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   by laurabw 13y ago

   I agree with your point and we never had the intention to mislead our customers. I'm sorry if it appeared as if we were trying to mislead them! We just launched and there was no bad intention behind putting the logos up there. I guess
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   by laurabw 13y ago

   Hi tbran, thanks for leaving a comment. Here's my take on your concerns: Easypost is a really great service. They were in YC and I think they are a great choice for the flow you mentioned. We're quite different from them (while we
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   by laurabw 13y ago

   Hi mansigandhi, good luck with your launch next week :)
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   by laurabw 13y ago

   Hi jamese, the API will be ready next week! Purolator and Canada Post it is. Can I get back in touch with you when we have them integrated? Also, if you can spare some time I'd really like to learn more about what kind of pain you were
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   by laurabw 13y ago

   Hey tengkahwee, thanks for your feedback. We're moving to Asia next. Just promised another commentator to do India first but after that I'll get Singapore into the database. Can I get back to you when we're ready? Would you l
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   by laurabw 13y ago

   Thanks for the great feedback and the compliment! You're right, the sorting feature is still not functioning well. It's on the to do list (the to dos are pilling up with all the great feedback we're getting here:)). Thanks fo
7. 37.▲
   by laurabw 13y ago

   Thanks for reporting the bugs and thanks for taking your time to help us out!!! :)
8. 38.▲
   by laurabw 13y ago

   Hi kd5bja, valid question. The statement you quoted is our vision for the future. We just launched with our MVP and we're working on the courier side to get as many courier services into our database as possible. At the moment we don&#
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   by laurabw 13y ago

   Hey caublestone, thanks for the compliment. Which country are you in? Is it in our database already? If not I'll include it for you. Also, I'm really happy to offer everybody from HN the service without taking commission for a te
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    by laurabw 13y ago

    And now it's on my to do list as well. Thanks!
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    by laurabw 13y ago

    Hahaha this is my favourite comment... Unfortunately our skills don't extend to that level
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    by laurabw 13y ago

    Noted down, dcarmo!
13. 43.▲
    by laurabw 13y ago

    Yep. Ping me if you need more information about the contracts.
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    by laurabw 13y ago

    Hi piptastic, thanks for the feedback. It's on our to do list now! Sorry about the MVP... :)
15. 45.▲
    by laurabw 13y ago

    I'm sorry, Ye. I really am super sorry about the server problems and I apologise to everybody who can't access the site. We simply did not expect such an overwhelming response from the HN community and we weren't prepared for
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    by laurabw 13y ago

    Hey canistr, thanks for the feedback? Where are you based? I'd love to offer everybody here on HN the service without taking commission for a trial period in exchange for occasional feedback. Why don't you message me at laura(at)g
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    by laurabw 13y ago

    Hey arush, thanks for the positive feedback! I'm sorry about the server problem. We weren't expecting that many clicks when I posted it on HN... ;) We'll be based in SF starting from next week Tuesday. Want to move this conve
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    by laurabw 13y ago

    PPS.: If you want to send something and your country is not in our database, please let me know asap and we'll insert the country into our database for you. I saw that somebody tweeted that India would be interesting - we've alre
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    by laurabw 13y ago

    I have to admit with much shame that it's still PHP based but moving is on the to do list!
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    by laurabw 13y ago

    Awesome, agnuku. Please let me know which country you need as an outbound country and I'll add the country into our database asap in case it's not already in there! And please do send me a msg on laura (at) goshippo.com. I'm
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    by laurabw 13y ago

    And thank you for the positive feedback! Much appreciated :)
22. 52.▲
    by laurabw 13y ago

    Hi cpursley, we use Google maps/places API and library. Feel free to ping me if you want to know more details about the tech.
23. 53.▲
    by laurabw 13y ago

    Hey adyus, valid question. FedEx and UPS have similar points in their T&Cs that talk about comparison. Feel free to get in touch personally to talk about possible solutions!
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    by laurabw 13y ago

    Thanks for the feedback. Yes, this is exactly what we're trying to do. Looking for beta customers at the moment that offer platforms to connect buyers and sellers. For them the price and convenience counts. If anybody here wants to bet
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    by laurabw 13y ago

    Hey geekyguy, thanks for clicking on the link and I'll have to apologize about the server problem. I'm really really sorry. I didn't expect the HN community would be that interested about Shippo... The server should normally
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    by laurabw 13y ago

    Thanks for the suggestion, ozh! I'm sorry about the server problem. I didn't expect such an overwhelming response rate on HN and all we can do now is stare at GA in disbelieve ;)
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    by laurabw 13y ago

    hahaha, yes that's the HN effect. I didn't expect that that many people would click on it and we're now staring at GA overwhelmed by the response... Can't even work on the bugs now because the server got so slow. Thanks
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    by laurabw 13y ago

    Hey 67726e, you're right. We're currently showing the best rates for these countries, meaning that we have more than one courier provider for them in our database to allow comparison. All the other countries should work neverthele
29. 59.▲
    by laurabw 13y ago

    Arrrghh, that sucks. Which city is 45247? Could you select one?
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    by laurabw 13y ago

    Thumbs up for letting me know. Sorry that it doesn't work, we're on it!