Before I sink in more funds in development, I really need feedback about my idea. Years back I had an idea that was awesome, as I am in many forums, and communities where they make announcements probly weekly, yet its always messy, like threads over their forums (feel like you gotta hunt for the announcement), as well always had timezone issues. The admin from the community I was in supported the idea for the project, and now that the first beta version of the idea is open for testing, well..... the people this was made for, have made it clear that they arent gonna use it. seeing as the people who I "made this for" are never gonna use it, i am not sure if it is worth continuing the development. the idea was to create something where everyone can signup and create a "page" where all their announcements are together, with live countdown timers. Wouldnt just be for people with websites, as I envisioned that communities like car clubs (ones with no websites) could use this as an annoucement page for members. The monetization ideas were things such as: - paid members (members not visitors) can have people subscribe to the page for email notification of new events, and or when the deadline is approaching. As well as send out email blasts to contact all subscribers. - paid members would have no ads - paid members can add in company logo, company description, short messages, pics, etc. I still feel that this is a great idea, however, after the initial response that I have had, I really dont want to spend another $xxxx on development if this is just gonna flop. The site is easytimers.org (as well as eztimers.org)- this site works, but for all intents and purposes, its "version 1" At any rate, check the site, and let me know if you think this project is worth continuing and worth adding in all the planned features.
I am trying to understand it. I signup and I get a page where I can publish announcements for others to view? A logo is clearly necessary.
yeah thats the idea. There are other similar sites, but for all the sites I tried in the past, you had to link to the specific announcement, whereas with this site, you can link to your announcement page. Design is pretty bad, but it is a work in progress.