Ask HN: I'm giving away my startup taketake.com for free - who wants it?

Out of curiosity, why do you use both Redis and MongoDB?

Who did the screenplay and video work for the demo?

That is beautiful site design, and I'm thinking this is an April Fool's day joke!

When I go to peoples websites I always ask my self "Would I use this?". At first I was like "nah" but by the end of the video I was "hmm yeah let me sign up!".

It's a shame you're giving this away.

Very beautiful site indeed! Very clean design and i liked the xxx have requested invitation + the send a tip!

Will you guys be still coming to the Echelon? in Singapore right?

Just so you guys (or potential buyers) know: http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/taketake.com

How long has the site been in invite-only mode?

No "startup" of any value would ever be given away, regardless of how burnt out its employees or owners might be. This is rediculous. Either this is an April Fools joke, or you never had the dedication to succeed in the first place.

*assuming this is not an april fools joke

I don't usually login to post, but I just wanted to say, although I do not know your situation at all, if you're putting it up due to burn out, please take a second look and make sure what you're doing is for the best. Startups always have their down cycles, so I would hate for you to give away your company if it could be retained in some way, as burn out / down cycle are problems that can eventually be fixed.

I say this as I was on the brink of shutting my own startup very recently before I found my passion and drive for doing it again (after a burnout that took 8+ months to recover), and I'm very glad I ended up sticking with it.

Clickable link to the site:

http://taketake.com/

Looks nice, btw.

Assuming this is not an April's Fool joke: This is actually a very nice idea. Keep a small share and let other people run it. I hope someone skilled will take over. Please keep us posted how it went. Also I like your "Help us get featured on", idea. You're very clever marketers indeed. :)

i like the "help us get featured on X"....at a glance it looks like you already were

I just want to encourage you guys to go on. It's really a cool site and this is coming from someone who doesn't do much social networking. Given that already quite a number of HN readers are impressed, maybe you can recruit a small bunch of us to help develop, grow the user base, raise money, etc., in return for some upfront equity.

After watching the video I WANT TO USE THIS PRODUCT please someone take it and develop it.

Whoa you've gotten to the point of having a Real Team http://taketake.com/about ... how can you give it away?... burnout? As others have said here, take a week off. Also, startups can change direction at all times, maybe your initial idea isn't driving you enough. Evolve the idea to get excited about this once again... well I'm just ranting it out, you sure have your reasons. But looking at /about this don't seem like a weekend project to be flipped later at SitePoint or sth. You've built something already! Why not let it live and thrive to see the world.

Impressive site design.

On what basis did you decide this wasn't working out? Low virality, low engagement, SEO didn't work out....?

The 'long explanation' of why you got burned out would be a very interesting post.

If it's money you need (would you stay on if someone offered you an angel round?), consider asking for funding, kickstarter style. We're all very impressed, and we think you should stick with it.

Since nobody else has said it, I'll take it!

If this isn't an april fools joke why would you post it today? I call shenanigans. I guess we'll see tomorrow though.

Is it possible to get a user login to see what functionality has already been established?

Ummm.... what's the date again people? This looks like way too much work to just "give it away". I was expecting an empty homepage with a single search box. Nice prank though. Me likey.

I just wanted to say that -- wow, this is one beautiful site design. Sorry it didn't work out so far. If you end up giving it away, I hope it finds good hands!

That said, I hope the two of you can take long vacations, find new energy, and that we'd see a "How we got 1000x users" type of post from you in the future months.

I like the "Help us get featured on" with all the logos, at first glance it probably looks like you've been on all those, creative!

Still thinking this is a well done attempt to get viral press. You might want to repost tomorrow if it's true.

Aside from that, I hate to be a downer, but I'll be surprised if this takes off. I'm actually wondering if the whole concept is an April fools joke in itself. It's basically relationship status for everything you own. I'll stick to reading amazon product reviews I think.

Can anyone say guerilla marketing? We want to give part of taketake.com away. You spend a bunch of much finishing things, marketing it and running it. We keep ownership in the upside.

There is no angel or vc that will invest in anything where the original team wasn't confident enough to stick around and see something through unless those ties have completely been severed and a new captain is running the ship. Plus, there is a lot of competition out there already.

I have been following TakeTake.com for quite a while now (we're also in this space called "social commerce"), and I still remember your Ask HN thread about whether you should launch after building/refining it for months and your subsequent launch with the explanatory video, which did an amazing job in explaining the service. I would hate to see anyone give up something that looks so promising, but I wish you the best of luck.

okay this must not be true but at first, it looks like you sent it to HN and other sites so people go online, sign up to browse around(greed for buy) and this will spread the concept, make it famous and then you might decide to keep it with you or give it to your wife or something. I think such silly things. I am sorry.

April Fools I reckon, the site is quality ! Love the look of it, hurry up and accept my invite so I can take a propper look.

I can tell this an April Fools joke, but that's a nicely designed website.

I really like your site. Hope all works out for you! Great intro. :)

Sorry things haven't worked out...as yet! Don't give up keep pushing.

So, it's angie's list for products... ?

Looks pretty, but all this talk about relationships with inanimate objects in the video made me feel like it aimed at owners of real dolls. I have relationships with people (and maybe animals and myself), objects just enable me to have these relationships. Maybe an object oriented website just isn't my thing.