Divvyshot [YC W09]: Photo-sharing for groups

#1

Post by vlad » Thu, Mar 05, 2009, 2:10 AM UTC

Divvyshot [YC W09]: Photo-sharing for groups
divvyshot.com

Re: Divvyshot [YC W09]: Photo-sharing for groups

#2

Post by thepanister » Thu, Mar 05, 2009, 2:17 AM UTC

Congratulations. Looks very attractive!

If you can find a way to help users "move"/import their stuff from their current service to yours, then it would be really great. Also if you consider adding service like printing or something...

Re: Divvyshot [YC W09]: Photo-sharing for groups

#3

Post by mcxx » Thu, Mar 05, 2009, 2:25 AM UTC

Those hot girls on the photos will definitely boost sing-up rate.

Re: Divvyshot [YC W09]: Photo-sharing for groups

#4

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Mar 05, 2009, 2:36 AM UTC

mcxx wrote: post #3

Those hot girls on the photos will definitely boost sing-up rate.

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Re: Divvyshot [YC W09]: Photo-sharing for groups

#5

Post by simonista » Thu, Mar 05, 2009, 2:37 AM UTC

The design looks really nice. I already use drop box with friends to accomplish pretty much the same thing, and it wasn't immediately apparent what the added value would be to using Divvyshot.

Also, the first time I went to the upload page I got a "unknown certificate. trust/don't trust" dialog which disrupted the otherwise excellent UX. Mac OS X 10.5.6, Safari 4 if that's relevant.

Overall great work. I think this will be really appealing for people looking to share photos without any setup.

Re: Divvyshot [YC W09]: Photo-sharing for groups

#6

Post by vaksel » Thu, Mar 05, 2009, 2:38 AM UTC

mcxx wrote: post #3

Those hot girls on the photos will definitely boost sing-up rate.

to clear up any misunderstandings I'm sure he is talking about the girls on the beach and not the kids at the birthday party

Re: Divvyshot [YC W09]: Photo-sharing for groups

#7

Post by davincicode » Thu, Mar 05, 2009, 2:38 AM UTC

I am actually genuinely excited to use this

There bringing something new(er) to photo sharing which is awesome

Re: Divvyshot [YC W09]: Photo-sharing for groups

#8

Post by vaksel » Thu, Mar 05, 2009, 2:38 AM UTC

Props on using a quick sign up box.

I would take out the "free" from the Alpha account, might turn away people who'll think you'll need to pay later.

Re: Divvyshot [YC W09]: Photo-sharing for groups

#9

Post by cperciva » Thu, Mar 05, 2009, 2:43 AM UTC

Here's my 10 second review: I have no clue why I should want to use this instead of flickr.

I'm sure there's some reason -- but whatever it is, you might want to point it out more clearly on the front page, because otherwise those 10 seconds are probably all you're going to get from most people.

Re: Divvyshot [YC W09]: Photo-sharing for groups

#10

Post by Sam_Odio » Thu, Mar 05, 2009, 2:44 AM UTC

Hey guys, it's Sam (divvyshot's creator).

The site's a piece of crap right now, but hopefully things will be better over the coming weeks. Release early and frequently, right? If you find any huge bugs email me: so / at / divvyshot / dot / com

Features we've built and haven't yet launched include:

- A Desktop client (PC & Mac)

- Twitter, Flickr, & Facebook synchronization

- Facebook application

- An iPhone app (you can see real time what's happening at the event you're attending and push photos to the event from your phone)

- Snipshot photo editing