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In the Indian expat community, this was providing \"the\" means to…",{"value":61,"source":62,"evidence":63},"People who want to send cards or letters, and businesses needing paper mail.","commenter",[64,68],{"id":65,"by":66,"text":67},"3031812","dongle","I also sent a card to my mom. Next I'm going to send a card to some people who hosted me while I visited Canada. The difference between this and postcards (and postagrams) is…",{"id":69,"by":70,"text":71},"3031495","kabir_h","I thought about this recently, but because I need to send mail to a few government offices, and to my university for my transcripts. Both have to be done in paper, but I'd love…",{"value":73,"source":62,"evidence":74},"$4.99 per letter as shown after registration.",[75],{"id":76,"by":77,"text":78},"3031424","win_ini","Be more upfront about the cost - I knew it was coming...I got the activate email link, still no mention of price - but I see you're alluding to something....stationary. After…",[],"unknown","launched",{"praise":83,"objections":104,"requests":130,"questions":157,"alternatives":180},[84,96],{"value":85,"source":62,"evidence":86},"Useful for sending cards to family and thank-you notes.",[87,91,92],{"id":88,"by":89,"text":90},"3031741","jmtame","I was a beta tester, and I sent my mom a card using SendWrite. She just told me she got it and that it was the single best thing she received this year =]",{"id":65,"by":66,"text":67},{"id":93,"by":94,"text":95},"3032134","rolleiflex","Thanks, you just saved me from a chore. although I've bought three mails, I have one I had to send, I am happy to pay $5 to send one. Make it so that I can upload PDF's or choose…",{"value":97,"source":62,"evidence":98},"Saves a chore and is willing to pay for it.",[99,100],{"id":93,"by":94,"text":95},{"id":101,"by":102,"text":103},"3031514","mattdeboard","I'll pay for this. I would pay an annual or (small) monthly fee for this.",[105,109,116,123],{"value":106,"source":62,"evidence":107},"Pricing was not shown up front.",[108],{"id":76,"by":77,"text":78},{"value":110,"source":111,"evidence":112},"Only delivers within the US.","maker",[113],{"id":114,"by":11,"text":115},"3031626","I hear you. More cost transparency. I'll get it up on the front page asap. Thanks. Right now I'm only delivering in the US. I'll take a look at the submit\u002Flogout issue. Thanks…",{"value":117,"source":62,"evidence":118},"Reading message content to print letters feels privacy-invasive.",[119],{"id":120,"by":121,"text":122},"3031592","dangero","I find myself really bothered by the fact that you would be reading all the messages. Granted I realize that in order to stuff the letters manually you would be able to see them…",{"value":124,"source":62,"evidence":125},"Micro-payments for occasional use may be hard to monetise.",[126],{"id":127,"by":128,"text":129},"3032103","grok2","You are right in that contacting people was easier via the postal service that via the Internet. BTW, my intent was not to discourage sendwrite.com, but to see if any lesson can…",[131,139,143,150],{"value":132,"source":62,"evidence":133},"Add an API.",[134,138],{"id":135,"by":136,"text":137},"3031439","vangale","Will there be an API? I can think of a few services that could integrate with this nicely.",{"id":120,"by":121,"text":122},{"value":140,"source":62,"evidence":141},"Support PDF upload and paper stock choice.",[142],{"id":93,"by":94,"text":95},{"value":144,"source":62,"evidence":145},"Separate field for the address.",[146,149],{"id":147,"by":102,"text":148},"3032067","Why not just a separate field for the address?",{"id":120,"by":121,"text":122},{"value":151,"source":62,"evidence":152},"Subscription pricing option.",[153,156],{"id":154,"by":58,"text":155},"3032159","Yeah totally, I'd say people would almost welcome a subscription service - invariably this kind of thing is something you \"should\" do, and SendWrite just makes that easier. A…",{"id":101,"by":102,"text":103},[158,165,173],{"value":159,"source":62,"evidence":160},"How is payment made?",[161],{"id":162,"by":163,"text":164},"3031258","dorkitude","This is intriguing. How do you pay for it? (Do we, the users?)",{"value":166,"source":62,"evidence":167},"Does it deliver to Canada or the Netherlands?",[168,169],{"id":76,"by":77,"text":78},{"id":170,"by":171,"text":172},"3031298","skrebbel","Feedback: only after step 3 of the signup process I discover that \"The Netherlands\" isn't in your list of states. Of course I should've seen that coming, given how early launch…",{"value":174,"source":62,"evidence":175},"How are incoming emails parsed into addresses?",[176],{"id":177,"by":178,"text":179},"3031463","angryasian","are you doing all of these manually, I looked around but didn't see that you require the message and address in any particular format ? 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