEnColombia

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Most Medellín cafés with Instagram-worthy latte art have WiFi that'd embarrass a 2005 internet café. I tested the ones that actually work for deep work — here's where to actually get shit done: https://blog.colombiamove.com/best-cafes-coffee-shops-medellin-remote-work/

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We're building a community for people living in or moving to Colombia. Real questions, real answers, no gatekeeping. colombiamove.com/comunidad
#Colombia #VidaEnColombia

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2026-04-14 21:45:03 UTC

El peso colombiano baila, la inflación sube, pero la gente sigue emprendiendo. Eso para mí es el verdadero espíritu colombiano.
#Colombia #DigitalNomad

2026-04-14 21:15:02 UTC

The community section uses pure upvotes — no 'accepted answer' nonsense. Real questions don't have one right answer; they have a few good ones. Let the community vote them up. Stack Overflow's model doesn't fit a discussion forum.
#Colombia #LatinAmerica

2026-04-14 20:45:02 UTC

Just shipped auto-translation on community posts. Spanish-speaking locals and English-speaking expats can now read each other's questions and answers instantly. Two siloed conversations becoming one. Most underrated feature I've shipped this month.
#Colombia #VidaEnColombia

2026-04-14 20:15:05 UTC

Most expats hiring a maid in Colombia have no idea they're breaking the law. I broke down exactly what the government actually requires—and how to do it right without getting fined. https://blog.colombiamove.com/hiring-maid-domestic-worker-colombia-legal-guide/

2026-04-14 19:45:02 UTC

Si te estás mudando a Colombia y no sabes por dónde empezar — construimos una comunidad exactamente para eso. colombiamove.com/comunidad
#Colombia #LivingAbroad

2026-04-14 19:15:02 UTC

Nobody in Colombia talks about this but Lightning + Strike is the cheapest way to send money across borders in 2026. Faster than Wise, cheaper than Western Union. We built it into our classifieds.
#Colombia #LatinAmerica

2026-04-14 18:45:02 UTC

Built a Q&A community on Colombia Move because Facebook groups bury good answers in hours. Ours sorts by upvotes, is searchable forever, supports photos, and runs in both English and Spanish. Better infrastructure for the same conversations.
#Medellin #Colombia

2026-04-14 18:15:02 UTC

Our payment flow supports 4 processors: Wompi (COP), PayPal (USD), Strike (Bitcoin Lightning), and NOWPayments (crypto). Whatever currency the buyer has, they can pay. That's the whole game in LatAm.
#Colombia #VidaEnColombia

2026-04-14 17:45:07 UTC

Most sellers in Colombia still don't have a single link to show all their listings + reviews. We just fixed that. See how Tiendas de Vendedor changes the game: https://blog.colombiamove.com/tiendas-vendedor-colombia-move/
#Colombia #LatinAmerica

2026-04-14 17:15:03 UTC

Lo mejor de Colombia Move es la comunidad. Gente ayudándose con visas, barrios, salud, colegios. Gratis. colombiamove.com/comunidad
#Colombia #DigitalNomad

2026-04-14 16:45:03 UTC

Colombia tiene algo que pocos países tienen: gente que todavía cree que el futuro va a ser mejor. Y trabaja para que así sea.
#Colombia #ExpatLife

2026-04-14 16:15:02 UTC

Sellers in Colombia often don't have websites. So every Colombia Move store doubles as their online business card — send clients the link, they see your inventory + reviews + how to contact. Simple.
#Colombia #VidaEnColombia

2026-04-14 15:45:03 UTC

Added schema.org JSON-LD to every listing and category page. Google indexes them as products, which means individual listings show up in Google search results with photos and prices. Free traffic.
#Colombia #VidaEnColombia

2026-04-14 15:20:03 UTC

Thing I noticed in our data: most buyers never DM a seller with a simple question because DMing feels pushy. They just bounce. Public Q&A is the permission slip to ask out loud — turns out "everyone else asks these questions too" is a real unlock. #Colombia

2026-04-14 15:15:05 UTC

Rescue dogs in Medellín cost a fraction of what you'd pay in the US, and honestly? The adoption process is way less bureaucratic. Just wrote down everything I learned helping expats find their perfect match here. https://blog.colombiamove.com/adopting-pet-colombia-rescue-guide/

2026-04-14 14:45:02 UTC

¿Preguntas sobre vivir en Colombia? Nuestra comunidad tiene respuestas de gente que vive acá de verdad. Sin spam, sin turismo falso. colombiamove.com/comunidad
#Colombia #VidaEnColombia

2026-04-14 14:15:02 UTC

The Colombian real estate market is ~$80B/year and operates on Excel spreadsheets and WhatsApp chats. Imagine what happens when it gets its first real MLS. We're building that.
#Colombia #VidaEnColombia

2026-04-14 13:45:02 UTC

Built an AI-powered category suggester for when people list something unusual. 'Vintage Italian espresso machine from 1987' — it auto-suggests Electronics > Appliances. Reduces miscategorization by 80%.
#Colombia #Expatriados

2026-04-14 13:15:02 UTC

Turned the homepage of Colombia Move into a live feed of everything just posted — jobs, housing, services, classifieds. Scrolls like a timeline. Keeps people on-site 3x longer.
#Medellin #Colombia

2026-04-14 12:45:05 UTC

Most freelancers in Medellín don't realize facturación electrónica isn't optional—it's mandatory. I broke down exactly what you owe, how to register, and why getting it wrong costs thousands. https://blog.colombiamove.com/freelancer-taxes-colombia-rut-facturacion-electronica/

2026-04-14 12:15:03 UTC

La comunidad de Colombia Move es donde extranjeros, locales y los que están por llegar realmente hablan. Entra a leer, a preguntar o a compartir. colombiamove.com/comunidad
#Colombia #DigitalNomad

2026-04-14 11:45:03 UTC

Algo que aprendí viviendo en Colombia: el saludo importa. Darle la mano o un beso en la mejilla antes de cualquier conversación cambia todo.
#Colombia #ExpatLife

2026-04-14 11:15:02 UTC

Every listing gets auto-translated between English and Spanish on publish, then the seller can edit the translation. Trust but verify. Most sellers leave the machine version because it's good enough.
#Colombia #ExpatLife

2026-04-14 10:45:02 UTC

One thing I was surprised by: WhatsApp is 10x more effective than email for transactional notifications in Colombia. So we built a full WhatsApp template flow. Meta approved it in 48 hours.
#Colombia #LatinAmerica

2026-04-14 10:15:06 UTC

The honeymoon ends month four. After a year here, most expats either leave or completely rewire their life. I wrote about what actually changes with friendships, Spanish, and money. https://blog.colombiamove.com/living-colombia-long-term-after-year-one/
#Medellin #Colombia

2026-04-14 09:45:03 UTC

Estamos construyendo una comunidad para la gente que vive o se está mudando a Colombia. Preguntas reales, respuestas reales, sin filtros. colombiamove.com/comunidad
#Colombia #Expatriados

2026-04-14 09:15:02 UTC

Cost of living realness: I pay $450/mo for a 2BR in Laureles. My 500mbps fiber is $30. A full-service gym is $35. An hour massage is $20. This is not the future — this is now.
#Colombia #VidaEnColombia

2026-04-14 08:45:02 UTC

I run everything on a 4GB VPS. PostgreSQL, Next.js, Prisma, Redis. Next.js 16, Tailwind 4. The whole stack costs $20/month to host a marketplace covering 50M people. Build lean.
#Colombia #ExpatLife

2026-04-14 08:15:03 UTC

Sellers get a weekly email digest of how their listings performed — views, messages, favorites, referral traffic. Turns one-time posters into repeat users.
#Medellin #Colombia

2026-04-14 07:45:05 UTC

Most expats don't realize Colombian labor law is MORE protective of workers than the US. Here's what you need to know about contracts, severance, and your actual rights before signing anything: https://blog.colombiamove.com/colombian-labor-law-expats-contracts-severance/

2026-04-14 07:15:03 UTC

What I love about the Colombia Move community: someone asks about a neighborhood, and five people who live there answer within the hour. colombiamove.com/comunidad
#Colombia #LivingAbroad

2026-04-14 06:45:02 UTC

La comida callejera en Colombia es probablemente la más subvalorada del mundo. Una arepa con queso recién hecha no se compara con nada.
#Colombia #LatinAmerica

2026-04-14 06:20:02 UTC

The technical bit of our new Q&A I'm most proud of: Postgres trigram similarity matching a buyer's in-progress question against already-answered ones, before they even submit. Duplicate "is it still available?" questions just disappear. #BuildInPublic #Colombia

2026-04-14 06:15:02 UTC

Added a make-an-offer flow where buyers can submit a structured price offer and sellers accept or decline with one tap. Half of real transactions in Colombia happen below asking price. Now it's formalized.
#Colombia #Expatriados

2026-04-14 05:45:02 UTC

Turned every city in Colombia into an indexable SEO landing page with live listing counts. Medellín, Bogotá, Cartagena, Cali, Bucaramanga, Santa Marta, Pereira — each has its own URL and metadata.
#Bogota #Colombia

2026-04-14 05:15:06 UTC

Most people search for homes by price or size. We built neighborhood pages so you actually see what the barrio is like—shops, streets, vibe. Free tool live now across 10+ cities. https://blog.colombiamove.com/busca-por-barrio-mapa-tiendas-colombia-move/
#Colombia #ExpatLife

2026-04-14 04:45:02 UTC

Questions about living in Colombia? Our community has answers from people who actually live here. No affiliate spam, no tourist fluff. colombiamove.com/comunidad
#Bogota #VidaEnColombia

2026-04-14 04:15:03 UTC

I didn't build Colombia Move to sell. I built it because I plan to live here forever and I needed it to exist. Scratching your own itch is the best product research.
#Medellin #Colombia

2026-04-14 03:45:02 UTC

Our admin dashboard tracks every notification sent across email, WhatsApp, Telegram, and push — you can filter by user to debug why someone didn't get a message. Building for operators, not just users.
#Colombia #VidaEnColombia

2026-04-14 03:15:02 UTC

Made a dedicated service category for catering + private chefs because the expat community in Medellín searches for this constantly. Listings went live same day they were requested.
#Colombia #DigitalNomad

2026-04-14 02:45:05 UTC

D1 prices in Medellín shocked me — you're paying 40% less than Carrefour for the same milk. Broke down real grocery costs by neighborhood so you stop overpaying. https://blog.colombiamove.com/where-buy-groceries-medellin-supermarkets/
#Colombia #LivingAbroad