As we all know, tr.im is about to close up shop, and it seems people are a little sad to see it go.
I'm curious if people are sad about tr.im going away more for nostalgic reasons, or are there some technical (or other) benefits that they offered over bit.ly (or other URL shorteners for that matter) Tr.im's site says that there was no way for them to monetize URL shortening since users won't pay for it. That seems like something they should have known going in, and while they might not have the money or time to investigate other business models it almost sounds like they threw all of their eggs into one of two baskets: (a) get users to pay for their url shortening (and associated stats) (b) get acquired by another company. Neither of them is working out, but did they have a backup/fallback plan? What would one look like? Did Twitter pick bit.ly just randomly out of a hat? It's definitely true that in markets you don't always have the superior product winning the biggest market share, but if tr.im really was a much better offering than bit.ly I would think they would be able to figure out another way to monetize... but maybe bit.ly always had the "good ol boys club" advantage since I believe I read they have some high-profile investors who may themselves have the ability to influence the market's decisions. Anyone care to discuss / share / enlighten ? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
