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Show HN: Instagram and Facebook Photos Delivered Monthly

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Re: Show HN: Instagram and Facebook Photos Delivered Monthly

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post #10

Nice idea, though I'd probably just end up with a book of what everyone's had for lunch last month. Can I select a group of "close friends" or "don't do duck face" rather that tagging?

>You can also tag photos on the fly with #SnapPic so they make the print for that month. Did you even read the website?

> rather that tagging?

I did, but did you read my comment?

Re: Show HN: Instagram and Facebook Photos Delivered Monthly

#12

Who are you? You want me to give you money but you won't reveal your names or photos of yourselves? "Who the hell are you to ask for money like this?" was my immediate reaction. No about page, no contact page. Nothing. So you've never done sales, and this is your first lesson. Being on the internet does not mean you can ask people for money without proving yourself to be legitimate. And I see this 7/10 times on HN pr…

They have it on their main page, if you bothered to scroll down to the footer, you'd realize that this is not their main service, so it wouldn't make sense for them to have their information on every single page of their site.

https://www.strikingly.com/?ref=logo&permalink=snappic (footer)

Re: Show HN: Instagram and Facebook Photos Delivered Monthly

#13
post #12

Who are you? You want me to give you money but you won't reveal your names or photos of yourselves? "Who the hell are you to ask for money like this?" was my immediate reaction. No about page, no contact page. Nothing. So you've never done sales, and this is your first lesson. Being on the internet does not mean you can ask people for money without proving yourself to be legitimate. And I see this 7/10 times on HN pr…

They have it on their main page, if you bothered to scroll down to the footer, you'd realize that this is not their main service, so it wouldn't make sense for them to have their information on every single page of their site. https://www.strikingly.com/?ref=logo&permalink=snappic (footer)

What makes you think they run strikingly.com ? From what I can tell strikingly.com is a squarespace type deal, and they're using some cheap plan which plasters a logo on the page.

Re: Show HN: Instagram and Facebook Photos Delivered Monthly

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post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They have it on their main page, if you bothered to scroll down to the footer, you'd realize that this is not their main service, so it wouldn't make sense for them to have their information on every single page of their site. https://www.strikingly.com/?ref=logo&permalink=snappic (footer)

What makes you think they run strikingly.com ? From what I can tell strikingly.com is a squarespace type deal, and they're using some cheap plan which plasters a logo on the page.

At this point we're testing the concept and seeing whether people are interested in having their most memorable FB/IG etc photos sent to them in physical form.

Btw, Strikingly (not affiliated with us) is a great tool for creating nice looking one-page sites. Recommend checking it out!

Re: Show HN: Instagram and Facebook Photos Delivered Monthly

#17
post #8

I thought that the service was to just give me a monthly email digest of the best photos on Facebook so I don't have to go to the website. That I like in and of itself. This I like too, I wouldn't personally be a subscriber, but I can see people who are very active on FB/Instagram really liking it.

That's an interesting idea for an email digest actually.

Thanks!

Re: Show HN: Instagram and Facebook Photos Delivered Monthly

#18
post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What makes you think they run strikingly.com ? From what I can tell strikingly.com is a squarespace type deal, and they're using some cheap plan which plasters a logo on the page.

At this point we're testing the concept and seeing whether people are interested in having their most memorable FB/IG etc photos sent to them in physical form. Btw, Strikingly (not affiliated with us) is a great tool for creating nice looking one-page sites. Recommend checking it out!

If you're at all serious I'd suggest investing the $16 to remove the branding of this other company + a couple bucks for a domain. Goes a long way to improve credibility.

Re: Show HN: Instagram and Facebook Photos Delivered Monthly

#19

Is $7.99/month feasible? I would guess there are slim margins here, servers/bandwidth, colour printing, shipping, etc. I guess most of this can/should be outsourced to existing companies, you could just glue the pieces together.

As somebody from the industry; I can only imagine that it's being done in China or something. Even then there'd be super slim margins.
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