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Re: Review my startup, Listnerd.com

#32

Post by stormen »

ctide wrote: post #22

Speaking as someone who has built this product before, I think you'll run into the same outcome that my product, Well, Bagcheck, Listly, Listgeeks, and others end up at: It doesn't actually provide any value. It sounds really harsh, but unfortunately, that's the reality. People show up, make a few lists because it sounds fun, but you don't give anything back to them. You don't end up getting information that isn't al…

I think you're forgetting a few candidates. Ranker.com and Listverse.com both have massive amounts of traffic; and they're based around lists - albeit with a far worse UX than Listnerd currently offers. So I wouldn't write off lists based on the ones that haven't made it; it's like saying Facebook can't make it because Myspace failed.

That being said, I really believe in the value of lists; it's why we created the site after all. But: thanks for your input. We'll work as hard as we can to prove you wrong :)

Re: Review my startup, Listnerd.com

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Post by andreipop »

I think it's really hard to review it without understanding the goals of the project.

Are you trying to make money with it? Are you trying to grow it to 1M users? Are you trying to build a feature for Pinterest to buy?

You're getting a lot of different opinions here. Some are saying its a wonderful, social product with a lot of potential. Some are saying you aren't solving a real problem, which gives your project a fairly short shelf life.

It just depends on the goal, what do you hope to achieve with it? I've always had a hard time evaluating things without knowing this.

Re: Review my startup, Listnerd.com

#35

Post by stormen »

Centigonal wrote: post #17

Sorry if this sounds harsh, but why would anyone ever use your site? It's well designed and does a lot of the marketing, web-design-y stuff right, but I can't see any reason why I'd be motivated to start using your service.

To separate good products from bad? To find the best wine, beer, CMS system, programming language, cities to visit, video games to play, websites or even banks - all based on user-contributed votes? To engage in discussions around the stuff in your life you care about? I can think of a lot of reasons you could be motivated to start using a social list site.

Thanks for the input :)

Re: Review my startup, Listnerd.com

#37

Post by stormen »

Diamons wrote: post #29

Dude, absolutely love it. I've seen this a few times before but this one has huge potential. The product looks social. All it really needs is randomness". Not sure what the word is, but best I can describe it is randomness. Link bait. Link cycle. Idk. Keep me going. I view one, okay. Don't make me hit back and type something else in. Take what I've seen already, suggest alternative content on the side, keep me clicki…

Thanks a lot :) That's an excellent suggestion! We'll try to implement it asap. And kudos to you for seeing what we also (think we) see; which is a market - and need - for user-generated, collaborative online lists :)

Re: Review my startup, Listnerd.com

#38

Post by stormen »

andreipop wrote: post #34

I think it's really hard to review it without understanding the goals of the project. Are you trying to make money with it? Are you trying to grow it to 1M users? Are you trying to build a feature for Pinterest to buy? You're getting a lot of different opinions here. Some are saying its a wonderful, social product with a lot of potential. Some are saying you aren't solving a real problem, which gives your project a f…

Good input :)

The goal is to build a number 1 traffic destination; a kind of Pinterest or Youtube for lists. At its heart, Listnerd is a social discovery and recommendation tool. We want to help people separate good products from bad. That's our main goal. Everything else comes second. Money isn't the primary goal - or even the secondary. It's just a tool to create the site we want.

Re: Review my startup, Listnerd.com

#39

Post by stormen »

narrator wrote: post #20
Centigonal wrote: post #17

Sorry if this sounds harsh, but why would anyone ever use your site? It's well designed and does a lot of the marketing, web-design-y stuff right, but I can't see any reason why I'd be motivated to start using your service.

It really feels like the product first anti-pattern. The first thing you should think about if you want to create a serious business is "Who is my market? What am I selling? Why would they want to buy it?". You don't have to have a boring answer to those questions, you just need an answer.

We're selling user-generated and user-curated content to everybody with a passion. We're Pinterest for lists.
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