Show HN: Startup Wishareit – Trying to solve the bad gifts issue
I'm quite new to HN so I'm sorry if I don't do a well built post (in terms of form) as you are probably used to.
My name is João Romão, from Portugal, and I'm one of the co-founders of Wishareit, a place for collaborative gifting with your friends and family.
Everybody loves gifts but sometimes finding a gift is a really hard task. And the consequence is painful: you get ugly clothes, bad books and.. cactuses. We reached out and discovered that 40% of all gifts in the US in 2011 were considered to be crap and that 83% of people had trouble when looking for a gift. That's a really annoying issue.
Our vision is to transform the way gifting is done, turning it into a really collaborative experience.
We started off with Wishareit, a collaborative gifting platform where you have socially curated wishlists and where you can find, recommend, give and receive the perfect gifts with your friends and family.
We're still in open beta, trying to understand the space and the user behavior.
I'd like to get some feedback on the general feeling for Wishareit design and usability and some inputs on what may be improved (i'm sure there are some relevant advice you can provide me).
I hope you can help us grow and improve as a product and as a team!
On other subject, we will probably pitch at SXSW in Austin, Texas so feel free to tweet (@joaoromaolx) or send me a message on Angel List (https://angel.co/joaoromao) and we'll have a chat there!
You can visit Wishareit on www.wishareit.com (I'm sorry if you don't feel confortable with facebook login - contact me and I'll give you a test account so you can experience the website).
All the best for you guys,
João Romão CEO, Wishareit