NationBuilder
Web and SaaS
campaign management platform
SHOW HN2011
109points
93comments
#90of 1,097 in 2011
Top 9%of 2011 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
14 positive, 14 neutral or asking, 9 mixed, 25 critical, out of 62 comments about the project. Thread score -0.12.
Idea: 9 for, 9 againstDocs: 0 for, 7 againstDesign: 2 for, 3 againstPricing: 0 for, 5 againstExecution: 2 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, beautiful design
From 2 comments
Okay, I have no idea what the site is about, but it's beautiful. Who designed it?
StavrosK on HNAs far as the idea goes, I think it's great, and very polished. Nice work! I had a bit of a bad initial reaction when I heard the name, however, as it feels very imperialist and…
epnk on HN
Real problem with paying customers; good idea
From 3 comments
A potential client came to us several years ago with a similar idea, apparently there's lots of money to made since every local election needs a site + social media. Thus…
asnyder on HNI think this would really help political candidates in countries such as Canada without fixed election dates, where elections can begin with little notice. Our election just…
Tiktaalik on HNI think this is awesome and have been trying to convince a political party to use something like this.
petervandijck on HN
Objections
Landing page does not explain what the product is or who it is for
From 3 comments
Feedback: It wasn't immediately clear to me who this is for. A big headline telling me "Online Campaign Management for Civic Leaders and Candidates" would be helpful.
spking on HNMy feedback: - Landing page does not tell me what the site is about. Who is it for? Something like the one suggested by @spking needed. - Carousel is too fast for me. It should…
gokhan on HNOK, but you still need to make it clear on the homepage that it's a tool for organizing and expanding a group of people, using social media, around a cause. From the homepage I…
jessriedel on HN
Looks like a nation or sim game at first glance
From 3 comments
I would second that feedback. I eventually figured out what you were talking about, but for the first minute or so I had no clue. I actually thought you might be a simulation…
reso on HNAgreed, my initial thought was this was a sim-nation style game.
nigelsampson on HNYup. I thought it was one of those nation web games.
cowkingdeluxe on HN
Requires a credit card for the free trial
From 1 comment
Does anyone else think people would be more likely to sign up and try it if a credit card wasn't required for the 14 day trial? I was going to sign up to to see what it was like,…
emiranda on HN
Pricing tiers are confusing or too low
From 3 comments
My initial feedback is that there are too many pricing layers and that is confusing. Maybe have a few and then do some sort of step function. I like the idea, I think it makes a…
pitdesi on HNThis has a lot of potential. Only problem I see is the pricing. You should be doing 4x what you currently have.
mahmud on HNI think you'll find the size of the market, measured by number of customers, to be much smaller than you think. I say this because your pricing seems very low. This is obviously…
bdclimber14 on HN
Requests
Clarify the headline and target audience on the homepage
From 2 comments
Feedback: It wasn't immediately clear to me who this is for. A big headline telling me "Online Campaign Management for Civic Leaders and Candidates" would be helpful.
spking on HNHow about: Online Campaign Management for Candidates and Activists
olalonde on HN
Shorter screencast and simpler feature screenshots
From 1 comment
My feedback: - Landing page does not tell me what the site is about. Who is it for? Something like the one suggested by @spking needed. - Carousel is too fast for me. It should…
gokhan on HN
Consider a more positive name
From 1 comment
As far as the idea goes, I think it's great, and very polished. Nice work! I had a bit of a bad initial reaction when I heard the name, however, as it feels very imperialist and…
epnk on HN
Questions
Is it built on CiviCRM or custom?
From 1 comment
Is this built on CiviCRM or is a custom platform?
jacques_chester on HN
How much manual setup is needed per customer?
From 1 comment
Interesting idea. How much manual legwork do you have to do when a new customer registers? Is there manual effort involved in setting up Twitter and Facebook accounts, mailing…
mryall on HN
Details about the VAN integration
From 1 comment
Can you talk more about your VAN integration?
epaulson on HN
Alternatives named
FriendFeed
From 1 comment
The whole premise of managing twitter, facebook, tumbler, etc. all in one place sounds like a joke to me. I'm sure Facebook didn't think it was a joke when they paid $50 million…
mattdeboard on HN
Flowtown
From 1 comment
It sounds a bit like what Flowtown is doing with their new product: http://v3.flowtown.com/#/flowtown ``` Connect your Facebook account to become an official Ambassador for…
PStamatiou on HN
CiviCRM
From 1 comment
Is this built on CiviCRM or is a custom platform?
jacques_chester on HN