[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":285},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-8912647":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":27,"sentiment":28,"stance_mix":29,"scored_comments":33,"aspects":34,"strip":42,"post_text":43,"what":44,"said":89,"maker_in_thread":178,"shape":189,"grid":192,"attempts":248,"same_week":249,"maker_shows":30,"maker_hidden":278,"reader_version":279,"card":280},"8912647","AvatarPicker","User-friendly, in-page gravatar alternative","title","Show HN: AvatarPicker – User-friendly, in-page gravatar alternative","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.avatarpicker.com\u002F","avatarpicker.com","bgdam",1421685763,2015,42,25,689,2565,27,"shown","web_saas","avatar widget","web_app",[21,24,25,26],"gravatar alternative","profile picture","user avatar","mixed",-0.09,{"positive":30,"neutral":31,"mixed":32,"critical":31},3,5,1,14,{"pricing":35,"idea":37,"execution":39,"privacy":40,"design":41},{"positive":36,"critical":32},0,{"positive":38,"critical":38},2,{"positive":32,"critical":38},{"positive":36,"critical":36},{"positive":36,"critical":36},[30,36,30,36,30,36,31,36,31,36,32,36,30,36,30,36,32,32,36,30,32,36,31,36,32],null,{"problem":45,"audience":52,"pricing":59,"motivation":70,"time_to_build":43,"stack":74,"openness":87,"stage":88,"team_size":87},{"value":46,"source":47,"evidence":48},"Users struggle to set up Gravatar avatars, causing support calls","maker",[49],{"id":50,"by":11,"text":51},"8912876","Thanks. This idea only occurred to me when another dev friend of mine was whining about all the support calls he got from non-tech people who did not know what Gravatar was, and…",{"value":53,"source":47,"evidence":54},"Non-tech end users and sites needing avatar selection",[55,56],{"id":50,"by":11,"text":51},{"id":57,"by":11,"text":58},"8916024","Considering that this is an MVP, I am quite happy with the way the site managed the HN crowd. And yes, it doesn't have actual validation for Facebook\u002FTwitter. This was done…",{"value":60,"source":61,"evidence":62},"Monthly plan around $19, $11\u002Fmonth if paid annually, tentative","commenter",[63,67],{"id":64,"by":65,"text":66},"8915668","developer1","I don't mean to overly offend, but something like this is not worth more than $5\u002Fmonth. Maybe $20\u002Fmonth for 1 million+ users. Your $19\u002Fmonth ($11\u002Fmonth if paid annually) is more…",{"id":68,"by":11,"text":69},"8913139","Glad you liked it. The pricing is only tentative. I thought it would be better to set expectations higher rather than set expectations lower and then irk people by raising prices…",{"value":71,"source":47,"evidence":72},"Friend's frustration with support calls about Gravatar and its signup requirement",[73],{"id":50,"by":11,"text":51},[75,81],{"value":76,"source":47,"evidence":77},"Linode VPS for image hosting",[78],{"id":79,"by":11,"text":80},"8912762","Thanks. I'm not sure what exactly you mean by 'generic popup'. I'm assuming you are referring to overlaid div. I went with the iframe mainly to avoid having to provide CORS…",{"value":82,"source":61,"evidence":83},"nginx",[84],{"id":85,"by":65,"text":86},"8915687","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.…","unknown","beta",{"praise":90,"objections":113,"requests":137,"questions":153,"alternatives":165},[91,102],{"value":92,"source":61,"evidence":93},"Nice-looking and well executed",[94,98],{"id":95,"by":96,"text":97},"8913098","funkyy","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…",{"id":99,"by":100,"text":101},"8912738","aakilfernandes","Well done. How come you decided to go with an iframe instead of a generic popup? Also what do you use for image hosting? s3?",{"value":103,"source":61,"evidence":104},"Good idea given Gravatar's Wordpress account requirement",[105,109],{"id":106,"by":107,"text":108},"8914166","voidz","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…",{"id":110,"by":111,"text":112},"8912856","m4tthumphrey","This is cool. I've thought about this sort of the service before. It surprises me that Gravatar has never bothered creating a widget.",[114,119,123,130],{"value":115,"source":61,"evidence":116},"Pricing too high for the value offered",[117,118],{"id":64,"by":65,"text":66},{"id":85,"by":65,"text":86},{"value":120,"source":61,"evidence":121},"No real Facebook\u002FTwitter verification; errors reported",[122],{"id":85,"by":65,"text":86},{"value":124,"source":61,"evidence":125},"Free Gravatar is hard to compete with",[126],{"id":127,"by":128,"text":129},"8913791","donatj","Gravatar is free though, its hard to compete with free.",{"value":131,"source":61,"evidence":132},"Privacy concern about tracking browsing via requests",[133],{"id":134,"by":135,"text":136},"8913295","toothbrush","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?…",[138,146],{"value":139,"source":61,"evidence":140},"Adjust pricing, e.g. longer-term discount",[141,142],{"id":95,"by":96,"text":97},{"id":143,"by":144,"text":145},"8913549","j_s","Avoid upsetting customers by allowing them to keep their current price and only charging new customers the higher price.",{"value":147,"source":61,"evidence":148},"Explain CDN use and fix the landing page claim",[149],{"id":150,"by":151,"text":152},"8913442","callumjones","So they're not on a CDN as mentioned on the product page?",[154,161],{"value":155,"source":61,"evidence":156},"What pain does this solve and is it worth the money?",[157],{"id":158,"by":159,"text":160},"8914250","programminggeek","What pain does this solve? Is that pain worth the money?",{"value":162,"source":61,"evidence":163},"Does using the service let the maker track browsing habits?",[164],{"id":134,"by":135,"text":136},[166,171],{"value":167,"source":61,"evidence":168},"Gravatar",[169,170],{"id":110,"by":111,"text":112},{"id":127,"by":128,"text":129},{"value":172,"source":61,"evidence":173},"webvatar.com",[174],{"id":175,"by":176,"text":177},"8914373","fiatjaf","For the indieweb enthusiasts, http:\u002F\u002Fwebvatar.com\u002F 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…",{"comments":179,"answered":180,"key":181},10,4,[182,183,186],{"id":68,"text":69},{"id":184,"text":185},"8913271","Thanks for your advice. I think I will be giving the pricing page some serious thought in the next few days.",{"id":187,"text":188},"8913583","Thanks for the advice. It does look like my pricing is a bit off. 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