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Show HN: EatHow – Figure out what to make with the food you already have

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Re: Show HN: EatHow – Figure out what to make with the food you already have

#31

This is awesome! I've long thought of making something like this. One caveat though, I would never pay $5/mo for it. If you're writing the recipes, consider advertising and product placement as a revenue stream.

Yep same, was interested to check it out, but stopped when I saw 'Start your free trial' At least let me get hooked on some value before trying to make me sign up / pay.

No credit card or email required to try it. I should make that clear in the page.

Re: Show HN: EatHow – Figure out what to make with the food you already have

#32
post #24

Very cool project! I often hear people talk about this as an idea, but never really getting further than that :) Some suggestions/notes: - Looking at a recipe (e.g. https://www.eathow.com/recipes/219 ) I think you forgot to use a cursor: pointer; on the "Directions" and "Ingredients", to indicate that they are clickable - Someone else mentioned, but you don't have to be so apologetic about wanting money for this :) M…

I second the re-think about the trial period and pricing. I would like to trial it, but wouldn't be keen on paying after 14 days. If I was consistently using it after 3 months, I would definitely pay US$40 for the year, since I'd save that on grocery bills from saved food.

Maybe that's another feature you can add, amount of money the person has saved (approximately) through food re-use. Not sure how you'd implement it though.

Re: Show HN: EatHow – Figure out what to make with the food you already have

#34
At first I thought you were crazy for naming it so close to EatNow, but turns out that's just an Australian thing. Did confuse me for a second tho.

Cool to see someone implement this often-suggested idea!

Having a subscription does sound hard to get off the ground tho. Maybe it'd be better monetised thru advertising deals? Can't find any good recipes with what you have? Blue Apron would be happy to cover you for next time...

Re: Show HN: EatHow – Figure out what to make with the food you already have

#36
post #19

This is awesome! I've long thought of making something like this. One caveat though, I would never pay $5/mo for it. If you're writing the recipes, consider advertising and product placement as a revenue stream.

+1 same thing i was thinking. I wouldn't pay monthly...but I'd use it daily. so ads / product placement might be better route. Great job though!

I think both would be good, like some mobile apps - free and paid. I hate ads but if it's something genuinely useful I'd be happy to pay a few bucks each month to use it, especially if it's something that will save me money.

Re: Show HN: EatHow – Figure out what to make with the food you already have

#37

This looks really awesome but google does this for me. It will be interesting to see how EatHow differentiates themselves from google results.

Google keeps track of your current on-hand ingredients and then constrains recipes by that inventory? Can you direct me to this functionality? I'd love to use it.

Re: Show HN: EatHow – Figure out what to make with the food you already have

#38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep same, was interested to check it out, but stopped when I saw 'Start your free trial' At least let me get hooked on some value before trying to make me sign up / pay.

No credit card or email required to try it. I should make that clear in the page.

That might help, but providing some example searches and recipes before requiring an account would also be helpful. Personally, I'm only comfortable signing up for something if I feel I can reasonably judge its quality first, even if it's free.

Re: Show HN: EatHow – Figure out what to make with the food you already have

#39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No credit card or email required to try it. I should make that clear in the page.

That might help, but providing some example searches and recipes before requiring an account would also be helpful. Personally, I'm only comfortable signing up for something if I feel I can reasonably judge its quality first, even if it's free.

That's a good suggestion. Same here. Signs it works are one of first things I look for on a product/service site.
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