kris-jagasia
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doesn't deal with Turkey unfortunately, looks like a kick ass product though
sorry, forgot to post as reply, how do you get your head around changes (often volatile) in bitcoin value, when you're just using it as a money transfer protocol
unfortunately, dwolla is US accounts only, Xoom, transerwise don't deal with Turkey,
xe or Bitcoin may be the only options
unfortunately, dwolla is US accounts only, Xoom, transerwise don't deal with Turkey,
xe or Bitcoin may be the only options
For people that use bitcoin as their international exchange protocol, how do you get your head around the possible changes in Bitcoins value, especially if it's going to take you a week or so to do the transfer (by the time your transactions get processed/validate)
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kris-jagasia on Sunday December 28, 2014 @02:15PM
from the self-post dept.
I'm based in Canada and pay people (in USD) in both Turkey and Brazil on a regular basis (developers). Would be interested to know what people are using to make international transfers at below Paypal / Bank transfer fees.
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kris-jagasia on Monday November 03, 2014 @05:11PM
from the ask-hn dept.
Hi guys, about to launch a freemium model of my currently free product. We will probably want to raise our pricing about 6 months after launching the first paid version, as our product offering becomes significantly richer. Anybody have experience with this? My initial thoughts were just to grandfather existing users at the old rates, and have the rate increase only apply to new users, but...
this! as a non-technical guy, I can even work with Stripe examples
have to agree with this. if a user signed up and you are sending them serious updates rather than marketing (and of course, if you honour their opt-outs) you're fine
Ah. From being on the other end of hiring decisions, my general advice would be to aim high on initial conversations and gauge reactions + adjust downwards from there. You can always adjust down, hard to adjust up!
I used to be involved in the hiring decisions of big corporate consulting co. (software + other stuff) and they would consistently negotiate salaries that were 50% above the initial offer. Their strategy was to low ball, and work up from there. I'm not sure how many companies employ this strategy, but I report that it definitely does happen. Another point is that as you move away from fresh grad opportunities and more experienced, it's less obvious what "market rate" really is.
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kris-jagasia on Thursday September 25, 2014 @02:20PM
from the ask-hn dept.
When talking to investors, what is the minimum level of engagement do you use to define a user (i.e. a signup) as a user. e.g. If you have signups that just log-in a couple times and don't come back, would you continue to keep them in your user stats?
Have you thought about re-evaluating which product verticals you go after first, based on cost of Adwords (or similar PPC) clicks? Sounds like your site/search solution can be targeted to any product bought over the web, so maybe you should re-consider which product searches to focus on as a matrix between the overall attractiveness and the marketing cost to get your initial users. I haven't looked at the cost of PPC for different verticals in a long time, but I'm pretty sure electronics is a very competitive vertical.
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kris-jagasia on Wednesday May 21, 2014 @03:05PM
from the self-post dept.
Trying to explore new styles to display a medium sized library (web/tablet) of content. Specifically, it's about 150-200 lesson plans designed for ESL teachers. Can anyone suggest a great library design that they've seen lately for inspiration? I've got my hierarchy/taxonomy set, I'm looking for display/user selection inspirations. Cheers.
assume you are already aggressively targeting their users? (Facebook ads targeting can be very helpful for this purpose)
cheers guys, neither handles Turkish numbers, wonder if Turkish telecommunications blocks it
Posted by
kris-jagasia on Monday December 30, 2013 @03:57AM
from the ask-hn dept.
Would love to hear anyone's experience with a service that lets you hold a phone number of a foreign country through a web based service. We are running a company that requires a Turkish phone number but we are relocating to Canada. Happy to pay for something that works well.
I would also be keenly interested in this answer.
Give us some details on your product / service, as most advertising platforms are dependent on what you're trying to sell. For example, I've had some great results using LinkedIn but it was for a English conversation improvement product targeted towards professionals in a developing country (wouldn't have worked well for game download for example).