1. Dodd's Blog: My Startup Isn't Profitable and I'm Not Upset »

    doddcaldwell:

    This isn’t a postmortem. Bellstrike isn’t dead or dying. We have a great product, (we let nonprofits set up attractive, donation-enabled websites in about 1-2 minutes) but it’s not profitable. I’ve lost a lot of money. But I’m not upset about it. Here’s why it’s not profitable and why I’m not…

    I remember checking Bellstrike out a while back, and thinking that it was a cool service. But when I got to the pricing page and saw they were taking a percentage of donations I scoffed. 

    Also, while the templates looked nice, any non-profit doing serious work would want their own customized design. 

    I still think there would be a market for turn-key non-profit websites, set-up with specific tools and marketing apparatuses to help them raise money and have an effective web presence. Tools like:

    • Giveaways for people who donate over a certain amount
    • Tools for larger donors to give money based on tweets about the organization, to incentive social sharing
    • Well written newsletter templates, and transactional email campaigns
    • Turn-key Facebook tabs with donation buttons
    • Easy media sharing and storage
    • etc. 

    Source: doddcaldwell

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