dropdrop

Leave messages where you travel, for others to discover.

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Leave messages where you travel, for others to discover.

4 followers

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dropdrop lets you leave messages and photos where you travel, for others to discover. Download dropdrop for iOS, and connect with your local community.

Launch tags:iOS•Messaging•Travel

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Interesting idea. The peculiar use case of this product could be for long Trails / Thru Hikes / adventure parks where you would probably need help. (something I've seen happening at the PCT). Just trying to understand how will it apply for known places / cities.

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9yr ago

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@pratikg_ I can definitely see this used on trails and outdoor exploration. Within cities, it could be very personal, with private messages left at frequented locations, or more broad, leaving graffiti around a city. We really aren't promoting any single use case over another. We can't wait to see how you use this for hiking!

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9yr ago

This is a cool idea, and for some reason I was thinking about Glympse. We use Glympse when moving in small groups within city limits and the only reason I installed it was because the immediate gain of knowing where others I am going to meet is right now. I think you guys need to think similar here. There is no way lots of people would install this just to read local messages from anyone, it has to be immediate gain for the person who would need to install the app like agencies organizing bachelor parties could use it for gamification, local shops could hide giveaways/coupons, tourist guides and so on. I see you mention some of this and I think the local value is stronger than "Leave messages where you travel, for others to discover".

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9yr ago

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@mariuslian Very good argument, and using the word "travel" in our tag line may lead people to assume that's its only intended use. In the short time we spent developing this platform, it has already evolved over and over again. I'm so glad you mentioned coupons, because our long term vision is to tap into the retail space, but for it to be valuable for retailers, we would already need the consumer presence. So we're focusing on the fun, friend-oriented, travel part for now, and if we gain critical mass, we will start incorporating some of these broader reaching applications.

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9yr ago

EuroBot 2016

Hey @craigphares I really like your app! Very simple and intuitive! Where is the most used currently?

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9yr ago

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@david770 Thanks so much! We put a lot of thought into how to make everything as intuitive as possible. Currently, we're seeing the most activity in the United States, specifically in NJ, NY, CA, and IL. We're also seeing lots of activity in China, France, and the UK.

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9yr ago

Future Minds Fund

I'm intrigued. I love me a bit of adventure. This actually looks really exciting and i want to try it but i got thrown off a little when i just read its a messaging app. How exactly does the funnel and product journey work?

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9yr ago

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@themelamini I love the excitement! dropdrop is not like a traditional chat messaging app like WeChat or Facebook Messenger, although it does have a direct chat feature. Think Twitter, crossed with SnapChat, limited by location. When you first login to dropdrop, you'll see a split-screen view of a map and a list. The map will have "drops" in proximity to your current location, and the list will have a news feed of those same drops. Everything you see was created at that specific location, and will last between 24 hours and 2 months. Drops can be as small as a room, as big as a city, or somewhere in-between. If your current location falls within the boundary of a drop, you'll see it in the app. Move outside that boundary, and the drop disappears from your view. You can follow other people on dropdrop, and find your friends on the app through Facebook or your address book. You can place a new drop at your current location and specify who of your friends can see it (or let everyone see it), how long it should last, how big to make it, and if you want to leave it with your public profile or anonymously. When you leave a drop for a friend, they receive a notification that you left them a drop, and they'll see it on a map. But they can't actually view the drop itself until they physically enter within its boundary. Also, as you explore the world around you, if you stumble upon a drop from someone you follow, you'll get a notification on your phone that a drop is nearby from that person. It's sort of like leaving a physical note for someone - all within the virtual space of the app. So far, we've seen a lot of people leaving messages for anyone in their neighborhood to view - talking about things only locals would know. We've also seen some messages left in places where the creator knew their friend would find it. And we're seeing lots of check-in style reviews of businesses. Also, based on the feedback we've received so far, we're seeing many more use cases for the geocaching aspect of this, so we're working on adding some more features that will make it even easier to use it in this way. I hope you get a chance to try out dropdrop, and I can't wait to hear how you end up using it!

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9yr ago

HackToStart

Cool. How is this different from Drop Messages? Also, how frequently do you think most of your userbase will use this? Only the biggest travelers travel once per month or more

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9yr ago

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@leftearpod Great questions. Drop Messages is only photos, and it's cluttered with Instagram posts that aren't really meant for that platform. We want our content to be specific to our platform, and we've provided much more control over the duration, audience, and size of the messages you post. And no drops last forever, so the content will constantly be current and relevant. It's yet to be determined as to the frequency of use, and travelers are only one segment of our users. We expect people in neighborhoods will use dropdrop to talk exclusively with each other, even if they're not connected by anything other than proximity. Also, the flexibility in drop duration leads to very different types of communication.

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9yr ago

Brings back fond memories of geocaching ,it was great fun and an excellent excuse to discover often overlooked places.

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9yr ago

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@sarthakgrover That's definitely the feeling we are shooting for. We want people to be surprised and get a sense of discovery when using the app.

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9yr ago

Adalyz

nice idea 😄

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9yr ago

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@_vineetshukla thanks! We are really excited to see what creative ways people dream up to use it.

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9yr ago

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