Show HN: Text a Photo to Send as a Postcard Anywhere on Earth for $3

Re:Show HN: Text a Photo to Send as a Postcard Anywhere on E... by Waterluvian on Saturday June 17, 2023 @02:11PM (#36372792)

Send a photo to a phone number?! I was about to try it from the website but I’m not entrusting my phone number or allowing payments to be made via phone billing.

A bizarre choice.

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Re:Show HN: Text a Photo to Send as a Postcard Anywhere on E... by naetius on Saturday June 17, 2023 @02:20PM (#36372893)

I've just tried the service all the way through and there's no phone billing whatsoever.

It'll just shoot you a Stripe link.

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Re:Show HN: Text a Photo to Send as a Postcard Anywhere on E... by Waterluvian on Saturday June 17, 2023 @02:24PM (#36372934)

Thanks! Since you’ve tried it, do you have a better sense of why it requires this step and isn’t just a normal web form?

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Re:Show HN: Text a Photo to Send as a Postcard Anywhere on E... by naetius on Saturday June 17, 2023 @02:37PM (#36373098)

No clue but I'd speculate it's just meant to be something quirk and different/fun.

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Re:Show HN: Text a Photo to Send as a Postcard Anywhere on E... by prepend on Saturday June 17, 2023 @03:46PM (#36373860)

I just used it too. And I think it’s actually faster to go back and forth via text than to enter data in a web form.

I can text faster than form enter. And the transaction is saved for reference.

It’s probably also cheaper to build since you don’t have to design and host a web site.

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Re:Show HN: Text a Photo to Send as a Postcard Anywhere on E... by Waterluvian on Saturday June 17, 2023 @03:56PM (#36373947)

Welp… now I have to try it too because intuitively I can see that being true.

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Re:Show HN: Text a Photo to Send as a Postcard Anywhere on E... by sjoerger on Saturday June 17, 2023 @02:19PM (#36372871)

FAQ says Stripe payment links. I don't think that is phone billing.

> We use Stripe payment links to collect payments for postcards. In doing so, we are unable to see any sensitive information about your payment methods.

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Re:Show HN: Text a Photo to Send as a Postcard Anywhere on E... by Waterluvian on Saturday June 17, 2023 @02:22PM (#36372915)

That’s good. Though phone numbers are so opaque. How can I be sure that’s actually where it’s going? How do I know if it’ll cost me an MMS fee? Etc.

Why not just an upload form with a checkout for paypal/credit card/etc.?

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Re:Show HN: Text a Photo to Send as a Postcard Anywhere on E... by sjoerger on Saturday June 17, 2023 @02:47PM (#36373203)

> Why not just an upload form with a checkout for paypal/credit card/etc.?

<shrug> not my service

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