My Things - a new site that helps owners of the same things find each other
We present to the attention of the habr audience the site My Things .
What it is?
Very simple: My Things is a site on which you find other owners of the same things as yours.
We bought a new smartphone, laptop, camera - went to My Things and noted "I am the owner." Now you are in touch with other owners!
The very idea of such a service has been in the air for a long time, but the fact that it was needed is obvious. After all, there are many sites that "help to buy" - all kinds of catalogs, aggregators of prices, reviews, etc. And they are all focused on the “pre-purchase” situation.
And what about “after the purchase”? When the treasured box is already at home - for the buyer the most interesting thing at this moment is just beginning.
Many people buy the same models of laptops, televisions, cameras and other products. And of course, communicating with other owners of the same thing helps to figure it out, configure it in the best way, and solve possible problems.
But there is still no single universal service that allows owners of the same things to be in direct contact with each other. Previously, other owners had to be looked for “somewhere on the Internet”, and useful knowledge had to be collected “in pieces” at dozens of different sites and forums.
Now - we have done My Things.
What we have more interesting things that I would like to draw attention to:
- We abandoned the traditional feedback system. Because we consider it ineffective. Instead, we offer our own solution: an interactive block of pluses / minuses, which allows you to conveniently structure all the advantages and disadvantages of a thing. Here, for example, are the pros / cons and opinions of Nikon D7000 DSLR owners . See how convenient: all the most important things can be understood in seconds. There is, of course, an opportunity to add your opinion in free form (your own subjective feelings from a thing) in addition to the pros / cons - for this, a special field My opinion. Moreover, the published opinions of the owners can be commented on - ask an additional question or clarify something.
- Exchange tips. We made a separate section for tips on each item. If you have something to advise other owners, write to this section, and other owners will be notified that a new tip has been published. How to connect, configure, master? What tricks do you need to know? And other useful knowledge.
- Tape. Usually a person has not one thing, but several - a phone, a camera, a laptop, a Wi-Fi router, and much more. When you are marked as the owner of many different things from a wide variety of categories, to read new entries about them, you do not need to separately open the page for each item. All new entries about all of your things are displayed in a single tape, similar to the usual friend tape on a blog or a tape on a social network.
- Classifieds buy / sell. Tired of an old laptop? Or do you want to sell your iPhone 4 before you buy a new iPhone 4s? This can also be done on our website - place your buy / sell ads on the pages of the things you want to sell.
Appeal to Habrachitateli
We chose Habr as the place for the first big announcement of the project, because we know and appreciate the audience of the Habr - as people who can understand the idea and the “movement vector”, make constructive comments, there may be something to advise.
We have already received confirmation that we are moving in the right direction - the site has never been advertised anywhere, however, new users are registered with us every day - simply from among those who accidentally get Yandex and Google. For us, this is an important assessment of the relevance of what and how we are doing.
Join now! We are sure that you will be interested in our project not only as a new website in the consumer web segment, but also really useful in everyday life, and we will be happy to answer your questions and comments.