Userfox (YC S11)
Web and SaaS
email marketing automation
SHOW HN2012
100points
52comments
#220of 1,677 in 2012
Top 14%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
9 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 11 critical, out of 31 comments about the project. Thread score -0.15.
Idea: 5 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 5 againstDesign: 3 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful idea that replaces cron jobs and manual scheduling
From 2 comments
I've been looking for something like this for a long time. It's something I wouldn't purposely implement because it's a pain to manage time/writing cron jobs, etc. Love the…
felixchan on HNNice, we built something similar internally (but without the nice frontend and relying on sendgrid for analytics etc). What's missing in the longer term are more detailed ways of…
diziet on HN
Fast to integrate compared with MailChimp
From 1 comment
If you're starting today: userfox is much faster to get integrated and sending email than MailChimp (or anything else.) If you're already using MailChimp: send me a note and I'll…
pclark on HN
Nice landing page
From 2 comments
I've been looking for something like this for a long time. It's something I wouldn't purposely implement because it's a pain to manage time/writing cron jobs, etc. Love the…
felixchan on HNThe landing page is quite nice, but the zoom animation and the pointer cursors on the days really makes them look like clickable buttons that simply aren't working.
kristofferR on HN
Objections
No visible pricing, so users can't tell future costs
From 3 comments
The sign up button says "try for free", which implies it's a trial signup. But I can't find the price for the subscription anywhere on the website.
jd on HNI've avoided signing up because I couldn't find a price. Just saying its free / there is no pricing plans yet etc would have let me sign up, or an actual pricing list. I won't…
plasma on HNLooks pretty cool. One question - pricing? There's a "try for free" button, but there's no indication of how long the trial actually lasts nor of what happens after the trial.…
gtmtg on HN
No privacy policy or terms at launch
From 1 comment
I couldn't find a Privacy Policy or ToS anywhere...this is really interesting to me, but if I'm going to let you track everything my users do on my site, I'm going to need to…
silverlight on HN
Javascript snippet could be abused to send emails to arbitrary addresses
From 1 comment
I like it! My main concern is that it's Javascript only. Hopefully I'm wrong, but I can't see anything the code from arbitrarily being inserted elsewhere with my client ID but…
ghiculescu on HN
Concern about delivery rates and spam from a new startup
From 1 comment
Congrats on launching - looks great! My issues that prevent me from signing up would be: 1) No pricing structure means that I question whether you'll be in business in a year, or…
ScottWhigham on HN
Requests
Clearer how-it-works and integration docs, including plugins
From 2 comments
This looks really cool and is something I'd definitely be interested in (been on the 'todo' list for too long)... but I really need more info to decide if I want to invest the…
aquark on HNI bounced after getting to the form.. As a developer and therefore your main target for potential customers, you never answered the most important question... how? How does it…
nwienert on HN
Customer bucketing by product usage
From 1 comment
Nice, we built something similar internally (but without the nice frontend and relying on sendgrid for analytics etc). What's missing in the longer term are more detailed ways of…
diziet on HN
More email templates or custom HTML themes
From 1 comment
Nice, we built something similar internally (but without the nice frontend and relying on sendgrid for analytics etc). What's missing in the longer term are more detailed ways of…
diziet on HN
Clearer call to action about free use
From 2 comments
I had the same question as @jd - to clarify this, you might want to change the call to action to "get started for free" or something along those lines...
gtmtg on HNThanks for your reply - definitely looks cool. As I mentioned above (under @jd's post), it might help to change the call to action text...
gtmtg on HN
Questions
Why it is better than existing email sending tools
From 2 comments
I'd like to know why it works. Does "10x superior onboarding emails" mean 10x better retention/conversion numbers? Backstory: I've been trying to improve retention in a complex…
kulkarnic on HNWould there be any reason to use this over, say, a Mailchimp auto-responder? I don't mean that at all in a snarky way, just curious. I'd be interested to give this a go, but…
connortomas on HN
How it differs from competitors
From 2 comments
what are some comparative products, and how does userfox set itself apart?
drdoooom on HNI'll second this. I was interested, but it's not something we can evaluate until you're ready to commit to price bounds. Given the heat in this space now, it would also be nice…
runako on HN
Alternatives named
MailChimp
From 2 comments
Would there be any reason to use this over, say, a Mailchimp auto-responder? I don't mean that at all in a snarky way, just curious. I'd be interested to give this a go, but…
connortomas on HNaweber.com currently owns the IM world. I have some experience with them and with mailchimp. This is like somewhere in between, aweber is more spammy prone while mailchimp won't…
propercoil on HN
AWeber
From 1 comment
aweber.com currently owns the IM world. I have some experience with them and with mailchimp. This is like somewhere in between, aweber is more spammy prone while mailchimp won't…
propercoil on HN
Vero
From 1 comment
I'll second this. I was interested, but it's not something we can evaluate until you're ready to commit to price bounds. Given the heat in this space now, it would also be nice…
runako on HN
Customer.io
From 1 comment
I'll second this. I was interested, but it's not something we can evaluate until you're ready to commit to price bounds. Given the heat in this space now, it would also be nice…
runako on HN
Launchrock
From 2 comments
it's like the next evolution of landing page signups. to me this was missing from sites like launchrock.
robluu on HNWe announced userfox with a launchrock page and I really wish I could have tied launchrock into userfox: sending a drip sequence to users that registered interest in a service…
pclark on HN