Show HN: I built a site to compare fees and rates for sending money abroad

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Post by Rulero » Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 1:30 PM UTC

Show HN: I built a site to compare fees and rates for sending money abroad
transfr.io

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Post by davchana » Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 2:45 PM UTC

About, FAQ, Contact links are not working..

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Post by jes81 » Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 3:33 PM UTC

Interesting concept, I was chewing on something similar a few months ago and excited to see someone put this into action. Looking forward to following your growth. - JS

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Post by jermaustin1 » Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 3:35 PM UTC

US to UK returned no results. US to ARG returned only transferwise.

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Post by pighive » Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 3:43 PM UTC

USD to INR results only two quotes.

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Post by wglb » Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 3:49 PM UTC

Missing a pretty substantial player: https://www.sendwave.com/

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Post by ivanstojic » Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 3:49 PM UTC

USA to HRK, only one option - transferwise.

Are you sure you didn't build a transferwise clickbait? I know for a fact there are other services that do this transfer.

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Post by axaxs » Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 3:51 PM UTC

This seems heavily weighted reliant on transferwise. I picked a combo where I'm familiar with the many options, and it only listed Transferwise. Stopping short of making unsavory correlations here, I'll just say you should research adding more options before advertising it.

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Post by d--b » Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 3:55 PM UTC

Bottom line: they're all kind of the same, except TransferWise is generally better... Plus they're customer service is _awesome_. I'm not a TransferWise employee or shareholder, but been using the service since the start, and been blown away by the quality of service.

My story is that I made a big transfer (400k+) on the day before the Brexit vote (cause I thought that Brexit wouldn't happen, and the pound would bounce back). Because of the trading volume on that day, TransferWise missed the deadline. So I got in touch with them, they told me that they would give me the best rate between the one that I had locked in and the live market rate the next day. Basically I didn't lose 10k+ because they're decent guys.

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Post by sarp » Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 4:00 PM UTC

I don't see Turkey on the list :(