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Show HN: Local Food Online Platform

If you guys are interested in high-quality food products please let me know what you think of my website prototype.

1)Do you understand immediately what the site is about? 2)Is it easy enough to understand how it works? 3)If ready to roll in your neighborhood would you be interested in subscribing to a service like this?

I am in the process of getting a closed-beta off the ground in Brooklyn and I am really interested in all kinds of feedback about the idea, the design, UX. Thanks.

http://www.the-local-kitchen.com

( 9 comments | 8 points | on HN )
Re:Show HN: Local Food Online Platform by onlawschool on Sunday August 12, 2012 @08:16PM (#4374053)
You may want to rethink the use of hyphens in your domain name. I can't tell you how much I came to regret my choice of using a hyphenated domain after a while. I promise that you will quickly tire of telling people "Check out the site at The dash local dash kitchen dot com."

LocalKitchenKit.com is available... I'd just steer clear of those hyphens if I were you ;)

Re:Show HN: Local Food Online Platform by jacobimarkus on Monday August 13, 2012 @08:49AM (#4375604)
Thanks for your advice. I am pretty sure I wont use the name for the final launch of the product. I believe localkitchen also doesn't represent the service and product to its full extend. I am still searching for the 'best possible' name. ;)
Re:Show HN: Local Food Online Platform by gadders on Friday August 10, 2012 @06:00AM (#4365598)
1) Yes 2) Yes 3) I live in the country already, so not the target market :-)

Also, you may not care but some of the homepage looks a bit off in IE8. May not be a big deal, but some people may be browsing from locked down desktops during their workday.

EG The "Always Fresh, Always Seasonal etc" ribbon overlaps some of the text in the grey box.

Re:Show HN: Local Food Online Platform by jacobimarkus on Friday August 10, 2012 @09:26AM (#4366034)
I know that there is some trouble with IE8. I am trying to fix it ASAP. And many thanks for your feedback
Re:Show HN: Local Food Online Platform by gadders on Friday August 10, 2012 @11:28AM (#4366549)
No worries. I know that all the banks that I have visited in Manhatten are unlikely to be on anything better than IE8, and if you want cash-rich and time-poor people, they're not a bad place to start. Good luck!
Re:Show HN: Local Food Online Platform by gadders on Friday August 10, 2012 @06:09AM (#4365608)
Also, this company:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverford

Is huge in the UK, doing a similar idea on a larger scale, so at least your business model is a good one :-)

Re:Show HN: Local Food Online Platform by dinisp on Thursday August 09, 2012 @05:40PM (#4363410)
Interesting, I had a very similar idea that I can share my notes with you if you'd like. I would love to share some of the things I learned while researching. I decided to move away from it and focus on another project.
Re:Show HN: Local Food Online Platform by jacobimarkus on Friday August 10, 2012 @09:46AM (#4366097)
Great, I would like to share some research and information and I would love to know what made you move away from your previous idea. Please drop me a line via [email protected]. Thanks.
Re:Show HN: Local Food Online Platform by jacobimarkus on Thursday August 09, 2012 @04:58PM (#4363194)