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I don't have much domain knowledge, but the pricing seems rather high: https://www.lob.com/pricing https://www.lob.com/pricing $.45 for a black and white piec
by jmduke 13y ago
I don't have much domain knowledge, but the pricing seems rather high:
https://www.lob.com/pricing https://www.lob.com/pricing
$.45 for a black and white piece of paper is on the high end, especially considering they're acting as a middleman.
- harryzhang 13y agoKeep in mind this includes an 4 sheets of B&W, the envelope, packaging, and labor costs associated with stuffing it into an letter, addressing it, and then mailing it. So $0.45 for one sheet is not exactly correct.
- atwebb 13y agoIsn't the stuffing automated? Heck I've seen some awesome machinery that takes bulk mail (assorted sizes), OCRs the info, opens it, retrieves the letter (check in this case)and then scans that for processing (putting aside illegible / odd cases).
- ValG 13y agoYes but what is the cost of those machines? And what is the cost of the service that uses those machines?
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- 6thSigma 13y agoThe pricing page is intimidating.
- rorrr2 13y agoThe pricing is absolutely insane. $.85 for a 4x6 photo? Winkflash charges $.06, which makes Lob 14 times more expensive. And for what? Because you have an API?
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- lcusack 13y agoAlthough their pricing is a bit high I feel there is clear trend supporting higher price for convenience. This is the same trail that Stripe blazed. For a little bit of work I could get my own merchant account setup with much lower processing rates but the ease of integration and time savings is worth the cost. I don't see Lob being that useful for people already doing printing. But I do see it offering a simplicity that will enable a whole new set of business to use printing in creative ways (ours included). Again, somewhat similar to Stripe.