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Post by dave1619 »

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…

Can any forrst.com members send me an invite? I'd love to check out the site. My email is lalalee at hotmail.com . Thanks.

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Post by utx00 »

natgordon wrote: post #2

I'm 8-months pregnant. When I went to create a baby registry I was pretty disappointed with what was out there (I ended up using Amazon Universal Wishlist). I found myself with some time on my hands waiting for baby, and decided that I'd build a better baby registry. I partnered with a great designer I met on forrst.com, and this is the result. I'd love any feedback, suggestions etc.

pretty!

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Post by mildavw »

natgordon wrote: post #132
mildavw wrote: post #131

Looks great! When we had our first child, I couldn't find an online registry that I liked, so I scripted a rudimentary one up one night. It worked really well. My wife loved that she could register for intangibles like "Bring us dinner", or any gift from any store. When the baby was born, I took a lengthy paternity leave and, like you, thought I'd build a web app for others to use the registry. I actually took the id…

Thanks :) I was aware of a lot of that at the beginning and I have no regrets. I would use BabyList for my own registry and for various reasons wouldn't use the others. We'll see how it goes.

Yep. And you know, the guys who found that honeymoon revenue stream, I think, are doing well with it. So congrats on getting an MVP of sorts up and who knows where it will lead!

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Post by alexgandy »

dave1619 wrote: post #141
natgordon wrote: post #38

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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…

Can any forrst.com members send me an invite? I'd love to check out the site. My email is lalalee at hotmail.com . Thanks.

I would like one too if possible. My email is alexgandy at gmail dot com. Thanks.

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Post by rajeshrajappan »

If I were you , I would give the users the option to login using Facebook Connect or Twitter. I think People doesn't like signups anymore; Its another password to remember. Also if they are Signed-in using of one of these sites, its more than likely they share it and spread the word. Nice work by the way.

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Post by shib71 »

capstone wrote: post #111

I had had the same idea when I was pregnant but there were several key problems that I concluded were unsolvable. I am both curious and skeptical as to how/whether you address these. (I am basing my questions on an understanding that yours is a registry and not a simple a wish list, as per your own description). 1. How to mark items as purchased. Relying on gift givers to "reserve" and "unreserve" items may be a step…

If the basic description of the item (title, picture, etc) are cached in the application, then 2/3/4 can probably be partly solved by drawing mothers into using the "extra notes" area more. Perhaps by turning it into a conversation, with comments or Facebook integration. Not only will it add context to each item, but everyone who uses it will be more engaged.

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Post by biot »

NickPollard wrote: post #129
patricklynch wrote: post #95

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Post by borism »

ebiester wrote: post #91
borism wrote: post #87

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do parents that just lost their baby have checking e-mail high on their agenda?

Considering the 15 people who are going to be sending condolances letters once it hits the rumor mill? yep.

kids these days... a quick call from my parents and in-laws would have been enough for us...

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Post by [deleted] »

phlux wrote: post #80
fabiandesimone wrote: post #75

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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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Post by lurchpop »

Beautiful design. Functions well,

As mentioned a few times here, the bookmarklet is a big barrier to entry. I think a walkthrough video would help that substantially. I can't imagine a regular person understanding they can just browse around the web shopping and your site can pick it up. Browser plugins are also a big entry barrier to people who aren't very savvy.

I wonder if you linked out to sites like amazon in a frame where you persisted a top bar around those sites as the user browsed. Might be janky though. *edit: just noticed amazon throws a JS error when framed. damnit.

Another thought is perhaps you cobble some api+scraping stuff together and provide the user a simple search+add to registry function inside your site.

So is your business model based on affiliate programs for all those retailers? How are you tracking whether or not something was purchased?

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