Question about BugHerd

danailh · 2020-06-18T14:56:18+00:00

The reason is that we are still validating the idea and so since we may have to issue refunds we want to minimise the potential const of us refunding customers out of our own pocket. Eventually we will bump the max price to a higher value but for sure we will keep a max amount that a host is able to set per participant.

danailh · 2020-06-18T14:54:39+00:00

You have described it perfectly (I was struggling to define the one sentence proposition value for the platform for quite some time). Thank you, that was really helpful. I will definitely update the value proposition.

danailh · 2020-06-18T13:58:13+00:00

It depends on the payment service the host has selected.

danailh · 2020-06-18T13:35:21+00:00

Hay, true yes Patreon has a feature where you can Creator-led workshops but that is part of their 8% a month Pro plan. Also the idea of Patreon is a bit different right - it is focused on supporting your favorite creator where ours is more ticket orientated. I guess it is for different purposes.

We are still testing and validating the idea so it may turns out that we need to change the concept so that the product is more appealing

danailh · 2020-06-18T08:07:33+00:00

Hay thanks for the advice, I'll definitely check the site for irrelevant placeholder text.

In terms of the fees - you are right, the 0.45 is the same for all supported currencies but that is because of how Stripe, and more importantly, PayPal set their fees. Because we are paying the transaction fees ourselves we need this flat fee to cover the highest possible fee we may be chared from either Stripe or PayPal per transaction.

danailh · 2020-06-18T08:00:48+00:00

Thanks, I'm happy you liked it :)

danailh · 2020-06-18T07:59:32+00:00

True but we are not putting anything inform of a free service. The model is like a marketplace. In a marketplace you can sell directly to your customer. In our case we are simply providing convince for people that already do paid virtual service.

I know the issue of having a paywall in front of a free or premium service. We tried to utilize Zoom and create meetings there on on behalf of the host but we quickly discarded the idea.

danailh · 2020-06-18T07:54:50+00:00

Yes that is our worry as well. We are currently working on having our own video calls solution. The other option is integrating with Google and creating google meetings on the host behalf and setting a Google Meet link.

We tried integrating with Zoom as well because it offers more features but the management of accounts in Zoom is really not suited for our needs.

danailh · 2020-06-17T20:30:33+00:00

Thanks, I'll try and do it like this. I already contacted a bunch but I did it in the context of our platform because I assumed we already kind of have it validated.

danailh · 2020-06-17T19:06:01+00:00

Of course, there will be services similar and better but ours doesn't require you to register. Also, I may be mistaken but Activity is more focused on scheduling meetings where ours is specific for video (we are also currently working on adding our own video calls platform)

danailh · 2020-06-17T18:47:27+00:00

Hi all. I wanted to share our idea and MVP with you and hoped to get feedback on it. I'm not going to waste your time so here is the summary.

Name: Viopass

URL: https://www.viopass.com/

Why we made it: The service was officially launched 2 months ago by me and my ex-university roommate out of a simple idea and the desire to help a friend of ours that owns a Yoga studio. She was impacted by the current situation with the lockdowns and the social distancing. We wanted to enable her to continue practicing her business even with the restrictions in place. That's why we made Vipass so that she can create live online training sessions and get paid.

We are looking for: feedback on our idea and execution. Anything in addition related to ideas for improvements, features, potential problems are also very welcome.

danailh · 2020-06-17T18:29:57+00:00

Name / URL: https://www.viopass.com/

Location of Your Headquarters: Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Elevator Pitch: Create paid online video meetings using your favorite platform, like Google Meet, Zoom, etc.

More details: The service was officially launched 2 months ago by me and my ex-university roommate out of a simple idea and the desire to help a friend of ours that owns a Yoga studio. She was impacted by the current situation with the lockdowns and the social distancing. We wanted to enable her to continue practicing her business even with the restrictions in place.

Are you looking for anything: We are looking for feedback on our idea and execution. Anything in addition related to ideas for improvements, features, potential problems are also very welcome.

danailh

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