InterlinkFeb 4, 2023
When I started working on Interlink, I used Pinboard as the blueprint. It has always been my favorite kind of services: does one thing and does it well, simple yet versatile. There’re different ways to add links to and retrieve them from Pinboard: bookmarklet, browser extensions, support from automation tools like Zapier / IFTTT / Make, API, RSS feeds, etc.
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Typical bookmarks aside, I keep my liked YouTube videos, starred Reeder articles, listened podcast episodes from Castro inside Pinboard thanks to its simple API and 3rd party automation tools. Over the last 10 years I accumulated close to 30,000 links in my account.
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The missing piece as of 2020 was a modern iOS app. At one point there was a vibrant scene of 3rd party Pinboard clients until they disappeared one by one due to what I guess was sustainability. I made a bet and spent a few months working on Pins to deliver a best-in-class client for iOS + macOS. It worked out pretty well.
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Fast forward to 2023, I’m building a new link organizer to address Pins’ shortcomings (mostly due to API limitation): limited “syncing” capabilities, lack of bulk link management (batch processing), among others. While I’m aware of similar offerings (bookmarking is so last century), I want something mobile-first instead of web-first.

This becomes Interlink’s roadmap:

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The closer it is to beta, the more work left to be done. I expect to have the first TestFlight build ready in the next 2 weeks for a very limited group of testers before opening the gate, Ivory for Mastodon-style.

One more thing: How much are you willing to pay for this as a subscription-based app? I have a number in mind, but am curious to hear your take on it.

Show threadJoe MartinFeb 4, 2023
@interlink Looks like I paid Pinboard $33/year for archiving. I don’t think Interlink will offer that? I certainly think $15–20 a year would be fair for a solid, bookmarking app.
Show threadJoe MartinFeb 10, 2023
@jmartindf @interlink And I just logged into Pinboard and saw that the current base price is $22 a year. I’ll up my response and say that $25 a year is fair for a modern bookmarking system that actually *synchronizes* instead of just downloading every time.
Show threadJosh DickFeb 4, 2023
@interlink First ballpark number I came up with was $12 USD/year, with a few-dollar margin in either direction depending on feature set. Not sure how you’re picking your testing group but would love to be part of it!
Show threadMatt LangfordFeb 4, 2023
@interlink This sounds fantastic. I’ve been a pinboard user since the early early days and looking for an alternative that has what looks like you’re doing. Excited to give it a run.
Show threadChris K.Feb 4, 2023
@interlink $1.99/mo. / $20/yr. seems reasonable.
Show threadSean C.Feb 4, 2023
@interlink 12-15 a year…
Show threadDrakeFeb 4, 2023
@interlink this type of thing is what I really value so I'd pay higher than this, but would probably expect the $2.99 a month range with a discount for the yearly rate.
Show threadcchelbergFeb 4, 2023
@interlink I’m with some of the others at $20-24 a year, maybe a bit higher monthly.
Show threadMark CadmanFeb 4, 2023

@interlink £10-20/year. Looking forward to trying it :-)

Key things for me:
- exit / data safety / portability
- roadmap
- sustainability info (eg https://jvns.ca/blog/2023/01/10/some-business-graphs-for-2022/ )

Some business graphs for 2022

Some business graphs for 2022

Julia Evans
Show threadBryanFeb 4, 2023
@interlink $12/year would be sick, i think $30/yr would be my top-end.
Show threadFabFeb 4, 2023
@interlink $10 usd per year. Can't wait to try it out.
Show threadmvrk (Taylor's Version)Feb 4, 2023
@interlink $10-15 USD/year would be fine. Looking forward to joining the test！
Show threadAndrew MyrickFeb 4, 2023
@interlink if this works the way I think it does, I’d definitely be willing to pay at least $30/yr.
Show threadronFeb 4, 2023
@interlink I still have a very complicated relationship to Pinboard. I’m a bit OCD‘d so it annoys me that I have hundreds of „abandoned“ links there - either not maintained (tags, description, etc) or maybe completely irrelevant for me by now (so deletion would be right).
That makes me afraid of putting more links to Pinboard/Pins than absolutely necessary or using it as my daily driver (eg for „to read“ stuff, I will just forget it there).
So I’m very curious if Interlink would suit me better.
Show threadDanFeb 4, 2023
@interlink If you support full text archives in iCloud. I’d say $20/y. If you support fully text archiving in the cloud, $30/y. All the math is completely subjective and based on what I feel I would buy without a second thought.
Show threadJosh DickFeb 4, 2023
@interlink 😍