Launch HN: TagMango (YC W20) – Personalized video shoutouts in India Hi HN! TagMango ( https://ift.tt/2x7YwhO ) is a marketplace where fans can book personalized video shoutouts from their favourite influencers and celebrities in India (essentially building Cameo for India). Why now: Celebrity culture in India has always been way different and more pompous as compared to other nations. People are fascinated by celebrities’ lives of glamour, infact celebrities are actually worshipped here. Like Rajnikanth, a south superstar, has over 30 temples to his name. Employees are literally given holiday on his movie release day. These celebrities are respectful of this culture and are always looking to give back to their fan base. India has been leading in content consumption and creation on social media, platforms like Tik Tok are doubling MAU every year. The craze for content, the fan culture and the ease of digital payments make it an exciting opportunity for the indian audience to actually interact with their favourite celebrities that all of this while has been a dream for them. About the team: Divyanshu is an influencer with over 200k followers and a keynote speaker. I'm a second time founder with a tech background having scaled my previous venture Fleapo to 3 countries. We have a strong team, having hired from the leading institutions of the country like the IIMs. We shifted the startup from Kolkata to Mumbai with the entire team prior to YC for better opportunities of growth at bootstrapped stage and scaled the startup from a home office in Mumbai. TagMango started as an influencer marketplace where we worked with some of the biggest brands like Hershey’s, ITC, Meesho, etc and worked with 80K+ influencers. Although the marketplace was profitable, it was fundamentally dependent on other social media so we pivoted to a fan-influencer engagement based model which is completely independent and scalable. Our previous model has built substantial credibility in the influencer ecosystem that helped us onboard over 1200 celebrities within 3 weeks of our launch, generating over $25K in revenue. We're eager to hear community's ideas, experiences and feedback, whether you're an Indian or coming from some other place entirely! April 7, 2020 at 01:43AM
Show HN: Infstream – We’re trying to fix video monetization for creators TL;DR: https://ift.tt/2VFChrA Hi HN – we’re Ben & Callum from Infstream. We’ve always been heavy users of YouTube, for entertainment, education and sharing. Towards the end of last year, we saw more and more horror stories of YouTubers losing their livelihood to the ad algorithm. We decided to build a content-first video platform, which aims to reduce issues by removing advertisers from the equation. Instead, we charge for the content you watch – bold, I know. Instead of paying in advertising and data, users on Infstream build their own streaming package, a channel at a time. Anyone can start a channel (US & UK now, Europe soon) and earn directly from their subscribers. Subscribers pay $1 per month per channel, of which the channel receives $0.75. This all begins from the first subscriber, there are no minimums to start monetization. Channels have total control, and can publish on a daily, weekly or monthl...
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