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I thought this was going to be a slumlord starter pack.

by dsp 6y ago

chris140957 6y ago
Maybe I should pivot...
- mandelbrotwurst 6y ago
  Tiny bit of feedback from first 10 seconds looking at this, hope it helps: 1. Text on "START NOW FOR FREE" CTA isn't fitting in its container 2. I'd remove the "Q. " bit of the FAQ headers 3. Would also remove the "Screenshots" header 4. Log in button disappears on narrow viewport
  - chris140957 6y ago
    Thanks - will take a look
awillen 6y ago
I assumed this would be about real estate as well - the tagline feels somewhat misleading. Much as I hate "X for Y" descriptions of products, calling this "Shopify for rental businesses" would definitely communicate what it does more clearly.
- chris140957 6y ago
  It probably needs updating, think this is a UK vs US English thing
  - qubex 6y ago
    Maybe it doesn’t need ‘updating’, because British English isn’t a deprecated anachronism that needs to be patched and brought up to date, thank you very much.
    - chris140957 6y ago
      I need to change the tag line to make it clearer internationally, and the product name because, as someone has pointed out, it’s actually already taken
  - vonmoltke 6y ago
    I don't think it's a language thing so much as dedicated "hire shops" not being much of a thing in the US outside of certain touristy areas. Even then, they tend to be really low-budget operations that rely on foot traffic or hotel partnerships.
- User23 6y ago
  Would like to echo this feedback. To US residents the name strongly implies real estate.
  - dfxm12 6y ago
    For me, it was more the tagline than the name. "Rental empire" brings up ideas of acquiring more and more land to rent to peasants. "Rentify" alone could be AirBNB, but it could also be Rent-a-Center. The right tagline would remove the ambiguity.
yowlingcat 6y ago
Same. Have you ever been to the BiggerPockets.com forum? I thought to myself "huh, looks like they made a consumer product"
saddestcatever 6y ago
Agreed! I was expecting some "Slumlord Saas" tool (with featured such as automated denial of maintenance requests, and the immediate investment of security deposits into long term CDs)
- btown 6y ago
  You joke but https://www.realpage.com/ https://www.realpage.com/ ($6B market cap) advertises on its front page "precision revenue management through proven, cycle-tested, disciplined analytics that balance supply and demand to maximize revenue growth" and "The new RealPage® Waste Management Solution is a multifamily first, leveraging AI to optimize waste capacity and contamination levels, and cut costs by up to 40%."
  - ManBlanket 6y ago
    That site reads like dystopian satire.
    - Red_Leaves_Flyy 6y ago
      So you're rich and want to get richer but the poor people you're exploiting are starting to hurt your margins? We're here to help you legally discriminate against MPoCs! /sarcasm
      - mrguyorama 6y ago
        That's not sarcasm, that's legitimately what products like this are designed for, sold for, and used for
        Red_Leaves_Flyy 6y ago
        If I said this to a customer of such a company I would, almost certainly, come across as very offensive and sarcastic. My rationale is that's it's the same type of logic I see with highly paid desk jockeys complaining about the gruff they from their grunts that make about 1/6 what they do. Or complain that they can't find people to work for 30-40k gross with mandatory ot out off cities where the cost of living for a family of three is at least triple that with amazing health insurance. It's the they got theirs and those who didn't are obviously deadbeat junkies -- not deserving of: wages that would allow them to live reasonably close to their jobs, or have kids, or hobbies, or fun, or healthcare -- mentality.
chansiky 6y ago
This is actually a great idea, if a good one doesn't already exist. I only clicked because I've been thinking about what a good one might look like.
- ketzo 6y ago
  I actually worked on one as part of a school project -- there are many, many, many pieces of landlord software. More than I would have thought possible.
felixr 6y ago
You are confusing it with https://www.rentify.com/ https://www.rentify.com/
- chris140957 6y ago
  Yeah I know, I plan to rebrand, I had no idea that existed

I thought this was going to be a slumlord starter pack.

by dsp 6y ago

I thought this was going to be a slumlord starter pack.

chris140957 6y ago

Maybe I should pivot...

mandelbrotwurst 6y ago
Tiny bit of feedback from first 10 seconds looking at this, hope it helps: 1. Text on "START NOW FOR FREE" CTA isn't fitting in its container 2. I'd remove the "Q. " bit of the FAQ headers 3. Would also remove the "Screenshots" header 4. Log in button disappears on narrow viewport
- chris140957 6y ago
  Thanks - will take a look

awillen 6y ago

I assumed this would be about real estate as well - the tagline feels somewhat misleading. Much as I hate "X for Y" descriptions of products, calling this "Shopify for rental businesses" would definitely communicate what it does more clearly.

chris140957 6y ago
It probably needs updating, think this is a UK vs US English thing
- qubex 6y ago
  Maybe it doesn’t need ‘updating’, because British English isn’t a deprecated anachronism that needs to be patched and brought up to date, thank you very much.
  - chris140957 6y ago
    I need to change the tag line to make it clearer internationally, and the product name because, as someone has pointed out, it’s actually already taken
- vonmoltke 6y ago
  I don't think it's a language thing so much as dedicated "hire shops" not being much of a thing in the US outside of certain touristy areas. Even then, they tend to be really low-budget operations that rely on foot traffic or hotel partnerships.
User23 6y ago
Would like to echo this feedback. To US residents the name strongly implies real estate.
- dfxm12 6y ago
  For me, it was more the tagline than the name. "Rental empire" brings up ideas of acquiring more and more land to rent to peasants. "Rentify" alone could be AirBNB, but it could also be Rent-a-Center. The right tagline would remove the ambiguity.

yowlingcat 6y ago

Same. Have you ever been to the BiggerPockets.com forum? I thought to myself "huh, looks like they made a consumer product"

saddestcatever 6y ago

Agreed! I was expecting some "Slumlord Saas" tool (with featured such as automated denial of maintenance requests, and the immediate investment of security deposits into long term CDs)

btown 6y ago
You joke but https://www.realpage.com/ https://www.realpage.com/ ($6B market cap) advertises on its front page "precision revenue management through proven, cycle-tested, disciplined analytics that balance supply and demand to maximize revenue growth" and "The new RealPage® Waste Management Solution is a multifamily first, leveraging AI to optimize waste capacity and contamination levels, and cut costs by up to 40%."
- ManBlanket 6y ago
  That site reads like dystopian satire.
  - Red_Leaves_Flyy 6y ago
    So you're rich and want to get richer but the poor people you're exploiting are starting to hurt your margins? We're here to help you legally discriminate against MPoCs! /sarcasm
    - mrguyorama 6y ago
      That's not sarcasm, that's legitimately what products like this are designed for, sold for, and used for
      - Red_Leaves_Flyy 6y ago
        If I said this to a customer of such a company I would, almost certainly, come across as very offensive and sarcastic. My rationale is that's it's the same type of logic I see with highly paid desk jockeys complaining about the gruff they from their grunts that make about 1/6 what they do. Or complain that they can't find people to work for 30-40k gross with mandatory ot out off cities where the cost of living for a family of three is at least triple that with amazing health insurance. It's the they got theirs and those who didn't are obviously deadbeat junkies -- not deserving of: wages that would allow them to live reasonably close to their jobs, or have kids, or hobbies, or fun, or healthcare -- mentality.

chansiky 6y ago

This is actually a great idea, if a good one doesn't already exist. I only clicked because I've been thinking about what a good one might look like.

ketzo 6y ago
I actually worked on one as part of a school project -- there are many, many, many pieces of landlord software. More than I would have thought possible.

felixr 6y ago

You are confusing it with https://www.rentify.com/ https://www.rentify.com/

chris140957 6y ago
Yeah I know, I plan to rebrand, I had no idea that existed