dropdrop

Leave messages where you travel, for others to discover.

4 followers

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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Are you really charging 4 stamps at 5$ to make one single private post? Why would you even want to charge for engaging with the app?

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10yr ago

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Maker

@bulleitandcoke Great question. Having stamps to unlock special features in the app is part of our strategy to keep the content mostly personal and timely. Stamps are not only available for purchase, but are awarded for your activity within the app, so if you're using the app, you may never actually have to pay for any stamps. We use stamps to force certain activities to be special, and not so commonplace. Anonymous drops and comments are a good example. We want most communication to be open with a face behind the message. For those rare occasions where someone wants to contribute anonymously, we require stamps. Long drop lifespans are another scenario where we want to keep people from leaving messages that may grow stale, so stamps will be used for anything over a month in duration. Future features on our roadmap will also sometimes require stamps to unlock, and we hope this keeps the experience interesting and rewards those who really contribute to the dropdrop world.

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10yr ago

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Hi guys! Founder of dropdrop here. I'm excited to hear everyone's feedback on our messaging app. We really wanted to connect online communication with the real world by associating messages and photos to a real place and time. We have an extensive road map laid out for upcoming features, including video and the ability to pick up and move drops. It's a very open platform, so the implications for use are really up to the individual. We've seen people leave surprise messages for their friends at a place they know they frequent. We've seen tips for locals dropped at different establishments. And we're working out rules for an upcoming scavenger hunt using drops. For the technically inclined, you can think of drops as Bluetooth beacons without the hardware. You determine the duration and radius of each drop you create. We've seen accuracy up to 10 meters. I'm looking forward to hearing from you all! Ask me anything!

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10yr ago

@craigphares Love the idea. Its so interactive with reality

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10yr ago

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@stefan_kojouharov thanks! Have fun with it! We've got some cool features on the horizon.

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10yr ago

Interesting idea! Reminds me of of when i was younger i would hide notes around payphones in airports for my friend to find the next time they were in that airport..

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10yr ago

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Maker

@drawby that is exactly the type of fun and surprising experience we are hoping for!

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10yr ago

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My grandparents hid pennies around places they traveled with photo clues to hint at its whereabouts. I guess this is the millennial version of that.

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10yr ago

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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10yr 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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10yr 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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10yr 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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10yr ago