brand
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brand data api
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How HN took it
3 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 3 critical, out of 15 comments about the project. Thread score +0.05.
Idea: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Slick, beautiful landing page and design
From 2 comments
While I don't think I'm the target audience for this, the quality of landing pages these days is fantastically impressive. Congrats on the slick look. Can I ask if you made it…
mihaic on HNNice idea... and a beautiful landing page :)
protoshell248 on HN
Useful for personalizing demos and enrichment
From 2 comments
Very cool! I was actually looking for something like this to personalize demos on our platform. Will try it out!
rgmvisser on HNHow often do people need a brand data in quantities they couldn't just look up manually? If I just need Nike and no one else, this site, while useful, isn't so useful so as to…
fragmede on HN
Objections
Copyright and trademark risk from selling brand logos via a paid API
From 2 comments
By monetising the assets via a paid API you are infringing intellectual property rights and could be sued. If either you or the owner of the copyright protected assets is based…
saaaaaam on HNThe primary risk is not for the provider of the API, not the consumer. There may be some risk for the consumer on the copyright side but not necessarily, but there may also be a…
saaaaaam on HN
Phishing misuse concerns
From 1 comment
What are you doing to prevent phishing scammers from using your service to create fake login pages en masse? This has plagued similar services to yours. How can brand owners opt…
Kesseki on HN
Missing colors and logos on some sites
From 1 comment
hey, can you check for this one: https://momen.app ... it works, but seems to miss colors and logos. Otherwise, pretty good one.
protoshell248 on HN
Requests
Demo page showing a JSON response without signup
From 1 comment
Why don’t you have a demo where someone can enter a website and see a JSON response? I signed up on mobile to test it out but you dumped me into a settings page.
hunterhod on HN
Handling of multi-business brands like Yamaha
From 1 comment
How do you handle bigger brands like Yamaha, Samsung, etc that have businesses in a wide range? Yamaha music branding is much different from Yamaha motorbikes, for example.
Ayesh on HN
Questions
How the tech stack and scraping work
From 2 comments
What's the tech stack? I assume you're doing quite a bit of scraping.
someuser54541 on HNWhat's the tech stack? How did you get around issues with your scrapers IP getting blocked?
someuser54541 on HN
Whether the service is legal for logos
From 2 comments
By monetising the assets via a paid API you are infringing intellectual property rights and could be sued. If either you or the owner of the copyright protected assets is based…
saaaaaam on HNInteresting write-up. Does this mean that all of OP's competitors are facing the same legal issues? I wonder what (if anything) they do about this.
uh_uh on HN
Alternatives named
ZoomInfo, which also provides logos
From 1 comment
This is absolutely fascinating, thank you for elaborating! I'll need to dig into this much deeper it seems. My train of thought was that i was basically offering a…
ICodeSometimes on HN