Ask HN: would you pay for this service?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6909241

by wsieroci • 13 years ago

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Hi,

I am thinking about creating service which will help you to enable super easily uploading, storing and managing images in the cloud on your social website or mobile app of any kind. You would be able to manage moderation process on your website on your own in your dashboard (you would be able to customize this process like confirming every new photo on your own or automate this process by installing our customizable reporting system) or by using integrated Amazon Mechanical Turk capabilities where people would moderate if photo is porn or not (for example). What do you think about this idea? Would you pay for it?

Best, Wiktor

jlgaddis• 13 years ago

No.

paulferrett• 13 years ago

Sorry, no. That sort of thing really isn't a problem these days with services such as Amazon. Developers aren't typically the sort of market that will easily pay for things - especially when they're just starting a new project. If you want to target developers, and you want them to pay, do something they don't want to do. Testing, Operations, Marketing - finding actual customers for a new product is something I'd pay for.

wsieroci• 13 years ago

Thanks for the answer! What do you mean by "Operations"?

rosswilson• 13 years ago

Sorry no. A service like this isn't something that passes my "can I do it myself" benchmark. Don't get me wrong, if I think a service provides some value that I either can't implement myself or would cost me too much (financially and/or time) to implement myself then I would signup. Sadly I think I could build something like this into whatever product I was developing quite easily.

Here's an idea: instead of targeting developers (e.g. B2B) why not setup your service to be consumer facing. Imagine a service where individuals can upload their photos or files and then have a shed-load of partners they can share those photos/files with (like photo printing services, social networks, community sites, forums). Just an idea.

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