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Awesome Services We Pay for at HelloFax

ptorrone 15y ago
i really like these "what i pay for" lists that are starting... we have a list here too: http://ladyada.net/library/software/index.html http://ladyada.net/library/software/index.html (left column) of all the things we use for our open-source hardware business. we'd love to hear suggestions for more too..
- kayhi 15y ago
  Thanks just saved us some money with the Paypal merchant application suggestion. I just got off the phone with Paypal and it ends up that if you've applied to Paypal Pro then they auto-enroll you otherwise you need to apply separately.
  - ptorrone 15y ago
    rad, glad this worked out!
benologist 15y ago
Great post and idea. We're paying for: - MongoHQ - MailChimp - New Relic - AWS (although not using most of their services) - Github - Dropbox - Skype Worth a mention although less-involving services: - DNSPark: http://dnspark.net/ http://dnspark.net/ - Dynadot: http://dynadot.com/ http://dynadot.com/ And of course our web host: http://hivelocity.net/ http://hivelocity.net/
- guiseppecalzone 15y ago
  Thanks benologist. With some of these services, we save so much time, it feels like we hired someone.
  - todsul 15y ago
    Agreed, nice post. I ask myself this question (i.e. what I'd actually pay for) when trying to gauge if customers will pay for something I'm building. At first I often think "Yeah, I'd pay for this", but then reality sets in. Even making this list now I'm surprised how few services I buy. * Linode * iDrive * Skype * Laundry Yes, laundry as in washing clothes. I'm currently in SouthEast Asia and it costs US$1 to have all of my clothes laundered, line-dried and ironed. If this were survey.io, laundry is the services I'd most miss if it disappeared.
omouse 15y ago
Google Talk uses Jabber which has support for group chats. Hosting your own jabber server isn't a huge deal. You could use IRC for group chats and have multiple rooms there as well. Again, it's not a huge deal to setup your own IRC server. It'd be nice if there were some free/open-source software services listed there, but oh well.
- snprbob86 15y ago
  We tried to run our own IRC server. It's not exactly that easy. For example, you also need to deal with authentication, as well as set up an IRC proxy just to get backlogs on reconnect. Never mind the fact that IRC doesn't have important features like inline images or nice iPhone apps with notifications, etc. We tried IRC, GTalk/Jabber, FlowDock and Campfire, but all of them were kinda "meh". HipChat is actually totally rad. Try it out: http://hipchat.com/r/2zqso http://hipchat.com/r/2zqso
  - mnutt 15y ago
    I was going to call you out for recommending HipChat and then posting a referral link, but then I saw that the referral merely gets you a custom icon that they draw for you. Pretty interesting incentive.
    - snprbob86 15y ago
      I genuinely like the product. I was not simply recommending it in order to get a custom icon. But I kinda really do want a custom icon :-)
  - Newky 15y ago
    For anyone who is wondering, for Android phones (not sure about iOS) there is an app called andchat which handles IRC extremely well, definitely worth checking out. It handles IRC in a very native environment.
- powdahound 15y ago
  Just because you can set something up yourself doesn't mean you should. You'll take on the burden of maintenance, support, and teaching people how to use the system. We could all be running git on our own servers instead of using GitHub, our own mailservers with Postfix and Horde instead of using Gmail, and using rsync instead of Dropbox. But for most of us it's worth it to pay for a managed service with an improved user experience. This is especially true in a startup where time is the most valuable resource you have.
rokhayakebe 15y ago
Can other HN users add a list of the services they pay for? For me: -Getcliky -Url2png
- jbredeche 15y ago
  We (www.kapost.com) also pay for: - Geckoboard, which gives us a really easy-to-set-up dashboard for business metrics, system health, etc. - Papertrail - fantastic log aggregation service, lets you easily manage, search, etc your logs from disparate sources. Their support has been super responsive as well, great guys.
- sciurus 15y ago
  What do you use Url2png for?
  - rokhayakebe 15y ago
    Webpage snapshot for an email archive.
- stock_toaster 15y ago
  - github (pay version) - google apps for business (email, xmpp) - campfire (team chat) with propane.app - AWS (lots) - pivotal tracker - concept share (i dont use it much, but a few others at work do) - sendgrid - digicert (CA) - dnsmadeeasy (dns) looking at possibly using: - new relic - airbrake (used to be hoptoad)
guiseppecalzone 15y ago
If you think of companies to add, let me know. I can write another post later with a list from Hacker News.
zackattack 15y ago
If anybody wants a free AwesomenessReminders subscription for their company, to keep them cheery, peppy, and focused on positive (leadership-driven) thoughts, then let me know and I'll hook you up!
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rmorrison 15y ago
Our startup uses several of the products on the list, but there is a one big name missing: Hellofax We use Hellofax several times a week and it's great! It makes signing and faxing documents extremely easy, instead of the mess it used to be.

i really like these "what i pay for" lists that are starting... we have a list here too: http://ladyada.net/library/software/index.html http://ladyada.net/library/software/index.html (left column) of all the things we use for our open-source hardware business. we'd love to hear suggestions for more too..

kayhi 15y ago
Thanks just saved us some money with the Paypal merchant application suggestion. I just got off the phone with Paypal and it ends up that if you've applied to Paypal Pro then they auto-enroll you otherwise you need to apply separately.
- ptorrone 15y ago
  rad, glad this worked out!

benologist 15y ago

Great post and idea. We're paying for: - MongoHQ - MailChimp - New Relic - AWS (although not using most of their services) - Github - Dropbox - Skype Worth a mention although less-involving services: - DNSPark: http://dnspark.net/ http://dnspark.net/ - Dynadot: http://dynadot.com/ http://dynadot.com/ And of course our web host: http://hivelocity.net/ http://hivelocity.net/

guiseppecalzone 15y ago
Thanks benologist. With some of these services, we save so much time, it feels like we hired someone.
- todsul 15y ago
  Agreed, nice post. I ask myself this question (i.e. what I'd actually pay for) when trying to gauge if customers will pay for something I'm building. At first I often think "Yeah, I'd pay for this", but then reality sets in. Even making this list now I'm surprised how few services I buy. * Linode * iDrive * Skype * Laundry Yes, laundry as in washing clothes. I'm currently in SouthEast Asia and it costs US$1 to have all of my clothes laundered, line-dried and ironed. If this were survey.io, laundry is the services I'd most miss if it disappeared.

omouse 15y ago

Google Talk uses Jabber which has support for group chats. Hosting your own jabber server isn't a huge deal. You could use IRC for group chats and have multiple rooms there as well. Again, it's not a huge deal to setup your own IRC server. It'd be nice if there were some free/open-source software services listed there, but oh well.

snprbob86 15y ago
We tried to run our own IRC server. It's not exactly that easy. For example, you also need to deal with authentication, as well as set up an IRC proxy just to get backlogs on reconnect. Never mind the fact that IRC doesn't have important features like inline images or nice iPhone apps with notifications, etc. We tried IRC, GTalk/Jabber, FlowDock and Campfire, but all of them were kinda "meh". HipChat is actually totally rad. Try it out: http://hipchat.com/r/2zqso http://hipchat.com/r/2zqso
- mnutt 15y ago
  I was going to call you out for recommending HipChat and then posting a referral link, but then I saw that the referral merely gets you a custom icon that they draw for you. Pretty interesting incentive.
  - snprbob86 15y ago
    I genuinely like the product. I was not simply recommending it in order to get a custom icon. But I kinda really do want a custom icon :-)
- Newky 15y ago
  For anyone who is wondering, for Android phones (not sure about iOS) there is an app called andchat which handles IRC extremely well, definitely worth checking out. It handles IRC in a very native environment.
powdahound 15y ago
Just because you can set something up yourself doesn't mean you should. You'll take on the burden of maintenance, support, and teaching people how to use the system. We could all be running git on our own servers instead of using GitHub, our own mailservers with Postfix and Horde instead of using Gmail, and using rsync instead of Dropbox. But for most of us it's worth it to pay for a managed service with an improved user experience. This is especially true in a startup where time is the most valuable resource you have.

rokhayakebe 15y ago

Can other HN users add a list of the services they pay for? For me: -Getcliky -Url2png

jbredeche 15y ago
We (www.kapost.com) also pay for: - Geckoboard, which gives us a really easy-to-set-up dashboard for business metrics, system health, etc. - Papertrail - fantastic log aggregation service, lets you easily manage, search, etc your logs from disparate sources. Their support has been super responsive as well, great guys.
sciurus 15y ago
What do you use Url2png for?
- rokhayakebe 15y ago
  Webpage snapshot for an email archive.
stock_toaster 15y ago
- github (pay version) - google apps for business (email, xmpp) - campfire (team chat) with propane.app - AWS (lots) - pivotal tracker - concept share (i dont use it much, but a few others at work do) - sendgrid - digicert (CA) - dnsmadeeasy (dns) looking at possibly using: - new relic - airbrake (used to be hoptoad)

guiseppecalzone 15y ago

If you think of companies to add, let me know. I can write another post later with a list from Hacker News.

zackattack 15y ago

If anybody wants a free AwesomenessReminders subscription for their company, to keep them cheery, peppy, and focused on positive (leadership-driven) thoughts, then let me know and I'll hook you up!

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rmorrison 15y ago

Our startup uses several of the products on the list, but there is a one big name missing: Hellofax We use Hellofax several times a week and it's great! It makes signing and faxing documents extremely easy, instead of the mess it used to be.