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Re: Show HN: Feedback on app/website http://zapaang.com

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Post by NeoMtx » Sat, Dec 08, 2012, 10:43 AM UTC

rorrr wrote: post #7

NeoMtx wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fair question and the answer to that is trust/convenience. There are people who dont want the hassle of dealing with strangers by posting to Craigslist. The trust factor is just not there. I have personal things that I will not put on ebay at all because its not that high price of an item to sell. I am part of a sport club where we routinely give off old equipment or sell things if we bought extra or bought the wrong…

I'm not buying your answer. I've never heard of any of my friends selling or buying anything on Facebook. Craigslist is their #1 choice. I buy a shit ton of random stuff on Ebay. I bought pretty much all of my sports equipment on Craigslist. I don't even understand the idea of selling to friends - what are the chances of them wanting to buy it? It's such a small demographic compared to what you get on CL or Ebay. I t…

Another target audience is kids buying text books. If a freshman had a place to see all books shared with a study/dorm/sorority facebook group, wouldnt that be more beneficial/cheaper than buying off Craigslist or Ebay? Would he choose to check in that place before looking at the other sites? If the answer is a "maybe" or "yes" then we would love to explore that.

Re: Show HN: Feedback on app/website http://zapaang.com

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Post by wareagle920 » Mon, Dec 10, 2012, 8:54 AM UTC

Why did you choose to support Windows Phone instead of Android? With limited resources it seems like a waste of time for such a small percentage of market share.

That being said, I don't think the concept is as bad as others are making it out to be. As a college student, I know TONS of people who sell everything from textbooks to notes (might be a good pivot). Problem is, with the introduction of groups for universities, we have preset groups for stuff like this.

One thing I am worried about is a potential spam to groups that I'm in, which would only make me resent your project.

Good luck!

Re: Show HN: Feedback on app/website http://zapaang.com

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Post by NeoMtx » Tue, Dec 11, 2012, 5:44 PM UTC

wareagle920 wrote: post #12

Why did you choose to support Windows Phone instead of Android? With limited resources it seems like a waste of time for such a small percentage of market share. That being said, I don't think the concept is as bad as others are making it out to be. As a college student, I know TONS of people who sell everything from textbooks to notes (might be a good pivot). Problem is, with the introduction of groups for universit…

Students and moms are the exact focus group for this app. We decided to support Windows Phone for couple of reasons. - Prevalence of Windows Phones. Dont laugh but I am in Seattle and with tons of Microsoft employees most of our beta user base had them. - Android dev cost. Between screen resolutions, ramp up on environment etc I decided on punting this for now. We are planning on outsourcing this app to a vendor (the API's and UX would be very comparable to iPhone so that part is covered)

Since you are a student, would you mind if I contacted you for testing this among your friends? When you say a group exists, does that mean a groups outside of facebook?

Re: Show HN: Feedback on app/website http://zapaang.com

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Post by wareagle920 » Mon, Dec 24, 2012, 1:15 AM UTC

NeoMtx wrote: post #13

wareagle920 wrote: post #12

Why did you choose to support Windows Phone instead of Android? With limited resources it seems like a waste of time for such a small percentage of market share. That being said, I don't think the concept is as bad as others are making it out to be. As a college student, I know TONS of people who sell everything from textbooks to notes (might be a good pivot). Problem is, with the introduction of groups for universit…

Students and moms are the exact focus group for this app. We decided to support Windows Phone for couple of reasons. - Prevalence of Windows Phones. Dont laugh but I am in Seattle and with tons of Microsoft employees most of our beta user base had them. - Android dev cost. Between screen resolutions, ramp up on environment etc I decided on punting this for now. We are planning on outsourcing this app to a vendor (the…

Sorry for the late response! I don't really sell anything among my friends, but I may be able to find some beta testers!

And the student groups link: http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/facebook-refocuses...

Sorry for the crappy article, it's what Google brought up!

Re: Show HN: Feedback on app/website http://zapaang.com

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Post by NeoMtx » Thu, Dec 27, 2012, 2:57 AM UTC

wareagle920 wrote: post #14

NeoMtx wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Students and moms are the exact focus group for this app. We decided to support Windows Phone for couple of reasons. - Prevalence of Windows Phones. Dont laugh but I am in Seattle and with tons of Microsoft employees most of our beta user base had them. - Android dev cost. Between screen resolutions, ramp up on environment etc I decided on punting this for now. We are planning on outsourcing this app to a vendor (the…

Sorry for the late response! I don't really sell anything among my friends, but I may be able to find some beta testers! And the student groups link: http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/facebook-refocuses... Sorry for the crappy article, it's what Google brought up!

Can you shoot me your email address to support at zapaang dot com?