Pownce and its Group
Kevin Rose, the founder/CEO of Digg is starting a new trend– Pownce. They are currently in closed-beta, and you will need an invite to get in. Once you’re in, you are limited to 6 invites for friends. Fortunately for me, I got an invite.
Here is what Pownce looks like from the inside:
(Click on the image to see the full screenshot.)
What do I do now?
1. Start by adding or inviting your friends.
2. Download and use the desktop software.
3. Then start sending messages, files, links and events!
4. Don’t forget to customize your profile, change themes, and edit settings!
You can post notes to yourself, send messages to others, schedule events, go Pro for $20 to send files up to 100mb, and No Ads.
I was browsing a blog today, and one of the ads featured a Pownce invite via eBay. So I went to check it out. This is what I saw:
(Click image to view full screenshot)
The “SENT IMMEDIATELY” and “Pownce Invitesss!!” pounced out at me. (search for “Pownce Invites”.) Prices range from $0.25+.
It was just a while ago that people sold Gmail invites on eBay, but email platforms and P2P platforms and very different.
Lastly, I have four more Pownce invites to hand out. First come first serve. If you have some Pownce invites that you can give out, please leave a comment saying so. Also, if you decide to do a review on Pownce, a link back is not required, but appreciated.
July 8th, 2007 at 5:10 am
Hi Grace, I would appreciate an invite if you have any left. :)
July 8th, 2007 at 11:14 am
Ooooh Pownce sounds like a really great concept! Judging from the screenshots you’ve provided I love the layout - clean and simple. Not much clutter, unlike many other similar sites which seems to feed on clicks to advertisements (hence featuring loads of adverts that slows loading so much you get veyr frustrated)… :D haha! Well I’d love to be invited, but do give the chance to others since I’m always okay to settle in with Pownce later when the system stabilises. Just throw me the invites if you have extras :mrgreen:
Well I’m pretty irritated with people cashing in on this kind of registration system. They’re making profits through immoral methods. Gee. Reminds me of the National Day Parade over in Singapore. Since there are limited tickets and such a huge demand (there are like more than 4 people scrambling for every one NDP ticket), people sell those tickets at rocket prices. Originally everyone stands an equal chance to get a NDP ticket (since it’s done by balloting) and it’s free of charge.
July 9th, 2007 at 3:15 am
Invites sent! Anyone else want invites? I have a few more left. :)
teddY- I’m irrated too. I wouldn’t sell any sort of invite. Wow. You need tickets to see a parade?
July 9th, 2007 at 8:20 pm
Luckily you didn’t put the invite on sale here :-)
July 10th, 2007 at 3:39 am
With so many extra features, I am not surprise soon Pownce will take over Twitter.
July 10th, 2007 at 3:47 am
I probably sound silly for saying this without having used Twitter, but I’ve never understood its popularity. Who cares about “Hey, I’m walking in the mall.” or “the sky is blue where I live” or “just sitting here doing nothing but twittering.” Ugh!
July 10th, 2007 at 4:29 am
Benedict- I AM selling them– $50 for strangers and $49.99 for friends. :) (Did you believe that? :D)
Kuan- Oh yeah. Very soon. Look at his last project. Considering Kevin Rose was the CEO of Digg.
Mark- Some people just aren’t Twitter people. I guess you and I are two of them.
July 10th, 2007 at 4:31 am
Grace, I’m lucky to get it for $0.01 by being your enemy ;-)
July 16th, 2007 at 7:51 am
Can you or someone else send me an invite please.
Thanks.
July 22nd, 2007 at 8:20 pm
I still have some invites left if anyone wants one :)
July 23rd, 2007 at 2:32 am
Robin- Have you received your invite yet? Please let me know.
Jon- I gave my last invite to Robin; thanks for offering!
July 23rd, 2007 at 3:37 am
Didn’t get it yet Grace.
Take care and cheers.
July 23rd, 2007 at 4:20 am
Robin- I resent your invite. Let me know if you got it! :)