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Didn’t Homejoy Shut Down?

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Re: Didn’t Homejoy Shut Down?

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Post by IkmoIkmo »

gong wrote: post #265
IkmoIkmo wrote: post #255

Earlier quoted context omitted.

and dazzlingcleaning.com, exact copy of Flymaids (i.e. the cached version, Flymaids was taken down just now it seems).

how are you finding these related domains?

Oh just looked at the cached version of the Flymaids website on google and searched for some of the text they had on google.

Such as 'Add your specific cleaning instructions and pay securely online by debit or credit card. No cash, no fuss.'

Which prompted https://mopp.com this time, but also willowmaids and urbahome. This is getting beyond ridiculous haha.

I'm starting to wonder if this isn't just the lorum ipsum of cleaning websites.

Re: Didn’t Homejoy Shut Down?

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Post by synunlimited »

gondo wrote: post #48

as someone mentioned in the blog comment, Fly Maids site is a complete copy (with redesigned homepage) of another cleaning service http://www.homeaglow.com/ @johnsalzarulo out of curiosity, try if your login works on homeaglow.com f.e.: both logos are served from the same S3 bucket: https://s3q1w2e3.s3.amazonaws.com/brands/logos/fly_maids.png https://s3q1w2e3.s3.amazonaws.com/brands/logos/homeaglow.png

Interesting that now when you to go to http://www.homeaglow.com/ you get a Heroku app not found error message.

Re: Didn’t Homejoy Shut Down?

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Post by pavornyoh »

7Figures2Commas wrote: post #247
aarontcheung wrote: post #125

I'm one of the founders of Homejoy. I'm still very passionate about the home service space. After leaving Homejoy, I started FlyMaids, where we're exploring a few different angles on the space. We recently acquired the customer and service provider data from Homejoy. We're a small team that has been focused on moving quickly while bootstraping. We tried to quickly test different approaches, but we realize now that we…

1. From http://cleanerconnect.com/ , which appears to be connected to your new venture: > Cleaner Connect is not an employer, but simply connects independent service professionals with customers Your Homejoy co-founder stated lawsuits over worker misclassification were the "deciding factor" in the decision to wind Homejoy down[1]. Assuming cleanerconnect.com is indeed part of your new venture, the above suggests your…

>3. As far as I can tell, neither FlyMaids or Homeaglow were ever featured by Oprah, The New York Times, etc., yet this claim is/was being made on their sites.

Thank you. I asked the same question below and got some downvotes for it. Falsifying things like that is a big sham. I see on homeaglow, the company claims more features on Rachels (whatever that is).

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Post by sea2summit »

MC7447a wrote: post #240
iamcurious wrote: post #140

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm starting to read "passionate about" as "wanting to make money of". I have to make an effort to read it in the classical sense. I fear the same will happen with "share". And when my kids talk about sharing at school I will only think of flooding with memes or of selling things. Now, I'm not a native english speaker, so I can't say if aarontcheung is misusing the term or not. Is this change happening to the english…

Scott Adam's take on "passion": http://www.businessinsider.in/Dilbert-creator-Scott-Adams-il...

I bet Richard Branson did say that.

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Post by zeckalpha »

shashashasha wrote: post #143
aarontcheung wrote: post #125

I'm one of the founders of Homejoy. I'm still very passionate about the home service space. After leaving Homejoy, I started FlyMaids, where we're exploring a few different angles on the space. We recently acquired the customer and service provider data from Homejoy. We're a small team that has been focused on moving quickly while bootstraping. We tried to quickly test different approaches, but we realize now that we…

What are the differences between Homejoy, FlyMaids, and Homeaglow? Are they all incorporated as the same entity, or are they all separate? Are different founders of Homejoy working on different angles?

"Product-Market fit"

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Post by mentat »

seancoleman wrote: post #260
aarontcheung wrote: post #125

I'm one of the founders of Homejoy. I'm still very passionate about the home service space. After leaving Homejoy, I started FlyMaids, where we're exploring a few different angles on the space. We recently acquired the customer and service provider data from Homejoy. We're a small team that has been focused on moving quickly while bootstraping. We tried to quickly test different approaches, but we realize now that we…

Typically investment contracts employ non-competes to prevent founders from starting new businesses in similar spaces. Clearly this person's previous actions aren't the most ethical but I'm curious what his strategy is around this.

Aren't all non-competes illegal in California?

Re: Didn’t Homejoy Shut Down?

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Post by Animats »

Current contents of "flymaids.com" is a 404 page:

Heroku | No such app

There is no app configured at that hostname. Perhaps the app owner has renamed it, or you mistyped the URL.

Hosting appears to be by GoDaddy.

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