AvatarPicker
Web and SaaS
avatar widget
SHOW HN2015
How HN took it
3 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 5 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score -0.09.
Idea: 2 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 2 againstPricing: 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
Nice-looking and well executed
From 2 comments
I think you could adjust your pricing. Usual for new products a year long subscription is priced at 10 times the monthly plan. For few dollars savings I am not going to risk…
funkyy on HNWell done. How come you decided to go with an iframe instead of a generic popup? Also what do you use for image hosting? s3?
aakilfernandes on HN
Good idea given Gravatar's Wordpress account requirement
From 2 comments
Gravatar is too ubiquitous for me now that Wordpress owns it. Plus the Wordpress account requirement is really annoying. So I hope your project will become an alternative on many…
voidz on HNThis is cool. I've thought about this sort of the service before. It surprises me that Gravatar has never bothered creating a widget.
m4tthumphrey on HN
Objections
Pricing too high for the value offered
From 2 comments
I don't mean to overly offend, but something like this is not worth more than $5/month. Maybe $20/month for 1 million+ users. Your $19/month ($11/month if paid annually) is more…
developer1 on HNWhoa. You don't even have actual facebook or twitter integration requiring authentication. You just pull the photo by username, which means no identity validation.…
developer1 on HN
No real Facebook/Twitter verification; errors reported
From 1 comment
Whoa. You don't even have actual facebook or twitter integration requiring authentication. You just pull the photo by username, which means no identity validation.…
developer1 on HN
Free Gravatar is hard to compete with
From 1 comment
Gravatar is free though, its hard to compete with free.
donatj on HN
Privacy concern about tracking browsing via requests
From 1 comment
Does this mean that if sites i like (and i) use your service, my machine hits your server very frequently, thus giving you relatively thorough insight into my browsing habits?…
toothbrush on HN
Requests
Adjust pricing, e.g. longer-term discount
From 2 comments
I think you could adjust your pricing. Usual for new products a year long subscription is priced at 10 times the monthly plan. For few dollars savings I am not going to risk…
funkyy on HNAvoid upsetting customers by allowing them to keep their current price and only charging new customers the higher price.
j_s on HN
Explain CDN use and fix the landing page claim
From 1 comment
So they're not on a CDN as mentioned on the product page?
callumjones on HN
Questions
What pain does this solve and is it worth the money?
From 1 comment
What pain does this solve? Is that pain worth the money?
programminggeek on HN
Does using the service let the maker track browsing habits?
From 1 comment
Does this mean that if sites i like (and i) use your service, my machine hits your server very frequently, thus giving you relatively thorough insight into my browsing habits?…
toothbrush on HN
Alternatives named
Gravatar
From 2 comments
This is cool. I've thought about this sort of the service before. It surprises me that Gravatar has never bothered creating a widget.
m4tthumphrey on HNGravatar is free though, its hard to compete with free.
donatj on HN
webvatar.com
From 1 comment
For the indieweb enthusiasts, http://webvatar.com/ is Gravatar for websites, and you don't need to set up anything, just put the link there and it will fetch and cache the image…
fiatjaf on HN