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   by start123 6y ago

   I would add Bitly in Marketing as well. They have more than $100 million revenue per year. Link shortening has got a bad rap but there is plenty of demand for branded links. I have spent last few months talking to unsatisfied customers of B
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   by start123 6y ago

   TinyURL and a several free alternatives have been known to do it for a while now. But, not everybody does this to be clear. Running a free URL shortener costs time and money which is why they do it. For my URL shortening service https:&#x2
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   by start123 6y ago

   Without account, shortening invited spammers and lead to security concerns and it was difficult to deal with that. Businesses that I target have set up custom domains and reap more benefit from it. I eventually plan to retire default shorte
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   by start123 6y ago

   Wow! Thanks. That's way better.
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   by start123 6y ago

   Also on PH by the way https://www.producthunt.com/posts/blanq/ . Will bump you up as paid account for free if you are interested :)
6. 66.▲
   by start123 6y ago

   Thanks. I started this since it had a low-entry barrier but, going from basic to a mature product was quite challenging and a great learning experience personally.
7. 67.▲
   by start123 6y ago

   1. Nothing wrong. But there are plenty of things to consider if you need a mature product. 2. Businesses like to pay. 3. Github has been bad lately https://www.theregister.com/2020/07/13/github_takes_some_dow.
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   by start123 6y ago

   I launched this a few months ago so getting to the first page of google search results is a bit challenging.
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   by start123 6y ago

   Since I am running a URL shortener service https://blanq.io , my two cents: 1. I looked at https://github.com/nelsontky/gh-pages-url-shortener/blob/mai... and it is a basic script that does nothing
10. 70.▲
    by start123 6y ago

    The registration is buggy - The form is misaligned - at least on Firefox, and why does Google sign up say "continue to amazoncognito.com"?
11. 71.▲
    by start123 6y ago

    I spent last few months building this platform as a service and currently have a few users(large organisations also) using the service on a daily basis. Would love to hear what you think of it?
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    Show HN: A modern, minimalist custom url shortener(blanq.io)

    3 points by start123 6y ago|1 comments
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    by start123 6y ago

    Thank you so much for this. It makes me so happy that I can be in different country and yet listen to my favorite station back home.
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    Show HN: I made a cheaper and a reliable alternative to Bitly.com

    2 points by start123 6y ago|0 comments
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    Show HN: Blanq – Shorten and Declutter Any Link(blanq.me)

    2 points by start123 7y ago|0 comments
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    Show HN: Observage – Easy to setup, cheap and a reliable downtime alerting app(observage.com)

    1 points by start123 7y ago|0 comments
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    by start123 7y ago

    Also, I have been thinking to launch with a basic plan and then, any new additional feature will go into a new pro-plan. So, people that had signed up will not witness a price rise but will have enough incentive to upgrade.
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    by start123 7y ago

    I agree so, the plan is to roll out slowly, and give it to a handful of customers initially, and then see how the usage and adoption goes from there.
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    by start123 7y ago

    Not yet, the acquisition strategy would be my next logical step I think. I am not aware of Heroku elements, will check it out. Thanks.
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    by start123 7y ago

    I used Google docs heavily. I started with a list of 10 uptime monitoring competitors with features, pricing, and weaknesses. I figured out that all of them were charging ludicrous amounts of money to do a simple task like alerts via SMS or
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    Ask HN: Idea feedback on cheaper website/API uptime alerting

    3 points by start123 7y ago|7 comments
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    by start123 7y ago

    "So you have 7-year-olds waddling around the city on their own" This. I have seen so many kids going to school alone in Tallinn - quite the opposite of the current generation's helicopter parenting.
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    by start123 7y ago

    I cannot imagine going out at night if there was no Bolt/Uber. I pretty much have to walk home or some distance to get a bus. The weather doesn't help either - standing at a bus stop in winter when the next bus is in 20 mins or so
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    by start123 7y ago

    As an expat living as Tallinn resident for a couple of years, here are my two cents 1. Having public transport has a remarkable effect on the quality of life - At any time of the day, I can hop on go to any part of the city without worrying
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    Why India Badly Deserves a Better News Aggregator(medium.com)

    1 points by start123 8y ago|0 comments
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    Indian streets are ruled by charming homegrown fonts(scroll.in)

    1 points by start123 8y ago|0 comments
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    Show HN: An Intelligent News Aggregator for Indian News(wideversion.com)

    1 points by start123 9y ago|0 comments
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    Show HN: Wide Version – A smart news aggregator for India(wideversion.com)

    1 points by start123 10y ago|0 comments
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    A glorious obsession with the melodic alternation(thepatterning.com)

    1 points by start123 10y ago|0 comments
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    by start123 10y ago

    Automate. Automate. Automate.