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by WilliamMayor
2625 days ago
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I've had this exact idea floating around in my head for a while now. Really excited that you've gone and built it :) As with any social network, the hard part is getting lots of people to use it. There's no benefit to me if I have a card but none of my friends do. How are you going to tackle this problem? I'd really like to use this kind of product at the company I work for. We have a fair amount of people churn, with contractors coming and going. It would be great if my address book could auto-update with their details. Do you have any plans for some kind of company tier, where you could add/connect cards to a company on behalf of the user? |
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> As with any social network, the hard part is getting lots of people to use it. There's no benefit to me if I have a card but none of my friends do. How are you going to tackle this problem?
The way I see it, a social media platform only offers value if you have people actively posting content. Cardbox is different in that it already offers benefit if you have just one connection; that's one contact you never have to manage again. And this is true for every connection you make.
Right now, it's not yet a full replacement of your old address book, but rather a utility to modernize it, bit by bit. As the user base grows and the app becomes available on all platforms, it can become that replacement.
If everyone manages to just convince their closest circles (and/or people that change phone numbers or addresses a lot e.g. due to travel) to use the app, at some point enough people will have it so that it can unlock its full potential in situations of meeting new people.
To promote this, there's the referral program that rewards free Pro. Hoping early adopters want to set up the app for family members etc.
> Do you have any plans for some kind of company tier, where you could add/connect cards to a company on behalf of the user?
Absolutely, lots of potential there; company cards and business cards are on the roadmap: https://cardbox.app/roadmap
> Also, where is the data kept? Is this GDPR safe? I'm in the UK and I'd like to keep this company/user data somewhere safe :)
It's stored on AWS in the Ireland region. Of course, Cardbox is GDPR compliant; privacy is a core focus :) See https://cardbox.app/privacy