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TechCrunch buys InviteShare for $25,000
And odds are they will, now that TechCrunch is involved. The technology blog frequently writes about invitation-only online communities and services, many of which we could see added to the InviteShare pool.
Does this all sort of defeat the purpose of private beta tests where a limited number of individuals gets to test out a new product? Maybe. But the folks most likely to use InviteShare are the same folks most likely to be good beta testers; geeky and enthusiastic about new services.
TechCrunch's Mike Arrington says the site had been planning to create an invitation swapping service of its own when InviteShare launched. After writing a positive review of the site, Arrington admits that he may have driven up the value of the site his company eventually purchased.
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june said 10:40AM on 7-19-2007
No kidding about the navigation. It's shit.
And what is that site running on, a toaster? I'm getting 500s left and right.
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Shaun McAvinney said 10:59AM on 7-19-2007
Hey does anyone want to buy joostswap.com? 2000 bucks will do it. Seriously.
swapjoost@gmail.com, or the contact form on the site.
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jumanji said 1:51PM on 7-19-2007
No kidding about be difficult to navigate. And the site is painfully sluggish and intermittently returns '500' errors.
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