InviteShare lets techies trade invites to exclusive Web site tests

As many techies know, getting in on a hot new startup’s invite-only ”beta” test can be tough.

Some resort to posting pleas on their blogs, others beg friends of friends and — as best illustrated with the slow rollout of Google Inc.’s Gmail service in 2004 — some are even willing to purchase invites through eBay Inc.’s auction site.

But with the July launch of InviteShare http://www.inviteshare.com/ , things might get a little easier for those aching to pass the online equivalent of the velvet rope outside the trendy nightclub.

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