I think this can become a banger. Pretty good copywriting.
Show HN: I'm 17 and built a startup to find or sell parking spots
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Re: Show HN: I'm 17 and built a startup to find or sell parking spots
#32Looks great! Reads professionally, it's a cool idea, and I hope it goes well for you
I also am experiencing the bug where the 'story' and 'sellers' links don't work.
My only feedback is two pet UX peeves/hills upon which I have chosen to die and these opinions are apparently very in the minority - I know it's popular right now, but the website content transitioning into existence on scroll is so extremely irritating to me. I genuinely don't understand why it's so common now. Back in my day (lol), sites whose content popped in (then due to being poorly optimised) were (rightly) penalised in search rankings. It's really frustrating as I'm trying to read about the service and I have to scroll back up because things have popped in, finally. I am in the habit of scrolling all the way to the bottom of the web page now to just force the content to just bloody show but I just hate it lol. Same with the mid/light grey text on white background (which is also present on the website) - it might look mint on a nice 4K Mac screen in great lighting for those under 30 with 20/20 vision but it's (imo) unnecessarily hard to read otherwise. I'm finished being the old man yelling at cloud now.
Re: Show HN: I'm 17 and built a startup to find or sell parking spots
#33Why is your age relevant?
Re: Show HN: I'm 17 and built a startup to find or sell parking spots
#34what's stopping people from selling spots that aren't theirs or don't exixst
Re: Show HN: I'm 17 and built a startup to find or sell parking spots
#35Hi Dris, I'm super impressed with your landing page, and I really love the idea! I'm sure I'll get the opportunity to use your app at some point! I think it solves a real problem. I would also like to make a note about haters and mentioning your age on HN. Unfortunately, sharing your early teenage success/skills automatically makes you a verbal target of some really, really nasty people. They are small, insecure peop…
> I would also like to make a note about haters and mentioning your age on HN
it is not hate. HN hates growth hack and over-professional work and long replies in threads screams “I am not a teenager but i’m pretending to”
Re: Show HN: I'm 17 and built a startup to find or sell parking spots
#36Hi Dris, I'm super impressed with your landing page, and I really love the idea! I'm sure I'll get the opportunity to use your app at some point! I think it solves a real problem. I would also like to make a note about haters and mentioning your age on HN. Unfortunately, sharing your early teenage success/skills automatically makes you a verbal target of some really, really nasty people. They are small, insecure peop…
Thanks! I've unfortunately also had plenty of experience with those kinds of people. I'll let you know when the Android version is out!
Re: Show HN: I'm 17 and built a startup to find or sell parking spots
#37Hi Dris, I'm super impressed with your landing page, and I really love the idea! I'm sure I'll get the opportunity to use your app at some point! I think it solves a real problem. I would also like to make a note about haters and mentioning your age on HN. Unfortunately, sharing your early teenage success/skills automatically makes you a verbal target of some really, really nasty people. They are small, insecure peop…
> I would also like to make a note about haters and mentioning your age on HN it is not hate. HN hates growth hack and over-professional work and long replies in threads screams “I am not a teenager but i’m pretending to”
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Re: Show HN: I'm 17 and built a startup to find or sell parking spots
#38Looks great. FYI: Story and Sellers links in the header bar don't do anything on Firefox/Linux.
Also not working for me (MacOS 14.4, Chrome 128.0.6613.113). Not great for building brand trust. Everything else looks so polished that this stood out experience-wise. The marketing site and app looks great. Congrats on shipping!
Thanks! Yeah, the pages weren't linked properly.
Re: Show HN: I'm 17 and built a startup to find or sell parking spots
#39I think this can become a banger. Pretty good copywriting.
Thanks!
Re: Show HN: I'm 17 and built a startup to find or sell parking spots
#40what's stopping people from selling spots that aren't theirs or don't exixst
Good question. To list a spot, users first have to link their bank account with Stripe, which requires identity verification. Additionally, users can easily report listings. Like plenty of other apps, it's impossible to completely stop fraudulent activity. We can just do the best to mitigate it.