Shippo
Web and SaaS
shipping rate comparison
SHOW HN2013
How HN took it
13 positive, 19 neutral or asking, 7 mixed, 16 critical, out of 55 comments about the project. Thread score -0.06.
Execution: 2 for, 6 againstIdea: 5 for, 1 againstPerformance: 1 for, 5 againstDesign: 0 for, 3 againstPricing: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful idea with good performance once loaded.
From 2 comments
This is great! Useful product and performs well - what's the tech stack? What are you using for addresses/locations?
cpursley on HNLooks good! My search did timeout with a couple of attempts on "We are searching" (don't know if it's the HN effect). It worked on the third try. A minor copy change suggestion:…
throwmeaway2525 on HN
Long-needed service for international shipping.
From 2 comments
Amazing service. I have been looking for this for a while. Thank you.
caublestone on HNWonderful! I don't ship internationally very often, but I've wanted something like this every time. I tried sorting my search results using the buttons on the upper right, but…
Riseed on HN
Objections
Server overloaded from HN traffic, causing 503 errors and slow loading.
From 3 comments
I get a 503 -- thanks HN! ;) -- but a completely empty page. Consider configuring your server so that a minimum output is sent in order not to confuse the average joe later.
ozh on HNI had to reload the page 8 times for it to actually load.
geekyguy on HNYour website is all broken. I get a "503 Service Unavailable: Back-end server is at capacity" for this: https://goshippo.com/wp-content/themes/wpbootstrap/images/logo/logo-beta.png
ye on HN
Pricing omits USPS online rates and residential surcharges.
From 1 comment
The results are wildly inaccurate due to the omission of online rates for USPS. If you have a paypal account you can buy and print shipping labels at home and save $1-5 on every…
ChrisNorstrom on HN
Only 11 couriers supported, covering a few European countries.
From 2 comments
"Find and compare shipping rates of more than 100 carriers" but only 11 listed on the "Supported Couriers" page. What am I missing?
kd5bjo on HNHi kd5bja, valid question. The statement you quoted is our vision for the future. We just launched with our MVP and we're working on the courier side to get as many courier…
laurabw on HN
Requests
Add more countries, including Asia and India.
From 2 comments
Looks very nice, I see there are no Asian courier service provider, hope to see them added soon as I can certainly see real world usage of shippo
pushkargaikwad on HNWhich country are you in? I'm taking suggestions which ones to include next ;) Just finished negotiating with some Indian courier services and will insert them into the database…
laurabw on HN
Working sorting and keyboard navigation in dropdowns.
From 2 comments
Wonderful! I don't ship internationally very often, but I've wanted something like this every time. I tried sorting my search results using the buttons on the upper right, but…
Riseed on HNBrilliant! Suggestions: 1. Can you enable keyboard navigation for the dropdowns? 2. Currency seems to default to my language setting, not to my location. Can this be…
nodata on HN
Public API for developers.
From 1 comment
An API for developers would be really nice for integrating into personal ecommerce websites. It's a pain dealing with all the couriers individually. Please also consider adding…
jamese on HN
Questions
How does it differ from EasyPost and smailex?
From 2 comments
Looks interesting. We are dealing with finding better shipping prices for international shipments on shirts and what we have found is that distributors that ship really high…
frankdenbow on HNCould you please tell me what the difference between you and smailex.com?
smailex on HN
Can it take advantage of volume discounts?
From 1 comment
Looks interesting. We are dealing with finding better shipping prices for international shipments on shirts and what we have found is that distributors that ship really high…
frankdenbow on HN
Alternatives named
EasyPost
From 1 comment
Looks interesting. We are dealing with finding better shipping prices for international shipments on shirts and what we have found is that distributors that ship really high…
frankdenbow on HN
ShipHawk
From 1 comment
Pretty good ShipHawk Clone
solscreen on HN
smailex
From 1 comment
Could you please tell me what the difference between you and smailex.com?
smailex on HN