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Ask HN: alternatives to launchrock?

8 pointsarmenarmen13 comments

I'm looking for an easy squeeze/email capture for a product that I'll be launching this summer (a backpack) and I wanted to know what alternatives to launchrock were around and what your experiences with them were like.

Did you use a service or build it yourself? or what?

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Hi, I built launchvalue - http://launchvalue.com/ that offers clean interface with google analytics and twitter integration. I also offer customized solution that you can self host for more control on a consulting basis. Let me know if you might be interested.

There is a great project by Daniel Kehoe, that I used for http://makerops.com:

https://github.com/RailsApps/rails-prelaunch-signup

This, along with a 5-10$ bootstrap theme and heroku, makes it very easy, and it integrates with mailchimp.

I've recently used Prefinery (https://www.prefinery.com/) to handle a Beta launch. Highly recommended.

Out-of-the-box support for "viral" social referrals, exporting to MailChimp, webhooks to notify of new sign-ups. Nice minimalist bootstrap interface as well.

Neat, I'm looking at it right now!

I spent yesterday and today playing with the API from MailChimp, it's easy to use + they have various embeddable widgets.

It would be viable to just use them although you'd need something for the analytics as well.

Would google analytics do the trick?

Yeah I think it'd be okay, although LaunchRock also looks at Twitter and LinkedIn sharing.

I vote for http://kickofflabs.com

I know both cofounders and have worked with them in the past. They're standup guys and provide great support too.

What's your email? I'll shoot you our custom solution that uses Campaign Monitor to collect emails.

Great! I'll hit you up tonight!

armenlsuny [/at] gmail [dot] com

whats your email? we've built this at userfox and would love to get you involved. we'll do everything for you. i am also interested because i care deeply about backpacks.

Cool! I'll shoot you an email tonight!

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