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Why don't you convert this into a paid service? Sounds amazing!

t1o5 9y ago
I did, hosted at sinpnotifier.com, Saskatchewan province is not that attractive for skilled immigrants. Had one sale though, then I shut it down.
- justboxing 9y ago
  > Why don't you convert this into a paid service and > I did, ...Had one sale though Yeah, was about to say, it's too small of a niche. Plus the risk that sooner or later, Saskatchewan would update their site to provide the same feature.
  - t1o5 9y ago
    Yes, too small of an audience to sell it to. Also I didn't care about the timezones in the script. It will make the call no matter in which timezone you are in (you will get the call in the middle of the night), because Saskatchewan's site do not care, it will close when the quota gets filled and it gets filled fast, within hours !
- parthdesai 9y ago
  Maybe you didn't market it to right crowd? I know a lot of South Asian people who go to Saskatchewan just to get their PR. There are a lot of Software Engineering/Development jobs in Toronto or bigger cities so people in those fields wont leave these bigger cities.
  - t1o5 9y ago
    The problem with monetizing this service is because there are many immigration watsapp groups with many members in it. So when one member buys this service, he can simply broadcast this notification to his watsapp groups. I even made the service free, but no takers. Anyways it worked for me, changed my life !
    - parthdesai 9y ago
      Ah fair enough. Glad it all worked out for you. I did choose Canada ( well, my dad) for undergrad because of easier immigration policy.
      - t1o5 9y ago
        You took the right decision. (well, your dad).
- taneq 9y ago
  Well, you'd want to make it a /bit/ more generic, surely? Like, "load this url and send a text to this number if the (page text | diff) matches this regexp"? Even allow people to create presets that would then be added as a generic thing. You could use it for camping all sorts of intermittent online things (web site specials, online ticket pre-orders, etc.)
  - t1o5 9y ago
    There are many sites which already does this. During that situation when I missed a slot, I didn't want to take any chances again by using sites like visualping. I trusted my script and twilio API to work. First I thought to ring a loud alarm connected with a Pi, but then it will be limited to my apartment. So I went with twilio to give me a phone call. Because I should act immediately and time was of the essence. Emails or SMS might go unnoticed.

t1o5 9y ago

I did, hosted at sinpnotifier.com, Saskatchewan province is not that attractive for skilled immigrants. Had one sale though, then I shut it down.

justboxing 9y ago
> Why don't you convert this into a paid service and > I did, ...Had one sale though Yeah, was about to say, it's too small of a niche. Plus the risk that sooner or later, Saskatchewan would update their site to provide the same feature.
- t1o5 9y ago
  Yes, too small of an audience to sell it to. Also I didn't care about the timezones in the script. It will make the call no matter in which timezone you are in (you will get the call in the middle of the night), because Saskatchewan's site do not care, it will close when the quota gets filled and it gets filled fast, within hours !
parthdesai 9y ago
Maybe you didn't market it to right crowd? I know a lot of South Asian people who go to Saskatchewan just to get their PR. There are a lot of Software Engineering/Development jobs in Toronto or bigger cities so people in those fields wont leave these bigger cities.
- t1o5 9y ago
  The problem with monetizing this service is because there are many immigration watsapp groups with many members in it. So when one member buys this service, he can simply broadcast this notification to his watsapp groups. I even made the service free, but no takers. Anyways it worked for me, changed my life !
  - parthdesai 9y ago
    Ah fair enough. Glad it all worked out for you. I did choose Canada ( well, my dad) for undergrad because of easier immigration policy.
    - t1o5 9y ago
      You took the right decision. (well, your dad).
taneq 9y ago
Well, you'd want to make it a /bit/ more generic, surely? Like, "load this url and send a text to this number if the (page text | diff) matches this regexp"? Even allow people to create presets that would then be added as a generic thing. You could use it for camping all sorts of intermittent online things (web site specials, online ticket pre-orders, etc.)
- t1o5 9y ago
  There are many sites which already does this. During that situation when I missed a slot, I didn't want to take any chances again by using sites like visualping. I trusted my script and twilio API to work. First I thought to ring a loud alarm connected with a Pi, but then it will be limited to my apartment. So I went with twilio to give me a phone call. Because I should act immediately and time was of the essence. Emails or SMS might go unnoticed.