MyPunchbowl saw record traffic as Evite failed
On New Year’s Eve, large swaths of popular event site Evite went down, leaving folks wandering the streets, unable to access their party information. There was much wailing and gnashing of teeth, including many users on micro-blogging site Twitter. Meanwhile, chief executive Matt Douglas of upstart competitor MyPunchbowl tells me his site saw record traffic.
Now, let’s be clear: Evite’s failure probably didn’t cause MyPunchbowl’s spike; New Year’s Eve is the biggest party night of the… Continue Reading
Mypunchbowl joins growing list of Evite rivals
Evite has long been the 800-pound gorilla in the online invitation area.
MyPunchbowl is the latest company trying to make a better version of Evite, by introducing better pre-party planning. It adds modern Web features for collaboration — via a chat board at any stage of event creation (see bottom of screenshot below). It also introduces a method of workflow (see left panel we’ve pointed to in the screenshot below). The process takes you through all… Continue Reading