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Re: Magic

#31

Post by cmikec »

bane wrote: post #3

I kind of like the idea of a broker service for deliverables. Does this look for best price or just best effort at fastest fulfillment?

Both. Whichever you like. Just specify.

Re: Magic

#33

Post by beachstartup »

iamshariq wrote: post #4

Great service for a consumer. But as a business - how do you earn revenue?

have we seriously gone so far down the rabbit hole that you're wondering how a service that takes your credit card and charges you for deliveries... makes money?

Re: Magic

#34

Post by heliumcraft »

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.

Is this available in Canada?

Re: Magic

#35

Post by gk1 »

cmikec wrote: post #24
darrelld wrote: post #22

Loving the simplicity of it all. I just need to text a number. No app to install and grant access to my phone, no website to go and sign up to with my facebook account. Nothing. Just text a number and get what I want. It solves my problems by giving a path of least resistance to getting what I want. A company doing a similar thing was handing out fliers over the summer and they had an app to install. I thought the id…

Thanks. Please let me know how you like using it. That's exactly what we were going for, and I hope that the experience persists throughout.

Just want to chime in that I also think having a number to text is more convenient than using an app that I'd surely forget about within days.

Re: Magic

#36

Post by patio11 »

scott_karana wrote: post #20
patio11 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They're likely using one of the world's oldest business models: "Buy things for $1, sell them for $2."

The simplicity of your reply blew mine out of the water. :0

I think I stole the quote from the Wire.

Re: Magic

#37

Post by mik3y »

Looks like an even more minimal version of WunWun (https://www.wunwun.com/), which is a "write some unstructured text and we'll dispatch it" app, in NYC and SF. They hire and manage their own couriers tho.

Re: Magic

#38

Post by muyuu »

Haha.

Boom! there goes every single bit of something resembling "privacy" you had. Magic.

Re: Magic

#39

Post by gk1 »

beambot wrote: post #18
gk1 wrote: post #7

Great idea. Can we find out how much it costs, or do we just have to trust that the quoted price for the task isn't too much above actual cost? Or does it not have any service fees? The site is really vague about pricing.

Right from the site: > It's completely free to chat with Magic. When you order something, we'll let you know the total price so you can confim it before you are billed. There are no hidden fees, and tip is included. You have to confirm the price. It sounds like you can decline if you think it's unfair.

I saw, but it doesn't say how their fee structure works. I would rather not have to compare their quote with the original price every time just to be sure I'm not being dealt a 50% "convenience fee."
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