shrtn.co
Web and SaaS
affiliate link monetization
SHOW HN2010
11points
12comments
#114of 370 in 2010
Top 31%of 2010 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
1 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 10 comments about the project. Thread score -0.10.
Idea: 1 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Good idea for link monetization
From 2 comments
Great idea. Congrats on the release! A couple of suggestions: - An API to generate shortened URLs automatically would be great. - Some mechanism for supporting custom domain…
Cafesolo on HNLove the idea! I think you should have some mention of how are revenues shared be it at 10-90 or 90-10. That was the first thing I went looking after.
sandipagr on HN
Objections
Revenue split not disclosed
From 2 comments
Love the idea! I think you should have some mention of how are revenues shared be it at 10-90 or 90-10. That was the first thing I went looking after.
sandipagr on HNI don't entirely understand why people are preferring to keep this kind of number under the desk. Would you share why? In my mind, specific number/statistic is a layer of trust.
stephenou on HN
Affiliates may cut off a master account
From 1 comment
1) How are you different/better than VigLink, which also provides this service? 2) Do you have permission from affiliates to act as a master account like this? (I'd be concerned…
staunch on HN
Requests
API for generating shortened URLs
From 2 comments
Great idea. Congrats on the release! A couple of suggestions: - An API to generate shortened URLs automatically would be great. - Some mechanism for supporting custom domain…
Cafesolo on HNAwesome! Is it possible to authenticate using my shrtn username? The current API generates links using shrtn's own affiliate codes.
Cafesolo on HN
Custom domain name support
From 2 comments
Great idea. Congrats on the release! A couple of suggestions: - An API to generate shortened URLs automatically would be great. - Some mechanism for supporting custom domain…
Cafesolo on HNThere is currently a very basic api in place @ http://shrtn.co/api/*your-url* Custom domain names are a great idea. Thanks for the feedback!
tommizzle on HN
Location-based redirects for Amazon regions
From 1 comment
What's the amount of work involved in adding merchants? I notice the list grew a lot since last time, should we expect 20/month? Oh, and there's no chance you've solved my…
ultrasaurus on HN
Questions
How is it different from VigLink
From 1 comment
1) How are you different/better than VigLink, which also provides this service? 2) Do you have permission from affiliates to act as a master account like this? (I'd be concerned…
staunch on HN
What percentage is taken
From 2 comments
1) How are you different/better than VigLink, which also provides this service? 2) Do you have permission from affiliates to act as a master account like this? (I'd be concerned…
staunch on HNSo it's 51-49 then.
signal on HN
Alternatives named
VigLink
From 1 comment
1) How are you different/better than VigLink, which also provides this service? 2) Do you have permission from affiliates to act as a master account like this? (I'd be concerned…
staunch on HN