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Referly (YC S12) Launches API: Now Any Site Can Have A Referral Program

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Re: Referly (YC S12) Launches API: Now Any Site Can Have A Referral Program

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How far along is the ruby API? I'd throw this up on my business for a little just to test it out, see what happens

We are looking for open source contributors who would be interested in building the Ruby lib - I'll post a $500 bounty here. Please email me danielle@refer.ly

We posted a bounty for the Python library this morning and it is already done, so I'm hopeful this can go quickly as well.

Re: Referly (YC S12) Launches API: Now Any Site Can Have A Referral Program

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I am also not sure how "customer acquisition as a service" is different from the dozens of affiliate networks out there. NeverBlue, Azoogle, Ads4Dough, Epic etc. "Businesses get to define how much they are willing to pay for a sign up"? This is old hat to experienced affiliate marketers.

Re: Referly (YC S12) Launches API: Now Any Site Can Have A Referral Program

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post #22

I am also not sure how "customer acquisition as a service" is different from the dozens of affiliate networks out there. NeverBlue, Azoogle, Ads4Dough, Epic etc. "Businesses get to define how much they are willing to pay for a sign up"? This is old hat to experienced affiliate marketers.

And there are already platforms for companies to create programs on their own, like hasoffers.

Re: Referly (YC S12) Launches API: Now Any Site Can Have A Referral Program

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post #21

How far along is the ruby API? I'd throw this up on my business for a little just to test it out, see what happens

We are looking for open source contributors who would be interested in building the Ruby lib - I'll post a $500 bounty here. Please email me danielle@refer.ly We posted a bounty for the Python library this morning and it is already done, so I'm hopeful this can go quickly as well.

Would love to do it, but things are heating up at my business and it's hard to keep up as it is :( I'll definitely check back when the ruby lib is out
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