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Twilio and 99designs Join This Week's AppSumo Lean Startup Bundle

75 pointsby noahkaganover 14 years ago

16 comments

johnsover 14 years ago
Just a heads up. There's a new process for redeeming the Twilio credit, which is outlined in your AppSumo dashboard. We had to change the process due to fraudulent use of the promo code. If anyone has any issues with redeeming their Twilio credit, please email help@twilio.com
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zaidfover 14 years ago
$200 in credit? Now I might just buy this :)<p>I do question AppSumo's longterm strategy. It seems like they are trying to make a deal <i>so</i> damn good by adding more and more <i>stuff</i>. But for me, I don't go so much by quantity as quality. Meaning, I'd sign up for $42 for $200 in twilio credit <i>regardless</i> of the other offers which aren't attractive <i>to me</i>. But there may be folks who would sign up for uservoice <i>regardless</i> of the other offers. So I guess appsumo may be shooting themselves in the foot by combining so many offers vs. just focusing on a kickass offer at a time.
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Mc_Big_Gover 14 years ago
This is a very cool deal and I just bought it, but please be careful when redeeming the twilio promo code.<p>You must purchase $20 of twilio credit, but if you get the promo code wrong, it will charge your card and tell you that the code wasn't found. There is no way to enter the code without paying again. I put in a helpdesk ticket about the issue.<p>The problem for me was that the appsumo page is really cluttered and disorganized. There are two columns, one named "Product" and the other one is named "Code", but there are some rows that encompass both columns which make them seem like dividers and it isn't clear what the text in those columns are supposed to be associated with. Anyway, there is one "divider" line a few lines above Twilio that says "Promo code is XXXXX" and I assumed that was the code for all of the products below it, without realizing that there was a "code" column. Yes, it's my fault for jumping the gun, but in my defense, that page is pretty bad.
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YuriNiyazovover 14 years ago
I think maybe this is what I like best about HN - both the guys from Twilio and the guys from AppSumo are hanging out in this thread.
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misterbwongover 14 years ago
Awesome. I bought this bundle yesterday when it didn't have Twilio + 99designs and AppSumo added them on to my purchase for free! Great customer service.
Sindromeover 14 years ago
I've been staring at this deal all day.<p>I can't figure out how they got a $85 as the regular price for a website and logo design. If you look on 99Designs site they charge $295 minimum for just a logo design.<p>Am I missing something? About 3-4 weeks ago I wanted to use 99 Designs for a IPhone App Icon. But went there to find that they raised their minimum price for everything.
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Jun8over 14 years ago
I loved the bundle idea! Two suggestions:<p>* Not everyone is familiar with everything. Can you add a section to the site that better describes what the included services can be used for. I don't mean full-blown tutorials, although links to these would be great. Right now the descriptions are just publicity blurbs for each service.<p>* Can you add voting so that people nominate what services/books they want to see in the next round of such a bundle offering, if you want to continue this startup bundle idea.
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tappover 14 years ago
As long as the appsumo guys are in this thread, quick observations from a new user:<p>1) The "refer friends, get $10 link" in header doesn't seem to work (it prompts me to login or register, and no further info re: referring friends is provided.)<p>2) The logout link in header doesn't seem to work either (it triggers snapabug, but won't let me logout.)<p>Cool deal, though, I will undoubtedly purchase anyway. Thx for offering.
metamemeticsover 14 years ago
Has anyone used or can comment on Selenium for testing?<p>edit: context: one of the bundle inclusions is selenium cloud testing (sauce labs)
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miseover 14 years ago
Turns out a lot of the ebooks mentioned are only some chapters rather than the whole book. Nice deal all the same, I guess.
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markmywordsover 14 years ago
Awesome deal. Thank you very much for this one! I am busy redeeming everything. Some stuff might not be useful for customers outside of the US. Maybe "geographic deals" might be an interesting idea for a future bundle? :)
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mcdowallover 14 years ago
Excellent deal, just wondered how quickly I need to redeem the offers. Is it possible for me to use them in say 4-8 weeks time, I would rather purchase when available now than lose out.
ajjuover 14 years ago
It looks like you can buy 3 bundles but many of the included items are only for new customers. So will they allow redeeming 3 promo codes on the same new account?
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ryanwaggonerover 14 years ago
It's ironic that the top two stories on HN right now are a post promoting a 99designs deal and another decrying design contests.
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GBondover 14 years ago
I've been wanting to build a "scratch an itch" app using twilio. This gives me no excuse. Thanks!
innovateover 14 years ago
just grabbed it, excellent stuff for our small team and lots of it