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I've had a project in mind for a while, and I've built a prototype for my own use, but I'm looking into creating a public version of it. A unified package trac

I've had a project in mind for a while, and I've built a prototype for my own use, but I'm looking into creating a public version of it. A unified package tracking website. Put in some tracking numbers, get a centralized list, get status updates for all your packages from a single source. There's one site I've found that sort of does this (packagetrackr.com), but quite frankly it's awful. I also have some ideas for premium services: forward emails and automatically extract/add tracking numbers to your account, SMS notifications, a few others. I just have to pull the trigger and actually make it. As someone who gets a metric butt-ton of packages, my prototype has been super useful. I actually have it automatically parsing my mailbox and extracting links already, which is really convenient. Where possible I also extract any product names and display them next to the tracking number.

tommoor 11y ago
Not discouraging your prototype/project at all, but make sure to check out http://www.aftership.com http://www.aftership.com - service works really well for lots of different couriers :)
- AnkhMorporkian 11y ago
  Seems to be a slightly different concept. That seems to mainly be for shippers, whereas mine would be for receivers. Also, their pricing seems a little absurd, I'm pretty surprised they have such big name customers. I still think my project would be viable though, since it would have a free plan with unlimited packages. Thanks for the heads up about aftership. If nothing else, it'll be a good way to get a list of carriers I should look at supporting :)
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vrdabomb5717 11y ago
Sounds a bit like a web version of this: http://junecloud.com/software/iphone/deliveries.html http://junecloud.com/software/iphone/deliveries.html
- AnkhMorporkian 11y ago
  Yup, definitely aiming to solve the same problem. My hope though is that by making it web based (and perhaps providing an app) I can lure some businesses into using it to track all their incoming packages, which they wouldn't want to do with a phone app exclusively.

tommoor 11y ago

Not discouraging your prototype/project at all, but make sure to check out http://www.aftership.com http://www.aftership.com - service works really well for lots of different couriers :)

AnkhMorporkian 11y ago
Seems to be a slightly different concept. That seems to mainly be for shippers, whereas mine would be for receivers. Also, their pricing seems a little absurd, I'm pretty surprised they have such big name customers. I still think my project would be viable though, since it would have a free plan with unlimited packages. Thanks for the heads up about aftership. If nothing else, it'll be a good way to get a list of carriers I should look at supporting :)
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vrdabomb5717 11y ago

Sounds a bit like a web version of this: http://junecloud.com/software/iphone/deliveries.html http://junecloud.com/software/iphone/deliveries.html

AnkhMorporkian 11y ago
Yup, definitely aiming to solve the same problem. My hope though is that by making it web based (and perhaps providing an app) I can lure some businesses into using it to track all their incoming packages, which they wouldn't want to do with a phone app exclusively.