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by kevingibbon 13y ago
We hope so! This is only v1 of our service. We will be adding UPS, Fedex and OnTrac support shortly. We will find the fastest or cheapest option with all supporting carriers on the fly. Size of the box is also a very important factor. Using
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by kevingibbon 13y ago
Co-founder of Shyp here. Absolutely! However USPS only does pickups from 10-2 M-S. You need to be there or leave the package outside. We will be soon adding support for UPS, Fedex, Ontrac and a bunch of other regional shipping company. Ship
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by kevingibbon 13y ago
Been testing Heap on iOS out for the last few days. Awesome product. Congrats guys!
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by kevingibbon 13y ago
Thanks! Agreed about the porch but that only works for items of small value. Another huge thing people don't realize is box size. In most cases you can save up to 50% off the shipping price if you can fit your item in the tightest box possi
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by kevingibbon 13y ago
This is exactly the business we are starting. Check out http://shyp.co We fit the contents into the perfect size box so even though we charge a little more than going directly to USPS, we can more than make up for it in our efficiencies.
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by kevingibbon 13y ago
USPS only pickup somewhere between 10-2 M-S and its still a pain unless you do it a ton. Don't mean to take anything away from sold (amazing product) but we are starting a company that takes care of the shipping, for anything. Check it out
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by kevingibbon 13y ago
Love the idea and execution (from watching the video). I put a bunch of random crap I had lying around on ebay and started the auctions at a dollar. I would have happily used Sold and saved the shipping hassle.
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by kevingibbon 13y ago
It's not always about reaching everyone as fast as possible. Going wide initially is usually a first time entrepreneurs mistake. Build something, figure out that your value proposition is compelling for your target users. As soon as you hav
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by kevingibbon 13y ago
One of the huge benefits people who dismiss mobile first is the ability to control the entire experience. If you launch an iPhone app, you have pixel perfect accuracy, fast speed and can make sure your app works perfectly on all 5 of the de
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Coffee vs. beer: which drink makes you more creative?(medium.com)
62 points by kevingibbon 13y ago|67 comments
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Liberty Reserve shutdown causes users to lose cash; we want to hear your stories(venturebeat.com)
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Immigration Overhaul Wins Panel’s Backing in the Senate(nytimes.com)
18 points by kevingibbon 13y ago|3 comments
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Recharge your cellphone in 20 seconds(cnn.com)
7 points by kevingibbon 13y ago|3 comments
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Thrifty Shop by 500 Startups (Parody of Macklemore's Thrift Shop)(youtube.com)
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BlackBerry Messenger goes cross-platform on iPhone, Android this summer(venturebeat.com)
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by kevingibbon 13y ago
Don't be a cheap ass. All of these companies offer an amazing service. Pony up the $5-10 a month.
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Scandit Barcode Scanner SDK v3.0.0 (video)(scandit.com)
1 points by kevingibbon 13y ago|0 comments
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Announcing a new GV general partner: MG Siegler(blog.googleventures.com)
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Don’t Launch Your Product(philosophically.com)
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by kevingibbon 13y ago
kozmo.com reference
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by kevingibbon 14y ago
What does this mean? What can Parse offer that a regular Facebook dev through the fb sdk can't?
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Senate immigration bill features new start-up visa(washingtonpost.com)
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Startup Visa Provisions under Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill 2013(watsonimmigration.wordpress.com)
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by kevingibbon 14y ago
Obviously on a case by case basis. I've seen app downloads that come from rankings to be lower quality than those that come through other channels. If you are trying to build a real business a 3:1 LTV is very reasonable.
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by kevingibbon 14y ago
yep.
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by kevingibbon 14y ago
From the above comments it looks like they could be charging 100k per day to be featured.
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by kevingibbon 14y ago
Exactly why a lot of devs are finding a freemium model with in-app purchases to be a winning strategy.
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by kevingibbon 14y ago
Completely different to AppGratis. Facebook allows you to target (based on gender, location, likes, workplace) and advertise your app. Users have no incentive to DL your app and actually have a need for your product. I've had a lot of succe
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by kevingibbon 14y ago
Lets say you need 20k DLs to get top 5 in a notable category. Lets say you get another 20k of real DLs from the app store ranking. Incentivised DLs are $0.35 each, but they are Dls and not real users. So $7k for 20k DLs. You usually want a
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by kevingibbon 14y ago
I hate the idea of AppGratis and I'm glad its been removed. Who really benefits? The cheap user who will not normally pay for a high quality app? The app developer who spends $$ to get featured in AppGratis to then artificially climb the ap

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