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Show HN: YouBarter – A Nonprofit Bartering Platform

22 points by IroncladDev 4y ago

YouBarter is located at https://youbarter.us/ If you liked it, be sure to upvote on product hunt! https://www.producthunt.com/posts/youbarter Please provide me with any bugs you've found or any feedback you want to suggest. Thanks!

throaway4444666 4y ago
fwiw unions do this too
vorpalhex 4y ago
I got as far as a sign up screen and then left. I can't see if anyone else is on the platform or what they are offering. I don't trust you enough to sign up yet.
angelbroz 4y ago
You are sending verification emails from a gmail account and gmail is flagging the email as phishing, you must switch to a noreply@youbarter.com
- blatherard 4y ago
  Maybe relatedly, I tried signing up using a fastmail address and never received email confirmation. When I tried having it resent, I got an error popup "Failed to send email. An error occured on our email server. Please try again or contact us."
- kingcharles 4y ago
  Not a noreply. I hate noreply. Why not "hello@" or "support@" or something -- anything -- with a human being behind it? :(
  - AwkwardPanda 4y ago
    bot@youbarter.com
andiareso 4y ago
Design language is great. Improvements: - What can I barter? Why not show items available for bartering. I won't sign up unless I know what I'm signing up for - Navigation should always be on top even if it looks better somewhere else. User behavior trumps aesthetics in some cases - Remove the expanding buttons!!! It is very unintuitive! They do not need further explaining - About us page is very small. Go into more detail about yourself and the product. You need to gain trust as well as demonstrate clear goals for what your product is, why it is necessary, and so on. The site needs lots of improvements. Try taking a look at other similar product categories and see what they are doing to fill their site and make it more polished. It seems too bare for me personally and I wouldn't look into it further without examples of the product.
- e-clinton 4y ago
  I second showing the available items. There’s little incentive to sign up at the moment.
- eezing 4y ago
  >Navigation should always be on top even if it looks better somewhere else. Nah, the bottom is more functional. Don’t change it.
  - e-clinton 4y ago
    You’re breaking a basic user expectation while delivering little value. I say don’t reinvent the wheel and put navigation where everyone expects it.
TameAntelope 4y ago
Can I barter with money?
- robertlagrant 4y ago
  I wonder if I can barter USD for cryptocurrencies? Or other normal currencies?
madmod 4y ago
Tried to sign up but nothing happened after agreeing to the tos. Couldn't log in either. Needs some feedback in a failure state at minimum.
stevekemp 4y ago
Flagged solely for the link to product-hunt. It feels like you're calling for votes there, rather than showing off your project in good-faith for the audience here.

22 points by IroncladDev 4y ago

throaway4444666 4y ago

fwiw unions do this too

vorpalhex 4y ago

I got as far as a sign up screen and then left. I can't see if anyone else is on the platform or what they are offering. I don't trust you enough to sign up yet.

angelbroz 4y ago

You are sending verification emails from a gmail account and gmail is flagging the email as phishing, you must switch to a noreply@youbarter.com

blatherard 4y ago
Maybe relatedly, I tried signing up using a fastmail address and never received email confirmation. When I tried having it resent, I got an error popup "Failed to send email. An error occured on our email server. Please try again or contact us."
kingcharles 4y ago
Not a noreply. I hate noreply. Why not "hello@" or "support@" or something -- anything -- with a human being behind it? :(
- AwkwardPanda 4y ago
  bot@youbarter.com

andiareso 4y ago

Design language is great. Improvements: - What can I barter? Why not show items available for bartering. I won't sign up unless I know what I'm signing up for - Navigation should always be on top even if it looks better somewhere else. User behavior trumps aesthetics in some cases - Remove the expanding buttons!!! It is very unintuitive! They do not need further explaining - About us page is very small. Go into more detail about yourself and the product. You need to gain trust as well as demonstrate clear goals for what your product is, why it is necessary, and so on. The site needs lots of improvements. Try taking a look at other similar product categories and see what they are doing to fill their site and make it more polished. It seems too bare for me personally and I wouldn't look into it further without examples of the product.

e-clinton 4y ago
I second showing the available items. There’s little incentive to sign up at the moment.
eezing 4y ago
>Navigation should always be on top even if it looks better somewhere else. Nah, the bottom is more functional. Don’t change it.
- e-clinton 4y ago
  You’re breaking a basic user expectation while delivering little value. I say don’t reinvent the wheel and put navigation where everyone expects it.

TameAntelope 4y ago

Can I barter with money?

robertlagrant 4y ago
I wonder if I can barter USD for cryptocurrencies? Or other normal currencies?

madmod 4y ago

Tried to sign up but nothing happened after agreeing to the tos. Couldn't log in either. Needs some feedback in a failure state at minimum.

stevekemp 4y ago

Flagged solely for the link to product-hunt. It feels like you're calling for votes there, rather than showing off your project in good-faith for the audience here.