Get an early Invitations to new Web 2.0 beta services that are “Invite” only.
Nowadays we have seen a lot of new Web 2.0 betas coming up which let you join only on an Invite only basis. The invite only culture started with “Gmail Invites” and has been followed on since then. Using the Invite only option is a good thing for startups in many ways. Startups love this, of course. They create scarcity around a desired service and that creates buzz. These “beta invites” are targeted towards a certain group of people who would give the appropriate feedback for their service (mostly tech Savvy guys). These new members are then given some additional invites, so that they can invite friends or blog readers who share a similar interests.
Getting in early has some advantages. One gets to test the service and provide feedback.Bloggers can blog about this and this is exclusive as no one else has actual access. Active new users are given extra privileges and given some invites to share with more people. A blogger or a website owner can send out invitations on request to his most active users. Your readers would remember you for that and participate more actively in your blog.
Sometimes, however getting these invites is quite tough. If one know the founder(which is quite unlikely), or one of the early joiner(this is also rare),then you can get an invite.
If you want to stay ahead in this and grab some early invites, there are two ways of doing that:
1) Join this group on Facebook. This group is for bloggers who want to try out new web 2.0 beta services early on and blog about them, if they want.
2) Get invitations for latest Web 2.0 beta services at the Beta Invite exchange service : InviteShare. This service is quite popular and the waiting time can be long is the new beta service is very popular, but you would get an invite eventually.
This is a fairly simple service but does an excellent job of fetching the invitations. You have to list your email in the a queue and invitations are sent out on first come first server basis. People who send out more invitations get priority on the lists, so there is an incentive to participate. And in a nice touch, email addresses are shown in images, making it much more difficult for spam bots to grab the names. At this time the services that are in demand from Invite share are Pownce.com , 8apps.com and Grandcentral.com to name a few.
So if you are one of those who like to get an early start join in and Enjoy the status of Beta Tester!
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6 Responses to “Get an early Invitations to new Web 2.0 beta services that are “Invite” only.”
By Army Kate on Nov 23, 2007 | Reply
I guess I should give it a try.
By DM on Nov 23, 2007 | Reply
Of course! Most of these services are fun to try out.
And if any of them is a hit with people, you have the upper hand!
By web tools on Nov 23, 2007 | Reply
Web 2.0 is about communities.
The best part about these websites is that they are user driven. The promoters of these websites are not required to create content, it is created by the users. You need just an idea to build the service, rest is taken care of by the users.
By DM on Nov 23, 2007 | Reply
@webtools: What you say is correct.
However these communities need to have a controlled growth, as in beta stages they need to make changes in the service in accordance to user requirements.
Also they need to to make sure they dont over use the resources. Hence the trend of “Invite only”
By pelf on Nov 24, 2007 | Reply
I have joined the Facebook group because it doesn’t require me to sign in. We shall see what kind of invites I will get (so far, I have only received an invitation to test Delicious).
By DM on Nov 24, 2007 | Reply
Oh we are a group of bloggers who try to get into Betas ASAP, and if we do get an option to invite friends, those from the Face Book group get first preference!
Welcome to the Group Pelf!