Show HN: White-Label TikTok

#1

Post by boraturan » Wed, Feb 03, 2021, 7:51 PM UTC

Show HN: White-Label TikTok
alvin5.com

Re: Show HN: White-Label TikTok

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Post by ev1 » Wed, Feb 03, 2021, 9:05 PM UTC

Do those links have anything at all to do with alvin5? Or are they just generic "tiktok is the future" press items?

Why name it alvin5?

Re: Show HN: White-Label TikTok

#3

Post by bookmarkable » Wed, Feb 03, 2021, 9:49 PM UTC

Not sure I get the tech guts of this offering from the teaser site, but as a marketer, this is really interesting. I have zero interest in running a business account on TikTok, but this format is appealing.

Re: Show HN: White-Label TikTok

#4

Post by dvt » Wed, Feb 03, 2021, 9:53 PM UTC

This is brilliant. Good luck! I can see cooking apps, workout apps, etc. wanting to implement something like this. It all comes down to ease of development, but imo the value prop is big enough that CEOs/PMs will push for this no matter what.

Re: Show HN: White-Label TikTok

#5

Post by rizpanjwani » Wed, Feb 03, 2021, 10:00 PM UTC

there's no info on the team behind it.

Re: Show HN: White-Label TikTok

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Post by Dwolb » Wed, Feb 03, 2021, 10:33 PM UTC

dvt wrote: post #4

This is brilliant. Good luck! I can see cooking apps, workout apps, etc. wanting to implement something like this. It all comes down to ease of development, but imo the value prop is big enough that CEOs/PMs will push for this no matter what.

Ecommerce seems like a great one too. Seeing how clothes fit in video format feels like a way better experience than just static pictures.

Re: Show HN: White-Label TikTok

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Feb 03, 2021, 10:33 PM UTC

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Re: Show HN: White-Label TikTok

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Post by mvzvm » Wed, Feb 03, 2021, 11:03 PM UTC

rizpanjwani wrote: post #5

there's no info on the team behind it.

Extremely refreshing

Re: Show HN: White-Label TikTok

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Post by primitivesuave » Wed, Feb 03, 2021, 11:03 PM UTC

The idea is brilliant, I can imagine this enabling localized social apps all over the world to take off. However, the demo is not very compelling. If you're trying to get companies to trust your infrastructure to build on top of, you should really consider dogfood-ing your product to completion - show how a competing social app might look like and what customizations it offers.

Re: Show HN: White-Label TikTok

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Post by 2cb » Wed, Feb 03, 2021, 11:48 PM UTC

I can’t quite picture how this would work in practice, can anyone else? So say you’re a retailer with a commerce app. Is the idea you put a TikTok clone inside of it in the hope users sign up and use your app as a social network?

I get the end goal is targeting ads at your customers better and having user generated content to create ads at the same time, and that’s obviously an appealing concept to businesses, but who would actually sign up and use this as a consumer?