Explain what your startup/project does in under 10 words
Hey IHs!
A month ago, I had started a discussion(tinyurl.com/in10words) asking makers to explain what their startup/project is about, in under 10 words.
This is the follow-up post. If you're new to the community or have launched something recently, tell us about it in under 10 words
If you had commented in the previous discussion, share your milestones (number of users/subscribers, profitable, etc.) ✌
Weather - https://tinyclouds.co
Fun!
Help people learn frontend development - https://flaviocopes.com
Dude that's a goldmine, i'm gonna use this regularly from now on
Thank you, I'm glad you like it! 😀
Shop online and help people in extreme poverty for free - https://altruisto.com
This is a really cool project! How did you go about making all those partnerships? :D It seems you guys have some pretty big companies signed up.
Affiliate networks make it easier :)
PostPerk.com - sell more by turning your ecommerce customers into influencers.
http://newsofworld.org brings latest news in almost realtime.
Nice idea! I always refresh news sites throughout the day to combat fatigue.
Are you using an API to get all the various news sources?
@BlueMidnight I am not using any API but using my own code to get the news from hundreds of endpoints.
Is the link correct? I get a nginx page
@mariosangiorgio The link is correct.Just checked it .It works on this end.Can you please try it again?
Now everything seems fine
I see nginx too
Thanks for confirming it.
Recapped.io - send interactive client-facing deal pages that win you business
A great idea. Not going to lie... whether intentionally or unintentionally forgetting to follow up, this is a useful tool.
Thanks Matt! Really excited about it - we're gaining some large traction right now. How are you currently following up?
Embed charts in emails, pdfs or bot messages - https://chartkitty.com
User flow patterns for product people - https://pageflows.com
Helping creators discover valuable books to get what they want: https://bookstrappers.com
(yay, 10 words! :D)
Nice :) Signed up already ✌
Workout every week or get punished for not doing so.
Lazy Jar
Ooo! I love the idea. Food for thought, allow other people to contribute to my LazyJar. Or group LazyJars. I would sign up in a heartbeat if my wife and I could do this together lol
Interesting. Will definitely have to add that in a later iteration.
Great idea. How do you handle payments? To people authorize payment each time they get a penalty or how does it work?
We rely on a third party payment gateway that holds onto CC info longer than a month. This allows us to conditional charge the card.
I thought that charitable donations weren't allowed in IOS apps. How did you get around it? Do you take donations in the app itself or in webview?
The donation is not made right away. We pool the donations at the end of the year and send them to St Judes.
Did you let Apple/Google know this at the time of submitting the app? Any trouble getting approved? Am asking because theres a project I'm thinking about that involves charitable donations. Any thing else I should know?
Check out Beeminder.
They are very similar to our app. Except they do a lot more than just track your fitness.
And they use Stripe. Not Apple Pay.
Yes, users are entering CC into the App (obviously we don't store it)
But keep in mind that we use the CC to charge them a penalty. As far as Apple is concerned we are getting paid for a service.
We are not a charity organization. And we don't use Apple Pay.
Interesting. Thanks for your help.
For whatever is worth, we have a major upgrade coming up. Hopefully we don't have any problems when we send it in.
Sorry for overloading you with stuff. But here is another Fitness app that's donating money on behalf of its users.
Charity Miles
I use Charity Miles, and my understanding is that the app doesn't donate money directly. It is an interface to an agreement behind the scenes with the sponsors. So, a User never gives money via the app directly.
Also we don't use Apple Pay to take money from our users. This could another one of the multiple reasons why we made it to the app store.
Something I found on StackOverflow
Might clear things up.
So you create a webview and take the payment details on a website rather than in the app? And there is a field during app submission where you can add notes? Or did you call them? Have not submitted an app before
Right there is a field where you provide details about your app's workflow and profit model if any.
Also, you are required to provide a sample user account that the reviewer can play with.
Ok so what I dont get is that apple says explicitly that donations can only be taken via safari or sms. Are users inputting CC information inside the app?
Right they know this. I had to explain it before approval.
We don't send the donations via the app. We take the cut for the donations from the penalties at the end of the year and send it manually.
Track And Analyze Credit Card Rewards - https://www.witsi.co
Keep the pulse on your projects - https://squadlytics.com
Project time tracking using calendars - https://www.billabl.co
www.reworklist.com - find remote work at great companies!
https://www.popcornic.com/ Discover movies you would have missed
your site actually got me hooked but I wish there was a way to fav the trailors
Love it, it's really great for discovering movies if you have little time to search around.
Podlater - Pocket for podcasts.
Hackterms: a simple, crowdsourced dictionary of programming terms.
Hummi.nz - humming your favourite songs and guessing other's hums
This idea makes me smile. I've always loved hearing other people humming because it's one of the easiest confirmations that they're truly happy at that moment -- very cool to spread that through your app.
That's a good thought, Ryan. I always hum songs when I'm happy and it will be good to spread this message through the app. I'll think of something 😁
I really like this idea. The app will only get better the more people you have.
Glad to hear that :) I literally just had a bunch of people joining now and some of them even started humming songs. I'm the happiest person on the planet at the moment 😍
Aweomse!
market beating robot stock tips/picks
drysig.blog
Keylord helps to view and manage key-value databases - https://protonail.com/keylord
pdfcrunch turns PDFs into data.
Online 3D for Designers – https://mockup3d.com/
I've actually been playing with a couple short descriptions. Should I describe what it is, what it does or the benefit it delivers?
I guess I should A/B test them to see what resonates.
Awesome! I wasn't able to sign up though :(
Try describing what your product does, something like this - 'Create instant online 3D mockups using your designs'
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Oh no. You're the 2nd person who said they can't sign up recently. I guess I have to troubleshoot Webflow's forms. Can I sign you up manually for now?
Thanks for the feedback. That's a good way to describe it.
I sent you an email :)
Learn Anything - Search any topic and find the best resources for learning.
https://trunkinventory.com - Sync your inventory across Etsy & Shopify (soon Amazon, eBay!)
Remote Report — Find and list support focused, remote jobs.
tiny travel guides https://wikitry.com
Duoflag - Get help to migrate to your dream country.
Scheduled website scanner for broken links - https://404sentry.com/
Beautiful Bootstrap 4 Themes For Startups - https://wireddots.com
Trello search/launcher plugin for faster interactions and search.
Still can't think of a name for it.
How about “Fetch Taco”? Taco is the Trello husky.
That's going straight to the top of the list :)
Help businesses track jobs on their shop floor - timekeepr.co.uk
Software for finding cheap products to resell for profit
I'm working on two projects.
Brew Coffee app: A pour-over coffee recipe app for iPhone: http://BrewCoffeeApp.com
Super Easy Timer: A text-based productivity timer for Mac: http://SuperEasyTimer.com
Sales suite for insurances agents and their teams - www.visualbonus.com
https://github.com/ivanceras/diwata - Automatically build back-end admin for your DB.
https://brandfountain.com Show-stopper startup domains
Websites and applications monitoring - https://agentslug.com
Free-form Excel analysis on instantly-aggregated multidimensional data - https://casabasesoftware.com
Invoicing software for freelancers - https://simpleinvoices.io
https://propertyments.com - modern tools to manage your portfolio of properties.
Sent this to a landlord friend of mine.
Also: when sharing on Facebook, no image shows up when your link renders. I think you'll have far better engagement with an image if someone shares your website on any social media networks. OG, Twitter tags, metadata and microdata.
Thank you for sharing it, Matt! And great feedback about how it's looks on social media, I'll get that fixed this weekend - really appreciate it!
Saving ICO's money and time on their ICO listings. - https://icocrow.com
Send newsletters & drip campaigns on Messenger - https://www.botletter.com
Can a facebook user who isn't a fan of your page subscribe?
Not OP but yes, somebody just has to send you a message to subscribe. They need to explicitly opt in though
Exactly, anyone can subscribe to your Messenger newsletter ;)
http://PyJobs.xyz - Worldwide Python Job Listing
We help bloggers grow their blogs step-by-step.
https://plato.launchaco.com - stop writing documents to share knowledge
https://recipeboard.co - share, index and organize recipes
Search and Replace in AutoCAD that doesn't suck - https://www.cadreplace.com/
CAD drawings, cable schedules: sorted - https://www.tvcad.tv/
I’m sensing a theme here — what’s the next CAD-related spinout service you’re thinking about? In ten words or less, obviously :)
CAD replace for Excel - http://excelreplace.com/
Also a contender for worst landing page ever.
Point of sale and store management software for antique malls -- https://quailhq.com
Reduce customer churn through automated exit interviews -- https://offramphq.com
Revenue forecasting for SaaS businesses -- https://saascast.io
I've built https://www.venturecoffee.xyz/ - A website that lets you back indie makers, financially
ProductHunt for web technologies (MVP): https://www.getrevue.co/profile/the-session
Reduced to 4 words 😼 62 subscribers.
Make that 63 — Revue looks like a great way to catch good libraries that you might miss as they fly by on HN. Count me in for that.
Just a note, remove word "issues" next to subscribers. This (for a tech person, non-native) strikes like some kind of GitHub repo. It took me few seconds to figure out you are talking about actual issues, like lists issued.
I would change that to "issued".
+1! Cool idea and also love revue 👌
Haha 😁
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Obserwise - https://obserwise.datapare.com/
Obserwise enables you to monitor every change on the web!
Keep track of your machine learning models, share and collaborate on it - http://www.modelchimp.com/
Hacker News for Science/Learning - (https://knowledgetrybe.com/)
A curated list of Amazon products with honest descriptions. Submit a product today! - https://interestingfinds.co
Connect tabletop gamer's. (launching soon)
We help history-lovers experience the past through their mailbox.
Interested! Where do I sign up?
https://letterjoy.co :)
Improve your work performance at the computer:
https://www.y-productive.com/
Simple meal plans for busy people - Mealime
EarlyParrot - turn your users into referrers
https://www.earlyparrot.com
Neat idea -- found a typo: "Increase sales of your digital product and/or servicve?" by the Stripe/BrainTree
Cheers fixing that..
Turns spreadsheets into an online work schedule
Automated Customer Surveys for Startups using Stripe - https://usercompass.com
algosaur.com - simple bots for data crunching and automation
Fibre isp comparisons www.fibretiger.co.za
CRM for applications: inventory SaaS applications as a team https://www.stackrapp.com
Social networking for motorsports enthusiasts with GPS laptiming data analysis - https://serious-racing.com
Lead generation for real estate investors - https://offmarketleads.com
Schedule articles you want to read - https://alwaysreading.io
Help you search all the tools you use
( https://getctx.io )
Simple, touch friendly cloud hosted Point of Sale on Windows
Affiliate/Influencer Tracking and Management for SaaS Companies using Stripe - https://linkmink.com
Privates Your Phone Number For Calls and Texts
https://callmeprivate.com and https://textmeprivate.com