OK!
So, at 2win we run a mini ‘lab’ that experiments with new ideas.
One of the concepts I developed is called ‘thegoodbadugly.com’
Essentially its a review site of everything under the sun and moon that is rated as ‘good’, ‘bad’ or ‘ugly’.
When you visit, you see reviews ranked in order of what you friends have said (good/bad/ugly) via FB and Twitter and then the world.
Of course, you can add any trivial/very important feedback you may want.
Examples – I have lots of comments on restaurants, what to eat – which tables to sit on (table numbers), etc etc – others review playstation new titles etc etc – anything on the planet.
We own the domain (thegoodbadugly.com) and before launching in beta seek help in:
– Review of the top level concept
– Any imediate suggestions on flow
– Any reference of competing sites
– Ideas on how to get this fired up
– Any interest in running this business for us?
The alpha link is here – https://gbu.coimoi.com/index.php
Look forward to your help!
Mahesh Khambadkone
Awesome idea!
I think :
– There are two sites I find that offer something similar – mouthshut.com in India and trustedopinion.com come to mind.
– A differentiator is going to be in the UI (I don’t refer to what the page looks like, but the entire flow of getting to a review and submitting one) is going to be key here. Can I SMS and get the GBU on the iPad 3G? How about easily rating a couple of products by their GBUs ? e.g. https://gbu.ly/ipad+galaxytab or a quick dipstick on a movie https://gbu.ly/127hours. Like a Twitter for reviews.
– May be difficult to get advertising owing to the negative flak? Or can be used to serve ads smartly 🙂 i.e. if a comparison returns a Bravia as ranking higher than a Samsung, ads for Bravia appear?
Attached is a VERY simplified PPT I prepared on navigating your friend social map. Code-named FriendStalker 🙂 ; a solution looking for a problem, which could be gbu ? ( My investors – these are random jottings I made to help in refining presentation skills – nothing more !)
ankit.dudhwewala
Hi Sir
Why did this not work? I remember posting few comments on the alpha version . The concept looked amazing and the UI was also neat.