BornYet: Notify friends when your baby arrives

#1

Post by iansinke » Tue, Sep 10, 2013, 12:11 AM UTC

BornYet: Notify friends when your baby arrives
bornyet.com

Re: BornYet: Notify friends when your baby arrives

#2

Post by pdevr » Tue, Sep 10, 2013, 12:37 AM UTC

Old idea, nice execution. The design is refreshingly different. You may want to show the price(s) (if any) before signing up.

Re: BornYet: Notify friends when your baby arrives

#3

Post by Diamons » Tue, Sep 10, 2013, 2:07 AM UTC

You should upsell customers on things like cards, clothing, etc.

Re: BornYet: Notify friends when your baby arrives

#4

Post by nmcfarl » Tue, Sep 10, 2013, 2:50 AM UTC

Diamons wrote: post #3

You should upsell customers on things like cards, clothing, etc.

I actually think this should be the funding source. This is basically what Facebook is for as my very pregnant wife said as soon as she saw the site. But she was still pretty enthusiastic till she saw the 10$ cost. "Facebook it is!"

Re: BornYet: Notify friends when your baby arrives

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Post by Kudzu_Bob » Tue, Sep 10, 2013, 5:08 AM UTC

nmcfarl wrote: post #4

Diamons wrote: post #3

You should upsell customers on things like cards, clothing, etc.

I actually think this should be the funding source. This is basically what Facebook is for as my very pregnant wife said as soon as she saw the site. But she was still pretty enthusiastic till she saw the 10$ cost. "Facebook it is!"

Then the price should be fifty dollars. Make it about status.

Re: BornYet: Notify friends when your baby arrives

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Post by dTal » Tue, Sep 10, 2013, 12:24 PM UTC

1) If your friends want to know the moment your baby is born, they need a life - you'll be gibbering about it from the rooftops soon enough anyway.

2) In the unlikely event that masses of your friends really are interested in up-to-the-minute baby updates (gah), what's the added value over a mailing list?

Re: BornYet: Notify friends when your baby arrives

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Post by nmcfarl » Tue, Sep 10, 2013, 1:41 PM UTC

Kudzu_Bob wrote: post #5

nmcfarl wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I actually think this should be the funding source. This is basically what Facebook is for as my very pregnant wife said as soon as she saw the site. But she was still pretty enthusiastic till she saw the 10$ cost. "Facebook it is!"

Then the price should be fifty dollars. Make it about status.

This might work, but the people getting the message need that value communicated. Cute dinosaur emails do not say 'I'm throwing money around'. The site would need a complete redo.

On the other hand the cute dinosaurs are very appealing right now. And this service is likely really cheap to run, and collects the names and emails of people, new parents, who will be purchasing lot of stuff right now... That's valuable and I think that's the revenue stream I'd go after.