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WeatherLoop° - Receive Weather Texts Everyday (Please provide feedback)

http://weatherloop.com

I think that you should do by default like http://geoipweather.com , and optionally ask for another ZIP and timezone, for a start. Then why would you limit yourself to US and Canada? Weather.com works worldwide. Third, don't nag me : you don't need any info other than an email, and there is exactly 0% chance I give my phone number to some random website. More info, more hassle, less signup.

waazoox, thanks for your feedback. I will definitely look into geolocation. Please forgive, I'm confused by your third point. If there a way to send a text to a mobile phone without a phone number?

Damn you're right, silly me :)

It is an interesting idea.

That being said, I feel like you can't charge people for what you provide. I think it is too much of a limiting factor for the user. Personally, my mind turned off after I looked at pricing. I checked the rest of the site but it was over once I knew you were charging me.

People expect a service like this to be free. It's Chacha vs. KGB, only you don't have the millions that KGB spends on marketing.

That's just my opinion as a member of the freemium or steal-me-sum generation.

This post is about how non-subscription services make money:http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1716778. I hope it helps.

Cheers!

What do you tell people with a bookmark for a weather forecast site in their mobile browser when they ask you why they should use your service instead?

limmeau, great point. This is a push service, requiring little to no effort from a customer after signup. "Set it and Forget it" :-)

Perhaps for people with simple feature phones and little techno-affinity?

Exactly. "Non-smartphones."

It's nice that you accept Canadian postal codes, but you might want to give us the weather in Celcius :)

That said, "bring a coat" is more common advice than "bring an umbrella" so I might switch from http://umbrellatoday.com

Thanks. I'm working on logic to display F/C based on country.

Don't forget about users from other countries who prefer F over C.

Thanks singer. I just added that code to WeatherLoop°

Just finished adding that code. Thanks ultrasaurus for pointing that out.

Link: http://www.weatherloop.com

I found it odd that I needed you to provide me with a link that I expected from the OP.

Ha! I tried when I created the post to no avail. Both he and I created a link at the same time, so I deleted mine.

You can't have a link inside the description of a post. So, I just provided it as a way of helping people get to the page quicker. That's all.

Where does your weather data come from?

I'm conducting AB testing on my weather sources, when I decide on one, I will leave a reply here.

I was just curious. From my experience writing weather apps, I know there are very few sources that will allow you to sell their data without some kind of written agreement.

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