Our beta is built on a reservation system.
Here’s a link [ <a href="http://www.bindle.me/users/sign_up?invitation_code=b63843991aa219e4484b" rel="nofollow">http://www.bindle.me/users/sign_up?invitation_code=b63843991...</a> ] to 100 spots for the HN community.<p>Show HNers:<p>Bindle is a show & tell for gear. We want gear lovers to benefit from the product discoveries of people who share the same sensibilities and purchases[1].<p>We’ve created Bindle to help people find the right gear. We believe that online product recommendation is more meaningful with context. One of the best ways to add context and represent yourself as a discerning consumer is past buying decisions.<p>After working remotely over the past few months we’re keen to release an initial product. So far, we’ve focused on crafting the experience around listing a collection of gear (a Bindle) in the easiest and most visually appealing way possible. We envisage people using it to list the gear they use in their activities or hobbies[2].<p>The goal at this point is to move towards discovery; enabling people to identify others who not only share their interests, but their choices. We believe there is immense value in the opinions of those who share your sensibilities---which far outweighs those of a random reviewer on a product’s website.<p>We’d love to hear what fellow HNers think, and specifically:
- How do you think we can solve the cold start problem in this case?
- What techniques can we use to make users come back?<p>[1] You can read more about the ideas that lead to Bindle in this blog post [ <a href="http://blog.bindle.me/post/7646364661/why-bindle" rel="nofollow">http://blog.bindle.me/post/7646364661/why-bindle</a> ].
[2] Here are some sample bindles that we’ve created about some of our interests [ <a href="http://bindle.me/bindles/2" rel="nofollow">http://bindle.me/bindles/2</a> <a href="http://bindle.me/bindles/3" rel="nofollow">http://bindle.me/bindles/3</a> <a href="http://bindle.me/bindles/5" rel="nofollow">http://bindle.me/bindles/5</a> <a href="http://bindle.me/bindles/8" rel="nofollow">http://bindle.me/bindles/8</a> ].