onehour.me
Web and SaaS
consulting marketplace
SHOW HN2013
How HN took it
5 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 10 comments about the project. Thread score +0.15.
Pricing: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 2 for, 0 againstDesign: 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
Experiment is cool and clever
From 2 comments
very cool experiment, just booked. fyi, josh is also the author of many blog posts that've appeared on hn: http://notes.unwieldy.net/.
smalter on HNGenius. Booked.
ecrotty on HN
Consultant was helpful in a completed hour
From 1 comment
I just had the 1st hour out of 3, and Josh was truly helpful! He is just that kind of outside professional that we needed to have a look at our product with a fresh pair of eyes.
JaakkoP on HN
Objections
Price may plateau at market rate, reducing purchases
From 1 comment
Neat idea Josh. So have you sold 26 hours then (at time of writing), for a total of $351? What happens when you reach market rate, people just start buying fewer hours? Seems…
ljoshua on HN
Price of $100 an hour questioned as worth it
From 1 comment
so after 100 hours of work, you think that your advice will be worth $100 an hour? whatever happened with that 10,000 hours thing? inflation? -bowerbird
bowerbird on HN
Site breaks on IE9
From 1 comment
Awesome, is the price updated in realtime? By the way; the page is completely bork'd on IE9, but you probably knew that. (why do they make me use it?!)
ptr on HN
Client-side JS could be modified to buy at $1 and checkout worked
From 1 comment
I just modified the JS so that I could buy him for just $1.00. It worked right up to Checkout.
spoiledtechie on HN
Questions
Does the price update in realtime?
From 1 comment
Awesome, is the price updated in realtime? By the way; the page is completely bork'd on IE9, but you probably knew that. (why do they make me use it?!)
ptr on HN
How long does each purchase take at higher prices?
From 1 comment
As you approach your current billable hour I will be curious how high you get and how long each "purchase" takes e.g. I have watched (and bought) it go from $1 to $31 so far -…
johnmurch on HN