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Kickstarter launches Drip, a Patreon competitor

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Re: Kickstarter launches Drip, a Patreon competitor

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Post by wmeredith »

I haven't read the article, but the branding absolutely sucks. When trying to generate income, Drip, is hardly the connotation I'd want. They should have gone with Flood or Tide. Something big and powerful MADE of Drips. I get what they were going for, but it seems like a tone deaf misfire.

EDIT: And, as u/aronarduino pointed out elsewhere in this thread, the name is already taken (and the TLD drip.com) by a well established tech product.

Re: Kickstarter launches Drip, a Patreon competitor

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Post by Disruptive_Dave »

wmeredith wrote: post #3

I haven't read the article, but the branding absolutely sucks. When trying to generate income, Drip, is hardly the connotation I'd want. They should have gone with Flood or Tide. Something big and powerful MADE of Drips. I get what they were going for, but it seems like a tone deaf misfire. EDIT: And, as u/aronarduino pointed out elsewhere in this thread, the name is already taken (and the TLD drip.com) by a well est…

Drip was a startup that acquired from Kickstarter a year or two ago. So they didn't choose the name (and didn't choose to rebrand).

Re: Kickstarter launches Drip, a Patreon competitor

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Post by hundchenkatze »

Disruptive_Dave wrote: post #4
wmeredith wrote: post #3

I haven't read the article, but the branding absolutely sucks. When trying to generate income, Drip, is hardly the connotation I'd want. They should have gone with Flood or Tide. Something big and powerful MADE of Drips. I get what they were going for, but it seems like a tone deaf misfire. EDIT: And, as u/aronarduino pointed out elsewhere in this thread, the name is already taken (and the TLD drip.com) by a well est…

Drip was a startup that acquired from Kickstarter a year or two ago. So they didn't choose the name (and didn't choose to rebrand).

Hmm, so they did. https://www.kickstarter.com/blog/drip-joins-kickstarter

Re: Kickstarter launches Drip, a Patreon competitor

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Post by lolsal »

wmeredith wrote: post #3

I haven't read the article, but the branding absolutely sucks. When trying to generate income, Drip, is hardly the connotation I'd want. They should have gone with Flood or Tide. Something big and powerful MADE of Drips. I get what they were going for, but it seems like a tone deaf misfire. EDIT: And, as u/aronarduino pointed out elsewhere in this thread, the name is already taken (and the TLD drip.com) by a well est…

I think the point is not to attract people willing to take money in drips, but people willing to give money in drips. The taking side is the easy side. Getting people to give is the difficult side.

Re: Kickstarter launches Drip, a Patreon competitor

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Post by Disruptive_Dave »

aaronarduino wrote: post #2

Kinda surprised they picked that name considering Drip [1] has been around for a while. [1] https://www.drip.com/

Mentioned this under another comment: Drip was a startup that was acquired from Kickstarter a year or two ago. So they didn't choose the name (and didn't choose to rebrand).

Re: Kickstarter launches Drip, a Patreon competitor

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Post by token_throwaway »

wmeredith wrote: post #3

I haven't read the article, but the branding absolutely sucks. When trying to generate income, Drip, is hardly the connotation I'd want. They should have gone with Flood or Tide. Something big and powerful MADE of Drips. I get what they were going for, but it seems like a tone deaf misfire. EDIT: And, as u/aronarduino pointed out elsewhere in this thread, the name is already taken (and the TLD drip.com) by a well est…

Drip is also UK slang for a boring, unimpressive person :|
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