Instacat – the kitten delivery service

From the footer: "This isn't a real product. Just something I built on a plane to make Brandon laugh."

I am currently in the middle of a lawsuit with the Instacat service. Instead of delivering the cat I had selected, I received a hamster in a cat outfit which bit my child. The cat outfit was also poor quality. My child's wound became infected and then my husband divorced me. I am only 3 years old.

Didn't these guys just close a $30 mil funding round (putting them at ~ $1.2b valuation now?)

For a joke site, this is pretty well-designed! I was wondering if you used a ThemeForest design or some other pre-packaged landing page, but, nope completely unique.<p>On a side note (and perhaps also a shameless plug) maybe I should consider renaming the browser extension I showed to HN the other day: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;instacats.co&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;instacats.co&#x2F;</a>.

Am I crazy to think this could actually work as a real business? The other day I was telling a friend how I love the idea of having and walking a dog - once in a while. Unfortunately my life doesn&#x27;t allow me to have a dog in the traditional full comitment way. But maybe there could be a way to get that dog-owner experience the few days or weeks each month you would have the time. It&#x27;s obviously super important that the animals are treated well, so that is probably difficult to do without making it too expensive to be viable.

It is not worse than some products that got real money behind them. If it got you even for a second - we are in 1999 mode again.

I don&#x27;t know about this - it&#x27;s going to be disorienting for some cats to get switched around between so many different environments. What will the firm do about a cat that starts acting out - running away, clawing, or more commonly, spraying to make territorial markings? Cats prize stability and even a cat that hasn&#x27;t been in the habit can suddenly take up such behaviors.<p>Source: many years of experience of up to 10 cats at once. I wouldn&#x27;t mind if this service also offered to pick up excess cats (I have too many due to a neighbor abandoning hers on me) but I would feel guilty about not setting them up with a more permanent environment.

Too bad it&#x27;s fake. I&#x27;d pay a lot of money for Maru to be <i>my</i> cat.

How could they not say &quot;Sign up meow&quot;??

My cat stood on the power button for too long on my keyboard today and killed my work-in-progress. I think renting might be better than owning as I could be without a kitty when working.

I think I&#x27;d start with dogs, really. Trained therapy dogs that come with a trainer for a couple hours to businesses and individuals.

everkitten.com was a similar fake service. Subscription to have a jung kitten. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20140218072828&#x2F;http:&#x2F;&#x2F;everkitten.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20140218072828&#x2F;http:&#x2F;&#x2F;everkitten...</a>

Actually, Uber does this, though not all the time.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;newsroom.uber.com&#x2F;austin&#x2F;2014&#x2F;10&#x2F;uberkittens-is-back&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;newsroom.uber.com&#x2F;austin&#x2F;2014&#x2F;10&#x2F;uberkittens-is-back&#x2F;</a>

Who here would pay ~15$ to rent a healthy cat for an hour or two? Seems like an interesting idea.<p><i>Guaranteed no toxoplasmosis!</i><p>On a second thought, getting a cat is really not a problem, but this would provide entertainment without the responsibility.

&quot;Kittens-as-a-service. Now with 9x availability&quot;

Is just this a subtle ad? The twitter&#x2F;facebook on the bottom direct to a website-maker company.

This would make a great episode plot in HBO&#x27;s Silicon Valley.

How was it designed and made? It is well designed at first view.

It&#x27;s currently the #1 Product Hunt startup of the day

I wish this was real.

An absolute must! I wish there was something for real.

$1B valuation in 3..2..1..

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