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]]> By: Luke http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-390516 Luke Wed, 15 Nov 2006 01:37:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-390516 Similar site: http://www.boddit.com. No clips but deals comparison engine is better. Similar site: http://www.boddit.com. No clips but deals comparison engine is better.

]]> By: Aggregating RSS feeds at ProBargainHunter.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-381779 Aggregating RSS feeds at ProBargainHunter.com Mon, 13 Nov 2006 07:12:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-381779 [...] This site resembles a smart search engine rather than a typical RSS aggregator. Why smart? It allows you to take part in the search process. Here is how it works: You search for a deal, you find one, and you clip it if you like it. Once you clip a deal it will show up at the top of the next search result hence improving the search relevance. The idea sounds great however you really need community to drive it and it is simply not there despite the publicity it received from TechCrunch. I tested it on a few popular keywords and none came back with clipped deals. [...] [...] This site resembles a smart search engine rather than a typical RSS aggregator. Why smart? It allows you to take part in the search process. Here is how it works: You search for a deal, you find one, and you clip it if you like it. Once you clip a deal it will show up at the top of the next search result hence improving the search relevance. The idea sounds great however you really need community to drive it and it is simply not there despite the publicity it received from TechCrunch. I tested it on a few popular keywords and none came back with clipped deals. [...]

]]> By: agreatindian http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-261189 agreatindian Thu, 12 Oct 2006 22:30:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-261189 Looks great. its good feature for clipping the deals Looks great. its good feature for clipping the deals

]]> By: Yan Bezugliy http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-212650 Yan Bezugliy Thu, 21 Sep 2006 23:58:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-212650 That is right. The user base just isn't there. I have tried a few popular keywords and none came clipped. That is right. The user base just isn’t there. I have tried a few popular keywords and none came clipped.

]]> By: Chris Felton http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-103717 Chris Felton Tue, 18 Jul 2006 18:47:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-103717 I have been keeping an eye on Clipfire; however, it just hasn't taken off yet. It seems like a really great idea. A search engine for deals sounds great! I have been keeping an eye on Clipfire; however, it just hasn’t taken off yet. It seems like a really great idea. A search engine for deals sounds great!

]]> By: Daddy-O http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-97720 Daddy-O Tue, 11 Jul 2006 17:29:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-97720 As a startup Deals & Coupon site trying to gain more traffic, I like the idea of Clipfire. It allows us to get more exposure to our site. We try and post only our best deals there, because it all comes down to credibility. "Daddyo" Dan http://www.daddyodeals.com As a startup Deals & Coupon site trying to gain more traffic, I like the idea of Clipfire. It allows us to get more exposure to our site.

We try and post only our best deals there, because it all comes down to credibility.

“Daddyo” Dan
http://www.daddyodeals.com

]]> By: Next Generation Shopping » Blog Archive » ClipFire - Deal Aggregator, Social Commerce http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-26265 Next Generation Shopping » Blog Archive » ClipFire - Deal Aggregator, Social Commerce Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:48:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-26265 [...] Kevin Carey is the creator of this ClipFire service, but some are curious of how he can swing a profit from it. On a TechCrunch post from earlier this year Michael Arrington reviewed the service, and several readers posted some interesting comments regarding the issue of the site generating revenues. One that caught my attention was an idea to manipulate the RSS changing the affiliate IDs 50% of the time. Aside from being an issue of morals, and the pains involved in doing that, it that basically throws the whole point of the community site out the window. Pete Cashmore, of the Mashable.com blog, believes a better approach would have been to split revenue with users and let them post the deals. His review of the ClipFire service, which calls it Digg for Deals, is a skeptical one. Pete I agree with you on the point of perhaps filling up with spam in the future, but only if the site becomes very popular! And what isn’t filling with spam these days? [...] [...] Kevin Carey is the creator of this ClipFire service, but some are curious of how he can swing a profit from it. On a TechCrunch post from earlier this year Michael Arrington reviewed the service, and several readers posted some interesting comments regarding the issue of the site generating revenues. One that caught my attention was an idea to manipulate the RSS changing the affiliate IDs 50% of the time. Aside from being an issue of morals, and the pains involved in doing that, it that basically throws the whole point of the community site out the window. Pete Cashmore, of the Mashable.com blog, believes a better approach would have been to split revenue with users and let them post the deals. His review of the ClipFire service, which calls it Digg for Deals, is a skeptical one. Pete I agree with you on the point of perhaps filling up with spam in the future, but only if the site becomes very popular! And what isn’t filling with spam these days? [...]

]]> By: Kevin Carey http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-8193 Kevin Carey Tue, 10 Jan 2006 05:38:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-8193 Marc, you are right on target. The users provided the content, they deserve the credit. Clipfire should earn its revenue from the service (aggregation, searching, etc.). The Google association is fits perfectly. Kevin Carey http://www.clipfire.com/ Marc, you are right on target. The users provided the content, they deserve the credit.

Clipfire should earn its revenue from the service (aggregation, searching, etc.). The Google association is fits perfectly.

Kevin Carey
http://www.clipfire.com/

]]> By: Marc Mezzacca http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-7949 Marc Mezzacca Sun, 08 Jan 2006 10:09:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-7949 I don't think the point is to try to parse affiliate URLs... That would make no sense. Look it how Google started. If ClipFire can get a good userbase then they can worry about revenue later... I'm sure they have thought of how, I can. I don’t think the point is to try to parse affiliate URLs… That would make no sense. Look it how Google started. If ClipFire can get a good userbase then they can worry about revenue later… I’m sure they have thought of how, I can.

]]> By: Dealsinus http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-7906 Dealsinus Sat, 07 Jan 2006 19:34:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-7906 Clipfire is really doing great job allowing users to post links. They must be having idea to implement their own affliate links in future. Also see another deal site. http://www.dealsinus.com Clipfire is really doing great job allowing users to post links. They must be having idea to implement their own affliate links in future.

Also see another deal site. http://www.dealsinus.com

]]> By: Paul Montgomery http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-7675 Paul Montgomery Thu, 05 Jan 2006 08:26:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-7675 Revenue sharing is a fine idea, but revenue gifting is a waste. Surely the Clipfire peep/s could parse the URLs and insert their affiliate IDs 50% of the time to make it sharing instead of gifting? Revenue sharing is a fine idea, but revenue gifting is a waste. Surely the Clipfire peep/s could parse the URLs and insert their affiliate IDs 50% of the time to make it sharing instead of gifting?

]]> By: Pete Cashmore http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-7594 Pete Cashmore Wed, 04 Jan 2006 23:47:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-7594 I agree with James J - this model makes no business sense. If you're going to create a spammer's haven, you might as well earn some cash for your trouble. I agree with James J - this model makes no business sense. If you’re going to create a spammer’s haven, you might as well earn some cash for your trouble.

]]> By: David Rubin http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-7003 David Rubin Tue, 03 Jan 2006 23:46:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-7003 Interesting, I built http://www.discountwatcher.com/ a couple of years ago. It is a services that scours the Internet for the latest discounted items and then organizes it's finds by category, brand and store. All RSS enabled of course. I've been working on a 2.0 version of the service, in some ways it looks like I've been scooped by Clipfire :-(. Interesting, I built http://www.discountwatcher.com/ a couple of years ago. It is a services that scours the Internet for the latest discounted items and then organizes it’s finds by category, brand and store. All RSS enabled of course. I’ve been working on a 2.0 version of the service, in some ways it looks like I’ve been scooped by Clipfire :-(.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-6955 Andrew Tue, 03 Jan 2006 20:37:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-6955 Doesn't encouraging people to include referals end up encouraging people to submit lots of spammy free i-pod deals and stuff that arn't actually 'deals'? Doesn’t encouraging people to include referals end up encouraging people to submit lots of spammy free i-pod deals and stuff that arn’t actually ‘deals’?

]]> By: Fortino http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-6933 Fortino Tue, 03 Jan 2006 18:32:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-6933 Seeing that you mentioned to "Think Digg" I felt you should know that Digg has had this feature for months. Check it out... http://digg.com/deals Fortino - Out! Seeing that you mentioned to “Think Digg” I felt you should know that Digg has had this feature for months.

Check it out…

http://digg.com/deals

Fortino - Out!

]]> By: mitch http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-6921 mitch Tue, 03 Jan 2006 14:40:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-6921 Check out slick deals (slickdeals.net). It's not really web 2.o-ish, but has great deals from a larger user base. Check out slick deals (slickdeals.net). It’s not really web 2.o-ish, but has great deals from a larger user base.

]]> By: Pete Freitag http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-6918 Pete Freitag Tue, 03 Jan 2006 13:51:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-6918 Hey Mike have you seen Dealazon.com? It uses Amazon's web services to find the best deals on amazon, and then lets you search and sort through them on the site or via RSS. Disclosure - I built it - http://www.dealazon.com/ Hey Mike have you seen Dealazon.com? It uses Amazon’s web services to find the best deals on amazon, and then lets you search and sort through them on the site or via RSS.

Disclosure - I built it -
http://www.dealazon.com/

]]> By: Chris Yeh http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-6908 Chris Yeh Tue, 03 Jan 2006 08:30:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-6908 I disagree James. The goal here is to drive usage of the service. Power posters are essential to building up a critical mass of deals. I disagree James. The goal here is to drive usage of the service. Power posters are essential to building up a critical mass of deals.

]]> By: James J. http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-6901 James J. Tue, 03 Jan 2006 06:33:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/02/find-a-deal-with-clipfire/#comment-6901 A nice idea, but they missed an opportunity to make money now. Allowing users to include their affiliate codes in the links they post does give them an incentive to post new deals, but Clipfire doesn't make anything from it. They should have implemented a system like Fatwallet's Cash Back program where they would use their own affiliate codes but split revenues with posters. This way there would still be an incentive for users to post new deals and Clipfire would actually make some money too. Clipfire could still implement such a system, but it's something they would need to do before they have a lot of users because such a change at that point would likely upset some of them. A nice idea, but they missed an opportunity to make money now. Allowing users to include their affiliate codes in the links they post does give them an incentive to post new deals, but Clipfire doesn’t make anything from it. They should have implemented a system like Fatwallet’s Cash Back program where they would use their own affiliate codes but split revenues with posters. This way there would still be an incentive for users to post new deals and Clipfire would actually make some money too. Clipfire could still implement such a system, but it’s something they would need to do before they have a lot of users because such a change at that point would likely upset some of them.

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