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Ask HN: Review my startup idea

2 points by hammadnasir 9y ago

Introducing Repairer - An on demand repair service. Website: https://hammadn.wixsite.com/repairer We get your damaged products repaired for you as fast and as cheap as possible and deliver it back once it is repaired! We'd be taking watches, clocks, smartphones, lamps, spectacles, laptops, modems and other common household products initially. We've planned to launch in New Delhi, India initially and would be expending to many other cities all over the world pretty soon. Would love to have your feedback and suggestions.

subsidd 9y ago
From the top of my head, 1. Mention what products. I know you'd want to say everything but still mention some of the everything . 2. Repairing requires trust. Hosting a site on wix doesn't offer trustworthiness. 3. Add a few more sections, like by when you'd launch and explain the how visually. 4. Mention an exact location. I am pretty sure you won't be able to start off with the entire world, so mention a state/city or two at the most. You can do it subtly like "we are starting off with x and x places and would coming to your city soon" On the idea - it's pretty generic but requires absolutely efficient execution to have the wow factor. All the best.
- hammadnasir 9y ago
  Thanks for your feedback, subsidd. I have updated the post.
navinsylvester 9y ago
Very good idea indeed. I see myself using it and recommending it to friends. But pick a vertical where there is a real pain point and the repair is quantifiable easily by customer without expert advise. This would help you to avoid bad reviews. May be you already have a solution for this - if so would like to hear the process involved.
- hammadnasir 9y ago
  Thanks for your kind feedback and valuable suggestion, navinsylvester. Yes, we've already thought of the point you've mentioned and we are currently doing surveys and talking to target users in order to make sure we don't end up building something nobody wants. Could you please highlight some basic features you'd like to see in the app for this service?

2 points by hammadnasir 9y ago

subsidd 9y ago

From the top of my head, 1. Mention what products. I know you'd want to say everything but still mention some of the everything . 2. Repairing requires trust. Hosting a site on wix doesn't offer trustworthiness. 3. Add a few more sections, like by when you'd launch and explain the how visually. 4. Mention an exact location. I am pretty sure you won't be able to start off with the entire world, so mention a state/city or two at the most. You can do it subtly like "we are starting off with x and x places and would coming to your city soon" On the idea - it's pretty generic but requires absolutely efficient execution to have the wow factor. All the best.

hammadnasir 9y ago
Thanks for your feedback, subsidd. I have updated the post.

navinsylvester 9y ago

Very good idea indeed. I see myself using it and recommending it to friends. But pick a vertical where there is a real pain point and the repair is quantifiable easily by customer without expert advise. This would help you to avoid bad reviews. May be you already have a solution for this - if so would like to hear the process involved.

hammadnasir 9y ago
Thanks for your kind feedback and valuable suggestion, navinsylvester. Yes, we've already thought of the point you've mentioned and we are currently doing surveys and talking to target users in order to make sure we don't end up building something nobody wants. Could you please highlight some basic features you'd like to see in the app for this service?