Show HN: My weekend project, MealMogul.com
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Re: Show HN: My weekend project, MealMogul.com
#2I like cooking, but making a meal for just myself or my housemate seems pretty inefficient.
So I spent a few hours this weekend knocking together a site that allows people to post "meals" that they will be cooking in future. If you live nearby, you can eat a (hopefully) delicious home-cooked meal for £4 - £5. A restaurant in the area would typically cost £10-£15.
It's a little like GrubWithUs meets AirBNB, although I'm doing it purely for fun - I hack away at a startup as a day job.
If you're in London, pop by to one of my meals in the next few weeks!
Re: Show HN: My weekend project, MealMogul.com
#3This looks awesome for someone like me - balancing cooking, healthy food, regular meals, and running a startup time is a major PITA. Food is regularly a burden rather than a joy.
Having a homecooked meal from someone nearby? Sounds totally spot on. It could be quick if I want to leave (could be some social issues), WAY cheaper than delivery, cheaper even than eating out, and presumably it'll be healthier than just drinking tea and alcohol instead of eating (my usual diet).
That said, critical mass if the big challenge here - sites like this take a huge amount of focused effort. Feet-on-the-ground city-specific events, marketing, networking, etc. And mealmogul could face an even bigger challenge for people like me who live in SF without a car, but up on Twin Peaks with few people around.
That said, I'd love to be eating home cooked meals from my neighbors soon, so I hope they can find a way to explode in SF!
Re: Show HN: My weekend project, MealMogul.com
#4I sure would like to know what the project is about, and I don't own a facebook account. There's no about page, at least without signing in with fb.
Re: Show HN: My weekend project, MealMogul.com
#5Looks like http://www.super-marmite.com/ by @shingara
Re: Show HN: My weekend project, MealMogul.com
#6I'd like for this service to take off. People spend much more on eating out than on hotels, so an AirBnb for meals makes a lot of sense.
Just pick one area of London and market the hell out of it. Make sure there is a variety of food styles available every night.
Re: Show HN: My weekend project, MealMogul.com
#7Add more login options. Currently I have FB and G+ in my /etc/hosts as 127.0.0.2 -- a little detox. I'm writing this comment because I know that from developer's perspective the FB-login-only may seem a good thing (I've been there), but it puts many people off, for many reasons. I know this is only a prototype etc., but for later.
Re: Show HN: My weekend project, MealMogul.com
#8Looks like http://www.super-marmite.com/ by @shingara
Yeah, it looks very similar to super-marmite - I'd not seen that before.
I guess the key is just getting critical mass in an area, since it's effectively just a marketplace. Super-marmite seems to be very Paris-focussed at the moment.
There's also housebites.com, but it's a bit more upmarket and focussed on takeaway/delivery.
Re: Show HN: My weekend project, MealMogul.com
#9Add more login options. Currently I have FB and G+ in my /etc/hosts as 127.0.0.2 -- a little detox. I'm writing this comment because I know that from developer's perspective the FB-login-only may seem a good thing (I've been there), but it puts many people off, for many reasons. I know this is only a prototype etc., but for later.
Thanks for the feedback. I'm using Omniauth, so it's really simple to add different login options.
I'll put it on my list for next weekend!
Re: Show HN: My weekend project, MealMogul.com
#10I'd like for this service to take off. People spend much more on eating out than on hotels, so an AirBnb for meals makes a lot of sense. Just pick one area of London and market the hell out of it. Make sure there is a variety of food styles available every night.
That's the plan - I'm going to try to start in North/Central London. Islington, Camden & Shoreditch (home to the infamous Silicon Roundabout).
Short of actually flyering local homes, does anyone have any ideas for cheap & effective local advertising? I've got some Facebook ads running, but targetting more locally than just "London" doesn't return many people.