pain point n. a level of difficulty sufficient to motivate someone to seek a solution or an alternative; a problem or difficulty.
HN probably isn't a good place to start. We're not typical. For example: I want a tool to help me memorize new VIM commands...probably not a good business.
Start with a problem you care about...cause you'll be working very hard on it, for a long time, to turn it into a business. When you find a problem, seek some sort of confirmation. Then, build an mvp and see if folks will use it.
Good Luck
Appreciated this is a bit of a niche user base however was just testing the HN waters. Wanted to see if any common themes came up.
BUT I'm a cheap bastard. I wouldn't pay much over my own price of these things for someone to take care of them for me. In an ideal world it wouldn't cost me anything additional.
How that could work is if you could make an affiliate-style deal with restaurants to take 5% (or whatever) of their money.
Same thing with drinks. I buy them at a supermarket. You could buy them from a wholesaler and get them to me for the same price I normally pay.
To make these really big I think they absolutely have to be low-margin busineses. It's easy to do these kinds of business if you charge a lot but I think they could be huge if you figured out how to do it on a very low margin.
Interesting concept however it takes a while to work out what they actually do.
Their landing page doesn't exactly demonstrate the USP: "Local perks and rewards for employees: Use BetterWorks for an engaged and more productive workforce."
It is attractive as an enterprise solution. One way to incentivize your workforce in this current climate.
Something like LinkExchange for mobile apps. A legitimate service where users exchange reviews in the App Store. But you don't have the obligation to write a positive one. The service is meant to give both parties some initial social proof, and constructive feedback on what needs to be improved.
I'm not talking about fake paid reviews you can buy for $10 for 50 or whatever. I'm talking about real reviews from users who actually downloaded the app and tried it.
Mobile App Developers looking for honest reviews of their apps?