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October 20, 2010

Customer Spotlight October: Trail Town USA

The iScripts.com Customer Spotlight is proud to present Trail Town USA, sponsored by Tail Blazer Magazine, serving the equestrian community and all of the hobbyists that enjoy this niche.

From trailtownusa.com: “TRAILtownUSA.com (TTUSA) is a bold, innovative new website that will provide an unprecedented opportunity for trail riders to connect 24/7 with fellow trail riders and with companies that offer products and services for trail riding. The vision of TTUSA was given wings in 2008 by a group of equestrians who are passionate about trail riding. We have been steadfast in the dreaming, planning and executing of this groundbreaking website, and now, finally, this dream is becoming a reality. We could not be more proud!”

This website is unique in that it is the preeminent social network for horseback riders on the web. Not only is the site attractive, but it has a staggering amount of features that support almost any activity surrounding the hobby. This massive collection of resources features a general store, a staggering amount of literature for the niche, trails stories, expert bloggers, and a place for anything you can think of horse and riding related.

Initially the owners of the site, Trail Blazer Magazine, wanted to offer more resources to their readers including a social networking/ interactivity site. They created this paid service site to monetize for future expansion and grow their brand. Since launch they have experienced a large amount of growth and success.

Recently, the site has added a geo-cache feature which inspires riders to adventure out to new areas and experience the best the hobby has to offer. Armed with a GPS, the “EquiCache” tool allows you to access a database of coordinates for the best places and hidden spots as listed by experienced riders.

Currently, a new version of the site is being constructed for an even better user interface to make the site a seamless portal for the enjoyment of equestrians everywhere.

We are proud to have this site as part of the iScripts family and it is a great example of serving a niche successfully while still enjoying the activities associated. Even though this site has a very specific target market, it serves as a great example for anyone who is looking to cater to a niche market of their own. The success of Trail Town USA and Trail Blazer Magazine is due to the passion and persistence for the hobby that all the people behind the scenes have exhibited over the past few years. In short, if you have ever thought of taking your own passions to the next level, this site is proof that anyone can succeed with enough persistence.

Visit TrailTownUSA.com and see for yourself all of the amazing resources for fans of trail riding, horses, and the great outdoors.

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May 22, 2008

iScripts Socialware 2.0, the social networking script, is released with improvements

Filed under: New Versions, Web Scripts — Tags: social networking script, socialware — Aji Abraham @ 11:36 pm

Many of our visitors has been inquiring about version 2.0 for the last few months. I am happy to announce iScripts Socialware 2.0 is finally out of beta and is released . You will find the new version at http://www.iScripts.com/socialware. Some of the main improvements for iScripts Socialware 2.0 over previous release are the payment gateway support and audio/video sharing.

Initially when social networking was introduced it was a free community. Over the last couple of years new business models for social networking communities have emerged to make paid membership community a viable option. So if you have an idea where you think members will pay you to join, iScripts Socialware is for you. Your job is to create value to your members so that they will pay you. Of course if you prefer the advertising supported model for revenue generation, Google Adwords and regular banners are natively supported. Another revenue generation avenue is the gift store. You can have either virtual gifts or physical gifts in the store and your members can purchase them with virtual money or real money. If you are making the community portal for your friends and family, you can make it completely free and without any ads. No problem.

Audio/Video sharing support is a natural extension that many of our existing users have been requesting. Your members can upload their audio/video content or link it from other sources like Youtube. The admin can decide if you want to host the videos on the server or you just want to let the users link to other sites or if you do not want anything to do with videos. Most audio/video formats are supported.

Another important improvement is increased flexibility for the administrator to create the unique community experience. Administrator can enable or disable around fifteen different features for the community. You can pick and choose the features to create unique community for your members. We have also added a number of different layouts for the users to select for the site based on the core theme of your community. Overall security of the product is also significantly improved from previous versions. For existing customers, there is an upgrade script for upgrading from previous releases to 2.0 version. New version is free cost for all those who purchased iScripts Socialware in the last one year.

The price of this social networking software platform is still unchanged and is $99.95 for a limited time. As usual this is the total fees, no monthly/yearly fees. The product is completely open source, nothing is encrypted. So you can make any customizable . We are also available to make any changes to the product. If you require any type of customizing please let us know we will be happy to provide a firm quote.

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