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That's exactly why I'm building it, and why I'll be focusing on the easiest and fastest possible user experience. Things like reverse geocoding to pre-fill addresses, the least amount of inputs, etc.

Now, do you think the time savings would be worth x amount of money to you? In other words, would you be willing to pay for the convenience?

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I'd recommend something with 2 text boxes - source and destination. Using Google Maps api (or something similar) you should be able to convert this to a valid address (use ajax to do this as they type). They click submit, and see all of the different shipping options and prices. They select one, pay, print, and done.

I'd pay a little bit extra over the retail prices, not sure how much though. Especially if you get bulk discounts, you should be able to keep the mark-up pretty low.

Having a text box for pasting addresses is a great idea. I also wanted to use location services to pre-fill the sender's address and show the closest drop off locations or mailboxes.

Thanks for the feedback! I'd like to get as much of it as I can, so I'd appreciate any word spreading about ezsend.it :)

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