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Re: Enveloupe: An API for snail mail

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Post by yarone » Mon, Apr 04, 2016, 11:22 PM UTC

brianbreslin wrote: post #9

Wasn't there a company that started doing Instagram postcard mailing, and eventually offered the API as well they were using?

Years ago there was postful: http://postful.com/

And postal methods: http://www.postalmethods.com/

Re: Enveloupe: An API for snail mail

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Post by sjtgraham » Mon, Apr 04, 2016, 11:29 PM UTC

ryanbertrand wrote: post #17

nanis wrote: post #3

There is Lob as well: https://lob.com/

Looks great. The only downside (like most companies) is HIPAA compliance only comes with the >$900/mo price points.

That's customer segmentation 101.

Re: Enveloupe: An API for snail mail

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Post by turley » Mon, Apr 04, 2016, 11:33 PM UTC

brianbreslin wrote: post #9

Wasn't there a company that started doing Instagram postcard mailing, and eventually offered the API as well they were using?

My side project, OttoPost[1] does Instagram postcard mailing. It's currently using Lob's API (which has been great). There are several others too, though.

[1] https://www.ottopost.com

Re: Enveloupe: An API for snail mail

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Post by staticfish » Mon, Apr 04, 2016, 11:51 PM UTC

Gurrewe wrote: post #13

daw___ wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep, although the form posts to a secure URL: https://api.stripe.com/v1/tokens

Doesn't make it better tough, a MITM could change the action URL of the form.

not if it's pinned at the web app level.

Re: Enveloupe: An API for snail mail

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Post by tyre » Tue, Apr 05, 2016, 12:07 AM UTC

staticfish wrote: post #34

Gurrewe wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Doesn't make it better tough, a MITM could change the action URL of the form.

not if it's pinned at the web app level.

Again, MITM.

If you mean the front-end web (JS) app, MITM the request from the server to the client browser and replace the hardcoded submission url in the JS.

Re: Enveloupe: An API for snail mail

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Post by lemieux » Tue, Apr 05, 2016, 12:19 AM UTC

Payment info over HTTP? Ehhh, no thanks.

Re: Enveloupe: An API for snail mail

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Post by dhaivatpandya » Tue, Apr 05, 2016, 12:34 AM UTC

For some reason, the https redirect broke - working on fixing it. Rest assured, https://enveloupe.com/api/new works perfectly.

Re: Enveloupe: An API for snail mail

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Post by scott_hardy » Tue, Apr 05, 2016, 12:43 AM UTC

brianbreslin wrote: post #9

Wasn't there a company that started doing Instagram postcard mailing, and eventually offered the API as well they were using?

I made a little side project that I use to send postcards to my grandma: https://github.com/scott113341/post

It sends the requests to the Lob API directly, so you there's no price markup! $0.70 for a 4"x6" postcard and $1.50 for a 6"x11".

Re: Enveloupe: An API for snail mail

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Post by cripblip » Tue, Apr 05, 2016, 12:43 AM UTC

Nice! As a heavy user of postagram .. (#1 grandson.. Check) An iOS app that makes this appear in the print options please then I can..: login to a central site afterwards and choose the content I want to print -> snail mail it to destination

Additionally you could Offer printers to local stores, I could print to my bodega/gas station/Amazon parcel drop/staples etc (Pickup the job via qr code displayed on phone/Apple Pay) for things I need now

Re: Enveloupe: An API for snail mail

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Post by modoc » Tue, Apr 05, 2016, 12:55 AM UTC

I'm looking for something like that that's the best fit for singleton mailings. I want to send one letter at a time. The pricing here isn't unreasonable for that ($1.09), but it seems geared for bulk mailings? Any suggestions?