Weebly 4
Web and SaaS
website builder
SHOW HN2016
How HN took it
6 positive, 21 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 12 critical, out of 41 comments about the project. Thread score -0.08.
Design: 1 for, 6 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Easy for non-technical users and well built products
From 3 comments
Weebly is one of the companies from our batch (W07) that I would have wanted to invest in, if given the opportunity. They just build really cool products for non-technical folks.…
SwellJoe on HNDavid, Weebly is amazing! It's what I used for some of my earliest projects and kinda want got me started down the path of web development. Glad to see that it is growing!
andrewdbass on HNExcellent team, beautiful product, bravo!
jondishotsky on HN
Email integration with the rest of the site and commerce
From 1 comment
Weebly is one of the companies from our batch (W07) that I would have wanted to invest in, if given the opportunity. They just build really cool products for non-technical folks.…
SwellJoe on HN
Objections
Page loads slowly and theme background images are heavy
From 2 comments
Big fan of Weebly. The main background images for each of your linked themes took a very long time to load, > 14s.
djb_hackernews on HNThis page slows my browser to a crawl. I had to close the page to type this comment. Same if I open it in incognito with no extensions. Chrome Version 53.0.2785.116 m, Windows 10
uses on HN
Automatically serving a localized language based on location is annoying
From 2 comments
I just followed your link on an English-language website (Hacker News) in response to an English-language comment (yours) on my iPad (running in English, my mother tongue and…
stevoski on HNI'm an outlier indeed, but plenty of people live or travel in countries that use languages they don't speak or prefer, and don't want find themselves redirected to websites they…
stevoski on HN
Mobile landscape layout issues on iPhone
From 1 comment
iPhone 6 Plus in landscape ... http://i.imgur.com/ZKorFe9.jpg
harryf on HN
Requests
Typography-focused themes not reliant on photography
From 1 comment
One thing I've noticed on Weebly, Squarespace, Wix and other similar "DIY without any coding" website platforms is that all their themes depend on having excellent photography.…
atourgates on HN
Clearer transaction fee details and a free trial
From 1 comment
Hi David! This looks pretty fantastic! Well done on getting this together and launching! I think we should always congratulate folks who get to the launch phase, no matter their…
HorizonXP on HN
Language selector placed more prominently
From 1 comment
This one is really tricky. You'll see this same behavior by Google, Facebook, and most other major providers. We spent a lot of time looking into this, it's unfortunately a very…
drusenko on HN
Questions
How does it compare with WordPress, Wix and Squarespace
From 2 comments
Obviously, this isn't competing with someone who is spinning up their own Django/Rails/Node solution. The big questions that come to mind: 1. How does this compare with hosting…
inputcoffee on HNHow does this Weebly compare to squarespace, wix and webflow? What's the differentiation?
BadassFractal on HN
Can custom code and third-party integrations be added
From 2 comments
Obviously, this isn't competing with someone who is spinning up their own Django/Rails/Node solution. The big questions that come to mind: 1. How does this compare with hosting…
inputcoffee on HNThis looks fantastic. We are moving our store from an older CRM and looking for an alternative. We were set on bigCommerce... Can we bring our own HTML/CSS and integrate with…
omarchowdhury on HN
Does ecommerce have reporting
From 1 comment
Are there examples of reporting available for the e-commerce part?
jcater on HN
Alternatives named
Shopify
From 1 comment
Hi David! This looks pretty fantastic! Well done on getting this together and launching! I think we should always congratulate folks who get to the launch phase, no matter their…
HorizonXP on HN
Wix
From 1 comment
Obviously, this isn't competing with someone who is spinning up their own Django/Rails/Node solution. The big questions that come to mind: 1. How does this compare with hosting…
inputcoffee on HN
WordPress
From 1 comment
Obviously, this isn't competing with someone who is spinning up their own Django/Rails/Node solution. The big questions that come to mind: 1. How does this compare with hosting…
inputcoffee on HN
Squarespace
From 1 comment
How does this Weebly compare to squarespace, wix and webflow? What's the differentiation?
BadassFractal on HN
BigCommerce
From 1 comment
This looks fantastic. We are moving our store from an older CRM and looking for an alternative. We were set on bigCommerce... Can we bring our own HTML/CSS and integrate with…
omarchowdhury on HN