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unfortunately this app requires you to type in the physical address. But we do save it, so you'll never have to again

by brezina 16y ago

famousactress 16y ago
Then consider the above a feature suggestion. I actually think this would help you quite a bit. Here's why: Using this app is an impulse decision. I'm three mimosas in and I have to send this to my friend who I have the inside joke with. Oh. No address. I guess I can email my friend, wait a day or two for a reply.. then phone-copy and phone-paste the address into your app, and pay a buck. I think it's enough of a momentum killer that it would be a good idea to smooth out the process for the payer. The receiver has a post-card coming, so I think there's plenty of motivation to enter an address.. especially if you confirm to them who the sender of the postcard is, and assure them you won't use it for evil. Plus, you could build up a database of addresses to emails if you wanted, and then receivers would only need to do this once. Seems like a win.
- brezina 16y ago
  i agree ;)
  - grandalf 16y ago
    Is there any way to pull addresses out of the iPhone address book? Or to sync with my google contacts list and pull only the ones whose physical address I have? Either of these would be awesome features. Great app. Downloaded it and sent myself a post card.
- jonah 16y ago
  I was approached about building a very similar postcard service last year. They biggest issue I saw was this. We don't keep track of people's mailing addresses any more. Do a thought experiment - how many of your friends or family's addresses can you remember? How many do you have in your computer address book? How many on Facebook? Very very few. The first approach we came up with was exactly this - email the person explaining we have a postcard for them and requesting their address. It's probably the best solution. One drawback is it kills the delight in a surprise postcard, though that is offset somewhat by anticipation.
  - famousactress 16y ago
    Totally, but there's a hidden win here. You'd only have to do this the first time.. I'd let them keep my email-address-to-physical-address relationship if it meant being surprised next time I get a post card. If it works out, suddenly they're the source of truth on physical addresses.. or something close to it. Seems like a service and dataset that has leverage. You know, but don't do anything evil with it!
    - jonah 16y ago
      True. There could also be some kind of Xobni/Plaxo/etc. tie-in here to connect email addresses or phone numbers to mailing addresses.

unfortunately this app requires you to type in the physical address. But we do save it, so you'll never have to again

by brezina 16y ago

unfortunately this app requires you to type in the physical address. But we do save it, so you'll never have to again

Then consider the above a feature suggestion. I actually think this would help you quite a bit. Here's why: Using this app is an impulse decision. I'm three mimosas in and I have to send this to my friend who I have the inside joke with. Oh. No address. I guess I can email my friend, wait a day or two for a reply.. then phone-copy and phone-paste the address into your app, and pay a buck. I think it's enough of a momentum killer that it would be a good idea to smooth out the process for the payer. The receiver has a post-card coming, so I think there's plenty of motivation to enter an address.. especially if you confirm to them who the sender of the postcard is, and assure them you won't use it for evil. Plus, you could build up a database of addresses to emails if you wanted, and then receivers would only need to do this once. Seems like a win.

brezina 16y ago
i agree ;)
- grandalf 16y ago
  Is there any way to pull addresses out of the iPhone address book? Or to sync with my google contacts list and pull only the ones whose physical address I have? Either of these would be awesome features. Great app. Downloaded it and sent myself a post card.
jonah 16y ago
I was approached about building a very similar postcard service last year. They biggest issue I saw was this. We don't keep track of people's mailing addresses any more. Do a thought experiment - how many of your friends or family's addresses can you remember? How many do you have in your computer address book? How many on Facebook? Very very few. The first approach we came up with was exactly this - email the person explaining we have a postcard for them and requesting their address. It's probably the best solution. One drawback is it kills the delight in a surprise postcard, though that is offset somewhat by anticipation.
- famousactress 16y ago
  Totally, but there's a hidden win here. You'd only have to do this the first time.. I'd let them keep my email-address-to-physical-address relationship if it meant being surprised next time I get a post card. If it works out, suddenly they're the source of truth on physical addresses.. or something close to it. Seems like a service and dataset that has leverage. You know, but don't do anything evil with it!
  - jonah 16y ago
    True. There could also be some kind of Xobni/Plaxo/etc. tie-in here to connect email addresses or phone numbers to mailing addresses.