On the other hand, notification of other tracking events would be useful too. I'd make it optional to have those.
On the other hand, notification of other tracking events would be useful too. I'd make it optional to have those.
Anyways, it would sure beat digging up the email and visiting the tracking page all the time to keep up with it. I also liked the suggestion about being able to see the status of all my packages on one page across shippers.
I'm sure all this complicates things for you quite a bit, as right now you don't need people to sign up or anything. You don't even need much of a website beyond what you currently have. If this version goes well I'm sure you have plans to incorporate some of this stuff, so in that regard, this seems like a great MVP.
As you hinted, I'd like to keep things as simple as possible and avoid signups if I can (criminal, I know), at the very least for the basic feature of being notified on delivery.
Other possible use cases: sending gifts, work-related purchases going to various locations/offices, returning items, etc.