Ask HN: Feedback Please - TapInko.com

TapInko is the online Market Place for Traditional Media, we were a DreamIt Ventures company last summer and have spent a considerable amount of time understanding the 'offline' advertising world. Though this is the first version of the product, we have many features in the works. I will be giving an online WebEx tutorial this Friday at 3:00 pm (est) and invite anyone to watch. If you are interested please shoot me a message.

Thanks,

- Pete Groverman - Pgroverman@tapinko.com

Some things about the venture:

1) We have an executed agreement with The Greater Media Group of Freehold NJ, they have begun creating profiles for their different outlets

2) We are based out of Philadelphia

3) Our goal is to make advertising...easy

4) Buyers of Adspace can use their same account to also become Sellers of Adspace (ie. a restaurant desires to place an advertisement but also sell advertisements in their menus)

5) How We Differentiate from Google Print Ads: http://www.phillypreneurs.com/2009/02/david_vs_gooliath/

6) If you have a publication or outlet that you would like to sell advertising on (even as a sticker on the back of your computer) please feel free to make a profile.

7) Business Model: No setup costs, no annual subscription fees, we charge only 7% per completed transaction to the seller. This charge includes all banking fees and credit card costs.

Your UI needs a little work.

The results to be specific, they don't tell me much without reading for more than 10 seconds, try showing ad rates, available slots, etc.

We will enhance the site as we continue to move forward, thank you for pointing this out.

So give a little break down in each search window.... but do you think a more interactive and sophisticated search would help here? I was thinking of allowing users to target specific outlets based on the markets they desire to capture.

Thanks. Interested in trying it out? I think you might see us help your drinkingfor.com venture.