Looking For Ideas From The Community

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Hello warriors,

My buddy and I have been working on a website that secures public zip files. We think of it as snap chat for your files.

Basically how it works is you copy a public link to a file from dropbox and put the link on our website and tell us where traffic is accepted to access your link. So for instance I can make a public zip file only accessible to people coming from the warrior forum.

Check it out here: File Limbo

We would LOVE any feedback you may have to make the website better.

We basically made this website to protect our WSO's from being shared outside the warrior forum. Sites like dropbox and Google drive which have no way of protecting links besides making it private. But what if you wanted to share the link with an entire forum?? That's why we created this tool.

Let us know what you think

File Limbo
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  • Profile picture of the author clumsy
    Good idea, but how reliable is it? How difficult would it be for someone to put a few redirects in place that would inject "From" website thus rendering your service useless?

    Issues:

    - You should work on design.
    - You should add ability to register and manage URL's
    - Change messages (FAIL, Try Again is really a FAIL in writing a good error handling message)
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    • Profile picture of the author AaronBurton
      Originally Posted by clumsy View Post

      Good idea, but how reliable is it? How difficult would it be for someone to put a few redirects in place that would inject "From" website thus rendering your service useless?

      Issues:

      - You should work on design.
      - You should add ability to register and manage URL's
      - Change messages (FAIL, Try Again is really a FAIL in writing a good error handling message)
      If somebody is taking the time to change the refferer there probably isn't much you can do to share your files if they get a hold of your links. Its pretty much a deterer from people from sharing your file. Someone could easily download your file and re upload it but we make more difficult for people to share your links/files illegally.
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      • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
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  • Profile picture of the author QueenMelanie
    it is a good idea for sure the page needs visually sprucing up a bit though!
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  • Profile picture of the author AaronBurton
    Take our survey here so we can improve and provide a better service http://goo.gl/EsCSuR
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  • Profile picture of the author news2cash
    You don't need two ads take the one off the top. Bring us into your page is like landing a plane. There should be no bumps. The potential of this site is huge
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    • Profile picture of the author AaronBurton
      Originally Posted by news2cash View Post

      You don't need two ads take the one off the top. Bring us into your page is like landing a plane. There should be no bumps. The potential of this site is huge
      Thanks! We will def take 1 ad off. Just want to make sure the site works and is doing what people want it to do.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ron Killian
    If your serious about the site, why have a google add right up top? Looks tacky and to me, makes the site a little less trustworthy. Why have any ads? They are traffic leaks and an excuse for people to leave your site.

    Unless you hoping to make a few bucks by posting it on forums like this? Sorry, but that would be my thought.

    It wouldn't hurt to explain the service a little more, little more detail, on it works. Some people might not get it.

    Your not selling, why visitors NEED to use your site. Like protecting your products, like you've mentioned here. Not much of a call to action. Why not have that on your site? Not crazy about the text font, but that is my opinion.

    What about people abusing the service? Sharing stuff they shouldn't, you could be responsible. Just a thought.
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    • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
      Yes, looks like a good idea overall, but as others have said, ditch the ad's.

      If others or l was going to use this service l would expect professionalism, or ditch the ad's, and offer an upsell or something else!

      And offer as many extras as possible? No doubt freeware might already have this, but if Bitley can do this, you certainly can!

      The reason l went for Bitley was because the software was easy to use, had cute graphics, and allowed tracking!

      And was free, although l think that there is a paid option in there somewhere?

      Yep, good concept but the main page needs to be cleaned up graphically, and a lot of surveys conducted to find out what your customers want and what they will tolerate in regards to your income streams.

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    • Profile picture of the author AaronBurton
      Originally Posted by Ron Killian View Post

      If your serious about the site, why have a google add right up top? Looks tacky and to me, makes the site a little less trustworthy. Why have any ads? They are traffic leaks and an excuse for people to leave your site.

      Unless you hoping to make a few bucks by posting it on forums like this? Sorry, but that would be my thought.

      It wouldn't hurt to explain the service a little more, little more detail, on it works. Some people might not get it.

      Your not selling, why visitors NEED to use your site. Like protecting your products, like you've mentioned here. Not much of a call to action. Why not have that on your site? Not crazy about the text font, but that is my opinion.

      What about people abusing the service? Sharing stuff they shouldn't, you could be responsible. Just a thought.
      Great critique. We where thinking about selling this service but making it free with ads made more sense. I'm not going on forums to make ad money, we are looking for genuine feedback so we can implement what people want. So far we have posted on reddit and the warrior forum. We had 90 people give us feedback so far and are grateful for the support.

      We aren't really focused on the design so much. We want to make sure if its a service someone wants before going crazy on the design part.
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  • Profile picture of the author TomVa
    Originally Posted by AaronBurton View Post

    Hello warriors,

    My buddy and I have been working on a website that secures public zip files. We think of it as snap chat for your files.

    Basically how it works is you copy a public link to a file from dropbox and put the link on our website and tell us where traffic is accepted to access your link. So for instance I can make a public zip file only accessible to people coming from the warrior forum.

    Check it out here: File Limbo

    We would LOVE any feedback you may have to make the website better.

    We basically made this website to protect our WSO's from being shared outside the warrior forum. Sites like dropbox and Google drive which have no way of protecting links besides making it private. But what if you wanted to share the link with an entire forum?? That's why we created this tool.

    Let us know what you think

    File Limbo
    Great Idea, but and a big but you MUST go responsive or have some way for mobile. I promise you will get a lot more mobile then desktop due to the nature of your product. I COULD be wrong but really doubt it. I don't mind the ad's per say site looks clean imo good luck.
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  • You need more content on the site. Unanswered questions I have looking at it are:

    1. Do I need to upload the files to your server?
    2. How does the link magic work?

    Other than that it looks good. You could potentially spin off a paid service by providing expiring download links to content.
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