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Re: Show HN: Nudges.fyi – simple, unmissable reminders via phone/text/email

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Post by tecleandor »

tta wrote: post #19
nprateem wrote: post #5

Way overpriced

Thanks, this is useful feedback. The pricing isn't set in stone, and I haven't given it much thought so far, to be honest. Do you have any thoughts around what a more reasonable price point might be? In addition, I'd encourage you to give the app a shot using the NUDGESHN promo code (3 months free on the pro plan); I'd love feedback on more than just the pricing page!

As an idea, to avoid SMS expenses, you could add support for an external notification provider (like Pushover, that's almost free) to the paid plans. So people can use their Pushover (or whatever) API key to get messages.

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Post by blackbear_ »

netsharc wrote: post #39

A few weeks ago I thought about setting a Telegram bot to send me a reminder to do stuff, you get the dopamine hit of "Oh someone's sent me a message" so hopefully it's harder to ignore. I've also thought of a To Do app that has statistics of how long you've ignored/snoozed items, to shock people like me who's procrastinated things like learning French for probably 5+ years now...

There's an app that constantly reminds me to exercise in a similar way: "Your body needs energy! You haven't exercised for 567 days" - at this point it's just funny to see the number go up and up

Re: Show HN: Nudges.fyi – simple, unmissable reminders via phone/text/email

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Post by elil17 »

quickthrower2 wrote: post #20
nprateem wrote: post #5

Way overpriced

IMO price points are OK (guy needs to make some money!) but included text messages is way too low. Since email is just as good (get phone notifications of it!) I can see a lot of people sticking on free because of this.

I agree. Texts cost less than a cent on Amazon. It looks like you're providing your platform (e.g. the UI, the scheduling software) for free and then marking up the text messages. If I was paying any amount of money for this service I'd expect to be given more text messages than I could reasonably use in a month.

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Post by thekyle »

nprateem wrote: post #5

Way overpriced

I think the pricing is alright. If for $7.99/mo someone can effectively solve their procrastination problem that seems totally worth it. Comparing it to the pricing on something like OmniFocus which is $9.99/mo, seems like there is a market of people willing to pay for this type of software.

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Post by consultutah »

tta wrote: post #17

Thanks to everyone who has checked this out! This is the first real app I've launched on HN, and it's a great feeling to know people are using something I've made. :) To anyone who wants to give the phone call/text messaging features a shot asap, you can use the code NUDGESHN for 3 months free on a Pro plan. For the record, the free plan doesn't include any call/text credits at the moment because I'm worried about my…

Funny I built this same thing (ours was SMS only) with someone I met on HN a decade ago and we even used the same landing page technique you have here... Swapping out the key word. I hope you have better luck marketing it that we did - you're off to a good start getting promoted on HN!

Re: Show HN: Nudges.fyi – simple, unmissable reminders via phone/text/email

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Post by tta »

consultutah wrote: post #48
tta wrote: post #17

Thanks to everyone who has checked this out! This is the first real app I've launched on HN, and it's a great feeling to know people are using something I've made. :) To anyone who wants to give the phone call/text messaging features a shot asap, you can use the code NUDGESHN for 3 months free on a Pro plan. For the record, the free plan doesn't include any call/text credits at the moment because I'm worried about my…

Funny I built this same thing (ours was SMS only) with someone I met on HN a decade ago and we even used the same landing page technique you have here... Swapping out the key word. I hope you have better luck marketing it that we did - you're off to a good start getting promoted on HN!

Ha, that's a wild coincidence! What was your app called, by the way?

Re: Show HN: Nudges.fyi – simple, unmissable reminders via phone/text/email

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Post by satvikpendem »

danpalmer wrote: post #22
satvikpendem wrote: post #6

I do this through calendar notifications but I agree that there isn't as much granularity, such as "ping me X times a week but once I finish a task, stop pinging me." Calendars don't keep track of that kind of state and thus aren't well suited to this kind of productivity tracking. I'm building something in the same space [0], the landing page is outdated but the version in my head is similar to your idea, as a mobil…

$20 doesn’t mean the same to people all over the world. I’d suggest using some measure of purchasing power to adjust prices in different countries.

That's true, I'll probably implement purchasing power parity once I do launch it.
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