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Re: Magic

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Post by [deleted] »

bhaumik wrote: post #202
cmikec wrote: post #8

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Thanks! Yeah, honestly, after deciding to launch this we released a really minimal landing page which I saved here: http://getmagicnow.com/index-old.html - As you can see I made that in about 20 minutes, and was not expecting this. After someone posted it on Product Hunt I spent whatever time I could polishing it up. In general though, I agree, simple websites are much better. Thanks for the kind words.

Hm, well here's a startling difference between the HN and Product Hunt community. The PH comments: This website looks extremely untrustworthy, purely from a design standpoint. I feel a lot of potential users would be put off by this! Interesting idea. Terrible site design. Unclear if they're charging for this added convenience. http://www.producthunt.com/posts/magic

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Re: Magic

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Post by daxelrod »

meric wrote: post #91
beachstartup wrote: post #42

this adds a voice interface to all apps/services that do the fulfillment on the back end. now you can safely order food to be delivered when driving home. or laundry pickup, or whatever. "siri, text magic, i want a large pepperoni pizza delivered to my home in 1 hour."

Now we only need Siri to read out how much it will cost.

Siri will read notifications, including text messages if you say something like "read that text".

Re: Magic

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Post by Siecje »

cmikec wrote: post #8
jonheller wrote: post #5

Besides questions about revenue and such, can I just say that I absolutely love the landing page. No gimmicks, no parallax, no videos, no fake testimonials, no hero images, no marquees. Just good copy. Not sure if this is because of how quickly this blew up, but well done.

Thanks! Yeah, honestly, after deciding to launch this we released a really minimal landing page which I saved here: http://getmagicnow.com/index-old.html - As you can see I made that in about 20 minutes, and was not expecting this. After someone posted it on Product Hunt I spent whatever time I could polishing it up. In general though, I agree, simple websites are much better. Thanks for the kind words.

One thing is that it says chatting is free and there are no hidden fees. It doesn't say how much extra it is costing.

Re: Magic

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Post by bgodlove88 »

avn2109 wrote: post #240
freehunter wrote: post #217

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Well it's not hidden because they tell you up front, before the order is placed, how much it will cost. If they told you $20 and asked for $25 when they got there, that would be a hidden fee. Like AT&T saying you can get cable for $20/mo, but your cable bill always ends up being $32.88.

Getting someone to push back on ATT bill errors would be an amazing feature if Magic could make it work.

We're happy to call ATT on your behalf :) Try us out!

Re: Magic

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Post by dirtyaura »

Have you thought about chargeback risks? I.e. when you hit mass-market there will be a non-trivial number of attempts in which customer cancels the payment to you after receiving the ordered product on the basis that it was not what he ordered. It seems that it can be quite a mess to figure those situations out due to suppliers being so varied.

Re: Magic

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GunlogAlm wrote: post #198
notatoad wrote: post #187

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That actually doesn't seem very good. If I'm craving sushi as 7pm, getting delivered at 9:15 isn't really going to do it for me.

Isn't that because he had no credit card attached to his account, and needed one before anything could progress? In addition to the high demand they're going through, right now, I'd say it's understandable.

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Re: Magic

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Post by zaroth »

bgodlove88 wrote: post #264
avn2109 wrote: post #240

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Getting someone to push back on ATT bill errors would be an amazing feature if Magic could make it work.

We're happy to call ATT on your behalf :) Try us out!

I would love to see a report on how this, or something like this went. That really would be a valued service. Whether the value is set high enough is a very good question. Transaction costs are very low so that provides more leeway.

Re: Magic

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Post by rspeer »

obituary_latte wrote: post #93
daxelrod wrote: post #80

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Are you OK with people using Magic for things that don't result in a purchase? Something like "Is the 4:30 train from Greenwich to NYC late?" or "What hours are my local DMV office open?" "Anything you want" makes it sound like people can use it like they'd use Siri.

Seems like maybe a get-together with Watson api docs is in order.

With no pun intended, Watson isn't magic.

Re: Magic

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Post by grecy »

vacri wrote: post #245
grecy wrote: post #176

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> I'm curious to know how they can cover the entire US. Because they're just using other services to get you what you want.. i.e. flowers, groceries, pizza, etc. - they just call a florist/supermarket/pizza joint/etc. local to the requester. What examples of requests can you think of that can't be served anywhere in the US?

"I've just arrived in this small town and I'm hungry. Send me a large pepperoni pizza" -> "There are no pizza places in this town". s/pizza place/supermarkets that deliver/florists that are either currently open for calls or have a website/etc

> "There are no pizza places in this town".

"...but there is one in the town 80 miles away, so your pizza will be $95".

"Would you like to go ahead with that order?"

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