Ask HN: alternatives to launchrock?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5748605

by armenarmen • 13 years ago

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I'm looking for an easy squeeze/email capture for a product that I'll be launching this summer (a backpack) and I wanted to know what alternatives to launchrock were around and what your experiences with them were like.

Did you use a service or build it yourself? or what?

benologist2• 13 years ago

I spent yesterday and today playing with the API from MailChimp, it's easy to use + they have various embeddable widgets.

It would be viable to just use them although you'd need something for the analytics as well.

armenarmen5• 13 years ago

Would google analytics do the trick?

benologist2• 13 years ago

Yeah I think it'd be okay, although LaunchRock also looks at Twitter and LinkedIn sharing.

mlebel• 13 years ago

What's your email? I'll shoot you our custom solution that uses Campaign Monitor to collect emails.

armenarmen5• 13 years ago

Great! I'll hit you up tonight!

armenarmen5• 13 years ago

armenlsuny [/at] gmail [dot] com

brotchie• 13 years ago

I've recently used Prefinery (https://www.prefinery.com/) to handle a Beta launch. Highly recommended.

Out-of-the-box support for "viral" social referrals, exporting to MailChimp, webhooks to notify of new sign-ups. Nice minimalist bootstrap interface as well.

armenarmen5• 13 years ago

Neat, I'm looking at it right now!

makerops• 13 years ago

There is a great project by Daniel Kehoe, that I used for http://makerops.com:

https://github.com/RailsApps/rails-prelaunch-signup

This, along with a 5-10$ bootstrap theme and heroku, makes it very easy, and it integrates with mailchimp.

pclark• 13 years ago

whats your email? we've built this at userfox and would love to get you involved. we'll do everything for you. i am also interested because i care deeply about backpacks.

armenarmen5• 13 years ago

Cool! I'll shoot you an email tonight!

nistha0202• 13 years ago

Hi, I built launchvalue - http://launchvalue.com/ that offers clean interface with google analytics and twitter integration. I also offer customized solution that you can self host for more control on a consulting basis. Let me know if you might be interested.

hkarthik• 13 years ago

I vote for http://kickofflabs.com

I know both cofounders and have worked with them in the past. They're standup guys and provide great support too.

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