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Show HN: Sendity.com

5 points by acoyfellow 13y ago

Hey HN- this is a project that took me a few weeks to build out. It's something I've been wanting to make for a long time, but never could connect the dots to see how it could be done. Sendity.com is a super simple way to send physical letter. I'm obviously not the first to this idea or anything, but since Lob.com makes printing+mailing so damn easy I thought I'd take a swing at it. I learned a lot about development throughout. I didn't expand much into their API but it has some awesome features I could cook in. Where do you think I could take it from here? I have grand ideas of what it could become, but I'd really love to hear what the HN crowd thinks. Thanks guys!

johnmurch 13y ago
Love the idea. I have been kicking around a similar service but does it with a robotic hand (e.g. http://www.bondgifts.com/ http://www.bondgifts.com/) to convert typed notes to hand written notes and mailed. Bond charges $5 and it comes in a nice presentation, but haven't found the "perfect" way to capture address of friends/people I am sending to other than just to ask. I think thats a need that might need to be tackled. Although if you got an email from a service saying "your friend XXXX" wants to send you something and asked for your address, not sure people would give it.
- acoyfellow 13y ago
  Thanks for checking it out. Bondgifts looks sexy! That machine is incredibly cool. I see your points about the capturing of addresses. What I was thinking is that this could become a platform for businesses who do send lots of physical mail (that isn't very time sensitive). They would already have these addresses.. Maybe Sendity could be a way to help that process become more seamless or faster. I can see this being useful for a "drip-mailing" type of snail mail campaign.. Once I build out the saas features!
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NicoJuicy 13y ago
Click: http://www.Sendity.com http://www.Sendity.com
- acoyfellow 13y ago
  Thanks NicoJuicy!
  - NicoJuicy 13y ago
    No problem, it was the first thing i noticed ;)
bliti 13y ago
What are the terms of service?

5 points by acoyfellow 13y ago

johnmurch 13y ago

Love the idea. I have been kicking around a similar service but does it with a robotic hand (e.g. http://www.bondgifts.com/ http://www.bondgifts.com/) to convert typed notes to hand written notes and mailed. Bond charges $5 and it comes in a nice presentation, but haven't found the "perfect" way to capture address of friends/people I am sending to other than just to ask. I think thats a need that might need to be tackled. Although if you got an email from a service saying "your friend XXXX" wants to send you something and asked for your address, not sure people would give it.

acoyfellow 13y ago
Thanks for checking it out. Bondgifts looks sexy! That machine is incredibly cool. I see your points about the capturing of addresses. What I was thinking is that this could become a platform for businesses who do send lots of physical mail (that isn't very time sensitive). They would already have these addresses.. Maybe Sendity could be a way to help that process become more seamless or faster. I can see this being useful for a "drip-mailing" type of snail mail campaign.. Once I build out the saas features!
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NicoJuicy 13y ago

Click: http://www.Sendity.com http://www.Sendity.com

acoyfellow 13y ago
Thanks NicoJuicy!
- NicoJuicy 13y ago
  No problem, it was the first thing i noticed ;)

bliti 13y ago

What are the terms of service?