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Re: Show HN: OnAir – create link, receive calls

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Post by bradbeattie »

bigmicro wrote: post #25
iLoveOncall wrote: post #23

The pricing page is incredibly misleading if not outright illegal. At the top of the pricing page you show that it's $9 a month to have 10 links and enable round-robin call handling, but looking at the FAQs at the bottom, it's actually $9 a month PER USER: > OnAir costs as low as $9/user/month. This price is per user, per month. Other pricing plans are displayed on this page. Higher enterprise plans are available sta…

Hey. A single user can indeed use round-robin; they can connect multiple devices (up to 3 on a single license Basic Plan). In that sense, a single user can have round-robin among three mobile phones. Having said that, will think more on how to make this more clear.

To make it more clear, perhaps replace "$9/month" with "$9/month/user"? Seems like an easy fix.

Re: Show HN: OnAir – create link, receive calls

#52

Post by bigmicro »

bradbeattie wrote: post #51
bigmicro wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hey. A single user can indeed use round-robin; they can connect multiple devices (up to 3 on a single license Basic Plan). In that sense, a single user can have round-robin among three mobile phones. Having said that, will think more on how to make this more clear.

To make it more clear, perhaps replace "$9/month" with "$9/month/user"? Seems like an easy fix.

Good idea! done

Re: Show HN: OnAir – create link, receive calls

#53

Post by AndrewVos »

Looks good, I want to give it a try next week.

Appear.in (now called https://whereby.com/) used to have the same functionality and I would just share my link everywhere so that team members could call me whenever they wanted.

Although, Facetime is kind of the exact same thing isn’t it?

Re: Show HN: OnAir – create link, receive calls

#54

Post by ocengb »

Haha, I've just talked with the author. :) There is a market for crowded cities, I think. When you park your vehicle in front of a crowded place etc you can print/write a link to reach you if needed. There are some anonymity number services, but for internet users, this can be a solution to keep their numbers private. Good luck!

Re: Show HN: OnAir – create link, receive calls

#55

Post by SoftTalker »

nutanc wrote: post #50

Had launched something like this in 2016. We had called it as ering.me, so you could have an url like ering.me/handle. Used it in email signatures, web calling etc. It didn't pick up at that time or we didn't market enough :) Hope the market is mature now and products like this succeed. All the best.

I'm not really surprised. The people who grew up with phone calls and who like to "hop on a call" to work out issues are all aging out. They are in their fifties at the youngest, if not already retired. It's my experience that far fewer younger people reach for the phone as a first means of contact. It's not preferred, and they try to avoid it.

And by "call" I mean direct, synchronous, real-time conversation. Whether literally a phone call, or an online voice or video call.

Re: Show HN: OnAir – create link, receive calls

#56

Post by toppy »

ocengb wrote: post #54

Haha, I've just talked with the author. :) There is a market for crowded cities, I think. When you park your vehicle in front of a crowded place etc you can print/write a link to reach you if needed. There are some anonymity number services, but for internet users, this can be a solution to keep their numbers private. Good luck!

Such a link could be created automatically when you register for a car plate.

Re: Show HN: OnAir – create link, receive calls

#57

Post by ahmadtbk »

SoftTalker wrote: post #55
nutanc wrote: post #50

Had launched something like this in 2016. We had called it as ering.me, so you could have an url like ering.me/handle. Used it in email signatures, web calling etc. It didn't pick up at that time or we didn't market enough :) Hope the market is mature now and products like this succeed. All the best.

I'm not really surprised. The people who grew up with phone calls and who like to "hop on a call" to work out issues are all aging out. They are in their fifties at the youngest, if not already retired. It's my experience that far fewer younger people reach for the phone as a first means of contact. It's not preferred, and they try to avoid it. And by "call" I mean direct, synchronous, real-time conversation. Whether…

The nice thing about real time calls is they help avoid confusion, convey more emotion and information than most messages can.

There is less ambiguity usually during a real conversation.

Conversations tend to resolve very quickly because in the span of five minutes we can go back and forth on multiple questions, get clarity and finalize how we want continue. Some things require this but not everything. There is a balance as with everything.

Re: Show HN: OnAir – create link, receive calls

#59

Post by LorenDB »

AndrewVos wrote: post #53

Looks good, I want to give it a try next week. Appear.in (now called https://whereby.com/ ) used to have the same functionality and I would just share my link everywhere so that team members could call me whenever they wanted. Although, Facetime is kind of the exact same thing isn’t it?

This may come as a surprise to you, but there are plenty of us who don't have Apple devices to use FaceTime with.

OK, I do have a Mac Mini for development purposes, but I don't want to have to drag it out of storage just to make a call.

Re: Show HN: OnAir – create link, receive calls

#60

Post by the_sleaze_ »

ahmadtbk wrote: post #57
SoftTalker wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not really surprised. The people who grew up with phone calls and who like to "hop on a call" to work out issues are all aging out. They are in their fifties at the youngest, if not already retired. It's my experience that far fewer younger people reach for the phone as a first means of contact. It's not preferred, and they try to avoid it. And by "call" I mean direct, synchronous, real-time conversation. Whether…

The nice thing about real time calls is they help avoid confusion, convey more emotion and information than most messages can. There is less ambiguity usually during a real conversation. Conversations tend to resolve very quickly because in the span of five minutes we can go back and forth on multiple questions, get clarity and finalize how we want continue. Some things require this but not everything. There is a bal…

Of course all points are correct - and yet

> nearly half [of gen z] admit that speaking on the phone makes them feel anxious (49 per cent)

> an awkward phone call is one of the top three things they would most want to avoid (42 per cent)

That being said I'm quite confident there is enough of a market that doesn't dread talking on the phone that this company could do very well for itself and its founders financial goals.

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