Referlist

Web and SaaS

referral marketing for landing pages

SHOW HN2019

70points
25comments
#660of 2,195 in 2019
Top 31%of 2019 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

3 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 5 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score -0.10.

Execution: 0 for, 4 againstIdea: 1 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 0 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

  • Simple setup and clean site

    From 1 comment
    • Looks like you are using Hakara mail server (edit:nope) and Firebase. http://haraka.github.io/ Site is clean, documentation is simple and everything seemed to work great. Thanks…
      degenerate on HN
  • Affordable pricing compared with alternatives

    From 1 comment
    • It is crazy crowded. Everyone else is expensive and a little "too much". This is an affordable side project I made for myself that I wanted to share with the world since I wasn't…
      parthi on HN

Objections

  • Referral verification can be gamed with fake sign-ups

    From 2 comments
    • Looks like you are using Hakara mail server (edit:nope) and Firebase. http://haraka.github.io/ Site is clean, documentation is simple and everything seemed to work great. Thanks…
      degenerate on HN
    • Next step would be blocking temporary emails domains, which is a rabbit hole, and also adding captcha to the verify I guess. Also allowing only hotmail/gmail/etc might help
      agustif on HN
  • Verification emails not received during testing

    From 2 comments
    • Nice project! I tried the demo, but it didn't work for me: * I joined the waitlist with a@example.com, then I was redirected to…
      sixti60 on HN
    • How should B verify their email? I guess by clicking on a link they receive via email? In my test, B received no mail. I double checked in spam folder; I've tried with A and B…
      sixti60 on HN
  • Email address exposed in query string

    From 1 comment
    • Looks interesting! Few bits of feedback: - The signup widget doesn't submit when hitting enter after entering my email in the text-box, which is a reasonable expectation from an…
      Joe8Bit on HN
  • Link flagged as suspicious by Gmail

    From 1 comment
    • This looks really cool, nice work launching. I'm ready to use it on a project that I'm building. However... When I signed up on your site, I received the confirmation email to my…
      colinbartlett on HN

Requests

  • Host success page on own domain

    From 1 comment
    • Hey Parthi, do any of your pricing plans allow us to host the success page on our own domain?
      nselman on HN
  • Analytics and multiple landing pages per project

    From 1 comment
    • To me the real utility of this, is testing "concepts". The way I would see myself using this is to create a few keyword campaigns, and then send them to these pages to see how…
      swalsh on HN
  • More customization of page design

    From 1 comment
    • To me the real utility of this, is testing "concepts". The way I would see myself using this is to create a few keyword campaigns, and then send them to these pages to see how…
      swalsh on HN

Questions

  • How does the value differ from existing referral tools

    From 1 comment
    • Interesting! You probably know this is a crazy crowded space - there are tools out there like ViralLoops and ReferralHero, to name just two of the more popular ones that have…
      louisswiss on HN
  • Does waitlist position update over time

    From 1 comment
    • How should B verify their email? I guess by clicking on a link they receive via email? In my test, B received no mail. I double checked in spam folder; I've tried with A and B…
      sixti60 on HN

Alternatives named

  • ViralLoops

    From 1 comment
    • Interesting! You probably know this is a crazy crowded space - there are tools out there like ViralLoops and ReferralHero, to name just two of the more popular ones that have…
      louisswiss on HN
  • ReferralHero

    From 1 comment
    • Interesting! You probably know this is a crazy crowded space - there are tools out there like ViralLoops and ReferralHero, to name just two of the more popular ones that have…
      louisswiss on HN

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