Django drip
Web and SaaS
email marketing
SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
9 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 17 comments about the project. Thread score +0.48.
Idea: 5 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for segmenting emails using the app's own database
From 2 comments
The key things I love about an Drip vs. commercial options is that since it's a django app it hooks right into our database and I can dynamically schedule an email based on…
WadeF on HNI love this mainly for the crafting of the query. It would probably be worth extracting that piece out into a separate application of its own, so other Admin models are able to…
Jarshwah on HN
Thanks for open sourcing it
From 3 comments
Thank you so much for releasing this. I can definitely see a use for it and will look into it in the near future.
jtchang on HNThanks guys, this looks great!
almost on HNThanks a lot. Bussiere
bussiere on HN
Objections
Buying a hosted service like Customer.io is usually better than building
From 1 comment
Thanks guys. Colin, co-founder of http://Customer.io here. The build vs. buy decision for people is always an interesting one. Taking a quick look at the app, if you're using…
sudonim on HN
Requests
Event-driven triggering via signals
From 1 comment
We have an open issue to work off of signals [1]. What would definitely make it more event driven, but might make it a lot less efficient. [1]…
bryanh on HN
Support for custom user models and profiles
From 2 comments
soon to be released Django 1.5 (currently in alpha 1) will have custom user models https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/django-developers/EI-ihJ4CLqw I guess then you could…
zalew on HNIt would be cool if Drip support also custom Profiles
bedspax on HN
Questions
Can it tie to a non-Django user model such as Rails
From 1 comment
How difficult would it be to tie this to an arbitrary user model. I am thinking along the lines of using this on a rails app.
marcrosoft on HN
Can it trigger drip campaigns from event data
From 1 comment
Does customer.io also support drip campaigns based on event-data? I've evaluated a number of solutions and started looking at build vs buy because we need to start a drip…
mtrimpe on HN
Alternatives named
Customer.io
From 2 comments
Just wanted to add Customer.io, which is a similar service we have been evaluating. It'll be interesting comparing this with that.
yesimahuman on HNThanks guys. Colin, co-founder of http://Customer.io here. The build vs. buy decision for people is always an interesting one. Taking a quick look at the app, if you're using…
sudonim on HN
GetVero, Intercom.io and Mixpanel
From 1 comment
In the spirit of GetVero, Intercom.io and Mixpanel, here is our done-is-better-than-perfect take on drip campaigns. Definitely check out the docs [1] and the demo [2] for a…
bryanh on HN
brennandunn/dripper
From 1 comment
I wrote this a few months back: https://github.com/brennandunn/dripper It depends on resque-scheduler, but let's you setup a drip campaign against an ActiveRecord model pretty…
bdunn on HN