Is there something wrong with Duda Mobile platform?
 

I am going to contact local biz's about a mobile site.

I have a few wso's about Mobile but the Duda Mobile platform look's great and simple.

It seems brain dead easy to put up a mobile site in a few minutes.

There must be something I am missing.

For 9 bucks a month it seems a no brainer.

I am also interested in Brick and Mobile.

I searched and KevinZ here has a wso about it.

I am scheduled to be on a webinar this afternoon with KevinZ and Jeff Mills.

Re: Is there something wrong with Duda Mobile platform?
 

Hey kyhawk2 great to hear you will be on the call.

We have a jam packed webinar planned explaining some very important mobile marketing strategies you wont want to miss.

I'll be addressing your question directly on the webinar today.

Be sure to bring a paper and pen!

Re: Is there something wrong with Duda Mobile platform?
 

Nice plug for duda

Re: Is there something wrong with Duda Mobile platform?
 

Not a plug.

They advertise everywhere,which might be the problem.

KevinZ here might have a better solution, longterm.

Re: Is there something wrong with Duda Mobile platform?
 

I've heard a lot of people say they never use third party applications but they are well over a $100 million per year company, partnered with Google, Yahoo, ATT, and other multinationals. So I doubt they are going anywhere anytime soon.

And it's $6 per month if your a reseller.

Brick and Mobile....roughly 30 bucks per month per site? GTFOH hahah, you guys are nuts. And on top of that it's a CMS...does it even convert it a little bit for you??

Re: Is there something wrong with Duda Mobile platform?
 

The problem is they are a third party service. Having your business rely unnecessarily on 3rd party services like that is only setting yourself up for trouble further down the line.

Mobile websites are not difficult to create with the vast array of templates already out there. You shouldn't need to be paying monthly fees for a simple mobile website nor should you have to host that site on someone else's third party platform.

It's just overkill.

Re: Is there something wrong with Duda Mobile platform?
 

Duda and Google have teamed up and Duda advertises everywhere. You might find yourself charging someone to build their site and then they find out it could've been done for free with Duda. In addition, if you are a reseller, they still have their brand name somewhere on the site, or at least they did a few months ago when I checked.

Re: Is there something wrong with Duda Mobile platform?
 

I am a reseller with Duda and they have just finished releasing a Whitelabel Reseller Partner Dashboard that provides a lot more "Unbranding" ability from their label. We have been very successful thus far with rebranding using their platform and they now also let you assign your preview domain or subdomain with your information on it (i.e. - Log, background colors, etc.). When you send out preview links to prospects, it looks like your label entirely. Even the statistics that get emailed out for the mobile sites have your logo and company information on them.

All in all, we use their platform for the quick and dirty websites that we need to deploy fast. I actually find that we are using them more for creating customer mobile site previews that render closely to the same color schemes, logo and other information of the non-mobile websites. The preview tool for resellers now lets you send out a before and after side-by-side comparison which is nice.

We also use self-hosted mobile landing pages and non-Duda sites too. It all depends on your needs.

Re: Is there something wrong with Duda Mobile platform?
 

Ok - Have to put my 10 cents too.
duda keep rolling on new updates like dudaone and that couases their ald features stop working. You can easily find yourself unable to login to your reseller dashboard for 2 days and wait for priority suppport to get back to you .... Branding is a problem but with more and more stuff and white labels coming in stability of the platform is shaky.

with Brick and Mobile - you have everything you need there - but It is not easy to use - learning curve takes time - and there is expensive monthly fee.

After being big fan of Duda for a sake of the simplicity and Very Good Graphic Look of the sites - I am begining to agree that it is better to use templates and do self hosted sites - no cost and you are not dependant on anybody upgrades and tech supports.

Re: Is there something wrong with Duda Mobile platform?
 

im using Duda for my local clients but im insecure about making 100 of them and not having the security of i dont know
what if one day all the sites go down due to their server issue
my clients would be like all over me screaming

is there another option to have more control rather then Brick and Mobile? too expensive monthly fee for me right now

Thanks

Re: Is there something wrong with Duda Mobile platform?
 

You see some sites that are offering a custom mobile website, built from scratch, with superb one on one service for the business owner. They turn the files over, you own it for life. They run $300-$500

Then you see sites like duda that charge $10 a month to give you a fast and easy Mobile solution that you are just leasing.

I have spoken with hundreds of business owners. The ones that really swallow the fact that mobile traffic is here to stay and on the rise all feel like they should just do the job right the first time and get a nice mobile website as a company asset.

The ones that could hardly care or have not put their minds to the value of mobile traffic or have not accepted the evolution we are seeing - likely would be fine with renting something that is just a cookie cutter template.

Ten years ago would you have done a duda type deal with a website? Not if you were serious about marketing and making money. You likely would have upgraded later to your own site.

So what is the difference between the high demand in standard websites 10-15 years ago, and the new demand for a dedicated, mobile website now? Nothing.

Based on past experience, and thousands of hours of testing the mobile website market....I can tell you that the concept of having a second, and dedicated mobile site.....the desire for it, the understanding of the need for it.....is in total infancy.

Five years from now you are not going to see a new business come online, buy a new standard website....and then lease a mobile website on the side. Business owners will understand that mobile is more important than standard. You don't lease something that is important to you.

IMO

Re: Is there something wrong with Duda Mobile platform?
 

I see the thread is from 2012, but I just recently discovered duda service. I've put several of my websites on it, if you want to see how it looks like when converted and compare "before" and "after", check out this one: scary-before and scary-after.

Service is cool and it works, I am happy with it. So I won't go through the list why is it good, I'll just stick to your question and go after what's "wrong" without going into any details...(wrong is definitely not the right word ...)

a) mobile site files reside on 3rd party server, they are not 'yours'. you don't have direct access to them.
b) editing mobile site is possible but limited to functionality of dashboard editor
c) despite "canonical" meta, mobile page urls are not SEO friendly
d) sometimes some part of www content gets ruled out and not included in mobile page content. you don't have control over that.
e) email support is slow
f) you should be warned that java script redirect, which is their default option, is not as 'mobility friendly' as htaccess redirect


good things are: it works and you get your site up very quickly.