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Twitter acquires Bagcheck
- joshu 15y agocongrats, sam and luke!
- shalmanese 15y agoBagcheck had so much promise :(. The UI was so elegantly designed and there are still bits of it that I'm trying to pull apart for my own designs. At the end of the day though, the engagement just wasn't there. You would go on there a few times, check out a couple of bags, maybe create one or two and then never come back. It's sad it didn't work out but the founders are all insanely talented people and I'm sure whatever they go on to do next, it will also be awesome.
- jkaljundi 15y agoQuite interesting they went for one of the smallest ones in this sphere and not Pinterest: http://siteanalytics.compete.com/bagcheck.com+pinterest.com+svpply.com/ http://siteanalytics.compete.com/bagcheck.com+pinterest.com+... - also similar is thefancy.com.
- notatoad 15y agoi get the impression that this is more of a talent acquisition. i doubt twitter cares about the product all that much.
- jsavimbi 15y agoI'm with you on that, but the concept is a good one albeit not widely adopted. I've only created on bag, but I still peek in there now and again to see what other people are putting together. It's niche, but still a good, simple starting point if Twitter wants to get into eCommerce. That being said, Luke is a talent no matter where he goes and hopefully he'll bring about some good UX to the poorly-designed Twitter front end.
- hashbo 15y agoNo kidding, Sam’s a very talented guy. I was hanging around the Groovy project back in 2005, I think, before he became Yahoo CTO. You could really tell what a smart guy Sam was and his ideas and critiques were always balanced. So I’m sure this is yet another blessing for Twitter.
- faramarz 15y agoThanks for mentioning Pinterest as a comparison, because for the life of me, I couldn't figure out what Bagcheck was or how to use it. Pinterest on the other hand took me a mere 10seconds to figure out what it was and how enthusiastically I wanted to use it.
- groby_b 15y agoIf you don't mind, would you explain what the draw is? (I'm genuinely trying to understand. I don't _get_ pinterest, and given the interest it's generating, I'd love to...)
- faramarz 15y agoFor me personally, it was the right tool at the right time. I got tired of saving pictures of the products and architectures I liked. I was searching but I don't remember how I came across Pinterest, but when I did, I had to get in. It was early in their beta, so I sent off an email to Ben and said if you want a loyal user, let me in right now.. and he did. It was exactly what I needed! I've been collecting all the gems of the industrial design world ever since. I even got my mom registered so she can find inspiration for her home renovation. It's very visually appealing. None stop inspiration.
- sfkid 15y agopintrest looks great, like a tumblr for adults.
- hashbo 15y agoI actually thought Bagcheck was a cool idea, I think given some time it would have morphed/pivotted into more of a business than just an idea.
- rokhayakebe 15y agoPinterest is probably my favorite web discovery for 2011. I can easily get lost in there for 15 minutes/day repining. I am sure some users spend one hour or more/day on the site.
- kaylarose 15y agoSame here. I am planning my wedding, and Pinterest has been invaluable! Protip: If you can find the founders email (I can't remember of the top of my head), you can ask for an invite directly, instead of rotting away on the invite list.
- rokhayakebe 15y agoThat would have been super nice. I think I waited several weeks, but I got in :). Thanks.
- smackfu 15y agoIs this a talent acquisition, or does Twitter plan to roll this into their site somehow?
- transition 15y agoAnnoys me when i can't create an account on a site without a twitter or facebook account. Not everybody uses these services.
- dpcan 15y agoBut enough people do. Time to get on the bandwagon.
- transition 15y agoI view Facebook and Twitter as unnecessary playgounds for me. My objective is to limit my channels of communication so i don't have to micromanage all these unproductive services. I don't see why you'd want to limit your user base like this.
- byrneseyeview 15y agoAt what point did you stop applying that argument to sites that require an email address to sign up?
- transition 15y agoI'm not sure I understand your question - and if I do it sounds like you're trying to frame a very poor argument.
- Shenglong 15y agoHe's saying Twitter and Facebook are becoming, for today, what email was 10 years ago. You may have seen email as "an unproductive service" back then, because why would you email when you could call and write letters? Then sites started requiring emails to sign up - and you signed up anyway. Why wouldn't sites just let you register through snail mail? They're limiting their user base! In all seriousness, Twitter and Facebook are trending, and you might as well adopt them. Not doing so would strike me as a bit of technological ignorance.
- matthewj 15y agoWish I had come across BagCheck before. It looks like a great site!
- khangtoh 15y agoLooks like just a talent acquisition of one developer. The other co-founder, Luke, is not even joining Twitter. If I would to guess, the acquisition is sub $500,000. Any other guesses?