Selling a Social Networking Website
Discussion
Hi all,
Looking for anyone interested in taking on a social networking website (www.WeHangHere.com). We're a location-based site, in which members link to their favourite places, which are plotted on an interactive map; people use us to find new places, and new people based on similar tastes in places and/or geographic proximity.
We've been up and running for about six months and generated some decent media interest. Lots of blog mentions, high in the "Top 25 Web 2.0 Startups", double page spread in the Observer, articles in The Times, London Paper, Focus Magazine, New Woman, Marie Clare, etc.
Partly as a result I've been speaking with Google and recently been offered quite an exciting strategy job with them. As a long-term techie and geek at heart, it's not an easy opportunity to turn down - but not compatible with continuing ownership of a site in (slight) competition with their own offerings.
So, I'm in the early stages of looking for someone who might want to take on and develop the site. It's been a bit of a labour of love for me and think there's lots of exciting opportunities, both on the desktop and on mobile (e.g. 'where are my friends now?').
Looking for someone who sees the same opportunities and would like to make a reasonable offer to take it on and build on these foundations. It was built by Pistonheads-favourite, Simon Baxter (www.simbax.com) who's done a great job and continues to work on small additions.
Do let me know if you'd like to know more.
Cheers.
p.s. Apologies if this is considered an ad - please remove if so.
Looking for anyone interested in taking on a social networking website (www.WeHangHere.com). We're a location-based site, in which members link to their favourite places, which are plotted on an interactive map; people use us to find new places, and new people based on similar tastes in places and/or geographic proximity.
We've been up and running for about six months and generated some decent media interest. Lots of blog mentions, high in the "Top 25 Web 2.0 Startups", double page spread in the Observer, articles in The Times, London Paper, Focus Magazine, New Woman, Marie Clare, etc.
Partly as a result I've been speaking with Google and recently been offered quite an exciting strategy job with them. As a long-term techie and geek at heart, it's not an easy opportunity to turn down - but not compatible with continuing ownership of a site in (slight) competition with their own offerings.
So, I'm in the early stages of looking for someone who might want to take on and develop the site. It's been a bit of a labour of love for me and think there's lots of exciting opportunities, both on the desktop and on mobile (e.g. 'where are my friends now?').
Looking for someone who sees the same opportunities and would like to make a reasonable offer to take it on and build on these foundations. It was built by Pistonheads-favourite, Simon Baxter (www.simbax.com) who's done a great job and continues to work on small additions.
Do let me know if you'd like to know more.
Cheers.
p.s. Apologies if this is considered an ad - please remove if so.
Edited by blueski on Monday 25th June 19:48
Edited by blueski on Thursday 28th June 12:36
TheOriginalGT40 said:
Yet another idea which every tom dick and harry has thought of copying...
Agreed, there's too many using the same template... but we've tried hard to do something different here in mapping members to their real world favourite places (e.g. see the London map), all of which are user-submitted. So you can use it not only to find people but recommended bars, restaurants, cafes, clubs etc.Much of the press has focused on this new take on the segment. Also lots of potential for development in a mobile direction.
You could ask the same question on a dedicated domain forum.
I frequent www.acorndomains.co.uk where you should find out your website's value and possibly someone to - buy/moderate/develop etc - it.
I frequent www.acorndomains.co.uk where you should find out your website's value and possibly someone to - buy/moderate/develop etc - it.
I'd have thought Google would be interested in the idea if they are interested in you. Be warned working for the big boys is usually fairly tedious stuff. I've been there and done that and now am back running my own web/it company.
There are some brilliant web companies in the uk you could try but you'll need to network, you can try some of the business breakfast type thingys or perhaps come along to something like http://2007.dconstruct.org best bet would be SXSWi next year but I guess you'll want to move on by then.
There are some brilliant web companies in the uk you could try but you'll need to network, you can try some of the business breakfast type thingys or perhaps come along to something like http://2007.dconstruct.org best bet would be SXSWi next year but I guess you'll want to move on by then.
Can I ask, where are you making money with this? Genueinly interested, because social networking sites are pretty interesting, but as with most funky new web stuff, there has got to be a great way to make money from it to be compelling from a business perspective.
I am guessing regular advertising, but what would this make? Is there a new or interesting slant to make money on knowing people's social habits?
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