Comments on: Dwellicious: The “Meta Bucket” http://1000wattconsulting.com/blog/2008/12/dwellicious-a-place-of-ones-own.html Turn On Tue, 22 May 2012 20:19:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Rob Hahn http://1000wattconsulting.com/blog/2008/12/dwellicious-a-place-of-ones-own.html/comment-page-1#comment-6813 Rob Hahn Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:44:43 +0000 http://wp.1000wattconsulting.com/2008/12/dwellicious-a-place-of-ones-own.html#comment-6813 <p>Dwellicious does look pretty cool. I like the idea too, but... (and here comes the doomsayer part of my personality)... I do wonder what the adoption will be when Dwellicious goes fully public.</p><br><p>I mean, del.icio.us (now <a href="http://delicious.com" rel="nofollow">delicious.com</a>) passed 2 million registered users in 2007, four years after its founding. 2m registered users is not 2m active users, of course, but still.</p><br><p>2 million registered users spread out over the entire world. What % of them are Americans? I don't know, but let's just go with 75% for the sake of it. That means 1.5m Americans are using Delicious -- which, arguably, has a far wider applicability and general utility.</p><br><p>If there are 300 million Americans, 1.5m represents 0.5% of the population, for a tool that is not limited to real estate for bookmarking purposes. This is after four years.</p><br><p>Does this not give you pause regarding whether dwellicious would actually be widely adopted by consumers?</p><br><p>-rsh</p> Dwellicious does look pretty cool. I like the idea too, but… (and here comes the doomsayer part of my personality)… I do wonder what the adoption will be when Dwellicious goes fully public.

I mean, del.icio.us (now delicious.com) passed 2 million registered users in 2007, four years after its founding. 2m registered users is not 2m active users, of course, but still.

2 million registered users spread out over the entire world. What % of them are Americans? I don't know, but let's just go with 75% for the sake of it. That means 1.5m Americans are using Delicious — which, arguably, has a far wider applicability and general utility.

If there are 300 million Americans, 1.5m represents 0.5% of the population, for a tool that is not limited to real estate for bookmarking purposes. This is after four years.

Does this not give you pause regarding whether dwellicious would actually be widely adopted by consumers?

-rsh

]]> By: Colin http://1000wattconsulting.com/blog/2008/12/dwellicious-a-place-of-ones-own.html/comment-page-1#comment-5789 Colin Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:02:15 +0000 http://wp.1000wattconsulting.com/2008/12/dwellicious-a-place-of-ones-own.html#comment-5789 Cool concept...but is there that much interest in sharing your home shopping with others? And what ever happened to Delicious? Does anyone use it anymore? I haven't heard about it in years to be honest. A lot of these Web 2.0 technologies come and go so fast that the majority of the web population doesn't ever notice, largely because they aren't necessities, just cool widgets. Cool concept…but is there that much interest in sharing your home shopping with others?

And what ever happened to Delicious? Does anyone use it anymore? I haven’t heard about it in years to be honest.

A lot of these Web 2.0 technologies come and go so fast that the majority of the web population doesn’t ever notice, largely because they aren’t necessities, just cool widgets.

]]> By: Louis Cammarosano http://1000wattconsulting.com/blog/2008/12/dwellicious-a-place-of-ones-own.html/comment-page-1#comment-3521 Louis Cammarosano Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:05:44 +0000 http://wp.1000wattconsulting.com/2008/12/dwellicious-a-place-of-ones-own.html#comment-3521 <p>Very nice.</p> <p>I like the angle for Real estate agents as they could use this feature on behalf of their clients.</p> <p>Keeping track of clients listings is the buyer's agent corrollary to seller agents sending clients' listings to listhub</p> <p>The former is a service for buyers the latter for seller.</p> <p>These tools and their proper use show an engaged real estate agent.</p> <p><br /> </p> Very nice.

I like the angle for Real estate agents as they could use this feature on behalf of their clients.

Keeping track of clients listings is the buyer's agent corrollary to seller agents sending clients' listings to listhub

The former is a service for buyers the latter for seller.

These tools and their proper use show an engaged real estate agent.

]]> By: Joseph Ferrara.sellsius http://1000wattconsulting.com/blog/2008/12/dwellicious-a-place-of-ones-own.html/comment-page-1#comment-3520 Joseph Ferrara.sellsius Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:55:38 +0000 http://wp.1000wattconsulting.com/2008/12/dwellicious-a-place-of-ones-own.html#comment-3520 <p>I like the idea because it seems to mirror the user experience for bookmarking sites-- making adoption much more likely. </p> <p>There is no need to fiddle with a Trulia or Zillow acct and a bunch of others to do what should be a simple clip and save operation.</p> <p>Good luck to the lads.</p> I like the idea because it seems to mirror the user experience for bookmarking sites– making adoption much more likely.

There is no need to fiddle with a Trulia or Zillow acct and a bunch of others to do what should be a simple clip and save operation.

Good luck to the lads.

]]> By: Rob Hahn http://1000wattconsulting.com/blog/2008/12/dwellicious-a-place-of-ones-own.html/comment-page-1#comment-3519 Rob Hahn Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:01:29 +0000 http://wp.1000wattconsulting.com/2008/12/dwellicious-a-place-of-ones-own.html#comment-3519 <p>@Brian - absolutely. The product is sweet, the idea is great... just wonder if the market is big enough to sustain a business. For their sake, I hope so. :)</p> <p>-rsh</p> @Brian – absolutely. The product is sweet, the idea is great… just wonder if the market is big enough to sustain a business. For their sake, I hope so. :)

-rsh

]]> By: Marc Davison http://1000wattconsulting.com/blog/2008/12/dwellicious-a-place-of-ones-own.html/comment-page-1#comment-3518 Marc Davison Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:52:45 +0000 http://wp.1000wattconsulting.com/2008/12/dwellicious-a-place-of-ones-own.html#comment-3518 <p>thanks for the comments. Rob, you and I are thinking along the same lines here. I give these guys good odds because, a.) I think what they've created is genuinely useful, and b.) they actually know the real estate industry and how to sell into it. </p> <p>Brian</p> thanks for the comments. Rob, you and I are thinking along the same lines here. I give these guys good odds because, a.) I think what they've created is genuinely useful, and b.) they actually know the real estate industry and how to sell into it.

Brian

]]> By: Greg Robertson http://1000wattconsulting.com/blog/2008/12/dwellicious-a-place-of-ones-own.html/comment-page-1#comment-3517 Greg Robertson Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:19:31 +0000 http://wp.1000wattconsulting.com/2008/12/dwellicious-a-place-of-ones-own.html#comment-3517 <p>Thanks Brian for a great post. As we get closer to our official launch (January 7th 2009 at Inman Real Estate Connect in NYC), we have been getting more comments regarding the question of whether consumers will widely adopt our new site, Dwellicious.</p> <p>A couple comments:</p> <p>Our revenue model is not dependent on traffic to the site. </p> <p>We are launching a "Pro" version of the web application which we will sell on a subscription basis to real estate agents. We believe Dwellicious will be a great tool for real estate professionals to engage with today's buyers and sellers (mostly by pulling them in).</p> <p>This is a world that Dan and I are completely comfortable in. eNeighborhoods was really the first real estate company to offer subscription based software (first on monthly CD-ROMs in the mail then via updates over the web). So we know the agent/broker subscription business inside and out.</p> <p>Social media is a hot topic (and rising) in real estate right now. We also hope to capitalize on this by giving agents useful tools that incorporate "Web 2.0" design and functionality.</p> <p>Our focus is on creating great tools real estate professionals will find useful in their business. That is a tough business to be in, but much more pragmatic than creating the next big thing. But maybe, just maybe... ; ) </p> <p>gr</p> Thanks Brian for a great post. As we get closer to our official launch (January 7th 2009 at Inman Real Estate Connect in NYC), we have been getting more comments regarding the question of whether consumers will widely adopt our new site, Dwellicious.

A couple comments:

Our revenue model is not dependent on traffic to the site.

We are launching a "Pro" version of the web application which we will sell on a subscription basis to real estate agents. We believe Dwellicious will be a great tool for real estate professionals to engage with today's buyers and sellers (mostly by pulling them in).

This is a world that Dan and I are completely comfortable in. eNeighborhoods was really the first real estate company to offer subscription based software (first on monthly CD-ROMs in the mail then via updates over the web). So we know the agent/broker subscription business inside and out.

Social media is a hot topic (and rising) in real estate right now. We also hope to capitalize on this by giving agents useful tools that incorporate "Web 2.0" design and functionality.

Our focus is on creating great tools real estate professionals will find useful in their business. That is a tough business to be in, but much more pragmatic than creating the next big thing. But maybe, just maybe… ; )

gr

]]> By: Rob Hahn http://1000wattconsulting.com/blog/2008/12/dwellicious-a-place-of-ones-own.html/comment-page-1#comment-3516 Rob Hahn Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:47:43 +0000 http://wp.1000wattconsulting.com/2008/12/dwellicious-a-place-of-ones-own.html#comment-3516 <p>Dwellicious does look pretty cool. I like the idea too, but... (and here comes the doomsayer part of my personality)... I do wonder what the adoption will be when Dwellicious goes fully public.</p> <p>I mean, del.icio.us (now delicious.com) passed 2 million registered users in 2007, four years after its founding. 2m registered users is not 2m active users, of course, but still.</p> <p>2 million registered users spread out over the entire world. What % of them are Americans? I don't know, but let's just go with 75% for the sake of it. That means 1.5m Americans are using Delicious -- which, arguably, has a far wider applicability and general utility.</p> <p>If there are 300 million Americans, 1.5m represents 0.5% of the population, for a tool that is not limited to real estate for bookmarking purposes. This is after four years.</p> <p>Does this not give you pause regarding whether dwellicious would actually be widely adopted by consumers?</p> <p>-rsh</p> Dwellicious does look pretty cool. I like the idea too, but… (and here comes the doomsayer part of my personality)… I do wonder what the adoption will be when Dwellicious goes fully public.

I mean, del.icio.us (now delicious.com) passed 2 million registered users in 2007, four years after its founding. 2m registered users is not 2m active users, of course, but still.

2 million registered users spread out over the entire world. What % of them are Americans? I don't know, but let's just go with 75% for the sake of it. That means 1.5m Americans are using Delicious — which, arguably, has a far wider applicability and general utility.

If there are 300 million Americans, 1.5m represents 0.5% of the population, for a tool that is not limited to real estate for bookmarking purposes. This is after four years.

Does this not give you pause regarding whether dwellicious would actually be widely adopted by consumers?

-rsh

]]> By: Robert Luna http://1000wattconsulting.com/blog/2008/12/dwellicious-a-place-of-ones-own.html/comment-page-1#comment-3515 Robert Luna Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:38:33 +0000 http://wp.1000wattconsulting.com/2008/12/dwellicious-a-place-of-ones-own.html#comment-3515 <p>Brian I could not agree more as a consumer this is a great tool and i would have no problem registering in order to bookmark the properties that interest me in the area i am interested in living.</p> Brian I could not agree more as a consumer this is a great tool and i would have no problem registering in order to bookmark the properties that interest me in the area i am interested in living.

]]> By: Brian Larson http://1000wattconsulting.com/blog/2008/12/dwellicious-a-place-of-ones-own.html/comment-page-1#comment-3514 Brian Larson Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:59:48 +0000 http://wp.1000wattconsulting.com/2008/12/dwellicious-a-place-of-ones-own.html#comment-3514 <p>Seems like this tool will require the consumer to register with the site in order to create her 'shopping cart'. It's one more bit of proof that folks developing online services are not afraid of requiring registration, and that consumers who want valuable content and services are willing to register.</p> Seems like this tool will require the consumer to register with the site in order to create her 'shopping cart'. It's one more bit of proof that folks developing online services are not afraid of requiring registration, and that consumers who want valuable content and services are willing to register.

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