Invitation Sharing: Why Wait Until The Website Exists? 1
InviteShare has just launched and is the subject of a Techcrunch story. They let you share invitations to websites that are in limited beta with users that want them. There are many informal places to do this, but not a site for it yet.
What’s this? The site is already up for auction on SitePoint, just three days after its launch. That’s an interesting way to do it.
But what I find really interesting is how having this process formalized allows us to measure how many people are interested in an invitation to a website in development.
What’s the next step? It must be people signing up for invites before the website even exists!
Think about it. Founders can pitch their just-started projects and see how many people want to be at the head of the line when it launches. Nobody? Then forget it. Lots of folks? Hustle and get it finished up as fast as you can, or show that long list to someone with money.
There are already sites where you can audition ideas, and now there’s a site that gives you invitation access. So put them together and you get a simple gauge of early demand. Hey, someone go bid on InviteShare and do this!
Heh, that’s what Romlet is doing right now - only in their case they’re doing invites and hype but actually have the widget finished, the site isn’t at the heart of the issue - not a bad idea if you ask me ;)