Apparently their initial concern about not being hyper-linked properly escalated to a discussion about the necessity to acquire the new competitor - Clone Zone the startup. Turns out the article was even passed around the Genius office, a real and well-funded startup who we mentioned in the TechCrunch article. Even with the Clone Zone logo at the bottom of the clone and the not-so-conspicuous url, a majority of our friends and family fell for it. Whenever we go out to a social event we inevitably end up having to explain to someone that no, we are not rolling in dough and can't actually afford to buy a bottle of Cristal for everyone.
Even two weeks later we are still getting congratulated on our ‘million dollar success’. The fake article turned out to be more believable than we ever anticipated with likes and reposts rollin in right away. We giddily shared the clone’s url on facebook and twitter. Thats my co-founder and I in the pic above, closing $1.8m seed round lead by Andreessen Horowitz. After a few quick edits with the Clone Zone, we had a believable post about Clone Zone ‘the startup’. We decided on this article from TechCrunch about a recently funded startup.
Naturally we went on a search for a juicy website to clone. Our web tool, Clone Zone which lets users clone any website online and edits its content, wasn't quite ready for official launch, yet April 1st was the time to put it to the test. A Website Cloning Tool and the Problem of Personalized “Fact”.Īpril Fools was the perfect day to do this.
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