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Is sending a reminders (via email or text) with an option to cancel or reschedule doesn't work?

Also, why wouldn't users use Stripe integration for the same? https://calendly.com/integration/stripe

In that case, I recommend mentionbot.io.

Believe it or not, I got shingles when I purchased my first SaaS. The seller ran the promotion to get customers, used churn recovery process to rerun failed cards to jack up the valuation, I was getting disputes every month costing $15 + refund and the churn was 9%-12%. I did take a loan as well but I had cash to back it up.

Luckly, the business had a good word of mouth referrals. I focused on good customer service with almost instant response time and constantly building new features based on customer's feedback. I was able to sustain it. I did rewrite the code but not until it passed $10K MRR and hired a developer overseas. Later I sold a portion of the equity to a friend and recovered my initial investment. I still own majority of the business.

Lately, I've seen some marketplace valuing businesses based on revenue.... I always, always calculate based on NET and see how long it will take to recoup your initial investment. I purchased my first SaaS at 3.25x on net. For me after factoring growth and churn, if I get my initial investment back in 3-5 years, I'll consider buying it. The world of technology is changing rapidly. Anything more than 5 years ROI is too long.

Interesting project, but why not cut/edit segment via UI? Another option is to display the transcribed text, allow the users to delete the text (words or a sentence). Get the get cut out times based on the deleted text.

Nice! do you use 3rd party API for TTS? What is the cost of using them?

Most of the time these testing card attacks are automated. If so, You can implement code and use Stripe element. Additionally, add logic if you get request from same IP in, let say 5 per within 1 minutes then block them for 15 minutes or so. Add Captcha and use CloudFlare to block IP ranges.

It would be cool, if you have a podcast option and implement text to speech (natural speech) and tap into podcast industry.... just a thought.

Nice! Isn't automated content generation market little saturated?

Missing downpayment % or amount.

Pretty neat, I wonder if the AI can take predict the voice of the person in the picture and make it talk.

Nice! quick question. How do you handle returns and refunds? In case, if a wrong product is shipped or if it is damaged or buyer do not like it after receiving it?

Does it work with gmail -> O365? OAuth route would be nice than hard coding passwords.

Nice! my toddler uses Khan Academy kids and Duolingo.

You are entering very competitive space. You might get push back on your pricing.

Have you seen https://calendso.com/? It's free and open source. They are calendly alternative as well.

I'm interested, my email is <HNusername> at hotmail. Also, email how much you want for it.

I'm not an attorney or don't know much about patents but if you prove your idea/product existed before the patent was filed doesn't it protect you?

Cool, reminds me of descript (https://youtu.be/Bl9wqNe5J8U?t=56). I personally, wouldn't care if it run in the browser or on my mac as long as it works.

It's great Stripe is coming up with new services and changing how we do business online. Most purchases are now happening online, subscription based services are on rise and consumer buying habit is changing as well.

I like Stripe and I use Stripe for my business. What I don't like about Stripe is they stepping on toes of their customers. Stripe starts with API service and later they introduce their product competing with early adopters. A good example is Stripe Billing [0]. Additionally, they position their products top on their partners page, therefore making it "popular". I wouldn't be surprised to see Stripe launching their own virtual bank product.

[0] https://stripe.com/billing [1] https://stripe.com/partners/apps-and-extensions/collection/r...

I had a client who started a non-profit community center looking for a such solution like yours. They endup using PandaDoc. I'm assuming most new business would start with $49 and downgrade to $8.

I think it an interesting idea. How many active users do you have?

Interestingly, I've build similar app about 6 months ago as a MVP. It is seating on my computer. I never got time to launch it.

There are many things you can do.

Following is something I want to do for my business website but don't have time for it.

Using node (API) and firebase database capture new signup name, IP and IP to Geo and store it in Firebase. Eg { name:'john Smith', ip:'127.0.0.1', Latitude:123.1233, Longitude:123.123, Country:'USA', City:'Los Angeles', State:'California', Date: epoch }

Next create a js file to include in any page which would get data (from nodejs API) sorted by latest first and show new signup as notification pop-up one by one.

Good luck!

A chrome extension that would pull data from Google Sheets would be nice.

Problem I had with them was regarding managing payment methods. I work on different projects for different clients and I use their respective credit card to pay freelancer. Therefore, I added multiple card cards to my account. Only to know, they don't give an option which card to use when hiring a freelancer. I talked to their customer service letting them know it charged the wrong card and did not give me an option to choose a card.

Also, I asked them to revert the transaction and charge the right card or else I (on behalf of my client) will have to file a dispute.

Their response was, I cannot file dispute because that is against their terms and conditions. If I do, then they will terminate my account. Additionally, the option to add multiple cards is for backup. In case if first card doesn't work they can charge the second card.

To use different cards for different clients, I will have to create a separate "team" even though only one person is managing all the projects.

At the end they said, create a new "team" and talk to the freelancer if he is OK to cancel the order and resubmit it from the new "team". The freelancer was hesitant but he agreed. Since all my instructions/messages were in default "team" account, I continued and decided to cancel it at the end of the project. At the end, the freelancer didn't feel comfortable therefore he refused to cancel the job and I ended up paying him from wrong client's card.

I ended up having one client write a check to pay the other.

What a mess....

Nice article. I'm looking for a (SaaS) side project to buy. Some thing that is making $3k or more.

I'm looking to buy a SaaS app where the owner would to move on to next project. Let me know if you or anybody you may know would like to sell.

Couple years ago I started a side project (inspired by teespring) and I end up using fabic.js https://github.com/imomin/CustomTShirt

What is your contact information? Can you email me at imtu80 at hotmail.

What problem you are solving with convenely? Isn't SMS an alternative solution? Also, does it update my calendar?

Is it for sale?

How would you compete with Amazon? Checkout their new device. http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/04/amazon-dash-amazonfresh/