Hi guys. I'm really not sure what the point of this post is going to be, but It was sure an eye opening experience for me, and I just wanted to post this to get it off my chest.
I had and Idea awhile back for a website that I called giggrabber (http://signup.giggrabber.com/). Simply it allowed you to post "gigs" or small odd jobs and allowed people to bid on them, so you could get your gig completed. I actually posted this Idea in depth in the INSIDERS which unfortunately I am no longer subscribed to. If someone could please copy/paste that thread here with the date I posted it that would be great, it no longer needs to be behind closed doors.
I was in the process of trying to get a website developed, had other projects I was trying to work on so I didn't really have the time to put into developing it, or the money to hire someone to develop it for that matter. Another thing was also trying to validate the Idea, I asked some people and got mixed reactions (this has already been attempted, won't work etc). There's a Start-Up Incubator in my city and actually submitted it there with the same reactions.
I originally put this Idea on paper 6/16/2013 so a little less than a year ago, Ill attach that just... because...
After I got my domain and set up my very simple landing page I would periodically search giggrabber in google with variations just to see if it popped up. Fast forward to sometime last week, did a search for giggrabber in google like I just said I periodically do and this popped up.
giggrabbers.com Really?!?! that's my domain with an s at the end of it! If you visit the website you can see it's almost exactly the same thing. Now I don't know if this site will turn out to be successful or not, but one thing I do know, someone was thinking the same thing I was. The fact that its my domain with an s makes me think this person had seen my Idea somewhere and simply acted on it before I did.
I can't blame anybody but myself for not taking action sooner. It's a tough lesson, especially if that site turns out to be a successful one, And if so talk about validation...
Again if somebody could copy/paste my post from the INSIDERS with the date I posted that would be great, and I guess I can delete this...
I had and Idea awhile back for a website that I called giggrabber (http://signup.giggrabber.com/). Simply it allowed you to post "gigs" or small odd jobs and allowed people to bid on them, so you could get your gig completed. I actually posted this Idea in depth in the INSIDERS which unfortunately I am no longer subscribed to. If someone could please copy/paste that thread here with the date I posted it that would be great, it no longer needs to be behind closed doors.
I was in the process of trying to get a website developed, had other projects I was trying to work on so I didn't really have the time to put into developing it, or the money to hire someone to develop it for that matter. Another thing was also trying to validate the Idea, I asked some people and got mixed reactions (this has already been attempted, won't work etc). There's a Start-Up Incubator in my city and actually submitted it there with the same reactions.
I originally put this Idea on paper 6/16/2013 so a little less than a year ago, Ill attach that just... because...
After I got my domain and set up my very simple landing page I would periodically search giggrabber in google with variations just to see if it popped up. Fast forward to sometime last week, did a search for giggrabber in google like I just said I periodically do and this popped up.
giggrabbers.com Really?!?! that's my domain with an s at the end of it! If you visit the website you can see it's almost exactly the same thing. Now I don't know if this site will turn out to be successful or not, but one thing I do know, someone was thinking the same thing I was. The fact that its my domain with an s makes me think this person had seen my Idea somewhere and simply acted on it before I did.
I can't blame anybody but myself for not taking action sooner. It's a tough lesson, especially if that site turns out to be a successful one, And if so talk about validation...
Again if somebody could copy/paste my post from the INSIDERS with the date I posted that would be great, and I guess I can delete this...
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