RecallBee
Consumer and social
product safety alerts
SHOW HN2015
133points
101comments
#164of 2,565 in 2015
Top 7%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
7 positive, 41 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 17 critical, out of 69 comments about the project. Thread score -0.09.
Idea: 5 for, 10 againstDesign: 0 for, 4 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Good idea and well executed.
From 3 comments
Bravo! This is a brilliant idea, and quite well executed. I wish you every success. Thank you.
lordbusiness on HNBeautiful idea and execution. Seems to me that you could monetise this by selling to businesses. For example, you say in the comments that amazon still sells some toys that have…
Blahah on HNI think this is awesome in terms of a product. Could be interesting to expand to other types of recalls (just go through the Ralph Nader list). Most of this information is…
pccampbell on HN
Objections
Users must enter all toys they own, which is a hassle.
From 3 comments
I think there is a good idea in this, but as presented I wouldn't use it. I am a parent. There are lots of toys around the house. Some are mainstream so I will probably find them…
bbcbasic on HNMy main concern would be that I have to input all of the toys my kids are using. I'm just not sure that I would ever do that. But looks cool. Also, the right side of the site…
austenallred on HNI can't see me listing all the stuff I bought (not much!) for the kids on your site/app or whatever - this is increasingly an issue. Perhaps you can sell a service to…
pbhjpbhj on HN
Recalls are rare, so the service may not pay for itself.
From 2 comments
Your site says in 2013 one toy was recalled every three days, and you mention 37,000 toys being monitored but have sent alerts about only 1% of them. To me this says by default…
benologist on HNReally cool idea but how do you plan for this to pay for itself? I imagine the time commitment is pretty high to have to go through all toy recalls and/or safety hazards. It's…
joshstrange on HN
Parents should watch toys themselves, not rely on an app.
From 2 comments
Beautiful execution but I find the purpose misguided. I am a parent too so maybe that's a cultural difference (EU vs US?) but if my kid choked on a toy I would pay closer…
fishnchips on HNSure, as a parent you should be able to decide what the appropriate response is. But at least to me this particular class of problems does not need an app but simple common sense.
fishnchips on HN
Landing page copied images from Basecamp and an unlicensed template.
From 3 comments
I really like the landing page, but I feel I have to point out one obvious thing: Your sign-up page[0] not only resembles the one of Basecamp[1], but you chose to actually copy…
orkj on HNDid you pay for the other illustrations on your home page? They look a bit disparate, and some turn up elsewhere in an image search:…
grey-area on HNIn light of the fact that the template you've linked looks exactly like recallbee.com, the author's comment "Thanks, I actually copied the image to see what it'd look like in…
winter_blue on HN
Requests
Support for other countries beyond America.
From 1 comment
This looks really good, but like so many sites I find on here, it makes no mention of country. So I assume you're just monitoring toys recalled in America? i.e. It's probably not…
muppetman on HN
Barcode scanning in an app.
From 1 comment
That's a great idea and really focuses on the do one thing and do it well approach. Are you going to have some app where they could scan the barcode of the toy and get the info…
nowarninglabel on HN
Anonymous try-before-sign-up flow.
From 1 comment
Thanks for sharing. I think you have a lot of bases covered very well. Landing Page | How It Works | Pricing is a great start. Free trial offer, and choose your own price to…
zaroth on HN
Questions
How the business will pay for itself.
From 2 comments
Really cool idea but how do you plan for this to pay for itself? I imagine the time commitment is pretty high to have to go through all toy recalls and/or safety hazards. It's…
joshstrange on HNThis model seems to come up every few years but never quite makes it. Here's a version from 2000 with uglier graphics and more shouty copy, but the same idea:…
slapshot on HN
Whether the service covers countries other than the US.
From 1 comment
This looks really good, but like so many sites I find on here, it makes no mention of country. So I assume you're just monitoring toys recalled in America? i.e. It's probably not…
muppetman on HN
Alternatives named
Government recall sites like recalls.gov and CPSC.
From 1 comment
Is this a front end on top of the current government provided resources [1] [2] [3], or does this include other sources? [1] http://www.recalls.gov/ [2]…
jared314 on HN
Earlier Cyberellum Recall Alarm app.
From 1 comment
I contracted for a company with the same idea (I built the matching engine from incoming alerts to products in the db). It went under, that was 3 years ago. They were not focused…
jmlucjav on HN