Referlist
Web and SaaS
referral marketing for landing pages
SHOW HN2019
How HN took it
3 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 5 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score -0.10.
Execution: 0 for, 4 againstIdea: 1 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Simple setup and clean site
From 1 comment
Looks like you are using Hakara mail server (edit:nope) and Firebase. http://haraka.github.io/ Site is clean, documentation is simple and everything seemed to work great. Thanks…
degenerate on HN
Affordable pricing compared with alternatives
From 1 comment
It is crazy crowded. Everyone else is expensive and a little "too much". This is an affordable side project I made for myself that I wanted to share with the world since I wasn't…
parthi on HN
Objections
Referral verification can be gamed with fake sign-ups
From 2 comments
Looks like you are using Hakara mail server (edit:nope) and Firebase. http://haraka.github.io/ Site is clean, documentation is simple and everything seemed to work great. Thanks…
degenerate on HNNext step would be blocking temporary emails domains, which is a rabbit hole, and also adding captcha to the verify I guess. Also allowing only hotmail/gmail/etc might help
agustif on HN
Verification emails not received during testing
From 2 comments
Nice project! I tried the demo, but it didn't work for me: * I joined the waitlist with a@example.com, then I was redirected to…
sixti60 on HNHow should B verify their email? I guess by clicking on a link they receive via email? In my test, B received no mail. I double checked in spam folder; I've tried with A and B…
sixti60 on HN
Email address exposed in query string
From 1 comment
Looks interesting! Few bits of feedback: - The signup widget doesn't submit when hitting enter after entering my email in the text-box, which is a reasonable expectation from an…
Joe8Bit on HN
Link flagged as suspicious by Gmail
From 1 comment
This looks really cool, nice work launching. I'm ready to use it on a project that I'm building. However... When I signed up on your site, I received the confirmation email to my…
colinbartlett on HN
Requests
Host success page on own domain
From 1 comment
Hey Parthi, do any of your pricing plans allow us to host the success page on our own domain?
nselman on HN
Analytics and multiple landing pages per project
From 1 comment
To me the real utility of this, is testing "concepts". The way I would see myself using this is to create a few keyword campaigns, and then send them to these pages to see how…
swalsh on HN
More customization of page design
From 1 comment
To me the real utility of this, is testing "concepts". The way I would see myself using this is to create a few keyword campaigns, and then send them to these pages to see how…
swalsh on HN
Questions
How does the value differ from existing referral tools
From 1 comment
Interesting! You probably know this is a crazy crowded space - there are tools out there like ViralLoops and ReferralHero, to name just two of the more popular ones that have…
louisswiss on HN
Does waitlist position update over time
From 1 comment
How should B verify their email? I guess by clicking on a link they receive via email? In my test, B received no mail. I double checked in spam folder; I've tried with A and B…
sixti60 on HN
Alternatives named
ViralLoops
From 1 comment
Interesting! You probably know this is a crazy crowded space - there are tools out there like ViralLoops and ReferralHero, to name just two of the more popular ones that have…
louisswiss on HN
ReferralHero
From 1 comment
Interesting! You probably know this is a crazy crowded space - there are tools out there like ViralLoops and ReferralHero, to name just two of the more popular ones that have…
louisswiss on HN