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http://www.needtobounce.com

by justinwi • 14 years ago

47 27 14 years ago

cjwake• 14 years ago

Much needed for WAY too many people.

bengl3rt• 14 years ago

Unfortunately, people are sensitive about this subject, often fiercely defensive or even in denial about their own chronic lateness...

Still I wish them the best of success and I hope this changes lives in a big way like I know it has the potential to do.

andygcook2• 14 years ago

I think your comment is in response to the ability to only gift this app to someone you know who is chronically late, which may hurt his feelings. If you look at the FAQ at the bottom of the page though, you'll see the solution for getting the app for yourself is to gift it to your own email address.

Personally, I know I'm always late, usually because I'll be in the middle of hacking something, lose track of time, and be tardy, so I just self gifted the app. There should probably be two clear ways to back this app though, either by gifting it to someone, or just backing it yourself.

csutter• 14 years ago

Google Now has this built in, a card pops up with a map to my destination and tells me when I need to leave. Very useful.

ktsmith2• 14 years ago

The only difference is that Google Now doesn't include a buffer. I set my appointments based on what time I want to be there instead of the starting time to resolve this.

nickpresta• 14 years ago

If I schedule an event that starts at 7:00pm and it is on the other side of town, Google Now will tell me that I need to leave at 6:15pm to make there on time.

andygcook2• 14 years ago

A Twitter button next to the Facebook button at the top would probably help them reach their goal a lot faster.

justinwi7• 14 years ago

Thanks for the suggestion. Fixed.

agrona• 14 years ago

One of the reviews mention android, which is apparently where the prototype is. It's unclear to me, though: is this only for iOS now?

justinwi7• 14 years ago

Sorry for the confusion. Yeah, we built a prototype for Android. Now we're asking folks if folks want a full version for the iPhone.

lazerwalker2• 14 years ago

> What exactly do I get? You’re giving a loved one the full version of Bounce free on the day it launches! Everyone else will have to pay $5/month for it.

I'm confused. Does that mean that the preorder version is a one-time purchase to use it forever, or are you merely preordering one month's service?

justinwi7• 14 years ago

The pre-order is a one-time payment forever. Thanks, we'll make the wording more clear.

justinwi7• 14 years ago

Fixed. Let me know if it's still confusing. Thanks again.

Thrall• 14 years ago

"…help your family be on time" and "needtobounce"

Am I the only one who assumed this was all about procreation in a timely and organised manner?

ndespres• 14 years ago

Yes. What are you talking about.

gte910h4• 14 years ago

I don't see how you're going to get that payment scheme through the app store approval on Apple.

Sorry, I think this money is going to end up having to be given back to people as Apple won't let you do this.

gte910h4• 14 years ago

I'd love to buy this for 2 friends, however your cards are too dickish. Anyway to do this with less dickish/no cards?

justinwi7• 14 years ago

Great suggestion. Working on alternatives now but, I'm kinda a dick. Any non-dickish suggestions?

gte910h4• 14 years ago

"Planning for Traffic is a pain in the rear".

Edgy is fine, until you want to make a gift to your mother in law.

gte910h4• 14 years ago

So apple recurring payments (the ones like magazines) are really only allowed for things that grant monthly content. You can't do apps that have a service component like this through that payment scheme.

You can sell the app 1x with the service bundled in it, launch this as a website service that the apple app store just happens to have a client for (that has no way to take payment), or you can sell consumable credits the user can use in a pre-paid phone esque way to use the service, or lastly you can have a non-automatic way to do a subscription called a "non-renewing subscription" in which the person has to click every month to pay you.

I think you folks have some thinkin about how you're going to do this. Email me in my profile if you'd like to chat about this a bit, I do this for a living and have fought with apple about subscriptions for years for many clients

justinwi7• 14 years ago

Will _definitely_ be in touch.

mhoroszowski• 14 years ago

Really interesting launch page - a fantastic way to get customer feedback before writing code... Steven Blank would be proud!

charleshaanel• 14 years ago

Interesting concept. The fact that you're using Conviva to analyze the effectiveness of the video is good too.

I like what you did with the social proof (testimonials) as well.

Who's your ideal user?

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