Hi Everyone,
I'm one of the cofounders of Truebill. We've been working hard for the last few months to make Truebill the best platform to find, track and manage your subscriptions - give it a try and we'd love to hear your feedback. Thanks!
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@yahyamokh You should partner up with NerdWallet!! I could see this being a super useful tool within their ecosystem.
@brynatweets We actually spoke to them a few months ago when we had just started building. May be time to reconnect :-)
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@yahyamokh How do I link PayPal if I don't do it during the initial onboarding? I've been looking for a product like this for a long time now. I currently have my assistant log into my accounts every few months and manually find recurring subscriptions for me to review
@itsthisjustin Hi Justin. In the top menu click "Add Linked Account" then click "view more" at the bottom of the modal. Then type Paypal into the search box and it will come up. We're working on making this more streamlined.
Hopefully your assistant will appreciate Truebill then :-)
I'm just a little skeptical of a service like this.... given you guys have funding and are on the "normal startup" path, how do you make money? Do you sell my data? What's going on here?
@randallb Hi Randall. The idea is that in the future we'll be able to recommend services to you - like "hey you might enjoy Spotify". Spotify would then pay us a referral fee if you decide to sign up.
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@yahyamokh@randallb "If you like Netflix, you'll love Amazon Prime Video" etc etc.
@bradflora@yahyamokh@randallb "If you hate Comcast/Xfinity, you might slightly hate Fios less :)" (personal experience)
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@yahyamokh@randallb I was wondering this same thing and this does help clear it up. This is Mint's model as well so it makes sense.
I don't know what other users would think about this but assuming
* you're saving money for me
* and this makes me happy :)
* you are tracking subscription categories like mobile phone, internet service, etc.
* I cancel a service _and switch to a new similar service_
I'd be open to you asking me why I switched, especially if it's a quick poll via email with optional detailed response.
And if
* enough users are answering why they switched
* you have those analytics
* you see an unusual amount of switching with similar reasons for switching or a surge in users switching to/from similar services
* _I_ use a service that is being "abandoned" :)
* I would be interested to know those trends and where they are going
Or perhaps this is already in the pipeline… :)
The signup needs to accept `.name` domains for email though. :(
[edit]Sorry I don't see a way to contact your tech crew via the site since I can't sign up. So it looks like maybe just the regex for the email address TLD needs to be a bit more relaxed. :)
@my_chiguai@randallb Right, also one other thing we can do, a lot of times when you cancel a subscription the company will make a special offer - i.e. "we'll give you 3 months free if you stay". We can roll out this feature and charge subscription companies to access it (but you'll still be able to cancel with just a click).
A tool for anyone. If you've got subscriptions with recurring payments, Truebill will help you manage and cancel them. I don't see a reason why people won't love this! Sign up and save money.
been using TrueBill for a few months now and am loving it. I get a great digest of all my bills for both work and personal spending
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In addition to a great founding team, it's a super intuitive, easy to use product.
TrueBill immediately found a monthly DropBox subscription I had hooked up to a CC I was not using and had set to auto pay the bill -- so that's $120/yr in savings within 20 minutes of signing up -- thanks guys!!
Most people I've talked to always do this manually (it's something Mint et al never cracked) and it's a huge pain. Keep up the good work!
Been using Truebill for a couple of weeks. Super useful! Found a few subscriptions I wasn't aware of and was able to cancel those easily. Great work @idris and @yahyamokh!
@jakemor I'm glad you asked! We never store your bank credentials. We integrate with Plaid's API to get the transactions from your bank. You can read about Plaid's security here: https://plaid.com/security
Also, we have a read-only API into your accounts, so we can't transfer money out, etc.
@idris@jakemor hmm, I'd feel a lot more comfortable inputting my information if it was at least an iframe from Plaid, the bank/paypal, oauth, etc. When it comes down to it, the form is sending data to truebill.com. If it weren't for this being endorsed by a few folks on here I would be too wary to try it out.
That said, looks awesome and super useful.
Very well done. this is exactly what i wanted from Trim: a rich user interface. not just text via sms. i have to admit i had in mind to build something like that :)
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