Sounds like a great product that could be very useful. > Drops lets you create a landing page for your upcoming releases Why should they(content creators) not just use their existing website to capture data and send every time they drop something new?
Launch HN: Laylo (YC S20) – Fan reminders for content, merchandise, and events
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Re: Launch HN: Laylo (YC S20) – Fan reminders for content, merchandise, and events
#12Sounds like a great product that could be very useful. > Drops lets you create a landing page for your upcoming releases Why should they(content creators) not just use their existing website to capture data and send every time they drop something new?
Re: Launch HN: Laylo (YC S20) – Fan reminders for content, merchandise, and events
#13Re: Launch HN: Laylo (YC S20) – Fan reminders for content, merchandise, and events
#14at streamlabs we built and shut down many products for creators and we'd frequently hit that issue
Re: Launch HN: Laylo (YC S20) – Fan reminders for content, merchandise, and events
#15Sounds like a great product that could be very useful. > Drops lets you create a landing page for your upcoming releases Why should they(content creators) not just use their existing website to capture data and send every time they drop something new?
Landing pages that display links to multiple music streaming/purchase/play sites are extremely common nowadays. Pretty much every music distributor offers them. Example: https://distrokid.com/willsmith
Re: Launch HN: Laylo (YC S20) – Fan reminders for content, merchandise, and events
#16congrats on shipping and def a problem worth solving (reminders for creators on interaction points/commitments to fans) at streamlabs we built and shut down many products for creators and we'd frequently hit that issue
Re: Launch HN: Laylo (YC S20) – Fan reminders for content, merchandise, and events
#17This is really interesting. Where are you based?
Re: Launch HN: Laylo (YC S20) – Fan reminders for content, merchandise, and events
#18Re: Launch HN: Laylo (YC S20) – Fan reminders for content, merchandise, and events
#19My one big worry for this is that you might have built a company around something that might as well be a single feature for someone else with an existing foothold in the industry.
For example, most larger labels use Linkfire to manage smart links, pre saves, bio links, etc. There are other companies with similar offerings. This seems like an obvious addition to a suite like that. Have you considered the defensibility of your product if your one feature is incorporated into a tool that many potential users are already familiar with and use daily?
Your intention to be industry-agnostic does partially mitigate this. Also I imagine you'd build your own suite with additional features if you get a foothold with this one.
Disclosure: I work at Linkfire, so don't reply with anything you wouldn't want a potential competitor to know.
Edit: I just realized that this actually is just one feature of a larger offering. Looks great!
Re: Launch HN: Laylo (YC S20) – Fan reminders for content, merchandise, and events
#20This can work for non-music drops as well. Will test it for our weekly web developer challenge at scrimba.