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Show HN: Bitterness – Personalized Pranks Delivered

#1

Post by sshah1983 » Mon, Mar 30, 2015, 7:12 PM UTC

Show HN: Bitterness – Personalized Pranks Delivered
sweetnessapp.com

Re: Show HN: Bitterness – Personalized Pranks Delivered

#2

Post by sshah1983 » Mon, Mar 30, 2015, 7:21 PM UTC

Would love to hear any feedback.

We want to help folks have some fun in SF this April Fools' Day. Give it a shot - it's totally free. Happy to answer any questions as well.

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#3

Post by edge17 » Mon, Mar 30, 2015, 7:41 PM UTC

this has the potential for some awesome april fools jokes. how does it get personalized though?

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#4

Post by danvu » Mon, Mar 30, 2015, 7:44 PM UTC

I think this is a great idea and have some folks that I am going to try this on.

Re: Show HN: Bitterness – Personalized Pranks Delivered

#5

Post by sshah1983 » Mon, Mar 30, 2015, 7:46 PM UTC

edge17 wrote: post #3

this has the potential for some awesome april fools jokes. how does it get personalized though?

A couple ways.

First, you get to record a video greeting card as part of the flow. This allows you to really sell your recipient/victim on the prank.

Second, we make sure that all the info is customized and specific to the recipient. If you order the airline ticket prank for example, we'll email you to get your frequent flyer numbers and stuff and make sure that we get the right legal names on the fake eTicket.

We tested it out on our wives last week. It...was...hilarious.

Re: Show HN: Bitterness – Personalized Pranks Delivered

#6

Post by kookiekrak » Mon, Mar 30, 2015, 7:48 PM UTC

sshah1983 wrote: post #2

Would love to hear any feedback. We want to help folks have some fun in SF this April Fools' Day. Give it a shot - it's totally free. Happy to answer any questions as well.

april fools! check your hawaii image

Re: Show HN: Bitterness – Personalized Pranks Delivered

#7

Post by sshah1983 » Mon, Mar 30, 2015, 7:52 PM UTC

danvu wrote: post #4

I think this is a great idea and have some folks that I am going to try this on.

Awesome. Yea, give it a shot. Would love to hear your thoughts and learn about how your recipient reacted.

Super pumped for 4/1.

Re: Show HN: Bitterness – Personalized Pranks Delivered

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Post by sshah1983 » Mon, Mar 30, 2015, 7:53 PM UTC

kookiekrak wrote: post #6

sshah1983 wrote: post #2

Would love to hear any feedback. We want to help folks have some fun in SF this April Fools' Day. Give it a shot - it's totally free. Happy to answer any questions as well.

april fools! check your hawaii image

Good catch...working on the edit!

Re: Show HN: Bitterness – Personalized Pranks Delivered

#9

Post by moah » Mon, Mar 30, 2015, 8:01 PM UTC

Hmm this could be neat. What's the limit of things you'd deliver?

Re: Show HN: Bitterness – Personalized Pranks Delivered

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Post by sshah1983 » Mon, Mar 30, 2015, 8:07 PM UTC

moah wrote: post #9

Hmm this could be neat. What's the limit of things you'd deliver?

Right now for 4/1, we're just doing the 3 pranks. Everything is pretty much a gift box + cookie + envelope containing the custom photoshopped eTicket/reservation.

But this is for fun. After this week, we'll get back to building Sweetness http://www.sweetnessapp.com

Nonetheless, would love to hear any ideas for how we can take this to the next level for 4/1/2016.