« Previous post
Next post »

May 13, 2007

No Joost Invite Yet? Get One Here

Michael Arrington

122 comments »

Like Gmail years ago, today’s mark of being a Silicon Valley “insider” is being part of the Joost beta. Until recently it was nearly impossible to get in because current beta users had very few invites. Recently, however, the company started allowing many more people in as they prepare to launch.

We’ve gotten dozens of requests for invitations. To streamline the logistics, Andrew Michael, a moderator on the TechCrunch Forums, published a thread to distribute invitations quickly. If you are looking to get into Joost beta before they launch, that is the place to do it.

Get your Joost invitation here.

  • Sphere It

This entry was posted on Sunday, May 13th, 2007 at 3:21 pm and is filed under Company & Product Profiles. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

Trackbacks/Pings (Trackback URL)

  1. Ralston Ventures

    May 13th, 2007 at 9:02 pm

  2. TechCrunch Japanese

    May 13th, 2007 at 9:25 pm

  3. Somewhat Frank

    May 14th, 2007 at 6:51 am

  4. Schwo.com

    May 14th, 2007 at 11:37 am

Comments

RSS feed for comments on this post.

  1. Boris

    May 13th, 2007 at 3:27 pm

    It is even easier: download software, log in with ‘markies’ and Password: dazv5mc
    Then invite yourself and all your friends.

    More details: http://www.bomega.com/2007/05/.....-you-want/

  2. Hornswaggled

    May 13th, 2007 at 3:30 pm

    Hey Mike,

    A little late in the game on this one as many including myself have been doing this for awhile.

    I wonder how Joost feels about this. We are pretty much allowing anyone to get an invite that wants one. They should just open it up completely at this point.

  3. Dash

    May 13th, 2007 at 3:44 pm

    A invitation to consume junk TV is different than using a productive mail application, that makes a different and impact your daily live.

  4. digger

    May 13th, 2007 at 4:12 pm

    Hornswaggled,

    I have the feeling that’s exactly what they’re after. The press will have a field-day on this, and by that, they will hit the mass market, or so I think.

  5. Anif™

    May 13th, 2007 at 4:26 pm

    Ya, I agree, a little late on this one. I have been giving away Joost invites for sometime now, including on my blog!

  6. egon

    May 13th, 2007 at 4:50 pm

    Got some here too:

    http://egonitron.com/2007/05/1.....s-aplenty/

  7. naren

    May 13th, 2007 at 4:51 pm

    Gimme a invite at kingcool@gmail.com please

    mucha gracias

  8. Ilya Lichtenstein

    May 13th, 2007 at 5:02 pm

    I guess I’ve been an “insider” for months now. Really, all you had to do was fill out the form asking for an invite and say you were a blogger, and you got an invite almost instantly.

  9. Mike Malone

    May 13th, 2007 at 5:10 pm

    @Hornswag:

    Joost is probably ecstatic about this. It’s exactly what they want. They sit back and relax while blogs like Techcrunch do all their marketing. If it wasn’t for their “closed beta” they would actually have to improve their software, or get some decent content, or do _something_ to get some recognition on a site like this one. Summary: this is _exactly_ what they wanted to happen. I’m sure they don’t care that bloggers are giving away invitations like this, it’s getting their name out.

  10. Hornswaggled

    May 13th, 2007 at 5:17 pm

    Mike Malone,

    Good point on the marketing side. They also can explain away any issues/bugs with the whole beta thing.

  11. Jay

    May 13th, 2007 at 5:39 pm

    Mike you are late to the party. There are plenty of invites to go around and besides I don’t think Joost invites are as sought after as Gmail invites were.

    Regardless, if any of you want one you can also comment me on my blog - http://www.calistomind.com

  12. Firefox Fan

    May 13th, 2007 at 5:42 pm

    i’ve already been invited, it’s nice piece of software, but i’ll prefer veoh player. killer app is in the content, tv shows is not enough.

  13. really dumb people

    May 13th, 2007 at 6:04 pm

    To those of you complaining that techcrunch is doing this: get a fucking life. They are just handing out free invites. Yes, others are doing this, because everyone who has an account gets unlimited invites. So fucking what? it’s obvious from the comments on the forum that people want this.

    I think it is hilarious that everyone attacking techcrunch is also linking to their own give aways. you guys are jerks and whores.

  14. TerryTie

    May 13th, 2007 at 6:11 pm

    Hello~ love your blog very much~~ and I come from china~ may I get invite my email is poshboytl@gmail.com~
    thank you very much!

  15. STFU

    May 13th, 2007 at 6:37 pm

    Joost is not that big of a deal, it’s like all of that crap on TV that you do not want to see on a smaller screen and on demand.

  16. Snake

    May 13th, 2007 at 6:54 pm

    Do youtube fans like joost application?

    How was it?

  17. Pat

    May 13th, 2007 at 7:59 pm

    Nice way to push the forums.

  18. Victor Cancellar

    May 13th, 2007 at 8:37 pm

    About sneaking for crap tv? Do me a favor… I do not need that. Something more creative, not that derpendable…

  19. Andrew Michael

    May 13th, 2007 at 8:56 pm

    Hey guys, as you can see, I am currently bombarded with 430+ Joost invite requests. Unfortunately, I have to enter each email one-by-one into the invite system, so don’t be surprised if it takes until the end of the week to get them all sent out.

    To those who are bashing Joost, calling it junk. Once you actually open the program and use it, you will see just how awesome it is. For example, you can watch a full length National Geographic program (1+ hours?) with perhaps one or two ads throughout the entire thing.

    All this with impressive quality streams. Nothing compared to HDTV, but definitely ahead of YouTube quality (by far!).

    I suppose this is a way to promote the forums, but for a good reason. The forums are becoming more and more interesting, and it is an ideal place to ask for help, post your company for review, and meet interesting readers from TechCrunch.

    I hope to see some of you there!

    - Andrew

  20. Dave

    May 13th, 2007 at 9:33 pm

    I’d love an invite, can you hook a brother up?

  21. David Brunelle

    May 13th, 2007 at 9:58 pm

    I’m having no luck registering for the forums. I registered, confirmed my email address, and now I can’t log in. What gives? Maybe I just need to wait a while.

    In any case, Andrew, if you happen to check the comments here before I’m able to log in to the forums, I’d love an invite.

    david [at] davidbrunelle [dot] com

    Thanks in advance!

  22. Dennis Bjørn Petersen

    May 13th, 2007 at 11:20 pm

    Holy **** poor Andrew sending out 500+ invites ;)

    If you need my help I can take the load a bit off. I have 800 Joost invites left on http://www.petersen-inc.dk.

    I’ve been sending them out since Thursday.

    I think its a great way to start a buzz, I’m sure we will a lot more applications getting tested this way. Viral marketing through digg, techcrunch, technorati and so forth. It doesn’t come cheaper and better.

  23. Andrew Michael

    May 13th, 2007 at 11:38 pm

    @ Dennis

    Please by all means send invites if you have the time!

    I am able to send about 1 per 10 seconds (slow!), and the list is growing faster than I can send.

    I think I may lock the topic temporarily, just to keep track of who has or has not receive an invite, we’ll see.

    If Joost is reading this, I sure hope they could provide a faster way of sending invites to all these nice people! :)

    - Andrew

  24. Dennis Bjørn Petersen

    May 13th, 2007 at 11:47 pm

    Andrew, I’ll be glad to help. You are more than welcome to add my url to your thread on the board if it helps you :-)

    And yes it would be nice if they would improve it, for instance allow the testers to invite from both joost.com and the application. The invite widget isn’t the best “text-editor” ;)

  25. Boris

    May 14th, 2007 at 1:00 am

    Andrew: why would you even bother with inviting everybody yourself. Not scalable! Simply post your account details so people can invite themselves. Here are mine:

    Username: markies
    Password: dazv5mc

    If you don’t want to give away your own account simply generate a new one and post that account.

  26. Andrew Michael

    May 14th, 2007 at 1:53 am

    Good idea,

    Some how I feel this could be abused.

    Can someone cancel the account? etc?

    I’ll look into it tomorrow though, thanks!

    - Andrew

  27. Boris

    May 14th, 2007 at 2:11 am

    Andrew: I have been doing it for a week. Once every two days someone changes the password or my name. I simply log back in and change things back. I sent out more than 800 invitations like this.

    Share the love…

  28. zibin

    May 14th, 2007 at 3:42 am

    It’s all boil down to marketing.

    Most of us who are web2.0 enough have already gotten the invite long ago. Joost is using this to tell the world how exclusive this service is at this stage It wouldn’t have been as tempting to use joost if its an open beta. Everyone loves secrecy/

  29. Matt Brian

    May 14th, 2007 at 6:54 am

    How does this differ from:

    http://www.joost.com/download/windows/

    Ignore me if im way off the curve, thats how I got it.

  30. Andrew Michael

    May 14th, 2007 at 10:52 am

    @ Boris

    Thanks for the tip :-)
    I’ve changed the thread to reflect a new “self-serve” inviter

    @ Matt

    I believe when you download it, and try to make a new account, it will ask you what “email that you received the invite from”

    I haven’t tested this, but I believe you have to have an email that an invite was actually sent to. I could be wrong! Thanks for bringing it up though.

    - Andrew

  31. Jason

    May 14th, 2007 at 1:22 pm

    If you go to http://www.adhder.com and submit a comment and leave you email address I will send you an invite.

    http://www.adhder.com

  32. Matt Brian

    May 14th, 2007 at 1:35 pm

    @ Andrew Michael

    I first received this link:

    https://joost.com/presents/gigaom-newteevee/

    This then took me onto the signup page. As you can see, it is now down. Makes sense now!

  33. Christian

    May 16th, 2007 at 7:28 am

    I woul’d like to get an invite for Joost, please, Thanks

    Christian
    chriskickass(AT)gmail(DOT)com

  34. Marcus

    May 16th, 2007 at 7:41 am

    Please, please, please send an invite to joost.
    Thanks

  35. sinert

    May 17th, 2007 at 2:33 pm

    Hi,

    i heard, that someone must invite me befor i can start joost.

    Please send me one.

    sinert[at]gmx.net

    Thanks

  36. matt

    May 17th, 2007 at 3:49 pm

    Please joost me

  37. Jeff

    May 18th, 2007 at 7:55 am

    Please send me an invite. We would like to get things going down under.

  38. YeeChe

    May 18th, 2007 at 8:47 am

    Please send me an invite. I would like to share with you Joost.
    Thank you

  39. poroto

    May 19th, 2007 at 12:04 pm

    please send me one. Thank you very much.
    poroto [dot] desoja [at] gmail.com

  40. marantz

    May 20th, 2007 at 1:47 am

    please send me one. Thank you very much.
    master [at] insystem [dot] org

  41. JuanJo

    May 20th, 2007 at 10:35 am

    plz invite me. thnks

  42. AndyLee

    May 20th, 2007 at 11:14 am

    it would be very nice, if someone would invite me. thx

  43. mark

    May 20th, 2007 at 12:23 pm

    Please invite me!!! Thanks

  44. Dan

    May 20th, 2007 at 5:16 pm

    I would love an invite to joost - i promise i will give out invites once i get one myself - dan (at) ufbcm.org

  45. Tushar

    May 20th, 2007 at 6:39 pm

    Please send me a joost invite @ vgangtu2000@hotmail.com

  46. LLOYD

    May 20th, 2007 at 8:59 pm

    Please send me a joost invite

  47. Francesca

    May 21st, 2007 at 9:00 am

    plz joost me

  48. Francesca

    May 21st, 2007 at 9:02 am

    tuumoikkaa@suomi24.fi

  49. nico

    May 21st, 2007 at 11:54 am

    plzz give me an invitation .. quikly i need it really now ..
    than u!

  50. anonymous

    May 21st, 2007 at 1:48 pm

    omg… go to here and get invite… i got one!… no need to wait…

    http://www.joost.com/presents/gigaom-newteevee/

  51. anonymous

    May 21st, 2007 at 1:50 pm

    never mind… just go here and be quick about it…

    https://www.joost.com/download/

  52. anonymous

    May 21st, 2007 at 1:52 pm

    here’s the direct link…

    https://downloads.joost.com/downloads/JoostSetup-FriendsEdition.exe

  53. Alphious

    May 21st, 2007 at 3:21 pm

    Please invite me to joost.

  54. Jeppe

    May 22nd, 2007 at 9:14 am

    plz give me an invitation to joost.

    my email:
    jeppe_rune_mortensen@hotmail.com

  55. Lise

    May 22nd, 2007 at 11:06 am

    I dream about an invitation to Joost
    please send me one!
    Lise

  56. Agustin

    May 22nd, 2007 at 11:27 am

    please send me an invitation!
    i think joost is an awesome idea,bye!
    agus_cuq7@hotmail.com

  57. durut

    May 22nd, 2007 at 2:16 pm

    Please invite me to joost

  58. Ken Chan

    May 22nd, 2007 at 2:41 pm

    Please, I would love an invite as well!

    Thanks!

  59. Barry

    May 22nd, 2007 at 5:10 pm

    I’d love to try Joost. Please send me an invite.
    Thanks.

  60. Joost Invite

    May 23rd, 2007 at 8:20 pm

    Please send me an invite. Thank You

  61. Heric

    May 24th, 2007 at 5:28 am

    Would love to be invited to joost.

  62. voipsms

    May 24th, 2007 at 6:35 am

    i am happy to use joost.I have a blog
    http://www.voipsms.blogspot.com

  63. Eddie

    May 24th, 2007 at 10:10 am

    Please send an invite to joost. Thanks!!! :)

  64. DG

    May 24th, 2007 at 2:00 pm

    Hi, I’d love to get an invitation.
    Thanks !

  65. qasim khan

    May 24th, 2007 at 11:02 pm

    hello , i would love to get invitation .thanks

  66. ndr

    May 26th, 2007 at 9:17 pm

    please send me an invite. thanks!

  67. amit shukla

    May 27th, 2007 at 5:09 am

    Pls send me an invitation for joost.

  68. Nwyver

    May 28th, 2007 at 10:08 am

    Please send me an invite. Thanks!

  69. jdoe

    May 28th, 2007 at 5:32 pm

    Pls send me an invitation for joost.
    TIA

  70. Eduardo Felipe

    May 28th, 2007 at 7:25 pm

    Joost Me too :)

  71. linas

    May 29th, 2007 at 2:42 am

    I’d love to get an invite!
    lns@myway.com
    Thank you so much!

  72. dave Payne

    May 30th, 2007 at 12:15 am

    please send me a joost invite to

    davetmp1@mysonjoe.org.uk

    Many Thanks

    Dave

  73. Johnny

    May 30th, 2007 at 1:13 am

    please send me a joost inviatation to

    xjfeng811@gmail.com

    Thanks a lot,

    Johnny

  74. zack

    May 30th, 2007 at 3:55 am

    please send me an invite at zcktx@yahoo.com
    thanks in advance

  75. rob

    May 31st, 2007 at 7:09 pm

    Hey if I could get a joost invite i’d appreciate it

    Thanks

    dipsetrob@gmail.com

  76. leo

    May 31st, 2007 at 7:12 pm

    could you, please, send me am invite?
    rechinashusha@gmail.com

  77. Luis

    June 1st, 2007 at 8:49 pm

    Yo quiero Joost por favor. lrduarte@gmail.com.

  78. Deo

    June 1st, 2007 at 10:40 pm

    Please may I have a invite ?

  79. melvin

    June 2nd, 2007 at 4:44 am

    pls send me a invite too!

  80. tianbin

    June 2nd, 2007 at 6:08 am

    I’d love the Joost Invite, because i work in the industry and i would like to produce contend for it

  81. Michael

    June 2nd, 2007 at 7:59 am

    I am praying for an invite :)
    have gone to other sites in hopes of receiving one maybe this time I’ll luck out…. If so thanks so much.

    dancecult@gmail.com

    Thanx in advance

  82. Chris Clonan

    June 2nd, 2007 at 9:37 am

    Could I have an invite please?

  83. Andre

    June 2nd, 2007 at 1:40 pm

    i would really appreciate an invite to joost, thanks

  84. nick

    June 2nd, 2007 at 7:40 pm

    i would love an invite! THANKS SO MUCH IN ADVANCE

    vabeeotchay@yahoo.com

  85. Troy

    June 4th, 2007 at 3:44 am

    How about a joost invite for a hard working military man?

  86. stapler

    June 5th, 2007 at 12:43 am

    hey, i’d liek a joost invite plz,
    thnx

    skaataka@hotmail.com

  87. Veronica Martinez

    June 5th, 2007 at 5:32 am

    Could you please send me an invite to this fantastic new technology?

    Thanks.
    VM

  88. kader83

    June 5th, 2007 at 6:14 am

    i’d like to get invitation to use joost bcz it looks like amazing than yourtube and other programs that i have seen
    this’s my e mail adress
    aek83_doui@hotmail.fr
    and i’ll try to tell my friends about joost and give them invitation too if i know how to do it

  89. Rolla

    June 5th, 2007 at 6:34 am

    Please send me an invitation to use joost.
    Thanks,

    Rolla

  90. exp

    June 5th, 2007 at 7:16 am

    please send me a joost invite. Thanks so much for your time

    expensive1981@yahoo.com

  91. bollywood_aen

    June 5th, 2007 at 11:01 am

    Appreciate an invitation to use joost.
    Thanks,
    aen

  92. Pete

    June 5th, 2007 at 3:58 pm

    I’d love an invite. I’m really curious to see how it works with the available bandwidth.

  93. paul

    June 5th, 2007 at 10:22 pm

    please can i have an invitation to joost

    regards

  94. Lewis

    June 5th, 2007 at 11:46 pm

    Could I please get an invite to Joost as I am really interested in trying this out since I first read about it in Wired Magazine (best magazine ever) Thanks in advance!

  95. Ted

    June 6th, 2007 at 5:45 am

    Please send an invite to Joost. Thanks!

  96. Shaun Bates

    June 6th, 2007 at 11:15 am

    Please send me an invite to experience Joost.
    Tx

  97. Hawa

    June 6th, 2007 at 4:20 pm

    Hi

    I would like to have a Joost Invite Please

    Thanks

  98. farhad

    June 6th, 2007 at 8:59 pm

    Can you please send me an invite?

  99. Jimmy

    June 6th, 2007 at 10:26 pm

    yJtgiRGJTPRlnMdH@spambox.us

    Joost invite please?

  100. Joey

    June 6th, 2007 at 10:54 pm

    Hi!

    I would love to be invited to Joost.
    joeyjoel@e-latterrain.com

    Thanks!

  101. mare

    June 7th, 2007 at 4:27 am

    please send me invite to mcokanovic@gmail.com

  102. GeeK

    June 7th, 2007 at 11:38 pm

    I would like a invite please. pornster53@yahoo.com

    Thanks

  103. hypernayte

    June 8th, 2007 at 10:13 am

    May I have an invite, please? Thanks!

  104. Chris

    June 8th, 2007 at 12:10 pm

    please invite me for Joost.. clh15@hotmail.com

  105. memphis

    June 8th, 2007 at 5:07 pm

    Please invite me for Joost, please!!

  106. ramirez

    June 8th, 2007 at 9:23 pm

    Can someone pls invite me? Thank you.

    esteban307 -at- gmail . com

    thanks plenty.

  107. Dragan

    June 9th, 2007 at 5:30 am

    can you invite me too, please? thanks!

  108. Vikas

    June 9th, 2007 at 3:03 pm

    Can someone please send me joost invite
    vickyint@yahoo.com

  109. Steve Wong

    June 10th, 2007 at 1:56 pm

    May i have an invite too? Thanks so much.

  110. nobki

    June 10th, 2007 at 8:51 pm

    If still possible, invite me!!! Many thanks!

  111. Rick

    June 10th, 2007 at 9:27 pm

    Would love to try Joost, if any invites out there…Thanks

  112. clash

    June 11th, 2007 at 5:48 pm

    I would love an invite
    clash1234@hotmail.com

    Thx heaps !

  113. Lea

    June 11th, 2007 at 6:08 pm

    I’d love an invite
    lele2u@yahoo.com

  114. Blue General

    June 11th, 2007 at 6:36 pm

    I kill PWNXORZ.
    Please send me an invite, I dont have normal TV service.
    blgeneral@hotmail.com

  115. Alex

    June 12th, 2007 at 8:30 am

    Need an invite, Thanx

    alex.great.alex@gmail.com

  116. Antonello

    June 12th, 2007 at 12:33 pm

    please invite meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

  117. Antonello

    June 12th, 2007 at 12:35 pm

    pleasee invite meee

    surfmylife18@hotmail.com

  118. Susan

    June 12th, 2007 at 12:59 pm

    Can you please invite me !

    Thanks in advance :-)

« Previous post
Next post »