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Re: 4-week old company got YC interview, here's our application

#11
This looks more like a feature than a business. Why wouldn't bitly add this into their product as a feature?

I tried your demo url snip.ly/dBy and it took me few seconds to realize the iframed content in the bottom. Wasn't sure what to do with it and I moved on. I'm sure this is just the beginning but please move away from iframes - its not new and blocked by many social sites.

Congrats on getting a YC interview tho!

Re: 4-week old company got YC interview, here's our application

#12
This is very nicely implemented, and I'm assuming your background will allow this to morph and improve this quickly. My only concern is whether this will be enough to make users switch from existing solutions? i.e, is this 10X better than everything else?

Is there a way to create this as an overlay on the center of the page (sort of like a fade-over splash page)? perhaps you can allow users to add logos/images etc and customize the display of the layover?

Congrats on the YC interview!

Re: 4-week old company got YC interview, here's our application

#13
From your Medium post:

> no one has pointed out any substitutes or similar services, which leads us to believe we’ve built something that doesn’t exist yet.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but this has been done before. I distinctly remember someone launching the exact same product on Warrior Forum because of the intense negative reaction it got. Website owners were very upset and felt it was evil to add your own content onto someone else's site. Sadly I can't remember the name, I assume it didn't go very far because my searches aren't turning up any results.

I hope this doesn't take off, but if it does it will be a great way to instantly recognize non-respectable websites or social media accounts. I've read that YC invests as much in the people as the product, so maybe you'll end up creating something different.

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