Show HN: Reinventing conference calling
app.brring.com
app.brring.com
With conference calls you need to dial a number and then a PIN. It can get pretty costly if you're based outside the US/UK and have to dial internationally.
The app leverages Twilio to handle calling people in 280+ countries. It uses the cheapest rate and allows you to setup calls immediately or schedule them in the future.
When the call time arrives the app rings everyone and drops them into a conference room.
Any feedback or questions appreciated!
Good luck.
I didn't want to spam HN with the marketing page which can found here: https://www.brring.com
It came runner up in a few design awards :)
The app was built using React, TypeScript and Spring Boot.
Here's what the app looks like on Desktop: https://www.brring.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/brring-das...
Mobile: https://www.brring.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/mobile-das...
Yeah, conference calling is a niche industry, but a fairly big one. I'm hoping the app can find a place. What we're trying to do is literally change the way people make phone calls so you never need to remember or enter a phone number.
If you change your mind and fancy messing around with the app feel free, I've coded it so that anyone who signs up this month gets $5.00 free call credit (about 4 hours of US/UK calls).
We support up to 250 participants per call (start with 10 though) so if you fancy going nuts, making the app fall over or something do :)
Show HN is explicitly designed for people like you to market their projects. It seems like you value HN, but are maybe erring too much on the side of caution.
For what it's worth, your conclusions about what a large market means may be causing you to avoid finding customers one a time. Big established markets mean that most potential customers already have something that lessens the problem. They're not out actively looking. The recurrent cost -- a $5 credit -- is often not the major cost. Time spent figuring out if your product meets their needs is more important...I mean, five bucks is nice, and consumers may switch for it. A well run business spends more money in salary when an employee looks at the landing page. Deploying a new app at scale means changing a business process. That's where a new app fits into the ecosystem.
Looking forward to help you to get familiar with the app more and more...
Also, let's say I have 3 people joining a call from the US, 3 from the UK and 3 from India. What would be the cost for an hour's conf call?
You can see pricing here but a quick calculation suggests a call like that would cost $13.32: https://www.brring.com/pricing/
For example our biggest competitor in the UK charges 5.8p/min just for UK landlines. A call using your example of 9 participants for one hour would cost a whopping £31.32 and that assumes all UK participants. It would cost far north of that if the participants were US and India based.
Feel free to give us a spin - there's no credit card required or any kind of hard sell tactics - we even made it easy to delete your account too once you've used up your introductory credit :) We launched a few months ago and getting useful criticism at this early stage is invaluable.