Send Overnight Mail

Web and SaaS

print and mail service

SHOW HN2018

8points
11comments
#1,928of 2,155 in 2018
Top 90%of 2018 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score -0.19.

Idea: 1 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Useful for cases where physical mail is required, such as legal or policy notices

    From 1 comment
    • Understood - this is one of the most frustrating things about paper mail. In most cases, you don't need to send anything physical. However there are a ton of cases where physical…
      kunle on HN

Objections

  • Unclear use case since scanned documents could be emailed

    From 1 comment
    • Not quite clear on the use-case. It seems that any document that could be scanned and uploaded for you to send could just as easily be emailed. If something needs to be mailed,…
      shanecleveland on HN
  • Pricing is too high

    From 1 comment
  • Overnight delivery is unnecessary for many use cases; regular postage would suffice

    From 1 comment
    • Good one. And probably others like this exist. So an API of some kind would be useful for you, but also likely don't need overnight/expedited delivery and would want to have much…
      shanecleveland on HN

Requests

  • API or integration for automated letter mailing

    From 2 comments
    • I have a use-case: I wrote a software that is used for validating accuracy of AP data by reaching out to vendors. The default method, if available, is to email the vendors. In…
      mipmap04 on HN
    • This is interesting. What software do you use for this today (that maintains vendor addresses?). We'd be interested in building an integration to automate this if you're up for…
      kunle on HN

Questions

  • Who needs this service?

    From 1 comment
    • Good one. And probably others like this exist. So an API of some kind would be useful for you, but also likely don't need overnight/expedited delivery and would want to have much…
      shanecleveland on HN

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