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Show HN: Thankbox – collect messages and cash for team occasions

8 pointsby ValCanBuildabout 5 years ago

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ValCanBuildabout 5 years ago
Hi HN,<p>Thankbox is idea I started working on last year but had to park due to other commitments. At the start of March, when I realized that everyone is going to be working remotely, I decided to dedicate to it completely and get it out for teams to use.<p>The idea is super simple - it&#x27;s a better, online alternative to the paper card + envelope collection that you&#x27;d have for a team member occasion. It&#x27;s also great for remote groups of friends.<p>In 2 minutes you create a Thankbox for someone, share a link to your team to add messages, gifs &amp; (optional) money contributions. Once it&#x27;s done you pop in the recipients email and they get a secure link where they can see all the messages and claim any money as a gift card to whatever merchant they want.<p>On a technical note, this product has forced me to learn frontend coding, as I&#x27;ve been a pure native mobile engineer for ages. I&#x27;ve done this all in Vue.js (with Laravel in the backend) and have been having <i>so much</i> fun. Definitely more enjoyable than working on apps - the iteration cycle alone is incredible.
itworkedformeabout 5 years ago
Hey - this looks awesome, especially now that more folk are having to embrace remote working - definitely going to be trying it out. And welcome to the frontend ;-)<p>One thing that often happens when folk move on is that they pass out their contact details - usually email address to enable people to keep in touch with them - does thankbox allow the recipient to send a message to all those that contributed? This would allow them to express thanks (should they want to!) and possibly share contact details.
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dasbothabout 5 years ago
I was invited by a friend to contribute to a birthday card on it and loved the experience. Great job, will use this in the future!
joe-pritchardabout 5 years ago
Looks great, we&#x27;ll definitely take a look for our next birthday! Will it be subscription based for teams or priced per contribution?