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Alice — Create a customized shortened URL for any custom domain
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Greg Battle: gbattle
You do realize that shortening links is fully commoditized. Charging for that, even at a one time cost, is aggressive imho. Bitly isn't just a link shortener, it is a marketing and customer intelligence platform. The $995 for Enterprise is for businesses with high traffic looking for viral safe ways of pushing brand, tracking audience and aggregating insights. SMBs won't see the same value. I say this because I helped create and execute bitly Enterprise 7 years ago.
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@gbattle great feedback. We are very grateful for that. I invite you to read this: http://www.angry.pt/alc
p.s. Great work helping The New York Foundling!!
@fernand0moreira I will read it. In a more mobile-centric world, links have a very different value today. And thanks man. NY Foundling is legit amazing, changing the lives of the neediest in NYC.
@fernand0moreira to be clear, an average second year CS major can create a URL shortener in an afternoon. It isn't rocket science. However, doing it at scale, to the tune of 10+ billion clicks per month isn't trivial or easy. To be clear, in the days when Twitter was fail whale central, bitly never went down, which is a testament to how forward thinking their engineering team was/is. Don't trust me on it, tear through their engineering blog for yourself. Everything changes when you add orders of magnitude to the problem.
Hey guys, meet ALICE.
The project we created (http://www.angry.ventures) that allows you to create a shrinked customized URL for any link using your company domain.
Wanna explore wonderland?
Get in touch for more details!
p.s. Why Alice?
Because we agree with her! Eternal links are confusing. We believe that shrink them, as Alice does to herself, is the best way to promote your brand.
Joining to @pmansata and @brettwill1025
Also what about API, do you have it? Or maybe planning?
@pmansata
-> Alice is a self-hosted solution;
-> Your Data is Yours: Export your links and stats at anytime - they'll never be monetized or held hostage;
-> Migration Assistance: Bring your branded links with you from another service at no extra charge- we'll help!
PRICE
Bit.ly Enterprise - $995 a month
Alice - $250 one-time fee :D
thks for the comment!
p.s. Any plans to come to europe with @Zently ?
@pmansata @brettwill1025 @levchenkod maybe soon. Alice is a project created in three wonderful afternoons... You can find "The Why" here:
http://www.angry.ventures/blog/u...
Sorry :)
Here -> http://www.angry.pt/alc
(the other one is to big) :) - thks alice!!
thks for your interest
@fernand0moreira - thank you for clarifying. Will give this a spin soon! @Zently launch in Europe is hopefully a few months away. Thank you for asking!
What is the biggest difference between you and, say, someone like Bitly? Congrats on the launch! 🚀
@brettwill1025 As a final output, we do the same! -> Shrinking Links!!
Now, (and in our opinion better)
-> Alice is a self-hosted solution;
-> Your Data is Yours: Export your links and stats at anytime - they'll never be monetized or held hostage;
-> Migration Assistance: Bring your branded links with you from another service at no extra charge- we'll help!
Now,
PRICE
Bit.ly Enterprise - $995 a month
Alice - $250 one-time fee :D
thks for the comment!
p.s. I saw @Hue. Fock, great idea!
@fernand0moreira and what‘s the difference to a completely free self-hosted yourls.org shortener that‘s worth the price of $250?
@colm_howard_lloyd :)
Bit.ly Enterprise - $995 a month
Alice - $250 one-time fee :D
p.s. the headline of yovo sound awesome!
$250 is still a lot of freaking money for a product like this. I rather go to CodeCanyon and buy the premium URL shortner for $21, which also has free updated for life.
@erickbarron86 great input!! I invite you to understand the reason why we did Alice: http://www.angry.pt/alc
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@fernand0moreira
" In terms of marketing, I believe that this kind of project helps us become recognizable and being part of the community."
Got it
@fernand0moreira Thank for sharing. I can see the advantage in particular on the pricing. Just curious, why did you decide to go on a one-time fee model?
@ricardo_a_muacho Fock! Great question. Here's the answer: http://www.angry.pt/fee