Ask HN: Review our startup: Unbig.me

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1104778

by tyohn • 16 years ago

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The concept is still in an early beta stage but I've love to get some feedback.

http://unbig.me/

scumola3• 16 years ago

Nice. I like it.

scumola3• 16 years ago

The link: http://unbig.me

eam• 16 years ago

As a consumer I will hate this, as site owner I will love it. Nonetheless, nice idea. Good luck!

scumola3• 16 years ago

Twitterers should love this.

og1• 16 years ago

Interesting idea. How did you arrive at the numbers for pricing/payouts? When I look at the price I feel like there is some disconnect from the usual CPC vs CPM. The person displaying the link is getting a click, which is usually paid per action while the advertiser is getting an impression.

tyohn3• 16 years ago

Good point. I'll have to make the distinction clearer or rethink model. Thanks!

rlpb• 16 years ago

What's to stop:

1) People avoiding unbig.me links because they don't like advertising

2) People taking one unbig.me link and then retweeting another to steal the advertising money?

You might not consider either of these a problem, of course :-)

tyohn3• 16 years ago

Thanks for the input. I've thought of both of them. #1 is would be problem. #2 each link made by our registered users is unique and assigned to the user that made it - even if its the same link someone already used... and I think retweeting a link would be a welcome site to the original link owner :)

run4yourlives• 16 years ago

This is nice, but eam's right: consumers will hate it!

Assuming it takes off, this could become <the> way to share links, basically making reddit/digg submissions profitable.

Any thought to how to handle any major backlash, like a site banning an unbig.me link altogether?

tyohn3• 16 years ago

I honestly haven't considered sites banning unbig.me. I'll have to think about possible solutions. Maybe working with the sites - i.e. providing a share of the revenue or suchlike?

marilyn• 16 years ago

You have a neat idea here. I am particularly fond of how unoffensive the advertisement delivery actually is. Best of luck to you!

theweirdzone• 16 years ago

I've been using it and I love it. It's so easy to use and the stats are terrific. The ads are clean too. i was frustrated with other shorteners displaying mainly soft porn and gambling ads!! Only one sore point - no support. I have sent a few support requests and have not received any replies. and how do we receive our paymnets? All the best!

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