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I'm a pregnant hacker. Please review my side project.

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Post by bdclimber14 »

natgordon wrote: post #69
bdclimber14 wrote: post #64

Question (and I apologize if I missed it): How do you track purchases across multiple stores to show registrant purchasers' purchases? (say that 3x fast). I can see how it would be done with exact matches, but a lot of stores don't carry the exact same items, in order to remove price competition. The items may look and function the same, and be under the same brand, but they will be distinct models. If I list a 4 slo…

Yeah, it doesn't support that. I think the next step would be that when you add a product to the registry there's a checkbox like "let people buy this from other stores" which is default checked on amazon/babys-r-us and default unchecked on etsy.com. Then in the registry display you would see multiple offers for one product. Then there would still be the challenge you describe but it wouldn't be a UI problem, it woul…

Definitely a data matching challenge, and especially one stores wouldn't want you to solve :)

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Post by subpixel »

natgordon wrote: post #59
nocman wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree with at least one thing bdclimber14 seems to be implying. babyli.st is a 'cute' domain name, but I think it is an extremely poor choice for domain names you want people to remember. How are you supposed to pronounce that to someone? Baby - lee - dot - ess - tee ? (I know, that's terrible -- I can't come up with something better). I still think it is true, for better or for worse, that for businesses the best…

I just tried to buy babylist.net and it's taken :) So there are 2 groups of people. 1. registrants (people having babies) - branding here is important and the name could bite me. Let me know if you have any suggestions for other names. 2. people buying the registrant gifts - BabyList doesn't even have search which is a default wishlist/registry feature. I think giving someone a pretty url slug and letting them email…

The url really doesn't matter. The name does, and it's great.

My advice would be to use the proper spelling ('Babylist') in general - especially in your html titles - and in no time you'll be #1 for the term, regardless of spelling:

http://bit.ly/h5fizW

Re: I'm a pregnant hacker. Please review my side project.

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Post by fleaflicker »

bdclimber14 wrote: post #7

I love the site, although I am certainly not your market (male, don't want kids). However, a month ago someone posted an almost identical concept to HN. I think it was for wedding registries though. Overall, great concept, attractive website, and a real need. My only criticism relates to it being fairly obvious. What hacker hasn't bought a wedding/baby gift and thought "Wouldn't it be cool if there was a registry for…

It hasn't been done well. The one company that has been dong this is myregistry.com. If you've ever used that service you know it's just begging for a better-designed competitor.

I was really going to implement this when I got married a few months ago but couldn't find an elegant way to confirm when a guest had purchased a gift. Sending an e-mail is OK but it's not 100% accurate. This can lead to duplicate gifts which are a big pain.

Re: I'm a pregnant hacker. Please review my side project.

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Post by qeorge »

natgordon wrote: post #38
qeorge wrote: post #33

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The design really looks great. We're always looking for good designers to work with, but not being a designer myself, I'm not a member of forrst. Are you a member, or did you browse the work posted and contact someone directly? Would love to hear more about that process.

I'm a member, but not actively. I had the idea for the site and posted it ( http://forrst.com/posts/Any_designers_interested_on_collabor... but I don't think this link will work if you're not logged in) This is what I wrote: Hey, I'm a ruby on rails developer and I'm 5 months pregnant. Today I created a baby registry and it was a nightmare. I ended up using the amazon.com universal wishlist. It's a bookmarklet that l…

Thank you, that's extremely helpful. Congrats again on the site, it looks awesome.

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Post by fabiandesimone »

sanj wrote: post #63

One followon idea. If you know the approximate birthdate of the delivery, you can contact customers a year later suggesting first birthday present ideas. And second birthday ideas. And third birthday ideas. You get the idea.

Just make sure something like this does not happen:

"9 – BabyCalc.com – If you were about to have a baby you could go on this site and punch in some numbers then it would email you as your baby was growing and let you know what was going on… “like 10 days until you should be able to tell the sex of your baby!” or “Babys heart beat starts today” ect.. stuff like that.. I paid to have the backend developed and the site was about 95% completed (about a 1500$ investment). Then a very close friend of the family had a miscarriage about 15 weeks into her pregnancy and told us about how she had signed up for all these baby websites and now they keep emailing her stuff and she breaks down and cries every time…. I just wanted no part of that…"

http://www.shoemoney.com/2006/09/04/my-top-10-worst-ideas-to...

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Post by axod »

subpixel wrote: post #72
natgordon wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I just tried to buy babylist.net and it's taken :) So there are 2 groups of people. 1. registrants (people having babies) - branding here is important and the name could bite me. Let me know if you have any suggestions for other names. 2. people buying the registrant gifts - BabyList doesn't even have search which is a default wishlist/registry feature. I think giving someone a pretty url slug and letting them email…

The url really doesn't matter. The name does, and it's great. My advice would be to use the proper spelling ('Babylist') in general - especially in your html titles - and in no time you'll be #1 for the term, regardless of spelling: http://bit.ly/h5fizW

> The name does, and it's great.

People will go to babylist.com. They will probably copy the concept if it takes off.

Bad idea.

Re: I'm a pregnant hacker. Please review my side project.

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Post by araneae »

You might want to think about a "size" field for clothing, maybe even a drop-down, or allow people to ask for 1 of each size or something. This is a general complaint I have about wishlists. In my fantasy world of wishlists there would be a number field for each size so you could ask for 1 nb and 1 6mo or something.

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Post by phlux »

fabiandesimone wrote: post #75
sanj wrote: post #63

One followon idea. If you know the approximate birthdate of the delivery, you can contact customers a year later suggesting first birthday present ideas. And second birthday ideas. And third birthday ideas. You get the idea.

Just make sure something like this does not happen: "9 – BabyCalc.com – If you were about to have a baby you could go on this site and punch in some numbers then it would email you as your baby was growing and let you know what was going on… “like 10 days until you should be able to tell the sex of your baby!” or “Babys heart beat starts today” ect.. stuff like that.. I paid to have the backend developed and the site…

There wasnt an unsubscribe?

I understand how that can make one feel - but I dont think that focusing on miscarriage or SIDS is the right perspective.

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