| Hello Hackers! I'm new to the HN community and the startup world and just about to launch my site and v1.0 of an HTML5 application I call Taank It! I did a pre-release marketing campaign through Sonicbids.com and I have a few hundred artists interested in signing up. As the only (non-technical) member of my team I could use a little outside perspective before I started my marketing campaign. http://fishtaank.com Fishtaank.com and the Taank IT! application were designed to help bands and fans distribute and discover music utilizing the web and mobile technology. As a website, Fishtaank.com is a cross between myspace and facebook. As an application, the Taank IT! technology provides a tool that allows users to collect and view media found across the web ( similar in nature to watchlater.com and radbox.com but designed for music) Basic Fishtaank accounts are free. Bands, blogs and record labels can add a Taank It! button to their site if they Go Pro. I'm currently using the Soundcloud API to stream music so no streaming on any Apple device. In time I will add music uploads and an API for Fishtaank but for now this will work. There are a few other known bugs but I'm really interested in some feedback on the overall concept, general presentation and any initial impressions one gets when they first visit the site. The Taank It! feature was just added and requires older accounts to enable this feature. The Beerfarmer and fishtaank profiles are my test accounts so they work. http://fishtaank.com/profile/Beerfarmer
http://fishtaank.com/profile/fishtaank Visit this page to install Taank it! Also, as a listener, you do not need to create a fishtaank account to use the Taank It! application: http://fishtaank.com/page/view/about-us#features Any suggestions and/or feedback would be much appreciated. Next up: Starting Development of Mobile Application for Taank It! Dave |
Overall you're trying to accomplish WAY too much with your first release. Compete with Myspace + Facebook? "Music discovery and distribution platform"? Purchasing? Artist profiles? Album of the week? Some kind of thing I'm supposed to download and install? "Taank it?" Sign up for a newsletter? AHHHH! Just give me a single, simple reason to use this site. Do exactly one thing really well, and go from there.
Site design / browser compatability wise: http://i.imgur.com/FYWTP.png
I like the domain though. The logo looks cool, but it's too small to see. Simplify and go with an art-direction / metephors based on that little fish in the taank.