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It makes perfect sense to me. Obviously, if you don't know what Hipmunk is it's hard but on the other hand, knowing Hipmunk, that sentence conveys more informat
by kristiandupont 15y ago
It makes perfect sense to me. Obviously, if you don't know what Hipmunk is it's hard but on the other hand, knowing Hipmunk, that sentence conveys more information than a generic one ever could.
- krschultz 15y agoI think you are overestimating how many poeople know about Hipmunk. But it's kind of a moot point, TC picked the title. Leaky compares themselves to Orbitz which is very well known.
- div 15y agoLeaky (YC S11) takes the pain out of finding the best car insurance. That would work for those who know about Hipmunk and those who don't.
- kristiandupont 15y agoWell yes but at the same time you proved my point. This works but it only tells me that the site is about finding car insurance. For all I know, I could end up with yet another sales person on the phone trying to convince me to buy something. The Hipmunk line gives me the idea that I will have a simple page where I can compare options easily which seems to be the case so far as I can tell from their video.
- ZoFreX 15y agoLeaky: Actually compares quotes rather than using estimates Longer summary: Hits the APIs of every insurance company and fills out their forms for you to get you an actual price, rather than just purporting to.
- bmelton 15y agoFrom their webpage: Leaky "The ONLY way to see real-time quotes from EVERY major insurer."
- ZoFreX 15y agoI don't know what the situation is in other countries but as a British person that summary screams "RUN AWAY". Edit: Apparently they are doing the same thing as all the insurance comparison companies here, but are the first US company to actually do it properly, so my reaction isn't very fair and your summary is quite good.