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Friend Referral Points and Prizes

Sat, 29 May 2010 20:53:00 -0400

Get Free Prizes for telling your friends about Skimmit.

We just turned on the Referral Point system. All you need is a Skimmit Username and you are ready to go.

Example: If your username was ‘alex’ your referral link would be

Send people there to signup and get points. Points equal out to Free Prizes that will be made availablel soon. Get a head start by racking up points right away!

Crazy Savings $692.83

Wed, 05 May 2010 11:11:23 -0400

Skimmit end of day two already offers you just under $700 in savings! Check out the deals available on Skimmit by going to http://skimmit.com/skimms/browse/byui
It shows Provo, but we dont have any merchants in provo yet. If you know some, tell them to visit http://skimmit.com/apply

Starting Tomorrow!

Sun, 02 May 2010 20:37:41 -0400

Tomorrow Skimmit goes live! We have some key players in the Rexburg Market already signed up. And will be acquiring more and more. If you know some one that owns a business shoot us an email at support@skimmit.com or send them to this link:

http://skimmit.com/apply

Focus Group

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:34:51 -0400

So tomorrow we are holding a focus group on the functionality of the consumer side of Skimmit.com. We will be trying to find/catch any bugs as well as improve the overall usability. For those of you who have been invited, thank you and hope you come ready to share your thoughts.

For anyone else that wants to give feedback too, if you have already pre-signed up, please email us at support@skimmit.com or use the orange feedback button on the website. Thanks!

Easy vs. Right?

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:26:00 -0500

Doing the right thing isn’t always easy? Doing the easy thing isn’t always right?

FALSE

Using Skimmit is always easy. Using Skimmit is always right.

Workin Hard

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:10:59 -0500

Getting some last little touch ups done on the merchant side of things, so that they can start posting some REAL coupons for you all. The day is coming soon.

"I Skimm, You Skimm, We all Skimm for…icekimm?"

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:52:56 -0500

“I Skimm, You Skimm, We all Skimm for…icekimm?”

Skimmit is Easy

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:07:53 -0500

Easier than taking candy from a baby.

Download the Full Size

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:53:00 -0500

Download the Full Size

This wallpaper has the power to save you hundreds of dollars....

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:36:00 -0500

This wallpaper has the power to save you hundreds of dollars. Don’t believe me? Try it out.

Report The Bugs

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:53:00 -0500

Look For Me To Send in Feedback

Look for this little guy on the top left of the screen when you are logged into Skimmit.com.

If you see a bug, a glitch, something not right, or would like to offer a suggestion for improvement click on the bug, and send in a report. We keep track of and will use your feedback to make Skimmit.com the best it can be.

Official Testing Period - Help out!

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:01:23 -0500

We are entering into the official Alpha testing of Skimmit.com. We are asking friends, family, and anyone who is willing to participate and test out the system to offer feedback. Right now they are not actual coupons to be used, but just all simulation. We are offering some to sign up as simulated merchants, and some as simulated consumers.

If you would like to help the testing process, please just contact us at contact@skimmit.com, or if you know the owners, you may contact them directly. To signup as a consumer you may do so freely at http://skimmit.com. NOTICE: If you sign up as a consumer right now, you may make up whatever fictitious name you desire, because when Alpha testing is over, we will be wiping out all the testing identities. However you WILL need to use an actual email address to confirm the simulated account.

To help testing as a merchant you will need a serial-key to signup, or an invite from one of the owners, so please send a request to contact@skimmit.com.

Thank you everyone ahead of time for your participation.

Oh To Do's

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:29:43 -0500

After our meeting today, we came up with a good list of ToDos.

We came up with a new pricing plan, that we am sure all of you will find quite delightful. It takes away the risk of “never using it.” We told a couple of people about it, and they were sold on it on the spot, they were ready to sign up. Just wait you’ll see.

Oh so we never asked input on our new logo. Here it is to the left. After our name change, we decided to do a slightly different look. What do you think of it?

Now going into the late ours of the night the goal is to work on setting up the site to grant access to our local merchants who are eagerly anticipating the launch of Skimmit. Everything during the Beta Testing period will be pretty much free for both Merchants and Consumers. Then when Beta Testing is up, the prices will come into play, as little as they are.

Please don’t hesitate to email us at contact@skimmit.com if you have any questions, comments or suggestions.

What do you think of skimmit?

Company Meeting today @ 2pm

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:19:45 -0500

Finally, we are meeting again today, to get on track and hopefully get things moving at a quicker pace.

We will be organizing essential improvements to be finished and wrapped up on the website, as well as goals and local companies we wish to target to get involved in Skimmit.

We have two main goals for Skimmit to accomplish. One is to save consumers money on their favorite and everyday purchases and needs. Two is to save local companies the hassle of trying to distribute coupons and bring in consumers. In this manner, Skimmit acts as a central hub uniting and benefiting both the Consumer and the Merchants in one place - Skimmit.com where the Merchants post Skimms and the Consumers use them.

For consumers it offers a very personalized place to have access to, organize and keep track of their use of coupons and savings.

For merchants it offers a quick and easy way to distribute Skimms (discounts) and appeal to the consumers, as well as a powerful analytics tool to keep track of how and how often certain Skimms are being used.

Consumer Dashboard & Usability

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:31:00 -0500

Today the Consumer Dashboard is being toned up, refined, and a little closer to being finished. Our goal is to have it be as simple and self explanatory as possible so that you (the users) do not have to feel confused or have to ask any questions like “what do I do now?” We also understand we won’t get it perfect right off the bat, but we’ll sure try, then leave it up to you all to give us your feedback on what we should consider for improvement.

One of the main points of usability is our goal to have almost everything accessible from the main dashboard and be able to get your skimms to your phone in 1-2 clicks. We understand that not everyone has a really speedy internet, so keep the different page requests to a minimum is on the table as a priority.

"It does not matter how slow you go so long as you do not stop."

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:52:00 -0500

““It does not matter how slow you go so long as you do not stop.””

- Wisdom of Confucius

Although he is probably right,

with business….

it’s kind of a different story.

The Official Unofficial Blog of Skimmit

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:15:00 -0500

So this is going to be the offical news timeline blog for Skimmit and its development as it approaches closer to the launch time. We will be posting here updates and news regarding progress and improvements upon the service, as well as goals and plans as we go along.

The goal of this is, to include those of you that know us (the founders and developers) and those of you that have been invited to be a part of the launch and testing process. That’s the purpose behind “semi-password” protecting it.

If you have comments, please send them to contact@skimmit.com with the link of the post as the subject. Thanks!