WP Simple Social
Web and SaaS
wordpress plugin
SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
7 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 4 critical, out of 17 comments about the project. Thread score +0.10.
Idea: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 1 for, 1 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 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
Good design and icons
From 1 comment
I love the design and the icons, but I'm not confident I'd want to spend $7 on something I could probably whip up in a few minutes in HTML + CSS. I can see this being useful to a…
splatzone on HN
Encouragement for shipping a first project
From 2 comments
You know, you can see all these great talks by all these founders/entrepreneurs, they are always telling that starting is the hardest part. You've already started. Be that a…
chinmoy on HNGood job! It's nice to see new things posted, and also refreshing to see the encouragement and constructive criticism that you've been receiving so far. You built something…
gknoy on HN
Objections
Not worth $7 given free plugins
From 1 comment
Not worth $7, there are plenty of plugins that do this for free.
zapt02 on HN
Could be built in minutes in HTML and CSS
From 1 comment
I love the design and the icons, but I'm not confident I'd want to spend $7 on something I could probably whip up in a few minutes in HTML + CSS. I can see this being useful to a…
splatzone on HN
No demo or screenshots
From 2 comments
no demo? not many would be interested to buy without seeing a demo
rajupp on HNNeed more screen shots to get a better look. But good effort and show of ambition.
bousquetcm on HN
Requests
Add demo and screenshots
From 2 comments
no demo? not many would be interested to buy without seeing a demo
rajupp on HNThe plugin seems nice. IMO, you should add all the names of the services compatible in your description (useful to the potential buyer, and for the SEO in Codecanyon) and you…
bjonathan on HN
Support older IE versions
From 1 comment
Yeah if you could get the supported browsers for IE back to IE7, I could see that improving the usefulness of your plugin.
dkroy on HN
Update on sales experience
From 2 comments
can you update us in a month on your experiences selling on codecanyon/envato ?
brianbreslin on HNI second that. I'd love to hear more about your progress in selling the plugin. Congrats on launching.
gawker on HN
Questions
Is this just thinly disguised advertising?
From 1 comment
But isn't this just thinly disguised advertising?
hnriot on HN
Alternatives named
Free WordPress plugins that do the same
From 1 comment
Not worth $7, there are plenty of plugins that do this for free.
zapt02 on HN