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Show HN: Publishd – Simple deal software (publishd.co)
7 points by mkelso on Sept 23, 2015 | hide | past | favorite | 9 comments


This looks really interesting.

I'm not your target audience, but it took me a while to get what you meant by "deal". A quick example might go a long way here, or slightly different phrasing through the page (promotions?), or examples of why you're better than who else is in the area (I assume groupon?)

Also, please, please remove smoothscroll. I find it very hard to navigate your site with scrolling as it all moves at a different speed to all my other browsing. I flick slightly to go down a bit on the page and end up in the footer.


The intro video shows people holding "G" and "LS" papers which stand for Groupon and LivingSocial, so yes this company is trying to offer a similar service, while trying to focus on more control over the publishing methods. It really does need a quick example on the homepage though, because STEP 1 - Build and STEP 2 - Publish are so overly generic I can't understand what this product even does. If it involves setting up a % off using a web interface and then copy/pasting links to facebook, use an example or case study to get that point across. Unfortunately Groupon severely tainted this type of business so you have to be more transparent of what's involved if you want to be the good guy and provide a better service for sellers.


Publishd currently enables businesses to build and sell branded deals, gifts and vouchers to their network across social media, web and email.


We added "Show HN" to the title since you appear to have made this project. That's the local convention for such posts.


I don't get it. So I create deals and then hand the links out to people?

(P.S. Your name is highly incongruent with your service; I thought it was a service about self-publishing written works.)


Hi there. Im sorry you haven't grasped the concept - thats a failing on our part. We have just entered beta and so there are definitely a few things that need refining. I really appreciate the feedback however, and will take an action to review our messaging. Thanks.


Thanks for the response! Hey, this is what betas are for!

I know that Groupon is on its way out, so maybe this is next! Good luck to you!


We provide a social commerce platform for small businesses to post promotions to their digital audience - e.g. deals and vouchers that are sent and sold to their network via social media, web and email.


The scrolling on that site is weird. I guess a mix of easing and speed being too strong.




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