Neat implementation, but loses the human being portion that makes postcards special.
Show HN: Send a Custom Postcard to Anywhere, from Your Phone, for $2.99
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Re: Show HN: Send a Custom Postcard to Anywhere, from Your Phone, for $2.99
#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well, there is a penny difference in the title. A holiday discount?
Yeah, I'm playing with the pricing model. As a side project, I'd like it to at least break even. The NLP required for parsing addresses uses quite a bit of memory, so this increases the monthly costs to keep it online. Also, sending a postcard outside of the US costs substantially more than within the US. I wanted to find a good pricing structure that's flat, regardless of where the postcard is going. There's room to…
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Re: Show HN: Send a Custom Postcard to Anywhere, from Your Phone, for $2.99
#33I really like this idea! I've been wanting something similar, but instead for the postcards to be sent from the country that you are traveling from. Such a service would be hard to implement though.
If you're already there, then why not send them yourself? I liked the adventure of finding postcards (when you're not in a touristy area) and then finding a post office. You get to see aspects of the country that hasn't been changed for tourists.
Re: Show HN: Send a Custom Postcard to Anywhere, from Your Phone, for $2.99
#34Include real, photographed physical examples on the landing page.
Re: Show HN: Send a Custom Postcard to Anywhere, from Your Phone, for $2.99
#35Include real, photographed physical examples on the landing page.
Here's an example. Found in FAQ.
Re: Show HN: Send a Custom Postcard to Anywhere, from Your Phone, for $2.99
#36Just connects a service like Twilio with Lob API, right?
Re: Show HN: Send a Custom Postcard to Anywhere, from Your Phone, for $2.99
#37Nice, but you could make it alot more accessible with naming it something friendlier, postcardbuddy, or something and have some "cute" logo. Its quite tech geek bare metal now
I've read and analyzed a large number of stories on IndieHackers and not a single one mentioned the name being an issue, or something they wished they had changed. There probably are a few stories out there of companies rebranding successfully and meaningfully, but it doesn't seem to matter that much in the general case.
I can think of many startups with horrible names. A decent chunk of the failed.
Re: Show HN: Send a Custom Postcard to Anywhere, from Your Phone, for $2.99
#38Any plans to send gifs as well? (gifpop.io is good inspiration)
Re: Show HN: Send a Custom Postcard to Anywhere, from Your Phone, for $2.99
#39This isn't a new Show HN since you've posted this before[1] with the domain postacard.io. What's changed since then? [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12427505
Actually, 4th time- here are two more submission from same user.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13272490 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13275228
Re: Show HN: Send a Custom Postcard to Anywhere, from Your Phone, for $2.99
#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well, there is a penny difference in the title. A holiday discount?
Yeah, I'm playing with the pricing model. As a side project, I'd like it to at least break even. The NLP required for parsing addresses uses quite a bit of memory, so this increases the monthly costs to keep it online. Also, sending a postcard outside of the US costs substantially more than within the US. I wanted to find a good pricing structure that's flat, regardless of where the postcard is going. There's room to…
Sorry if you answered this somewhere else. But does it use LOB's API to send the postcard?
I wonder if there is data/logic on what would be the optimal locations (countries/cities/towns) where it is cheapest and fastest to send a postcard to that country or neighboring countries.