[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":193},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-1839193":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":9,"maker":10,"posted_at":11,"year":12,"points":13,"comments":14,"rank_in_year":15,"shown_in_year":16,"top":17,"tier":18,"category":19,"subcategory":20,"format":21,"keywords":22,"reception":27,"sentiment":28,"stance_mix":29,"scored_comments":34,"aspects":35,"strip":38,"post_text":40,"what":41,"said":72,"maker_in_thread":128,"shape":136,"grid":137,"attempts":155,"same_week":156,"maker_shows":30,"maker_hidden":184,"reader_version":185,"card":186},"1839193","Review my startup: shrtn.co","Affiliate based URL shortener","title","Show HN: Review my startup: shrtn.co - Affiliate based URL shortener",null,"tommizzle",1288196027,2010,8,10,149,370,41,"shown","web_saas","affiliate link shortener","web_app",[23,24,25,26],"affiliate links","url shortener","affiliate marketing","amazon affiliate","curious",0.067,{"positive":30,"neutral":31,"mixed":32,"critical":33},1,3,2,0,6,{"idea":36,"pricing":37},{"positive":33,"critical":33},{"positive":30,"critical":33},[31,33,31,33,31,33,39,31,31,33],5,"Hi!\n\nBeen working on a new startup called shrtn.co, and think it's at a stage to show HN. It's basically a URL shortener which adds affiliate links onto the end of URL's, then shares any revenue generated by those links with the original sharer.\n\nYou guys are the first ones to see this, and we're fully aware that it's far from finished. It currently only 'works' with Amazon.com\u002F.co.uk, and the feature set is fairly basic too, but we were eager to get it out there to get some feedback from HN :)\n\nWould be great to hear what you think about the concept, application, as well as any future develop",{"problem":42,"audience":54,"pricing":9,"motivation":9,"time_to_build":9,"stack":61,"openness":70,"stage":71,"team_size":70},{"value":43,"source":44,"evidence":45},"Lets people earn affiliate commission on links shared without signing up to affiliate programs","maker",[46,48,51],{"id":47},"post",{"id":49,"by":10,"text":50},"1839263","In my eyes the value proposition is that people can replace their usual URL shortener with shrtn, and potentially earn money without having to sign up to multiple affiliate…",{"id":52,"by":10,"text":53},"1839279","Nope - don't need to sign up to anything except shrtn itself. 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