Show HN: Bonsai Alternative

Show HN: Bonsai Alternative(linkycal.com)

30 points by zygo 2 years ago | 6 comments

Hey HN,

Recently I realized I am paying close to $400 to Bonsai every year, event though I am using only 2-3 of the features which happen to be in the Professional plan so I am building a simpler and more affordable version for small service based businesses.

It's still in active development, so far it has:

- scheduling links - client crm - link-in-bio/lead capture builder - form builder

with custom workflows and integrations coming soon.

I would love some feedback. It has a free plan that you can play around.

apsurd 2 years ago |

Given no comments, I feel compelled to offer my pov: I question the earnestness of everything I see on this site.

Join 100+ coaches, is this true? FIVE STAR RATING, is this true? Pro is Limited time (11 left) is this true?

I'm not your target audience so I didn't want to come off too critical. That said, and given no other comments: - this is a tailwind site. - everything about this is some tailwind component

Getting something up super fast is not "wrong", that's why I hesitate to comment. What this makes me question though is whether you've talked to your customers and leaned into what they are about and how you're benefiting them.

I really don't like this "join 100+ coaches" because it feels like a lie! is it a lie? why are you lying to your customers? That's my takeaway.

I'm a developer too, and I genuinely applaud the bias toward action and shipping something. What I struggle with, and what I am talking on, is the actually doing the hard work - not the npm tailwind-whatever-the-fuck - of solving customer problems.

zygo 2 years ago | |

I am not sure what you are trying to say here but if you can find a way to make something like this with a tailwind-whatever-the-fuck, please let me know because I need it too.

- I have 154 active users as of now.

- I had the Pro sale running since January starting as a new year sale, it was at 20 now 11 left.

- I have been building the project for over a year on and off. Everything is made by myself. Scheduling, messaging, page builder, etc, I am not launching off of a template.

If you are actually a developer, you should know these things are not that npm-install easy.

Hope your weekend gets better

-A

apsurd 2 years ago | | |

Yeah, they are not easy. The style of all the elements, i am sure i've seen as tailwind modules.

But you're right, if you have users, it's not easy. I shouldn't have posted my comment. Sorry for being negative.

prepend 2 years ago |

> cancel anytime with two clicks

This seems odd. Why not one? One thing I really like about iPhone subscriptions is the ability to cancel them with a single click through a common interface. I suppose it’s technically more than one click as I have to open the interface but this wording seems weird to me like there’s some extra steps I won’t like.

zygo 2 years ago | |

I do not have control over stripe's interface sadly

tombot 2 years ago |

landing page explains the problem and solution well! good job!