Whilst we are getting some nice buzz in the blogosphere, there is another similar website that is currently getting more attention than us at the moment.
Created a few days after we launched, this website lists 500 words instead of 1000, sells at a lower price and allows users to add color and underline to their words but the concept remains exactly the same as
The 1000-Word Page. This site belongs to a highly respected on-line entrepreneur who has many contacts and a solid network in the on-line business industry. He was able to marshal those resources to sell much faster than us and get more coverage than us with our modest resources.
It is not the first time a creative idea is getting squeezed by people with larger resources and
we are cool with that.
However, at
The 1000-Word Page, we believe kudos should be given to their original creator: we were inspired by The Million Dollar HomePage and we acknowledged that in our FAQ. We can only regret that the author of this copycat website never acknowledged the fact that he was inspired by
The 1000-Word Page but no one ever said life was fair.
It is
not our intent to compete head to head against this copycat website. We had some discussion on a specialized forum about that and it has
backfired for us. A friend of this entrepreneur who had a distribution deal with us has decided to
walk out of his agreement because he was "
displeased to see how his friend was treated on that forum". We were surprised by this: you can call us many things but we have never shown disrespect to a competitor, nor have we walked out of a deal once agreed. That's why we are sticking to our side of the deal with this person.
Finally and more importantly, we want to thank our first customers. Traffic may have been higher on the copycat site but we still believe our positioning is genuine and will attract more coverage in the long run. Stick with us and be sure your investment will pay since we are working on other creative ideas to promote this site.