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benlarcey

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About benlarcey

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    We have around 200 restaurants using the system right now. This would be great, but the problem is you need huge scale for this to be generally useful. I think once/if we hit aroun…

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    Comment #22978506

    It's not on the roadmap right now, the percentage of restaurants with the capability and desire to self-host software is very low.

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    Comment #22973017

    I'm not very worried although it's somewhat of a concern. Restaurant-style online ordering matches drug delivery nicely. However, the KYC required for accepting card payments is a …

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    Comment #22971219

    Thanks! We've had ~200 odd signups so far, hopefully some will find it useful. If you have specific improvements, would love to hear them.

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    Comment #22967429

    No, definitely not! I couldn't see anything in the logs. So I assume not all required fields were filled out when creating the store. Highlighting those needs some work. Thanks for…

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    Comment #22967343

    Hi HN. I put this together over the last 2-3 weeks to help the many restaurants and retailers currently unable to trade. Whilst many operators in large cities have systems in place…

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    Comment #10747908

    I'm not sure how strict you should go, we have gone to the absolute maximum - and have to deal with customer service issues / abandoned checkouts daily. But even requiring the ZIP …

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    Comment #10747756

    I'm actually in the same space selling "hoverboards" and have been massively hit with fraudulent transactions. Luckily we realised fairly quickly and enforced draconian fraud check…

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    Comment #8479144

    Yeah, nativ.ly is the network. See here: http://nativ.ly/medium-partners-with-bmw-to-produce-a-digita...

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    Comment #7668299

    Whilst I've never used adSense much, this does corroborate with chatter in SEO/webmaster forums, especially around 2012. The paragraph on G analytics is also very interesting, it n…

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    Comment #7643026

    Could only get it to work after a few tries unfortunately. Great to see some more options in the exit-intent space, but definitely needs some refinement; the form fields on the pop…

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    Comment #7586700

    Interesting note I saw in your Flippa listing; you're outsourcing your blog posts. I'm currently working on a marketplace that aims to ease this process. Would you mind sharing how…

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    Comment #7524280

    How much weight do you put on assisted conversions (VTC within perfect audience)? I've found that aCPA for my site is great at also around $5 but the vast majority of these convers…

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    Comment #7310554

    As mentioned time machine is a great feature, but doesn't OS X auto save files you're working on with its versions? You might want to double check that it hasn't got past versions …

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    Comment #7217369

    Yep, this is possible and a much better use of ad spend that's allocated for FB. The only downside is the admin required to single out individual posts for paid (fake) promotion. I…

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    Comment #7092605

    Seems to be much the same, but with a slightly more b2b marketing element and higher pricing with less data! Have used builtwith before and was very happy with their monthly ($299)…

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    Comment #6763897

    Looks like you're selling banners on the right hand side and not nofollowing them, be careful as that's a Google crime and you may find yourself on the receiving end of a Google pe…

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    Comment #6602905

    Great idea but I don't think it's the solution to the captcha problem. There's a lot of visual noise for a person to analyse and I found it considerably harder than reCaptcha types…