Eventful
Imthere
Madeit
Mypunchbowl
Partee
renkoo
Skobee
socializr
upcoming
zvents

– sendvite
– anyvite.com
– purpletrail.com

and many more….

@45 Yawn - Do you run a startup?

@49 Wade - You da man.

I found your entry interesting do I’ve added a Trackback to it on my weblog :)…

Anyvite is simple, yes. It’s also ugly and doesn’t offer that feeling of a virtual invitation, it’s more a way to help plan an event. It could be useful for planning something like a bar night, where everyone needs notification of how plans are changing.

I recently used Evite to plan a party - I would have sent paper invitations but am abroad right now, so Evite in my eyes replaces a paper invitation. No discussion about time or place, just a good-looking “invitation” with the event details.

Joe, why so defensive? Or did you know @38 was specifically talking to you? Was it the “never got laid” part that clued you in ? Just wondering….

It’s simple, straightforward and crude, just like men.

http://www.manvite.com

I did - resume:

- excellent use of Ajax
- very easy to reg and organize things
- very easy to use
- very laconic and smart interface
- great integrations with other services.

Conclusion - I am going to use it, and good luck to you, guys! (Still remains to see how you will fight off Evite, but I’ll be using you vs Evite now)

Cheers
ig.

Much prettier, easy to use and allows guests to contribute to the funding of the party.

Includes maps in the invitations and allows for offline invitations to be forwarded out as well. Use it tons, love the site.

It’s comical how the standard Y-Combinator response to any criticism is “they must have gotten rejected”. It really cracks me up. Dude, I have no desire to ever get money from them or to get scurvey or live a crappy life.

This is just one of 200 companies in the evite competitor field. Get over it. It’s okay. Yawn.

The easiest way? Presdo is a lot easier.

@anyvite - nice UI

The problem with all the event sites mentioned in this post is they are all static and their only real value is to let others know where to meet and they go there and have a BBQ or a girl’s night out. ZZzzzzzz I have an idea that is more dynamic and makes a lot of money. Ever heard of Event Tourism? Of course not, I created it. Web3.0, here I come!

Have a wonderful day.

Do you guys even know what you’ve written about?

That way it ends up in everyones blackberry or corporate device of choice.

How big is the market to add another player? First mover definitely has the advantage in such a niche.

For your information, I’ve had plenty of success launching startups on my own, all without the help of Paul Graham and silly incubator. Also, nice going with the personal insults: my sex life is obviously material to this discussion and I’m frankly embarrassed that it didn’t occur to me to cite my coital frequency earlier on. Kudos to you, sir!

Oh- and next time, if you don’t agree with my opinion, please do so without sounding like a complete and utter douche bag (that is, try to convince me that I’m wrong by using sound, logical argument– not the length or girth of your ePenis).

But let’s not get carried away. You make a good point: my post was entirely negative; I should’ve offered up some good, solid, positive feedback. So here goes:

At least Paul Graham won’t be making his money back with this flop. The idea is tired– it’s a dupe, stupid, achieves nothing, and can’t make money. Entrepreneurs often take technologies that they like (which they’ll pretend to hate) and say to their buddies, “Wow! How is it possible that I can’t… bookmark… uh… my friend’s favorite colors… on Twitter?!!? THIS SITE SUCKS. I need to *do it better*.”

Unfortunately, more often than not, “doing it better” entails an extremely minor change that really doesn’t help make the service any more convenient or useful. Tell me, oh wise commentator: what is the specific bug that anyvite is fixing? What innovation does anyvite bring to the table that the other dozen+ online invitation websites don’t already do?

Hell, let’s visit imagination land and play some make believe. Suppose I was a very, very wealthy VC and that you were trying your damnedest to pitch anyvite to me– what would you tell me? Would you say, “GET THIS, you can send text messages and emails to organize events– oh, and did I mention (HOLY SHIT!) WEB 2.0 AJAX BLOGOSPHERE??!” Man, with a pitch like that, how *could* I say no? (pro tip: that was sarcasm.)

It’s either technology push or market pull; it looks like these folks are somewhere in the middle– neither a push, nor a pull. So, in my book, they’re a nothing. That’s my opinion; perhaps I’m wrong. Either way, I wouldn’t invest in this technology (after all, I’m too busy trying to think of ways to rewrite anyvite to help me get laid; duh.)

There’s a better way, people… constructive feedback! Try providing some if you’re so smart. What would you do differently if you were running Anyvite? Here’s mine for what it’s worth…

I like mobile micro-coordination angle. It’s still hard to get ~5 people together for impromptu meals or drinks. I often forget to jot down the location. Locations change at the last second when people are in the subway and not in front of a computer. People always flake. And throughout all of this, I send and respond to the same texts over and over again, and inevitably always forget someone who ends up at the wrong place. I don’t understand why people have to call and ask where I am when my phone already has GPS/triangulation and should be able to broadcast that info to people who need it. I don’t understand why changing last minute details sucks so badly. I don’t understand why I have to do all the planning if I start an event. If someone other than the organizer gets to the bar first and thinks it’s lame, they should be able to tell everyone to meet at the one nextdoor instead. Just some food for thought. Hope this helps.

Apparently, he’s also figured out a way to get TechCrunch to write about every last piece of garbage Web 2.0 ZOMG web application he funds.

Please stop. Let’s focus on the innovation, not who scratches your back.

oh please. one of the value propositions of anyvite is that it doesn’t drive you to the site to see the invite. so that means there is no potential display ad revenue. what else could they explore, then?

- “premium” invite fees. no thanks, I’ll just use evite.
- ads in my mail. no thanks, I’ll just use evite.

The sooner you idiots stop equating users with profit the sooner we can all get back to making real businesses.