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Re: Show HN: My kid choked on a toy, so I built this

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Post by orkj »

I really like the landing page, but I feel I have to point out one obvious thing:

Your sign-up page[0] not only resembles the one of Basecamp[1], but you chose to actually copy (not like copy from it, but _copy_) the graphics from it? And the graphics features a dude wearing a Basecamp sweater?

I can see why you want to find design inspiration in Basecamp, but for me that stuff is just too close to the original ;)

As I said. Just a friendly pointer. You might want to change that. Other than that I wish you the best of luck, and this looks like a great start and an interesting idea!

[0]http://www.recallbee.com/account/start

[1]https://basecamp.com/start

Re: Show HN: My kid choked on a toy, so I built this

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Post by muppetman »

chrisBob wrote: post #27
muppetman wrote: post #11

This looks really good, but like so many sites I find on here, it makes no mention of country. So I assume you're just monitoring toys recalled in America? i.e. It's probably not worth me in New Zealand signing up?

This seems like a case where the country shouldn't matter. A recall in the US could help your kid no matter where you live.

Well yes, there's a good chance some of the toys, especially the bigger brand names one will also be affected. But there's also a lot of Australian make and New Zealand made toys here.

I know I could sign up for better coverage of recalls than I currently have, but I'm not going to enter all the toys we have if only ~10% of them have any chance of being monitored.

Re: Show HN: My kid choked on a toy, so I built this

#33

Post by porter »

austenallred wrote: post #24

My main concern would be that I have to input all of the toys my kids are using. I'm just not sure that I would ever do that. But looks cool. Also, the right side of the site doesn't seem to be constrained; I can scroll way over - http://take.ms/P4CZQ

I'd rather just get a digest email of all recalls that day or week. Anything critical text me.

Re: Show HN: My kid choked on a toy, so I built this

#34

Post by heelhook »

orkj wrote: post #31

I really like the landing page, but I feel I have to point out one obvious thing: Your sign-up page[0] not only resembles the one of Basecamp[1], but you chose to actually copy (not like copy from it, but _copy_) the graphics from it? And the graphics features a dude wearing a Basecamp sweater? I can see why you want to find design inspiration in Basecamp, but for me that stuff is just too close to the original ;) As…

Thanks, I actually copied the image to see what it'd look like in place and forgot to take it out. I'll address that first thing!

Again. Thanks so much for that!

Re: Show HN: My kid choked on a toy, so I built this

#35

Post by alexcabrera »

Great idea, caught a couple grammar problems:

> When a safety issue is raised on one of your kid toys we send you immediate alerts to make sure you are in the known.

should be...

> When a safety issue is raised on one of your kid's toys we send you immediate alerts to make sure you are in the know.

The `kid's` part can also be `kids'`, I think. Maybe. I'm terrible at plural possession.

Re: Show HN: My kid choked on a toy, so I built this

#37

Post by Blahah »

Beautiful idea and execution.

Seems to me that you could monetise this by selling to businesses. For example, you say in the comments that amazon still sells some toys that have been recalled. This is illegal and could land them in some trouble. So you can approach them with a price for recall updates matched to their product listings, so they can suspend sales. If you word the licensing right you can then give the service to concerned parents as cheaply as you like, while charging companies for saving them a legal hassle.

Re: Show HN: My kid choked on a toy, so I built this

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Post by kybernetikos »

Once you have a database of toys that parents have, there are other ways you might usefully use the data, like allowing parents to join toy swap or library groups, provide purchase recommendations based on similar toy choices (you could perhaps even monetise via affiliate sales of toys), etc.
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