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Re:Show HN: I built an email marketing tool made for indie h... by driaug on Monday July 25, 2022 @03:57PM (#32230100)
Valuable feedback, thank you for this! How would you feel about a demo video where I show you how to set it up and go through the features at the same time?
Re:Show HN: I built an email marketing tool made for indie h... by djbusby on Monday July 25, 2022 @04:50PM (#32230730)
Don't waste my attention on the one-time setup BS. Show why it kicks ass in less than 30s.
Re:Show HN: I built an email marketing tool made for indie h... by eappleby on Monday July 25, 2022 @04:12PM (#32230293)
I agree that it would be helpful to show a simple use case on the home page. Maybe I'm not the target customer (although I am a soloproneur), but your user flow of (1) user clicking a button, (2) plunk receiving an event, (3) plunk sends an email, isn't really a problem that I have, since sending an email after an action is taken is pretty easy to manage. Are you are focusing on categorizing users into groups and sending them progressive emails?
Re:Show HN: I built an email marketing tool made for indie h... by driaug on Monday July 25, 2022 @05:12PM (#32230998)
A very big part of what Plunk does is giving you the opportunity to link multiple events together and delay emails. You can extend it to users that have clicked button A and B but not button C and send those an email after 5 days. Significantly harder to implement and a lot of code that isn't really used elsewhere!
Re:Show HN: I built an email marketing tool made for indie h... by tylerrobinson on Monday July 25, 2022 @09:53PM (#32233358)
Definitely describe this use case on the site. This is an interesting feature that I didn’t think existed based on the current site material!
Re:Show HN: I built an email marketing tool made for indie h... by eappleby on Monday July 25, 2022 @05:25PM (#32231143)
Yeah, makes sense
Re:Show HN: I built an email marketing tool made for indie h... by LanceJones on Monday July 25, 2022 @04:07PM (#32230224)
Features, sure. Common use cases solved by the features, even better.
Re:Show HN: I built an email marketing tool made for indie h... by mikesabat on Monday July 25, 2022 @08:44PM (#32232913)
I disagree with the comment that more is needed.

"User clicks a button - fire an event to Plunk - sends email" makes total sense to me.