Hi everyone, this is my second Show HN attempt.. I would really love to see what the community thinks.<p>I went from idea to implementation extremely fast, but I am also quite happy with the value that a simple prototype can deliver.
https://GeoTreat.com/ - With a tiny snippet of code, you can drop "Treats" on your web pages. That means, depending on your visitors location, they will be shown a special (modal popup) promotion of your choice. The treat can be placed anywhere in the world and have any radius.<p>Have a moment to spare any feedback on GeoTreat.com?<p>The home page has a quick (and sloppy) 1min 30sec video that gives a quick overview and demo.<p>If anyone has any criticism, feedback, questions, I would absolutely love to hear what you have to say.<p>If anyone wants to see a Live demo, let me know your general whereabouts in the comments. I will place a treat on your area and send you a URL.<p>-Jordan
No offence, but will this delight visitors, or creep them out?<p>Personally I hate any kind of "customer discrimination". On the one hand I never know if the "special deal" I'm being offered is in a good way or a bad way.
On the other, even if I'm being "positively discriminated", is it unfair, and possibly at the expense of someone else less fortunate?<p>Best to just maintain a level playing field, IMHO, although I can see the benefit of offering local deals that can only be local. For example, your nearest walmart ordered too many strawberries, and they're now on 1/2 price offer. That kind of geo targeting makes sense.
Well its good IF folks pull out their browser when they're in the area... Also it looks like the action code is specific to one advertiser, so if the ad isn’t on the device when the person is nearby they miss the opportunity.. is that right?<p>I could see something like that compliment my concept of a community search tool <a href="http://doplaces.com" rel="nofollow">http://doplaces.com</a> where you can find events or things to do within a community. But for that to be beneficial the detector should be more dynamic and get a database result of any current deals nearby, not just specific ones.