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The Second Coming: A Manifesto(edge.org)
33 points by dejan 17y ago|32 comments
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So you wanna build a javascript widget for your app?(dejanstrbac.heroku.com)
2 points by dejan 17y ago|0 comments
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by dejan 17y ago
Good advice, will change that. Thanks again for the advice!
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by dejan 17y ago
All competitors do as you say - take the credit card info and store it. Only if price reaches the threshold, then they are charged. I believe a different approach should be tested against, as the resistance to making a commitment is lower.
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by dejan 17y ago
that is true; I guess my assumption is that everyone know what it is. I am thinking about explaining it visually, instead all those wordings. Thanks again!
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by dejan 17y ago
good points; I am thinking on how to simplify and better present this concept. Thanks for the comment!
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by dejan 17y ago
I gave it a bit of a thought. Maybe this can be done post-reservations. The solver would consider how popular the item was, the prices at which people accepted to participate and the lowest achieved price. According to all of this, the solv
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by dejan 17y ago
exactly, that is the one I had in my head ;) but still made a correction bellow...
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by dejan 17y ago
To make a reservation (a pledge) of future purchase, the potential buyers are charged small fee. This makes the reservations a bit more reliable, as no one throws money just like that. The seller doesn't consider these as actual purchases y
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by dejan 17y ago
The email is absolutely needed as this is the contact point between the seller and the buyer. I didn't go into modifying the demo component but used actual. As I see, most people use random mail addresses to test it out, so can you. It is j
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by dejan 17y ago
If people are already doing it, that is no reason not to try something different =) Currently, major group buying happens on GroupOn and Buywithme, as well on their European copycats. However, they are pretty much limited to services, as th
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by dejan 17y ago
I wonder if anyone really does have js switched off today. It is the era of the rich web experiences. And if he does, he for sure isn't interested in this. I could tweak it so that button has a href when no script, but I wonder about that.
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by dejan 17y ago
Although similar in technique maybe (SyncFu uses an iframe), they are very different in what they do. This is a starting point for the destillation. Thanks for the advice, I am thinking about it.
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by dejan 17y ago
[updated] Isn't it obvious that price drops with quantity? A reservation is a pledge that the customer will purchase the item later. The reservation costs $1-3 depending on where the buyer is, and is paid through a cell phone. By having it
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by dejan 17y ago
#dosyncfu is the autotrigger hash, when added it will start the group buying box immediately upon DOM load.
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by dejan 17y ago
Thanks for the comment. I hear you, but what is confusing about this UI? If 4 sentences are "too much text", then hell, how people understand others in the same field that induce more complex processes: http://www.groupon.com Big f*ing bu
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by dejan 17y ago
You are right with your correction. I just read again what I wrote - it's quite harsh I see. Should have been in bed long time ago :D My intention was: The mindset of poor and average people is commonly very affected by this, with least bar
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by dejan 17y ago
lol. Thanks, it's nice to have a laugh this late :) (Sorry, I'm not being sarcastic, just it's a common misunderstanding) Well, it says it's a webapp, not a rock band's fan page. People are actually ment to login, do their stuff and leave.
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by dejan 17y ago
you've laid it out nicely, this is the mindset of the poor and average people. I always remember the photo of Jobs's living room in the 80s. When there isn't too much crap around, you can actually focus on what matters.
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by dejan 17y ago
Great comment, highly appreciated! "because traditionally, individuals shop individually, rather than with a group" Exactly, but if there was a possibility in general to buy in bulk with random people at the same moment, it wouldn't be trad
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by dejan 17y ago
it's late here too :) well, the webApp solves a problem of aggregating price-aware customers that would accept buying the item later but at a lower price. It isn't for everything, but selected products/services. It is similar in concept as
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by dejan 17y ago
In the demo given, price per unit is $2000. The $2 are reservation fee paid through a cell phone / cc as a micropayment. 'Buying' doesn't actually happen, only reservations are made to 'participate' in the group purchase. After the deadline
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by dejan 17y ago
Good point, but why isn't it already if so? E.g, Shopify? Shopify actually lacks even per-item discount codes. Group buying isn't a proven feature for websites, nor is it cross-site interaction universal. Visitors have to know what it is an
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Ask HN: Review my Startup(syncfu.com)
14 points by dejan 17y ago|38 comments
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by dejan 17y ago
Yes, that is exactly how it should work. Here the price is/should be always guaranteed, as it drops with each reservation. So, there is no price for 1-10, 10-20. It always decreases proportionally. Groupon and buywithme are cool, but centra
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by dejan 17y ago
This is the autotrigger url: http://www.syncfu.com/ipad.html#dosyncfu
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The iPad on Group Sale (demo)(syncfu.com)
2 points by dejan 17y ago|3 comments
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by dejan 17y ago
http://www.syncfu.com There is also the https version on https://syncfu.heroku.com Well, of course it's on Heroku! :D
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by dejan 17y ago
Thanks for the comment. This is the first, minimal viable product, and right now searching for the first practical implementation. Textbook and vacation trips are great ideas. For the design, I believe a web app should be a web app, not a w
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Ask HN: Review my startup - SyncFu.com(syncfu.com)
2 points by dejan 17y ago|3 comments

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