Comments on: “Tasty Nectar” Makes Tasty Profile Sites For Your Personal Brand

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Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:41:08 +0000

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By: Cory O'Brien

Cory O'Brien — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:25:41 +0000

I think this is a great idea, and despite the price, there really aren’t a lot of other options out there if you want to have a beautiful personal site that also functions as a life stream.

One thing that I would like to see is an option to self host if you’re already capable of doing so. Maybe sell the backend as a one time, upfront cost similar to a premium WordPress theme.

Glad to see that they’re actively out there promoting their product though, and I look forward to seeing this personal brand/lifestream space develop, because I think it’s only just begun.

By: Brett Tilford

Brett Tilford — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:16:26 +0000

We’re limiting the number of times a taste is sold to 250 so out of the 1.4billion people online only a few hundred would have the same site.

By: Zee M Kane

Zee M Kane — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:35:28 +0000

If they come out with thousands of gorgeous themes…then maybe. But with just a few and the chances of a number of people having the same theme…i dunno man…

By: Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten

Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:32:34 +0000

I would consider this. I don’t have much time left to update my personal blog and something that looks good and integrates my lifestreams would save me a lot of work…

By: Brett Tilford

Brett Tilford — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:43:01 +0000

Thanks for the writeup Zee. We really appreciate the feedback and you raise some excellent points. I agree that if someone has an eye for design and a relatively good command of HTML and CSS they probably won’t need Nectar. However, for people who don’t have these skills and don’t want to dish out a few thousand dollars to hire a good web designer/developer we think this could be a great alternative.

Developing a blogging platform was considered but the reality is there are already a significant number of great free or low cost blogging systems on the market. Rather than re-inventing this type of system, we chose to create a seamless integration point (the lifestream) to connect a person’s blog with their Nectar page. Nectar should remain the focal point of someone’s personal brand – but not the only component.

Cost is always tricky and we’ve had feedback from both perspectives- One person says “I can’t believe this is only $200! I was going to pay a designer $2,000 to build me my own website” while another says, “Why isn’t this free? I can build a website at Yahoo or similar locations for almost nothing.” We’re definitely listening though and are open to future adjustments.

Thanks again.

By: Zee M Kane

Zee M Kane — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:38:22 +0000

Definitely sjjh, but have you come across girls as gorgeous as Tasty Nectar before? (i kid…i kid… :) )

By: sjjh

sjjh — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:34:24 +0000

I never paid for sex and I never paid for web 2.0 neither

By: Patrick de Laive

Patrick de Laive — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:33:07 +0000

Indeed a steep price if you compare it to wordpress :) The market for this might be bigger then we’d expect though.