>This project looks very interesting and monetizeable (by reaching out to venues for very targeted advertising).
Yeah, that was the idea -- provide a high quality database of outdoors activities to the end users and then charge the providers / venues a fee for some extended information etc. But in order to even approach the providers / venues I had to have some kind of traction from the end users, which I failed to achieve.
>One thing that doesn't seem quite right though.
>Shouldn't ___location, not activity, be the first bit of information requested from the user?
At the beginning I wasn't sure how to pull off the ___location filter nicely (should I use HTML5 geolocation, Gmaps geolocation, simple dropdown etc.) and just went without it but I have received this same piece of feedback more than once so I might go and add that, just for kicks.
I would say, explicitly enter zip code as a first approximation. Easy and not something people generally have an issue with (they can enter work or nearby). The site put me in California, which I am not. I think you could get better traction with more accuracy, and zipcode will do it.
That and an easy way to add your favorite venue near you (since it looks like there is only one venue in the US outside of CA).
Visually and concept wise it looks interesting. I bet there are outdoor adventure meetups in most cities that would be interested.
Yeah, that was the idea -- provide a high quality database of outdoors activities to the end users and then charge the providers / venues a fee for some extended information etc. But in order to even approach the providers / venues I had to have some kind of traction from the end users, which I failed to achieve.
>One thing that doesn't seem quite right though. >Shouldn't ___location, not activity, be the first bit of information requested from the user?
At the beginning I wasn't sure how to pull off the ___location filter nicely (should I use HTML5 geolocation, Gmaps geolocation, simple dropdown etc.) and just went without it but I have received this same piece of feedback more than once so I might go and add that, just for kicks.