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The deal is curated. All the mentioned apps were either from my personal experience using it or recommendation from HN. Great guidelines on choosing SaaS (note

The deal is curated. All the mentioned apps were either from my personal experience using it or recommendation from HN. Great guidelines on choosing SaaS (noted for future deal curation). And you are right about the end times. I'll keep an eye on that for the next bundle. Thanks for the feedback! It's my first time doing this, and rest assured I'm listening with all ears.

tsumnia 13y ago
Like lobo had mentioned, I would like to see a program-based bundle. If you were to able to follow the HumbleBundle's pricing scheme for programs like Sublime Text (and even f.lux which is free), coupled with other utility packages, I would be inclined to pitch in some cash.
- AJ007 13y ago
  From a marketing standpoint, a smaller group of closely related / themed items may be a better attention receiver than 15 misc items. The downside is the incentives for the sellers may not be as clear being they may end up as just a bunch of competitors doing the same thing.
lobotryas 13y ago
By "curate" I meant to pick a theme or clear connection between the chosen apps. For example, you might offer an "analytics" bundle that offers numerous services that either tackle different aspects of site/usage analytics or allow the buyer to cheaply sample many "best of the best" services before making their decision. This bundle lists an e-zine, a web-tv channel, SMS/VOIP API, CI, a dashboard, image hosting... The only thing linking these disparate services is the claim that "someone on HN recommended them" and that's it (was there a poll thread that you could link? citation appreciated). Taken together, this bundle makes for an incoherent product picture. Another observation: the site claims that there are "limited units remaining", however the deal is running for 26 more days. Does this mean the bundle will be shut down when all digital licenses are "sold" or is this a way for getting more conversions? If the latter, you could step it up a notch and display fake dwindling license counters next to each product so users are placed under more pressure to make the purchase before you "run out of stock".

tsumnia 13y ago

Like lobo had mentioned, I would like to see a program-based bundle. If you were to able to follow the HumbleBundle's pricing scheme for programs like Sublime Text (and even f.lux which is free), coupled with other utility packages, I would be inclined to pitch in some cash.

AJ007 13y ago
From a marketing standpoint, a smaller group of closely related / themed items may be a better attention receiver than 15 misc items. The downside is the incentives for the sellers may not be as clear being they may end up as just a bunch of competitors doing the same thing.

lobotryas 13y ago

By "curate" I meant to pick a theme or clear connection between the chosen apps. For example, you might offer an "analytics" bundle that offers numerous services that either tackle different aspects of site/usage analytics or allow the buyer to cheaply sample many "best of the best" services before making their decision. This bundle lists an e-zine, a web-tv channel, SMS/VOIP API, CI, a dashboard, image hosting... The only thing linking these disparate services is the claim that "someone on HN recommended them" and that's it (was there a poll thread that you could link? citation appreciated). Taken together, this bundle makes for an incoherent product picture. Another observation: the site claims that there are "limited units remaining", however the deal is running for 26 more days. Does this mean the bundle will be shut down when all digital licenses are "sold" or is this a way for getting more conversions? If the latter, you could step it up a notch and display fake dwindling license counters next to each product so users are placed under more pressure to make the purchase before you "run out of stock".