Comments on: Attack of the Clones http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/04/attack_of_the_clones.html Redfin Corporate Blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:09:04 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: you thought we wouldn’t notice » Blog Archive » First copy the business model, then steal the icons? http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/04/attack_of_the_clones.html/comment-page-1#comment-5329 you thought we wouldn’t notice » Blog Archive » First copy the business model, then steal the icons? Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:34:56 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/04/attack_of_the_clones.html#comment-5329 [...] not the first time; it probably won’t be the last.  Last spring, we had a guy in Arizona try to get an exact replica of the entire Redfin.com website cloned by an offshore company for $10,000.   That was frustrating [...] [...] not the first time; it probably won’t be the last.  Last spring, we had a guy in Arizona try to get an exact replica of the entire Redfin.com website cloned by an offshore company for $10,000.   That was frustrating [...]

]]> By: Number 1 Home Agent » Blog Archive » Predicting the Future of Residential Real Estate Brokerage http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/04/attack_of_the_clones.html/comment-page-1#comment-4894 Number 1 Home Agent » Blog Archive » Predicting the Future of Residential Real Estate Brokerage Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:42:31 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/04/attack_of_the_clones.html#comment-4894 [...] be a meaningful advantage in business it does not take long until someone else comes along with a knock off version, usually for less money.  Real estate brokerage offices are no exception.  By the mid [...] [...] be a meaningful advantage in business it does not take long until someone else comes along with a knock off version, usually for less money.  Real estate brokerage offices are no exception.  By the mid [...]

]]> By: BloodhoundBlog.com | Is Web Technology Squashing the Little Guy in Real Estate? | National real estate marketing and technology blog | Realtors and real estate, mortgage and investment news http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/04/attack_of_the_clones.html/comment-page-1#comment-4811 BloodhoundBlog.com | Is Web Technology Squashing the Little Guy in Real Estate? | National real estate marketing and technology blog | Realtors and real estate, mortgage and investment news Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:08:24 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/04/attack_of_the_clones.html#comment-4811 [...] a week, someone asks Redfin who built our real estate search site (sometimes they don’t ask, they just take). Since we built our site on our own, we can’t recommend a development partner, but we can [...] [...] a week, someone asks Redfin who built our real estate search site (sometimes they don’t ask, they just take). Since we built our site on our own, we can’t recommend a development partner, but we can [...]

]]> By: Real estate blog on real blogging | A real estate marketing, agent, investor and housing bubble blog | » Blog Archive » UN-believable! Nobody can be THAT naive… http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/04/attack_of_the_clones.html/comment-page-1#comment-4756 Real estate blog on real blogging | A real estate marketing, agent, investor and housing bubble blog | » Blog Archive » UN-believable! Nobody can be THAT naive… Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:21:25 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/04/attack_of_the_clones.html#comment-4756 [...] caught on.  It’s not clear if they’re taking any next steps.  But on one of their blog posts last week, they so appropriately pointed out the most laughable feature about Mr. Park’s [...] [...] caught on.  It’s not clear if they’re taking any next steps.  But on one of their blog posts last week, they so appropriately pointed out the most laughable feature about Mr. Park’s [...]

]]> By: Ron Park http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/04/attack_of_the_clones.html/comment-page-1#comment-3041 Ron Park Sun, 11 May 2008 04:08:21 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/04/attack_of_the_clones.html#comment-3041 To Mr. Kelman and the entire Redfin staff: I offer you my sincerest apologies. If you could just give me a couple minutes of your time to explain myself and continuously apologize for my wrong doings. In hindsight, it's clear how ridiculous my desires to have a Redfin clone were. I am being truthfully honest. I am not a tech person. I was oblivious to the facts of website creation & internet business. I've come across a website called getacoder.com and I saw many jobs for "clones." It's stupid to me now, but I thought it's all fair game to create a clone (Once again, how naive I was... I admit it and am ashamed by it). I can sit for days on the computer and just browse through home listings. And for the easiest, user-friendliest, and actually fun website to do that at was Redfin.com. There are many cities in the US where real estate websites are just terrible, and my city of Tucson is one of them. I thought that if I can have a clone of Redfin for my city, I can provide a new way of searching for homes. I didn't have any malicious intent with my desire to have a Redfin clone. I only wanted to have a website as great as Redfin for my city of Tucson. What I know now, what I have learned now... I honestly did not know it when I started the project in November 2007 and until everything came crashing down at the end of April. I am sorry, I really am. The project is incomplete, and it will never be completed. It has never went live nor has it been used for any lead generation. I have gotten nothing from this project but hard lessons learned and maxed out credit card debt. I sincerely apologize to everyone at Redfin. -Ron Park To Mr. Kelman and the entire Redfin staff:

I offer you my sincerest apologies. If you could just give me a couple minutes of your time to explain myself and continuously apologize for my wrong doings.

In hindsight, it’s clear how ridiculous my desires to have a Redfin clone were. I am being truthfully honest. I am not a tech person. I was oblivious to the facts of website creation & internet business. I’ve come across a website called getacoder.com and I saw many jobs for “clones.” It’s stupid to me now, but I thought it’s all fair game to create a clone (Once again, how naive I was… I admit it and am ashamed by it).

I can sit for days on the computer and just browse through home listings. And for the easiest, user-friendliest, and actually fun website to do that at was Redfin.com. There are many cities in the US where real estate websites are just terrible, and my city of Tucson is one of them. I thought that if I can have a clone of Redfin for my city, I can provide a new way of searching for homes.

I didn’t have any malicious intent with my desire to have a Redfin clone. I only wanted to have a website as great as Redfin for my city of Tucson. What I know now, what I have learned now… I honestly did not know it when I started the project in November 2007 and until everything came crashing down at the end of April. I am sorry, I really am.

The project is incomplete, and it will never be completed. It has never went live nor has it been used for any lead generation. I have gotten nothing from this project but hard lessons learned and maxed out credit card debt.

I sincerely apologize to everyone at Redfin.

-Ron Park

]]> By: Patrick http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/04/attack_of_the_clones.html/comment-page-1#comment-3008 Patrick Fri, 02 May 2008 21:43:24 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/04/attack_of_the_clones.html#comment-3008 Wow! That site was sad.... Really Really sad. Wow! That site was sad…. Really Really sad.

]]> By: Jay Thompson http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/04/attack_of_the_clones.html/comment-page-1#comment-3002 Jay Thompson Thu, 01 May 2008 16:08:13 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/04/attack_of_the_clones.html#comment-3002 Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery? Sadly, it wasn't even a very good imitation. Not even close. How anyone could think it's acceptable to "clone" a site is mind-boggling. At least Mr. Park had the fortitude to "fess up" on the REW forum that he'd made a colossal error... That was better than sulking off into the ether never to be heard from again. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery?

Sadly, it wasn’t even a very good imitation. Not even close.

How anyone could think it’s acceptable to “clone” a site is mind-boggling. At least Mr. Park had the fortitude to “fess up” on the REW forum that he’d made a colossal error… That was better than sulking off into the ether never to be heard from again.

]]> By: Matt Goyer’s Real Estate Blog » Blog Archive » What Would it Cost to Clone Redfin? http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/04/attack_of_the_clones.html/comment-page-1#comment-2980 Matt Goyer’s Real Estate Blog » Blog Archive » What Would it Cost to Clone Redfin? Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:22:59 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/04/attack_of_the_clones.html#comment-2980 [...] thread has been commented on by a few people, Marlow, Glenn our CEO and Savan our former [...] [...] thread has been commented on by a few people, Marlow, Glenn our CEO and Savan our former [...]

]]> By: Janelle http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/04/attack_of_the_clones.html/comment-page-1#comment-2979 Janelle Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:12:09 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/04/attack_of_the_clones.html#comment-2979 I can't stop laughing at the Groucho-Marx comment... Can you hear my cackle from there? I can’t stop laughing at the Groucho-Marx comment… Can you hear my cackle from there?

]]> By: Frank LL0SA- Broker FranklyRealty.com http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/04/attack_of_the_clones.html/comment-page-1#comment-2978 Frank LL0SA- Broker FranklyRealty.com Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:03:08 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2008/04/attack_of_the_clones.html#comment-2978 At least they didn't call it BlueFlipper.com At least they didn’t call it BlueFlipper.com

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