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I also got a no. It's actually what I was expecting my app is nearly done already www.embought.com and I'm a single founder. Congrats to everyone that made it

I also got a no. It's actually what I was expecting my app is nearly done already www.embought.com and I'm a single founder. Congrats to everyone that made it. Looking forward to reading the interview recap blogs.

fallentimes 19y ago
Readmore I think your application is a good idea. Have you considered letting people choose their own charity instead of the preselected ones you have listed? Or even better, people could choose their own cause (whether it's a charity, fundraising event, boyscouts, girlscouts etc etc) and could encourage friends, family and acquaintances to use the site to raise money for their cause.
- Readmore 19y ago
  Thanks! I've thought along those same lines, and I'm hoping to make that an option in the future. Currently I'm not confident that I can track everything well enough to attribute purchases to an individual user. I didn't want to say a user could pick their own charity and then not actually be able to donate the money for them. As I get traffic I'm hoping to find a way to pull that off.
  - fallentimes 19y ago
    Maybe you could set something similar to what ebates.com has done? Each user has an individual login and everytime they go to an affiliate site they are provided with a tracking ticket. It's a really cool system and I've made over a few hundred dollars with them related to business trips for my "real job". If your site ever starts marketing towards fundraising groups, a user could be asked to enter a simple identifier code to tell the system that all proceeds should be directed to XX cause OR the group could be provided their own sign up link which automatically associates the user with XX cause.
    - Readmore 19y ago
      That sounds like a great system, thanks. I'll take a look at ebates.com and see what I can find.
      - fallentimes 18y ago
        Readmore, definitely send me an email if you incorporate any new elements: danhaubert [at.....] gmail (dot) com

fallentimes 19y ago

Readmore I think your application is a good idea. Have you considered letting people choose their own charity instead of the preselected ones you have listed? Or even better, people could choose their own cause (whether it's a charity, fundraising event, boyscouts, girlscouts etc etc) and could encourage friends, family and acquaintances to use the site to raise money for their cause.

Readmore 19y ago
Thanks! I've thought along those same lines, and I'm hoping to make that an option in the future. Currently I'm not confident that I can track everything well enough to attribute purchases to an individual user. I didn't want to say a user could pick their own charity and then not actually be able to donate the money for them. As I get traffic I'm hoping to find a way to pull that off.
- fallentimes 19y ago
  Maybe you could set something similar to what ebates.com has done? Each user has an individual login and everytime they go to an affiliate site they are provided with a tracking ticket. It's a really cool system and I've made over a few hundred dollars with them related to business trips for my "real job". If your site ever starts marketing towards fundraising groups, a user could be asked to enter a simple identifier code to tell the system that all proceeds should be directed to XX cause OR the group could be provided their own sign up link which automatically associates the user with XX cause.
  - Readmore 19y ago
    That sounds like a great system, thanks. I'll take a look at ebates.com and see what I can find.
    - fallentimes 18y ago
      Readmore, definitely send me an email if you incorporate any new elements: danhaubert [at.....] gmail (dot) com