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Show HN: Draft – A Design Feedback Tool for Designers and Small Teams

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Re: Show HN: Draft – A Design Feedback Tool for Designers and Small Teams

#21
Great site, only problem I found was some wording at the bottom:

"I was built by Simon Reed & Chris Mahon. Simon made me work they way I do and Chris who gave me my good looks."

Simon made me work THE way I do and Chris -who- gave me my good looks.

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Beautiful site!

Re: Show HN: Draft – A Design Feedback Tool for Designers and Small Teams

#22

I loved the way you guys presented the simplicity of the app above the fold itself! I agree that there are lots of players in the space and adding to the list given above, namely, Easyproof, Proofhq, Pixelapse and Conceptshare come to mind. Also, there's Framebench that's making some noise with its novel real time functionalities. I really think they might have something there.

Hey thanks for the mention! I'm a founder at Framebench (www.framebench.com) and we're trying out some new stuff with real time technologies. We too plan to launch soon and would love all your reviews!

Again Chris, Kudos on the design and the uber cool way you explained the applications use case. Congrats :)

Re: Show HN: Draft – A Design Feedback Tool for Designers and Small Teams

#23

There are dozens of websites doing this for free. Why should one use your service?

Hi, thanks for the comment. Every plan comes with a free 14 day trial for people to try it out for themselves to see how it compares to any alternatives. After that it's up to that individual to decide if the experience we've created is something they would like to continue using or not, hopefully they do :)

Just a sales recommendation: the parent, by asking a question, has given you permission to talk to him. Take that opportunity and expound on what distinguishes your product from others - better customer service? a more responsive site?

Don't leave it "up to the individual"!

(Great looking site btw)

Re: Show HN: Draft – A Design Feedback Tool for Designers and Small Teams

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There is also a pretty cool (and free) alternative: http://mocku.ps

Free is always nice, but sometimes free can mean not around very long, which is not so nice, especially if you have tons of data stored, talking of which, is there a way to export your content from the app ?

> but sometimes free can mean not around very long, which is not so nice, especially if you have tons of data stored...

I do wish people would remember this when talking about how unjust it is that PACER charges 10 cents a page (up to a maximum of 3 dollars per document) for court documents.

Re: Show HN: Draft – A Design Feedback Tool for Designers and Small Teams

#25
post #20

I think the site looks great. Kudos for giving the actual use case of the app with showing instead of telling. I think its a great overview of what you offer. I am curious as to why you have so many monthly price points - I would have expected 3 for simplicity (or even 1 if you were so bold) I don't have perfect clarity into the "buyers" of these servies, and maybe its as simple as them needed this level of options.

Choosing pricing plans was something we went back and forth with for a while. In the end we took a look at our prospective customer groups (agencies of varying sizes and freelancers).

Thanks for the feedback though it's something we'll definitely consider maybe just 2 plans a 'Freelancer' and 'Team'.

Re: Show HN: Draft – A Design Feedback Tool for Designers and Small Teams

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First of all, this looks very nice and I have nothing bad to say about this particular product at all. But I can't help but wonder why there are so many apps like this. Off the top of my head there's Notable, LayerVault, Shipment, Cage, Marqueed, Moqups, the recently released Flatsie, and a ton of others that all offer some variation of the "show your work to clients" theme. I'm really curious what pushed you to rele…

Thanks for the comment, I'm Chris (designer on Draft). So there were a couple of reasons for doing this but the main one was scratching my own itch (so to speak). I was getting tired of emails back & forth with clients for feedback and although I had tried some alternatives, including some of the ones you mentioned, I never found one that fit my particular workflow. I guess we'll see about the market size and if ther…

Small thing:

"If you cancel & there is more than 7 days of the month left you won’t be charged at all. However if there is less than 7 days of the month left, you will be charged for the entire month."

should be "...there ARE..." in both cases.

Re: Show HN: Draft – A Design Feedback Tool for Designers and Small Teams

#28
Good idea, but unfortunately that product is really hard to establish because of the learning curve it introduces to everyone involved. I find it to be highly effective for beginning phases, but to transfer that information to another platform has been the determining factor for my version. :3

Re: Show HN: Draft – A Design Feedback Tool for Designers and Small Teams

#29

There are dozens of websites doing this for free. Why should one use your service?

Hi, thanks for the comment. Every plan comes with a free 14 day trial for people to try it out for themselves to see how it compares to any alternatives. After that it's up to that individual to decide if the experience we've created is something they would like to continue using or not, hopefully they do :)

This may just be me, but 14 days seems kind of strict for the type of projects it is for and given the learning curve of all the parties involved like someone else mentioned. It could take two weeks before everyone on my team has even had the time to go over it. If there was a file or size limit, it might be more friendly.

Re: Show HN: Draft – A Design Feedback Tool for Designers and Small Teams

#30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for the comment, I'm Chris (designer on Draft). So there were a couple of reasons for doing this but the main one was scratching my own itch (so to speak). I was getting tired of emails back & forth with clients for feedback and although I had tried some alternatives, including some of the ones you mentioned, I never found one that fit my particular workflow. I guess we'll see about the market size and if ther…

Small thing: "If you cancel & there is more than 7 days of the month left you won’t be charged at all. However if there is less than 7 days of the month left, you will be charged for the entire month." should be "...there ARE..." in both cases.

Thanks for the heads up, changing that now.
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