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This is a small side project I made after finding I could make hotel reservations far in advanced and then get price matches or resubmit new ones if the prices

by matttah 12y ago

This is a small side project I made after finding I could make hotel reservations far in advanced and then get price matches or resubmit new ones if the prices fell. Figured there must be others who would like to save money on their reservations and threw together this MVP. Let me know what you think and any feedback you have.

Kenzo 12y ago
I think it is a smart idea. Some feedback from my first impressions: * Add some extra contrast. The small text white on blue text is hard to read. * The link 'View your active submissions' shows a page to delete your submissions and not view them, am I right? * The 19.99 up-front came as a surprise for me, it missed an introduction * You could reduce the number of form fields to fill in. Right now it's quite a burden to start using your service. You want to engage your visitor. Maybe split the form with an extra hidden step. Anyway, nice work, we need more of those little side projects!
Nowaker 12y ago
"We spend the time and energy searching all over the web for cheaper reservations for you", are you really spending time on searching things manually? If so, I wouldn't pay anything for such a service, because you may apparently go on holiday and don't care about my reservation. If all is automatic, then I could go for it. However, then "spending time and energy" is a lie. I believe anyone should be able to submit their reservation, along with credit card details. If you do find the cheaper rate somewhere, you charge them at that point and present with the offer. BTW, A typo: we can try to ehysave you money.
- matttah 12y ago
  Typo fixed, thanks! As for the automatic it is partially automatic. As we're gauging interest right now we haven't fully automated it. For the pricing we're looking into different options such as taking only a %'d of amount saved, only charging if we save you money, etc. We'll be doing some testing in the very near future on different pricing models.
  - adam 12y ago
    Congrats on shipping. :) As others have mentioned, I was turned off by the pricing model. Your idea of taking a % of amount saved, or charging me after you've achieved savings would be much more palatable. That said, if you have the data for it, it would be awesome to show some proof that this is a widespread thing - that prices do fluctuate regularly and there are these drops in price people can take advantage of - if they are using your service. I think that would help your case.
- icebraining 12y ago
  CPU time and electric energy :)

by matttah 12y ago

Kenzo 12y ago

I think it is a smart idea. Some feedback from my first impressions: * Add some extra contrast. The small text white on blue text is hard to read. * The link 'View your active submissions' shows a page to delete your submissions and not view them, am I right? * The 19.99 up-front came as a surprise for me, it missed an introduction * You could reduce the number of form fields to fill in. Right now it's quite a burden to start using your service. You want to engage your visitor. Maybe split the form with an extra hidden step. Anyway, nice work, we need more of those little side projects!

Nowaker 12y ago

"We spend the time and energy searching all over the web for cheaper reservations for you", are you really spending time on searching things manually? If so, I wouldn't pay anything for such a service, because you may apparently go on holiday and don't care about my reservation. If all is automatic, then I could go for it. However, then "spending time and energy" is a lie. I believe anyone should be able to submit their reservation, along with credit card details. If you do find the cheaper rate somewhere, you charge them at that point and present with the offer. BTW, A typo: we can try to ehysave you money.

matttah 12y ago
Typo fixed, thanks! As for the automatic it is partially automatic. As we're gauging interest right now we haven't fully automated it. For the pricing we're looking into different options such as taking only a %'d of amount saved, only charging if we save you money, etc. We'll be doing some testing in the very near future on different pricing models.
- adam 12y ago
  Congrats on shipping. :) As others have mentioned, I was turned off by the pricing model. Your idea of taking a % of amount saved, or charging me after you've achieved savings would be much more palatable. That said, if you have the data for it, it would be awesome to show some proof that this is a widespread thing - that prices do fluctuate regularly and there are these drops in price people can take advantage of - if they are using your service. I think that would help your case.
icebraining 12y ago
CPU time and electric energy :)