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DJNon Ask HN: Competitor Snooping and Stealing Our Designs. What Should I Do

Thanks medianama, cottsak and Daniel_Newby.

You echo my thoughts. Good customer service trumps everything else. They can't execute better than us if all they do is copy our ideas. It's like an iPhone clone being better than the iPhone. Without the original vision, it'll always be second best.

We'll focus on providing great customer service. At least, that can't be copied. :)

DJNon Ask HN: How Much Equity to Offer First Employee?

Thanks for the advice. It is very much appreciated.

I like the idea of giving him an option. It aligns our interests and should look more tidy to other investors down the road.

DJNon Ask HN: How Much Equity to Offer First Employee?

Thanks tom_rath.

That story is particularly apt in my case. The "sudden thrust" for equity seems to have come after we got a cold-call from two very large companies within the space of three days. But not to be a cynic, I plan to give him the benefit of doubt.

Perhaps I should give him two choices - work part-time (i.e. keep his day job) and get a commission on sales, or go full-time with no commission and get equity.

DJNon Ask HN: How Much Equity to Offer First Employee?

Cheers. Much appreciated.

DJNon Ask HN: Review our webapp (Sproost); team met on HN

Lovely site.. well done

DJNon Ask HN: Review New Startup - Trafficspaces (its like having a Facebook Ads for your site).

Here is one - http://modeltxt.trafficspaces.com/advertise/

You can see some more examples at http://demo.trafficspaces.com/setup/ There is a preinstalled account there.

The Facebook Ads analogy was just to illustrate that publishers can create a branded self-service ad system just like Facebook does for its advertisers. We didn't mean it functions exactly like Facebook. :)

Anyway, thanks for the feedback siong1987. Much appreciated.

DJNon Ask HN: Review New Startup - Trafficspaces (its like having a Facebook Ads for your site).

We'll fix it now..

Thanks for pointing it out.

DJNon Ask HN: Review New Startup - Trafficspaces (its like having a Facebook Ads for your site).

Paraschopra,

You are right. Our main competitors are OpenX and Google Ad Manager. However, there are some things our system does uniquely. For example, a) customising the system to match your site through a web interface. b) online payments and c) we do everything out of the box in a hosted environment

OpenX is still the big 800 pound gorilla in the room and we are the underdog but we reckon there are many weaknesses we can exploit to take them on.

Thanks for the feedback

DJNon Ask HN: Review New Startup - Trafficspaces (its like having a Facebook Ads for your site).

Il,

thanks for the kind words. We are a small team trying out best to create a great product. your comment is much appreciated.

Regarding the multiple site search feature, we are working on it. As you know, we'll need to scale the platform among publishers before it makes sense to release that feature to advertisers.

Its interesting that you had the same idea. We are actively looking for partners (active and advisory). If you are interested, send me your email at "niyi-at-trafficspaces-dot-com.

Cheers