How you make money if the print service costs $1.46 per photo and you still have the PayPal fee!? Do you have a better deal with Lob?
I see $1.21 on Lob's website, but it still makes for a thin margin.
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#23I don't get it - how is just the name of the recipient enough to mail them a picture? Where are you getting the addresses from?
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#24OP, if you chose the current title for your HN submission you should be aware that in some countries "Fuck Ya" will be read as "Fuck You". I think you mean "Fuck Yeah"?
I didn’t appreciate the use of expletives at all. I appreciated the blog post and I think there’s a market for the service, I just don’t think the profanity added value.
It may be unlikely for the target audience of the service to read this blog post, but I can only guess what they would think of it.
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#25I don't get it - how is just the name of the recipient enough to mail them a picture? Where are you getting the addresses from?
The phonebook.
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#26Nice app. However, slow development time is not necessarily a bad thing. If you can develop an app in 2 weeks, it most likely means someone else can easily clone the same app. Whereas if you need 1+ years to develop it, it's likely not as likely to be duplicated (ie. there are actual technical barriers)
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#27Deja Vu for me. I built and shipped a really similar app in 2 weeks last Dec (aim was 1 week but took 2 weeks eventually).
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wish-gift-never-forget-speci...
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#28I don't get it - how is just the name of the recipient enough to mail them a picture? Where are you getting the addresses from?
You create contacts in the app. Each contact has an address associated with it.
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#29Semi-related, but if you want to print a lot of pics, it's probably just worth it to buy a printer. I just bought this one: http://www.amazon.com/Canon-PRO-100-Professional-Inkjet-Prin... and I'm pretty happy with it. It supports Apple's AirPrint so you can print from iPhone/iPad on your local LAN/WiFi. Good quality prints and a bunch of rebates on this one if you dig around.
this app prints photos and mails them to someone else...
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#30The image on the homepage makes me think this family is running for their lives from a horde of zombies, but seem fairly happy about it. Gotta love stock photography.