ContestMachine (YC Summer 07): A Product Giveaway Widget For Bloggers

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Hi everyone, please check out our TC post and try out the service. Feel free to send us feedback directly: founders@contestmachine.com

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I just submitted my name on TechCrunch, and was really impressed by the nice UI - all contained in the small box. Really nice.

Thanks Richard. :)

It's a great idea. I've always wanted to run contests but the hassle of doing so just kills the fun out of doing it.

Smart idea. Great job!

Seems like a solid idea, but the tech crunch color scheme is a bit suspect. Is that something they chose or are they all like that?

You can select the color scheme -- it's something they chose.

This will be perfect for the Superbowl tickets we're (hopefully) going to give away. At the very least, Tshirts.

Looks awesome. Congrats guys.

Thanks Immad :)

My startup idea from 3 years ago was a blogging widget engine. One of the things we had problems with was determining the types of widgets bloggers would like the most.

This is excellent. Great execution intelligence, guys! Good luck with the roll-out.

Thanks Daniel! Yeah, we've noticed many bloggers running contests via email/comments. Whenever one technology is shoehorned into another, there has to be a better way :).

out of curiosity (and not sarcasm) what took so long?

Good question :). In Dec '07 we had some soul-searching and radically changed our idea from an API (selling tickets) to a self-contained blogging widget.

We rebuilt the site and have been working with bloggers since the spring in an open beta. The public announcement could have come earlier -- we were mainly getting the pricing, billing & core feature set worked out (along with a rename -- BriteTix didn't make sense anymore).

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