Ask HN: Review RentPost.com

#1

Post by oojacoboo » Wed, Jan 26, 2011, 5:22 PM UTC

After our team has spent the last 2 years in development, working countless hours, we have been able to FINALLY push out our service to the public! We welcome your feedback and thoughts. Cheers.

Ask HN: Review RentPost.com
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#2

Post by murry537 » Wed, Jan 26, 2011, 5:28 PM UTC

This looks sweet! I wish my landlord used it.

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#3

Post by granto » Wed, Jan 26, 2011, 5:32 PM UTC

can you describe what took two years? It looks nice, but just trying to understand where the time went. Thanks!

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#4

Post by oojacoboo » Wed, Jan 26, 2011, 5:33 PM UTC

granto wrote: post #3

can you describe what took two years? It looks nice, but just trying to understand where the time went. Thanks!

day here, day there, all adds up, the application has thousands of files... these things just take time.

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#5

Post by vaksel » Wed, Jan 26, 2011, 5:34 PM UTC

the problem is that most property owners aren't tech savvy. Most of them don't even have a webpage.

And I'm not talking about the 1-2 unit owners...I'm talking about multi building companies with $600K in yearly revenue who haven't even bothered to setup a 1 page site with their phone # and hours of operation.

If you are going to take on this market, you are going to need a direct on the ground sales team.

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#6

Post by amirmc » Wed, Jan 26, 2011, 5:35 PM UTC

What's with the '$get_social()' on the bottom right of the page?

I'm guessing it's not meant to be like that.

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#7

Post by il » Wed, Jan 26, 2011, 5:36 PM UTC

If I were you I would strongly reconsider your pricing....you're underpricing by quite a lot.

The last place I was in, the company my landlord used for online rent collection charged 1.50 per transaction...to the tenant. That's in addition to whatever fixed monthly fee the landlord was paying.

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#8

Post by marknutter » Wed, Jan 26, 2011, 5:37 PM UTC

The design is sick. Wonderfully balance color scheme, beautiful call-to action buttons (I clicked "see pricing" a few times just because I was compelled to), and I love that it's iPad and iPhone compatible out of the gate. These are my initial impressions, I didn't dive too much into the content. But looks great on the surface!

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#9

Post by lpolovets » Wed, Jan 26, 2011, 5:37 PM UTC

This looks great!

Do you have any thoughts on lower tiers? I have 1 rental unit. On the one hand, $9/month is pretty low; on the other hand, paying the same as someone with 15 units is psychologically painful =). If it was like $20/unit/year for 1-4 units, that'd be pretty cool.

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#10

Post by oojacoboo » Wed, Jan 26, 2011, 5:38 PM UTC

vaksel wrote: post #5

the problem is that most property owners aren't tech savvy. Most of them don't even have a webpage. And I'm not talking about the 1-2 unit owners...I'm talking about multi building companies with $600K in yearly revenue who haven't even bothered to setup a 1 page site with their phone # and hours of operation. If you are going to take on this market, you are going to need a direct on the ground sales team.

you would think this is the case, and yes, an on the ground sales team will be helpful in addition to our affiliate program and partnerships, but these days are starting to phase out. These people are starting to realize they can't operate their companies the same way they did 10 years ago, and as the younger generation steps up the ladder in these companies, it's getting more attention.