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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

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Post by sgdesign »

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 release your own version of this. Does Draft do something that, say, Notable doesn't? Or do you think the market for this is so big that it can comfortably support one more similar app?

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

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Post by alanbyrne »

The site looks great. Simple, to the point with an obvious call to action.

I have one question about the pricing. You say "x projects" and the cost is monthly. Is that x projects per month? If I start a project in one month, and it continues into the next billing cycle, do I get to start two new projects whilst I complete the outstanding third one?

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

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Post by michaelmartin »

I love the signup page on this site. The writing style of the app itself speaking to you is a great twist and kept me scrolling at least.

I have to agree with others here that there are a lot of apps in this space, but the interactive demo right at the top is an awesome way of getting across just how simple this is to use, so I can see that going some way to help this page stand out in a list of many.

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

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Post by simonpreed »

alanbyrne wrote: post #3

The site looks great. Simple, to the point with an obvious call to action. I have one question about the pricing. You say "x projects" and the cost is monthly. Is that x projects per month? If I start a project in one month, and it continues into the next billing cycle, do I get to start two new projects whilst I complete the outstanding third one?

The projects limit are the total you can have under your plan, your allowance isn't incremented monthly. So in your example if you require a third project you would have to either upgrade or delete a project.

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

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Post by iamchrismahon »

sgdesign wrote: post #2

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 there is room for this or not :)

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

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Post by iamchrismahon »

michaelmartin wrote: post #6

I love the signup page on this site. The writing style of the app itself speaking to you is a great twist and kept me scrolling at least. I have to agree with others here that there are a lot of apps in this space, but the interactive demo right at the top is an awesome way of getting across just how simple this is to use, so I can see that going some way to help this page stand out in a list of many.

Thanks Michael, we put a lot of thought into how we could present the app to people so I'm glad you picked up on all of our little ideas :)
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