chris140957

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   by chris140957 6y ago

   I haven’t, it’s interesting to hear feedback from those who haven’t. Whenever I rent a car, I pay in advance online, and then pay a security deposit/they put a hold on my card in the store. Presumably a feature like that would address
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   by chris140957 6y ago

   chris@rentify.store. I’ll put this in the landing page too
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   by chris140957 6y ago

   Yes - You can select the currency you want once you’ve logged in. Currently we support USD, EUR and GBP payments but can theoretically support any currency that stripe does. I just haven’t gotten around to adding the rest yet
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   by chris140957 6y ago

   It’s not something I’ve considered, but would certainly add the functionality of there was the demand for it. How do you think this would look?
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   by chris140957 6y ago

   Express, I wanted to make the onboarding process as easy as possible given that my users are not necessarily particularly technical or familiar with Stripe
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   by chris140957 6y ago

   Pricing is still WIP, but essentially yes, if a user is putting even a small amount of revenue through this thing then it makes more sense to sign up for a standard account. I’m trying to encourage users to do this in order to get consisten
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   by chris140957 6y ago

   Are you including the full path? The last part of the URL is the unique store id - It will render a blank page if that's omitted. On my mobile safari, HN doesn't show me the full URL, but when I click on it, it renders fine
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   by chris140957 6y ago

   Shopify isn't specifically targeted at rentals. Rentify lets you specify what's in your inventory and will show the customer exactly when items in your store are available - so it doesn't handle things like clashing booking t
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   by chris140957 6y ago

   I'm not familiar with that one, but quite possibly. This isn't a unique product - there are others out there which do a similar thing. However, those are all VC-backed and quite expensive in comparison to this. This is more of a d
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    by chris140957 6y ago

    Yes - its possible to create a pricing plan for a product with a price of zero. In this configuration, Rentify can be used completely free of charge
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    by chris140957 6y ago

    When you place a booking, it shows you the collection address. But you're probably right, this should be a lot more visible before you get to that stage. The idea is that you refer customers to this site from your main website, but its
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    by chris140957 6y ago

    Yep, I suspect I'm going to have to.
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    by chris140957 6y ago

    I've been meaning to put up a demo store, here's a link to it: https://store.rentify.store/#/P9EuoPUMJ I'll put this link on the landing page too, once I've added a few more products to it. I'l
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    by chris140957 6y ago

    Hi, thanks for the feedback, but actually this is fully functional right now
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    by chris140957 6y ago

    Thanks, that's not a use case I had thought about but an interesting one
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    by chris140957 6y ago

    Yeah I noticed this straight after launch too.... really bad research on my part
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    by chris140957 6y ago

    Thanks!
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    by chris140957 6y ago

    There are more expensive options out there, who are VC-backed. Their pricing is much higher (like £5k per year in some cases). This is a downstream opportunity - I'm targeting small rental businesses who currently take orders via emai
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    by chris140957 6y ago

    Hi, I just launched Rentify Rentify is aimed at owners of small rental stores who currently take bookings via phone/email only but want to have a proper online store with online payments, etc. It provides card payments through Stripe a
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    Show HN: Rentify – Create an online rental store(rentify.store)

    80 points by chris140957 6y ago|61 comments
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    by chris140957 6y ago

    Thanks, Ive done a few side projects too and always end up thinking the exact same thing myself and its very frustrating. Especially when half the time, all I'm trying to do is get a user to verify their email address
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    by chris140957 6y ago

    Hi, creator of Maildown here. I built this as a no-nonsense way to send transactional emails via an API, for those who aren't fussed about tracking clicks or playing with WYSIWYG editors, and instead just want to fire out cleanly forma
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    by chris140957 6y ago

    Thanks
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    Show HN: Maildown – markdown based email API(maildown.dev)

    18 points by chris140957 6y ago|6 comments
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    by chris140957 6y ago

    It’s intended for transactional, but could potentially be used otherwise- hence the unsubscribe option is required for GDPR
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    by chris140957 6y ago

    Hi, I just launched Maildown. Maildown is a transactional email API built for developers - it does away with the WYSIWYG editors and clunky interfaces of some of the bigger email providers, instead focusing on its simple and scalable REST A
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    Show HN: Maildown – the right way to send transactional mails(maildown.dev)

    24 points by chris140957 6y ago|5 comments
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    Show HN: Packagr – private Python package repository and Docker registry(packagr.app)

    15 points by chris140957 6y ago|0 comments
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    by chris140957 6y ago

    There’s always an element of randomness to the play due to the way ML works. But this sort of issue does need further work before it’s considered fully production ready
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    by chris140957 6y ago

    Yep it’s still a fair way off, but it’s being upgraded all the time. Won’t start charging until this sort of issue goes away