Sean Acres

Hey, PH! 👋 I’m Sean, one of the Makers of Convo, which makes it simple for mobile app developers to accept payments over messaging channels like SMS and eliminate the Apple platform fee. Apple updated its App Store guidelines in December after losing a court case, the result of which is that app developers can now contact users outside the app for alternative payment methods. We’ve worked...

Very cool, will definitely keep in mind for future projects!

Very cool, love the Spotify integration. I usually copy the track link and then paste into a text when I want to share a song but this is a lot simpler. Also really like the design. One thought I had was about the split between the keyboard and the regular app (say it's Messages). I wish I could see a little bit more content from whatever I'm searching. Not sure if there's a limit on the max...

It feels way more difficult than it should be to get out there and meet new people. This is kind of like a Grubwithus but with smaller dinners and more curated.

Very cool. I love subscription services with essentially random stuff. There's something magical about getting an unknown package in the mail.

I've wanted something like this for a long time. It's a great idea but interested to see how it works out in practice. Couple things: 1) I understand the aspirational tagline but it would easier to understand exactly what it is if it was something simple like "Tailors to your house on demand". 2) The "Tailors" page specifically focuses on 9 tailors without any hint that it's just a...

@ariked Absolutely love the idea. My profile pic definitely needs some refreshing. That being said, the app is crashing after I pay through Apple Pay and deleting the selfie I took. Tried PayPal, it doesn't crash but it also doesn't take me to PayPal. Are you guys seeing failures in your in-app payment flows? Please! Take my money!

As a potential enterprise customer in mobile games, it looks like an obvious win, but there's a few things that would make me a little hesitant to reach out. One is the lack of transparent pricing information, there's a free tier and then a custom tier. The free tier seems quite low and the absence of a mid-range tier just makes me wonder how expensive it is (check out Localytics for an...

When I was working in Palo Alto but commuting from San Francisco, I would have killed for a service like this. The buses look very nice but at your price point intra-SF, you're competing with Lyft and Uber's ride sharing. They're arguably more convenient (I don't have to worry about a schedule) and seem to be getting better and better at pairing riders.