It's hard to believe, but it's time for another monthly update again! Stogie Rate is now officially two months old since its launch on February 26th. What's happened since our one-month update in March? Well, we had a little fun on April Fool's day where we released a randomized cigar picker. A few people have enjoyed using it so much that we're keeping it around and may refine and expand its capabilities. Also, during the month of April the site continued to grow quite well with the membership nearly doubling and hundreds of new cigars being added to the database. We also completed our cigar giveaway contest where we ended up giving away a total of 130 cigars to Stogie Rate members. We also participated (and will continue to support) the launch of Project Para Japón.
To coincide with our two-month anniversary, we have released several updates to the site. The first and most visible one is the new coat of paint on our home page. In addition, we are providing two new features for cigar reviewers to make writing reviews even easier.
1. Review templates. The templates provide pre-formatted review sections so that all you need to do is fill in your notes. We love you guys so much that we've thrown in a few templates named after several of our reviewers.
2. Review stop-watch. No more checking the clock! You can now activate a timer on the review page that will record exactly how many minutes it took you to complete the cigar.
On top of that, we fixed a few bugs in the web site (yes, even we make mistakes!)
Be sure to give these a try and let us know what you think. We're excited to provide these new updates to you, and we're even more excited about what we have planned next so stay tuned!
ABOUT STOGIERATE.COM
StogieRate.com is a software platform designed for cigar enthusiasts. It enables users to track cigar inventory, write and share reviews, and learn more about cigars via Stogie Fresh educational resources. The web site includes a large, searchable, and user editable cigar database, which also includes cigar band and cigar photos. StogieRate.com is dedicated to enhancing the cigar smoking experience for cigar enthusiasts and endeavors to provide new and unique tools that are easy and fun to use.
Great job stogie rate! Are there plans to integrate the ability to friend other members? I would love to be able to see at a quick glance what my friends are smoking and rating. Would also like to be able to view cigars based on filters such as wrapper, filler, friends, ratings, date reviewed etc.
ReplyDeleteThanks VinceNH
Oops, I just noticed that you have the ability to follow. I can't wait to see what you will be offering in your next release!
ReplyDeleteHi Vince, Yes, we do have the ability to follow other users, but we will also be creating some new features that will allow even more interaction between users.
ReplyDeleteWe have also talked about adding more filters to the program, as you have mentioned, and those will be scheduled for a future update. Thanks for your participation in StogieRate.com Keep checking back. We have lots and lots of ideas for new features.