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Show HN: Spoffer – Not just another deals site

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Re: Show HN: Spoffer – Not just another deals site

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Post by vaitko »

Some more links for those are interested:

http://www.spoffer.net/help/about - short explainer how it works

http://www.spoffer.net/help/business - explainer how it works for business

http://editor.spoffer.net/edit (user: demo, pwd: demo123) - see drag&drop offers editor in action

Don't want to describe this project anymore there and i hope that links above are quite explanatory, but if you have some question - welcome, I'll gladly answer.

This is one-man-army project. Idea born in my head few years ago and I started brainstorming and developing at odd moments. It took so long because I was creating it alone, and in case that I'm developer some parts took quite much time like layouting and creating design, I had a feeling "how it should look" but didn't have desire to hire expensive designer or so, in case that it was not designed to "earn money" from the start and was more like hobby :) So finally it looks more or less how I imagined it, but... I understand that not everything is fine... I understand that i need solve chicken-egg problem: no business wants to publish offers if there is no quite big community, and how to get community when there is no bussiness publishing offers... I have a plan how to solve it, but i think I'll need some cooworkers/coofounders for that at least marketing expert and designer at first - if you feel that you would like to take a part there please contact me gintaras[eta]spoffer.net

And of course I'm waiting for any kind of response, please write what is your first impression when visiting this website? What do you think about such approach in general? How does desing look for you? Whats is missing, what are the main drawbacks from the first sight?

Thank you very much!

Re: Show HN: Spoffer – Not just another deals site

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Post by ghayes »

vaitko wrote: post #2

Some more links for those are interested: http://www.spoffer.net/help/about - short explainer how it works http://www.spoffer.net/help/business - explainer how it works for business http://editor.spoffer.net/edit (user: demo, pwd: demo123) - see drag&drop offers editor in action Don't want to describe this project anymore there and i hope that links above are quite explanatory, but if you have some question - welcome…

Is it possible to view the about / business pages without registering?

Re: Show HN: Spoffer – Not just another deals site

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Post by vaitko »

ghayes wrote: post #3
vaitko wrote: post #2

Some more links for those are interested: http://www.spoffer.net/help/about - short explainer how it works http://www.spoffer.net/help/business - explainer how it works for business http://editor.spoffer.net/edit (user: demo, pwd: demo123) - see drag&drop offers editor in action Don't want to describe this project anymore there and i hope that links above are quite explanatory, but if you have some question - welcome…

Is it possible to view the about / business pages without registering?

Ups sorry I see... looks like a bug, i'm on it already, could you please use username: demo and password: demo123 at meantime? Thanks!

Re: Show HN: Spoffer – Not just another deals site

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Post by vaitko »

ghayes wrote: post #3
vaitko wrote: post #2

Some more links for those are interested: http://www.spoffer.net/help/about - short explainer how it works http://www.spoffer.net/help/business - explainer how it works for business http://editor.spoffer.net/edit (user: demo, pwd: demo123) - see drag&drop offers editor in action Don't want to describe this project anymore there and i hope that links above are quite explanatory, but if you have some question - welcome…

Is it possible to view the about / business pages without registering?

Looks like fixed, should be fine now :)

Re: Show HN: Spoffer – Not just another deals site

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Post by skiltz »

I didn't really understand the 'how it works' video, I 'subscribe to a business' and then what? Do I get emailed with offers or do I need to go back to the website to see new offers? How are you going to get people back to the site after the first viewing if you're not going to email or connect with them on social media?

Re: Show HN: Spoffer – Not just another deals site

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Post by vaitko »

skiltz wrote: post #6

I didn't really understand the 'how it works' video, I 'subscribe to a business' and then what? Do I get emailed with offers or do I need to go back to the website to see new offers? How are you going to get people back to the site after the first viewing if you're not going to email or connect with them on social media?

Yes the main idea is that after you subscribe to businesses you're interested in you are able to access your offers stream in several ways: of course you get notification emails about new offers from businesses you're subscribed if you want to get it (there will be settings for that because idea behind of that is that EMAIL IS NOT FOR SUCH THINGS LIKE SPECIAL OFFERS:) ) also there will be push notifications in mobile apps about new offers you're interested in (subscribed) and maybe you want to visit spoffer directly to see "whats new" like you do with your Facebook social news stream? :)
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