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This is amazing, nice work. Definitely one of the better starter kits I have seen.


Location: MI

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: PHP, Laravel, JS, MySQL, AWS (Lambda, EC2, RDS), Serverless Architecture, AI enhancements, Automated Testing, REST API Design

Résumé/CV: https://tinyurl.com/HNresumee

Email: see resume link

Sr Software Engineer with over 10 years of experience specializing in SaaS and e-commerce. I have been working with Laravel since v3 and really enjoy the ecosystem. See linked resume for more details


Thank you for the feedback. There are more demographic filters coming too, as well as additional lists like "new movers" or "new homeowners"


There is a demo that doesn't require a signup that would let you fully test the product


Yes actually, saving our planets resources is exactly why I built this service.

Direct Mail is never going away, so a service like this that lets you target your delivery using multiple consumer demographics allows you to send significantly less mail than other services that deliver mail to every single house.

This isn't a product used for "saturation" type mailings, it's used to refine and target your ideal customer and send less mail but with a bigger impact

Additionally, every postcard is made from responsibly sourced and recycled paper

I'm glad you understand and support the vision


I do not understand nor support the vision, no.


It's not misleading at all, that is exactly what a USPS postcard stamp costs.

It's not fair to compare this to EDDM. The whole point of my site is so you dont have to mail to "every single door".

For example, I have 2 landscapers using my service and they target based on home value because they know most of their clients live in houses > $xxx. They also exclude renters because nearly all of their clients are homeowners. If they were using EDDM they might pay a bit less per postcard, but they would be sending to houses that will never signup for their service, so the actual CPA is higher

You mention "printing adds a bit of cost" but if you look around you will see that it adds quite a bit of cost. It depends on how many pieces you are sending but it could be .25 cents or .40 cents for 500-1000, or more -- but you have to send to an entire route, where you can send to a single house with my service.

Also, with EDDM you either have to batch your mailings per route, and deliver them to specific locations for USPS distribution, or pay extra for a print house to do that for you


There are several occupant APIs that let you do this


Yes, I use an API to print and mail. There are a few of them available


Yes, exactly! I am hoping some restaurants will signup because they can really control their marketing spend by only mailing to people they deliver to. Although with Uber Eats does anybody order direct anymore?


I'd love that, shoot me a message from the contact page and let's get in touch


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