Personally, I think it's brilliant. Even love the hokiness (assuming that's on purpose). It'll get passed around for fun, and a certain amount of people will try it.
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#62Zack,
I am a fan, but your recent rash of "sites" is worrisome. You launched: HipHopGoblin (When do you even have time to improve, even promote, projects if you're tossing them on a weekly basis? It takes time to make anything monetizable, at least you need to create it first.
I think you're just an small sample of a generation of people who are coming to see businesses as just "idea + landing page". Sell, then build. A/B test today and build when the money piles up. etc. etc.
Slow down, for your own sake. Maybe even work on something you actually care about.
HipHopGoblin had a lot of potential, I used to listen to it; so you're at least capable of discovering and executing good ideas. You just need patience, and maybe someone to ask you "how's it coming?". Perhaps .. ProgressReminder?
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#63I don't understand this at all. This seems kind of messed up in the same way that paying someone to be your friend violates the tenets of friendship.
However, the fact that this idea is being so well received makes me feel really awesome about my ideas. So thanks -- I guess your site is working.
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#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
You could pay someone to remind someone you care about. Like, if you were going on a long journey or travelling, or lived in a different time zone from someone special to you.
Or you could send an email. Wouldn't it be worth more if you reminded them rather than a hired stranger reminding them, even if you can't remind them every day or every month?
With the twilio API,and a small shell-script tucked into your /etc/cron.d, you can tell mom you love her several times a minute.
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#65I actually like the overall idea but the general site layout needs a lot of work. Here's a few quick things that came to mind for me -
1) I would not trust your site with my phone number in its current state. Consider emphasizing the fact that phone numbers will only be used for the sake of these calls and not resold (way too many of those ringtone sites resell phone numbers and consumers are now wary of any similar looking services).
2) consider adding some sample calls for people to listen to, I think this may boost your conversion rate.
3) Can I request to be called at a certain time or timeframe? I wouldn't want to be woken up
4) I could see a lot of people opting for a one time payment to get a single phone call to test the service out, you may want to consider adding that as an option.
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#66This reminds me of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGYYRr6DOSo , but with real people!
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#67How did this get upvoted?
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#68I'm dying to know if anyone has actually signed up for this service. Are you seeing any revenue? How many people?!
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#69Guess how many misspellings average Joe would made on this domain name, even if he managed somehow to remember it for more than a 30 seconds? ^_^
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#70Zack, I am a fan, but your recent rash of "sites" is worrisome. You launched: HipHopGoblin ( When do you even have time to improve, even promote, projects if you're tossing them on a weekly basis? It takes time to make anything monetizable, at least you need to create it first. I think you're just an small sample of a generation of people who are coming to see businesses as just "idea + landing page". Sell, then buil…
maybe he is creating a bunch of sites in the hope that one of them goes viral? such a strategy may have merit. it's very much hit or miss. but if he keeps trying he may have a hit eventually.