Courier Chatbot

Create and mail your own printed postcards from FB Messenger

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Create and mail your own printed postcards from FB Messenger

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Launch tags:Robots•Travel•Photography

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Hunter

I'm totally in love with this, have sent several, and just saw the result in person for the first time (one that I sent to a friend arrived). I've been sending postcards for years but end up sending them in batches sometimes months apart because tracking down postage and a post office is such a pain. I hope this spurs more people to send postcards - I know how special they are to the recipients - and it will be my preferred way to go from now on.

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10yr ago

Courier Chatbot

Maker

@gillianim Glad you're diggin' it Giilian. Thanks for Hunting Courier btw! Yeah, Courier def removes the hassle and people do enjoy receiving something that will outlast a scroll on social media.

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10yr ago

Like the idea, but wasn't this part of iOS a couple of years ago? It isn't anymore. That might be a sign. I like sending post cards because it is something special nowadays though. Not sure if the market will be big enough, but credits for trying!

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10yr ago

Courier Chatbot

Maker

@loudijk Thanks Lex. That rings a bell. Can't recall the specifics of the service though. I wonder if the operation is just a bit to messy for larger Co's to deal with? IE even if there's some money there, is it worth it for them in the bigger picture? The market is def big enough to get a slice. Courier won't be a $B biz, but that's fine.

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10yr ago

@loudijk If it was built into iphoto/ios in 2014, I bet the experience was "rough" to say the least. ;)

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10yr ago

@jameswahba couldn't resist looking it up. It was a standalone app apparently. http://9to5mac.com/2013/09/10/ap...

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10yr ago

Power Toothpaste

Looks cool! How do you guys handle all of the printing / mailing? Are you doing it yourselves or have you connected to some other service / api to handle this? I've been tinkering with some ideas for physically mailing emails (just for fun) and have been looking into printing/mailing services.

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10yr ago

Courier Chatbot

Maker

@nappy hey man. We use lob.com. They're great.

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10yr ago

Courier Chatbot

Maker

Hey guys. I built Courier because sending postcards while traveling (or anytime) sucks. Kiss the hassle goodbye. Turn your photos into beautiful printed postcards and have them mailed anywhere in the world with the Courier chatbot on FB Messenger. Seriously, this is as easy as it gets… I’d love to hear what you guys think. Thanks!

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10yr ago

@elliottgolden Love it :) I'm missing one thing for addresses outside the u.s. Would be cool to send a postcard to a company :)

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10yr ago

Courier Chatbot

Maker

@cptmuh Hey man. You can send postcards to any address in the world. Companies included, just use their name when prompted instead of an individual's. Does that help?

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10yr ago

@elliottgolden This is really cool!!!!

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9yr ago

Love the idea of sending my pics as physical postcards. I've used Courier quite a bit already. Also good for anonymously pranking your friends.. shhhh!

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10yr ago

Courier Chatbot

Maker

@dgurns Pranks ;)

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10yr ago

Does this get postmarked from the country that you are in? Oh mailed from SF.

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10yr ago

Courier Chatbot

Maker

@debbiediscovers Hey Debbie. I only now noticed this... There's actually no postmark. I assume the presorted nature of the item has to do with this.

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10yr ago

@elliottgolden Thanks! Was looking a this a while back (And a number of other companies that offered a similar service) but it was the inability to get a local postmark that limits the international potential of such apps. So FB does the local fulfilment?

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10yr ago