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Getting graded early is so important for students. It shows they really want to know what they are doing right or wrong before they hand in their assignments.…",{"id":55,"by":11,"text":56},"3490197","Hi everyone! I'm the sixteen year old founder of Skimling! I'm going to be launching this weekend, but wanted to get feedback from the HN community! Let me know what you think,…",{"value":58,"source":48,"evidence":59},"Students writing essays for school",[60,61],{"id":55,"by":11,"text":56},{"id":62,"by":11,"text":63},"3490296","The papers can be of any length for the minimum viable product. For the next iteration, I'd like to adjust the pricing of each essay that is graded based on the length of each…",{"value":65,"source":66,"evidence":67},"$12 per essay reviewed","commenter",[68,72],{"id":69,"by":70,"text":71},"3490708","thejteam","I don't think the math works out well for you. The cost is 12 dollars per essay. If I understand stripe's fees, you will pay 65 cents per transaction. You are paying teachers via…",{"id":73,"by":74,"text":75},"3490280","iNate2000","I like the simplicity of the model. $12 seems a little high for input from only one reviewer. Perhaps I'm thinking of shorter papers than you are?",{"value":77,"source":78,"evidence":79},"Maker is a sixteen year old founder launching a service for students","maker",[80],{"id":55,"by":11,"text":56},[82,90],{"value":83,"source":66,"evidence":84},"Stripe for payments",[85,86],{"id":69,"by":70,"text":71},{"id":87,"by":88,"text":89},"3490400","fitztrev","Interesting concept. Just a piece of advice that might improve conversions: I know you're using Stripe.js but you still should have an SSL cert on a payment page. And another…",{"value":91,"source":66,"evidence":92},"PayPal used to pay teachers",[93],{"id":69,"by":70,"text":71},"unknown","beta","solo",{"praise":98,"objections":115,"requests":169,"questions":201,"alternatives":218},[99,111],{"value":100,"source":66,"evidence":101},"Good idea with potential, including upsell to tutoring",[102,106,107],{"id":103,"by":104,"text":105},"3490539","stfu","Fully support the criticism on the name. But it is a nice idea with quite a lot of potential. Many options to upsell your customer base into tutoring\u002Fcoaching services etc.",{"id":51,"by":52,"text":53},{"id":108,"by":109,"text":110},"3490921","caublestone","I think an idea that could really push this over the top would be, for the teacher registration allow anyone with a .edu to register, let them identify their expertise (history,…",{"value":112,"source":66,"evidence":113},"Teacher-matched feedback model is simple",[114],{"id":73,"by":74,"text":75},[116,131,139,147,158],{"value":117,"source":66,"evidence":118},"Students may not pay when teachers and university tutors are free",[119,123,127],{"id":120,"by":121,"text":122},"3490798","dvdhsu","I just sent an e-mail to you. There might be other people contemplating starting a service like this, so as somebody who also considered it, I'll post the important parts here:…",{"id":124,"by":125,"text":126},"3491468","mukyu","Most universities have free tutor services, including for writing. Also, most professors are willing to take a look at your work ahead of time and give you advice. Given those…",{"id":128,"by":129,"text":130},"3490394","highace","Do teachers not provide feedback if you go to them with your work (during their office hours) prior to the hand-in anymore?",{"value":132,"source":66,"evidence":133},"Teacher pay and fees leave very little profit per essay",[134,135],{"id":69,"by":70,"text":71},{"id":136,"by":137,"text":138},"3491274","pigbucket","Thanks for your kind words about http:\u002F\u002Fwww.essayjudge.com While it's true that our service is free, it does come at the cost of the publication of one's essay. I had several…",{"value":140,"source":66,"evidence":141},"Name suggests skimming, a poor message for students",[142,146],{"id":143,"by":144,"text":145},"3490290","HardyLeung","This is a nice idea. However, I would suggest a better name. Skimling is derived from the word \"skim\", and \"skim over\" means to READ SUPERFICIALLY. This is not a good message to…",{"id":103,"by":104,"text":105},{"value":148,"source":66,"evidence":149},"Could be seen as cheating and encourage ghostwriting",[150,154],{"id":151,"by":152,"text":153},"3491270","sequoia","Informal poll: is it within a teacher's rights to forbid the use of such a service on their assignments? You know, \"I want to see YOUR work, not an underemployed English major's…",{"id":155,"by":156,"text":157},"3490464","dmbass","Doing well on essays is part of doing well in school, and doing well in school leads to a better life! That line is particularly appalling and represents one of the many things…",{"value":159,"source":66,"evidence":160},"Copy is dense and uses too many exclamation points",[161,165],{"id":162,"by":163,"text":164},"3490251","smalter","I like the concept. I would work on improving the copy, especially because this is a writing-related startup. Fewer exclamation points and fewer words will help.",{"id":166,"by":167,"text":168},"3490312","atroche","Less exclamation marks!",[170,178,184,190,197],{"value":171,"source":66,"evidence":172},"Add a teacher rating system",[173,174,177],{"id":143,"by":144,"text":145},{"id":175,"by":11,"text":176},"3490323","Improving quality control is probably the most important feature I'd like to add for the next iteration of the product. Each teacher that signs up is approved by me individually;…",{"id":108,"by":109,"text":110},{"value":179,"source":66,"evidence":180},"Add contact information to the site",[181],{"id":182,"by":121,"text":183},"3490618","Bah! I've had this idea for a long time; I just never took the time to build it. Anyways, I would love to talk to you about some ideas I think would be helpful. 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