Re:No-code startup Integromat becomes Make, snatches huge do...
by dan_pixelflow on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @05:48PM
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I've heard a lot about Integromat, but in the worst way. Not a fan [1] of services that appear to spam me with adverts or their competitors spamming me with adverts to make them look bad.
On the topic of the name - 'Make', to me as a developery-person sounds like a code system (because of GNU make) or some electronics/hacker type thing ('maker' as in 'makerspace'). But I imagine people who know what GNU make is aren't the target market.
Re:No-code startup Integromat becomes Make, snatches huge do...
by raviparikh on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @04:00PM
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I'm curious what a one-word, 4-letter, highly common name like make.com must have cost, and whether the cost is justified. In every startup I've been at, we were never able to get the .com (instead: Heap.io, Airplane.dev).
The founder of RemoteOK.com says they saw a big increase in traffic after getting the .com, but hard for me to know if that was just a natural increase in traction that would have happened anyways for them: https://twitter.com/levelsio/status/1488166336878419975
> In June 2019, Make magazine's parent company, Maker Media, abruptly shut down the bimonthly magazine due to lack of financial resources. As of June 10, 2019, it was reorganized and had since started publishing new quarterly issues, with volume 70 having shipped in October 2019.
Re:No-code startup Integromat becomes Make, snatches huge do...
by adfm on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @10:48PM
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They split off from O’Reilly and formed Maker Media, which shuttered. The assets were purchased and transformed into a non-profit. Make is generic, but as far as branding goes, I’m fairly certain if you’d asked around, most people associate it with the magazine/events/culture.
Re:No-code startup Integromat becomes Make, snatches huge do...
by esjeon on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @08:18PM
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“Make” is too general to be distinctive. Say, they have to compete with GNU Make, makerspace, and all the online forums related to general creative hobbies. Quoting “make” would not help your google search.
On the topic of the name - 'Make', to me as a developery-person sounds like a code system (because of GNU make) or some electronics/hacker type thing ('maker' as in 'makerspace'). But I imagine people who know what GNU make is aren't the target market.
[1]: https://i.imgur.com/PE1dKdd.png
The founder of RemoteOK.com says they saw a big increase in traffic after getting the .com, but hard for me to know if that was just a natural increase in traction that would have happened anyways for them: https://twitter.com/levelsio/status/1488166336878419975
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_(magazine)
> In June 2019, Make magazine's parent company, Maker Media, abruptly shut down the bimonthly magazine due to lack of financial resources. As of June 10, 2019, it was reorganized and had since started publishing new quarterly issues, with volume 70 having shipped in October 2019.
https://domaininvesting.com/make-com-appears-to-have-sold/