Finally, it is online – the sneak preview explaining the idea behind SevenSnap. Perhaps you have already seen the sneak preview video and guide.
SevenSnap in a nutshell:
Every 60 minutes, we are offering you a product from the realms of consumer electronics, travel and leisure activities. To see the price of the product, which drops every second, you have to enter the Snap Room. Being in the Snap Room costs 1,– USD per minute.
If multiple people are in the Snap Room at the same time, the price of the product can drop by up to 100,– US Dollars per minute. The person first clicking on the “Order now” button gets the deal and the price drop is repeated from the top.
This system creates incredible saving opportunities and makes shopping a very exciting experience.
We hope you like our idea and look forward to receiving your feedback.
We are slowly approaching Sunday, a very important milestone for SevenSnap. We will be presenting you SevenSnap in a sneak preview.
We hope that you and the entire iPhone community will like the idea behind SevenSnap. This is why we want to make sure that our website is always available, even if larger tech blogs report on SevenSnap.
For this reason we will move to the RackSpaceCloud within the next few days. As the name implies, the RackSpaceCloud is run by RackSpace and is said to be one of the most advanced out-of-box cloud systems. The RackSpaceCloud is currently used by 24,000 customers. RackSpace operates data centers in North America, Europe and Asia.
Tomorrow night, we will initiate the DNS- update and the domain transfer. On Saturday night, every request should land on the new server system.
As you may have noticed, the blog has gotten a little quiet over the past two weeks. We were very busy preparing a sneak preview of SevenSnap, which we would like to present to you on Sunday, August 23.
Next Sunday, you will finally learn what SevenSnap is actually going to be. For this purpose we have developed a special website and, among other things, will show you a SevenSnap video.
At this time, I work mostly on organizing the translation, since the “sneak preview” will also be available in English language. I am also busy with press releases.
We all look forward to Sunday night and are excited to find out how you like SevenSnap.
The last few days brought a number of new developments.
Stefan, our designer, delivered the initial drafts for the new SevenSnap website, which is due to launch on August 23. The website is focused on explaining the “SevenSnap Idea” and boasts an “Incentive Campaign” for you. The object of the campaign is still a secret.
In the meantime, our iPhone lead developer “StuFF mc” has published version 0.2.3 of the iPhone prototype. This prototype already features the entire navigation of our iPhone app in its final look and feel. The whole frontend has been converted to the NIB-format. Next week the app will be filled with fake data, so it can actually be used. Web services and the backend will be developed in the following weeks.
I haven’t been twiddling thumbs either and taken care of some backend prototyping and have been trying to acquire a new investor. My efforts were successful and a GmbH company will now be set up for the “SevenSnap Project”.
The new investor is particularly important for SevenSnap, since he doesn’t just provide monetary funds, but also a first-rate international network. The investor in question has already accompanied a number of IPOs of internet companies and presents a meaningful asset to our project. All of our investors will be introduced shortly.
We look forward to August 23. Then you will finally learn what SevenSnap has to offer.
Slowly, things are falling into place. At 7pm on Sunday, August 23, 2009 we will be presenting you the idea behind SevenSnap.
For this purpose we have placed a countdown on the SevenSnap start page. Many thanks to Guido for helping with the Java script.
In the next 20 days I will be very busy with public relations. I will have to complete the press releases and, with the help of StuFF and Stefan, make sure that SevenSnap is presented to you adequately on the 23rd.
This way to the countdown.
Slowly, things are falling into place. At 7pm on Sunday, August 23, 2009 we will be presenting you the idea behind SevenSnap.
For this purpose we have placed a countdown on the SevenSnap start page. Many thanks to Guido for helping with the Java script.
In the next 20 days I will be very busy with public relations. I will have to complete the press releases and, with the help of StuFF and Stefan, make sure that SevenSnap is presented to you adequately on the 23rd.
Today I “convinced” our iPhone Developer StuFF mc to do a little Interview and speak about the SevenSnap App. Obviously, we still haven´t revealed what SevenSnap is all about but we spoke about technical difficulties and how the App develops so far.
Creating a start-up is tough work and promoting it even more. We now have a Facebook Page for our project and I want to show you how to configure the Facebook Page the way it displays Twitter and RSS feeds.
First you need to create an Facebook Page and pay attention at the title of the Page because it can´t be changed later.
To import an RSS feed then (i.e. like we did with our Corporate Blog) you must perform the following steps.
1.) Click at “Edit Page”
2.) Click at “Edit” at the “Notes” layer
3.) Click at “Change Import Settings”
4.) Enter the RSS feed URL
Even it looks easy it´s not so easy to find out in the first place.
If done your Blog entries will show up automatically at your Facebook Page.
Further more we want our Twitter updates also there. You need to use an third party app for this because Facebook doesn´t have Twitter support yet.
1.) Click at “Edit Page”
2.) Click at “Additional Applications” -> “Further Apps”
3.) Search for “Selective Twitter Status” and install it.
4.) In the App, Settings, enter your Twitter-User Name
5.) Settings, Application, allow the App to puplish new entries
Hint: Whenever you publish a Tweet with “#fb” it will show up shortly after at your Facebook Page.
As I already wrote, the SevenSnap idea was born in the year 2008. I created the concept then and did meet developers and thought of starting the project web based in 2008.
As I moved forward it turned out that the development costs of this web based SevenSnap App would consume up to $120.000 even without a “First Media Package”. Obviously, that´s too much for a new start-up.
Luckily the App Store came to life and the iPhone SDK.
The iPhone SDK is a highly efficient way to develop Software and reduces costs. Also thanks to the huge installed base of over 40 million devices many people will be able to use the App in the future while we think it´s a way to get in touch with customers more easy.
Therefor the strategy of “First the App Store, proof of concept, extend to different plattforms later” is reasonable for us and of course for you.
With optimized conditions we are convinced that we can get enough financial power to extend the SevenSnap project to different plattforms like Android, Websites and so on.
We look forward to release the SevenSnap App and we think we had the right idea at the right time.
By the way: The Fronted contains over 45 screens and is done! Currently we integrate the layout in the SDK and looking forward to see the first prototype!
I´m currently working at the Backend concept and it looks like this will be done till tomorrow, then move on to the development.
About 30 screens were created by Stefan, our designer. During the layout phase we did encounter new ideas and were able to optimize usability. Even it doesn´t look so in the first place, navigation through the App will be very easy.
Concept Development
Rejected by Apple
Server-Cluster-Setup
