CaaS
Web and SaaS
coffee subscription service
SHOW HN2013
24points
49comments
#911of 1,739 in 2013
Top 53%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
4 positive, 16 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 9 critical, out of 30 comments about the project. Thread score -0.12.
Docs: 0 for, 4 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Prices appear low compared to alternatives
From 1 comment
Congratulations on launching and good luck with your startup! While I am not a huge fan of Aaas (Anything as a Service) your prices seem pretty low compared to what I could find…
duiker101 on HN
Interest in trying the service
From 2 comments
I'm the CTO over at Rentify in London. I'd be happy to give this service a shot for a month. We drink pour-overs. Do you provide paper filters as well for ground coffee?
buf on HNCongratulations on launching and good luck with your startup! While I am not a huge fan of Aaas (Anything as a Service) your prices seem pretty low compared to what I could find…
duiker101 on HN
Objections
Landing page does not say what beans or where delivery is
From 3 comments
I am not a big coffee drinker, but I think people who are into their coffee might like to know where exactly your coffee is coming from, if it's fair trade etc. So this is some…
AnSavvides on HNNo information on coffee varieties, degree of roast, country of origin of beans. Arabica? Robusta? Blended? How dark roast or can I choose? For now I'll prefer to ground my beans…
gerhardi on HNSame thoughts as well. Eligible geographical areas is one of the big thing missing here. When I initially looked at the landing page, and did not see any mentioned of your…
yitchelle on HN
Checkout page not protected by SSL and allows skipping required fields
From 2 comments
I was quite interested but when it asked me for my personal details such as name, address etc, the page when you clicked "buy ground" was not protected by SSL. Sorry but in my…
rb2e on HNHi the problem isn't with using PayPal. That's fine in my opinion for startin up. Its your asking for people to enter sensitive information on an unencrypted page but also, they…
rb2e on HN
Blend is mostly robusta, seen as low quality
From 1 comment
I run a coffee site in the US www.moustachecoffeeclub.com that also does a subscription based service. We offer a much more premium product, and I have to say my instinct is you…
reillyse on HN
Coffee roasted over a month ago may be a deal breaker
From 1 comment
using coffee which was roasted over a month ago is probably a deal breaker for a lot of people who would use a service like this. Good examples of coffee websites:…
joeconway on HN
Requests
Show bean origin, blend and roast details
From 3 comments
No information on coffee varieties, degree of roast, country of origin of beans. Arabica? Robusta? Blended? How dark roast or can I choose? For now I'll prefer to ground my beans…
gerhardi on HNI would be interested in this myself, but as a big coffee drinker, I am rather picky about where it comes from etc. More information on the beans and even expanding the selection…
devonbarrett on HNI am not a big coffee drinker, but I think people who are into their coffee might like to know where exactly your coffee is coming from, if it's fair trade etc. So this is some…
AnSavvides on HN
Show eligible delivery countries clearly
From 2 comments
I am not a big coffee drinker, but I think people who are into their coffee might like to know where exactly your coffee is coming from, if it's fair trade etc. So this is some…
AnSavvides on HNSame thoughts as well. Eligible geographical areas is one of the big thing missing here. When I initially looked at the landing page, and did not see any mentioned of your…
yitchelle on HN
Offer paper filters and adapters
From 2 comments
I'm the CTO over at Rentify in London. I'd be happy to give this service a shot for a month. We drink pour-overs. Do you provide paper filters as well for ground coffee?
buf on HNHi buf. Glad to hear you're interested! For the moment we are not providing the filters but we do have plans to provide them as well as adapters for using our pods on any normal…
guico on HN
Simplify the subscription page
From 1 comment
I run a coffee site in the US www.moustachecoffeeclub.com that also does a subscription based service. We offer a much more premium product, and I have to say my instinct is you…
reillyse on HN
Questions
Is it a middleman model?
From 1 comment
Congrats on the launch! Just to be pedantic; aren't you the middle man? I mean, if the coffee companies tried to go direct to your customers after a couple months would you be…
shittyanalogy on HN
Which coffee machines do the pods work with?
From 1 comment
What kind of pods are these? I think you should specify which coffee machine do they work with :)
bromagosa on HN
Alternatives named
Pact Coffee
From 2 comments
Pact Coffee (http://www.pactcoffee.com) in the UK offers fresh roasted coffee delivered too, but with more flexibility in your schedule.
chendriksen on HNUK coffee lovers should check out https://www.pactcoffee.com/
sambenson on HN
Tonx
From 1 comment
US equivalent is Tonx https://tonx.org/ but it's not hot, the idea is that they deliver right after roasting, so you consistently get something freshly roasted.
prostoalex on HN
Square Mile Coffee
From 1 comment
Another UK competitor is Square Mile coffee, whose subscriptions are separate monthly deliveries of 350g or 500g (http://shop.squaremilecoffee.com/collections/subscriptions).
jamessb on HN
Specialty Coffee Belgium
From 1 comment
In Belgium this exists for a while now, where you get 210 grams of beans (zip locked in a breathable bag) put in a regular envelope by mail every week -…
jrnkntl on HN