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Re: The Next Chapter

#11

Post by shravan » Tue, May 06, 2014, 8:20 PM UTC

I'm sad to see Kippt go. I've been an avid user for about a year now.

Can you comment on what led to this change? Inbound traffic looks like it's still pretty solid. Was it just that not enough people were converting to paid plans?

Re: The Next Chapter

#12

Post by EduardoFonseca » Tue, May 06, 2014, 8:23 PM UTC

This is shameless plug, but...

The startup that I'm at is working in a similar space. We're devoting a lot of resources to being able to easily search (from Google) your links, as well as share them. May be useful if you used Kippt, https://www.kifi.com/

Disclaimer: Again, I work there, but I really like what we are building. :)

Re: The Next Chapter

#13

Post by jorde » Tue, May 06, 2014, 8:27 PM UTC

shravan wrote: post #11

I'm sad to see Kippt go. I've been an avid user for about a year now. Can you comment on what led to this change? Inbound traffic looks like it's still pretty solid. Was it just that not enough people were converting to paid plans?

We never got to the level where things would have been profitable so the last year was mainly bootstrapping. Small bootstrapped business is also something we don't want to do forever so made the hard decision and move forward. It's hopefully needless to say that we're extremely happy about Coinbase.

Re: The Next Chapter

#14

Post by jorde » Tue, May 06, 2014, 8:29 PM UTC

EduardoFonseca wrote: post #12

This is shameless plug, but... The startup that I'm at is working in a similar space. We're devoting a lot of resources to being able to easily search (from Google) your links, as well as share them. May be useful if you used Kippt, https://www.kifi.com/ Disclaimer: Again, I work there, but I really like what we are building. :)

Good luck for your journey!

Re: The Next Chapter

#15

Post by jorde » Tue, May 06, 2014, 8:30 PM UTC

kumarski wrote: post #6

kumarski wrote: post #5

What will become of sendtoinc.com?

/ I just became a customer.

We're keeping Inc up as a side project. If you need to get in touch, jori@sendtoinc.com

Re: The Next Chapter

#16

Post by jpdlla » Tue, May 06, 2014, 8:32 PM UTC

Congrats to Karri and Jori. Really enjoyed collaborating and helping out with developer resources while building FeedLeap. Best to both.

Re: The Next Chapter

#17

Post by smirksirlot » Tue, May 06, 2014, 8:37 PM UTC

So sad :( Love Kippt!

Re: The Next Chapter

#18

Post by Kiro » Tue, May 06, 2014, 8:38 PM UTC

Sad but not unexpected. Kippt has always felt like the kind of service that's nice and everybody likes but has a hard time getting any real traction. I'm sure being example site #1 on the official Bootstrap page was a good driver of traffic but sometimes the product just isn't vital enough.

Re: The Next Chapter

#19

Post by sp332 » Tue, May 06, 2014, 8:38 PM UTC

adamnemecek wrote: post #10

That's some http://ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com material right there.

Since the service is still up and users' data is respected, I don't think it really applies.

Re: The Next Chapter

#20

Post by sbisker » Tue, May 06, 2014, 11:15 PM UTC

sp332 wrote: post #19

adamnemecek wrote: post #10

That's some http://ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com material right there.

Since the service is still up and users' data is respected, I don't think it really applies.

Have a look at that tumblr - it's not the day of acquisition announcement that matters here...