We'll be going into business as a URL shortening company.
People will be able to visit our home page, enter a long URL, and we'll respond with a short URL which they can then share with others.
Paid customers will be able to do the same, but will be able to provide the short ID for their URLs. So long as the short ID has not yet been used by someone else, we will let them use it.
We will provide usage statistics, with more detail and better features for paying customers.
I'm looking for one or two others to join the team.
Not sure which relational database to use. Suggestions welcome!
Leaning towards using a key-value database once this business becomes so successful that it outgrows SQL databases.
This will be a two tiered business.
At no charge, anyone may use the service to shorten a URL. Click throughs may be limited per day, and or rate-limited.
We will invite people to pay for the service if they wish either
We plan to quickly implement a "minimum viable product" prototype, and then seek venture capital to go into production.
The business will be a Utah LLC.
Our priorities will be: