Each Day Is A Gift
Web and SaaS
gift subscription service
SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
1 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 8 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score -0.27.
Idea: 1 for, 7 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Unique idea
From 1 comment
Unique idea, Andrew! I'm also currently exploring the gifting business. Are you leveraging affiliate marketing?
Eduard on HN
Gifts like these can be fun for some people
From 1 comment
Example gifts: solar cockroach, stainless steel eyebolt, cuticle nail pusher, bra extender strap, and mini PVC tiles. I suspect people would either love or hate getting stuff…
Natsu on HN
Objections
Gifts are junk that end up in landfill
From 3 comments
How does this seem like a good idea? A dollar could buy a cup of coffee or a cheeseburger or any number of things, but instead you'd waste it on this junk? It's junk. I can not…
shpoonj on HNI'd be pissed if someone signed me up for this junk. I guess it's cool if you like "stuff", but it would just be clutter to me.
darkstar999 on HNI'd probably do this for Amazon Prime and I'd probably make the max $5 so I could get something every 5 days. Otherwise in 90 days I'd have 90 pieces of trash.
wtvanhest on HN
Recipients get unwanted gifts chosen without their input
From 2 comments
I agree with you, but what irks me more is the disingenuously of it all: "We'll take care of the rest". So basically I sign up a friend to receive petty "gifts" that some…
kentosi on HNI'd be pissed if someone signed me up for this junk. I guess it's cool if you like "stuff", but it would just be clutter to me.
darkstar999 on HN
Daily gifts would be too many
From 1 comment
One gift PER day? That sounds like way too many gifts. Or at least that is the impression I got from reading your homepage.
GigabyteCoin on HN
Not available in the US at launch
From 1 comment
:-( Doesn't work in the US and signup form for notification when it will is down.
todd3834 on HN
Requests
Filter gifts by category or price
From 1 comment
Are there any ways to limit to specific categories or other criteria or is it totally random? I could see more use if it allowed filtering (eg under $10 in "Toys->Action Figures")
joncalhoun on HN
Option for used items only
From 1 comment
I would add a "only used items" option
jonnycowboy on HN
Social or Facebook login
From 1 comment
It will be great if you can provide oauth or fb for login.Its boring to fill new form again for the site.
madhukara on HN
Veto or better quality products
From 1 comment
id use dealextreme or something with higher quality products, i dunno, just seemed like a ton of those items had absolutely no use. maybe have a "veto" function or something to…
andyakb on HN
Questions
Is the selection random or can it be filtered
From 1 comment
Are there any ways to limit to specific categories or other criteria or is it totally random? I could see more use if it allowed filtering (eg under $10 in "Toys->Action Figures")
joncalhoun on HN
Are you using affiliate marketing
From 1 comment
Unique idea, Andrew! I'm also currently exploring the gifting business. Are you leveraging affiliate marketing?
Eduard on HN
Alternatives named
xkcd 576 gift bot
From 1 comment
Relevant: http://xkcd.com/576/ https://twitter.com/#!/trademe_xkcd576
grandpoobah on HN
eBay
From 1 comment
eBay is becoming cool again!
zengr on HN
DealExtreme
From 1 comment
id use dealextreme or something with higher quality products, i dunno, just seemed like a ton of those items had absolutely no use. maybe have a "veto" function or something to…
andyakb on HN