Ask HN: Please review our self-service sharing platform (with HN promo code)

by printerjam on 6/8/2012, 4:52 PM with 4 comments

Hi Everyone,

Longtime daily readers of HN and occasional commenters here. We’d really love your feedback on our new offering.

Briefly: Friendbuy has developed a sharing platform (think mailchimp for sharing). Features include customizing share widgets and share buttons, sharing analytics, social analytics and the ability to optimize results.

http://www.friendbuy.com

Access to the platform has been limited to select partners we’ve quietly brought on board - large ecommerce and smaller buzz-worthy companies from Kickstarter like Bikegotham.com and Blank Label.

So far the feedback from our partners has been great. Now we’re launching an open, self-service platform to the public. And that means the product has to speak for itself.

So we’re seeking feedback from the HN community because, well, you’ll be honest with us. Access is free (no credit card required) to start playing with the tools.

If you want to use the platform after checking it out and providing feedback, you can use the HN promo code hn201206-a9s8df which gives you 50% off your first three months. You will enter the promo code in the form when you activate a sharing campaign and it's good until 08/01/2012.

We’d really appreciate any opinions along the following lines, they would be extremely valued by the team as we try to improve market positioning and usability.

1) Clear value proposition? 2) Clear about our features and benefits? 3) Usability: can you set up a sharing campaign quickly, is the campaign creation path easy to follow? 4) Help section: Clear instructions for integration

Please send feedback and/or questions to support@friendbuy.com

Thanks!

Manish, Dave and Tony

  • by jnorthrop on 6/9/2012, 10:21 AM

    Clickable: http://www.friendbuy.com

    From reading your text here and your site I don't understand what you do. What is "supercharging social sharing." Does that mean I can easily reach more people? Why do I need a template? What kind, if any, tracking is available? Does it track when I post something to Twitter, Facebook, etc?

    I think you would benefit greatly from some use cases or at least some screen shots.

  • by tonyjwang on 6/10/2012, 4:32 AM

    To offer a different perspective, I disagree with jnorthrop and think your value proposition is clear - you're helping companies encourage customers to share purchases and provide metrics of how that sharing affects the bottom line.

    I like the idea and think it's clever.