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Alice.com in closed beta

7 points by timf 18y ago

pclark 18y ago
what is this?
- timf 18y ago
  It is like Amazon Subscribe & Save [1] (actually, I don't know how it is any different yet...). My family uses Amazon S&S and so I am curious about it. Started by the jellyfish.com people, they got some $4m funding recently (Jellyfish was sold and morphed into Microsoft's Live Search cashback program). -- [1] - http://www.amazon.com/gp/subscribe-and-save/details/index.html http://www.amazon.com/gp/subscribe-and-save/details/index.ht...
mpfefferle 18y ago
Is this web van 2.0?
- dotcoma 18y ago
  or kozmo.com ;)
theklub 18y ago
I could see this appealing to women and mothers more than Amazon. I think it's a good idea but it's probably no different than the Amazon S&S. It's all about the branding and setup here.
- timf 18y ago
  It's hard to tell without more information. On their blog it was directly asked what the difference was and the response is "I hope you see the enhanced value in what we’ve come up with at Alice." [1] If they are trying to simply win a branding war with Amazon... yikes. -- [1] - http://flywheelblog.com/2008/11/the-3-advantages-of-a-start-up/#comment-149 http://flywheelblog.com/2008/11/the-3-advantages-of-a-start-...
  - ryanmahoski 18y ago
    That blog is sometimes a revealing read. Evidently they offered +$200k for the dot-com name of a small, mythical, woodland creature. They also: budget $15-20k for patent filings, defend Jellyfish's use of PR firms, detail Alice.com's pre-launch strategy, explain why they see every employee as an animal, and reveal why they'll never hire anyone from Michigan State.
hotpockets 18y ago
I was thinking of doing this about a couple years ago. The advantage for an independent company is you have more product and cost flexibility, thus getting your subscribers better deals. Also amazon's version is unflexible with the time periods which can cause problems. Fine tuning the delivery periods would be advantageous. However, anyone I mentioned it to (all males, one female incidentally) thought it was silly. I still think it has potential though.

7 points by timf 18y ago

pclark 18y ago

what is this?

timf 18y ago
It is like Amazon Subscribe & Save [1] (actually, I don't know how it is any different yet...). My family uses Amazon S&S and so I am curious about it. Started by the jellyfish.com people, they got some $4m funding recently (Jellyfish was sold and morphed into Microsoft's Live Search cashback program). -- [1] - http://www.amazon.com/gp/subscribe-and-save/details/index.html http://www.amazon.com/gp/subscribe-and-save/details/index.ht...

mpfefferle 18y ago

Is this web van 2.0?

dotcoma 18y ago
or kozmo.com ;)

theklub 18y ago

I could see this appealing to women and mothers more than Amazon. I think it's a good idea but it's probably no different than the Amazon S&S. It's all about the branding and setup here.

timf 18y ago
It's hard to tell without more information. On their blog it was directly asked what the difference was and the response is "I hope you see the enhanced value in what we’ve come up with at Alice." [1] If they are trying to simply win a branding war with Amazon... yikes. -- [1] - http://flywheelblog.com/2008/11/the-3-advantages-of-a-start-up/#comment-149 http://flywheelblog.com/2008/11/the-3-advantages-of-a-start-...
- ryanmahoski 18y ago
  That blog is sometimes a revealing read. Evidently they offered +$200k for the dot-com name of a small, mythical, woodland creature. They also: budget $15-20k for patent filings, defend Jellyfish's use of PR firms, detail Alice.com's pre-launch strategy, explain why they see every employee as an animal, and reveal why they'll never hire anyone from Michigan State.

hotpockets 18y ago

I was thinking of doing this about a couple years ago. The advantage for an independent company is you have more product and cost flexibility, thus getting your subscribers better deals. Also amazon's version is unflexible with the time periods which can cause problems. Fine tuning the delivery periods would be advantageous. However, anyone I mentioned it to (all males, one female incidentally) thought it was silly. I still think it has potential though.