roycehaynes

Thanks! Would love to get your feedback once v0.1 is out.

heyo - please share with family/friends. I'm rolling out v0.1 very soon.

about the edit: agreed.

Addo means "to give" in latin.

Glad you like it. Anything specific you think I should address?

- Good call. Adding more info to the landing page now.

- I like the idea of scripture. It'll probably be something I do with a more fleshed out landing page.

^I meant "increase giving" not "money"

Chad - big thanks for your comment. I struggled on a tagline, but I think you nailed it. Focusing on "what money enables."

After reading it more, its awkward to put money and church in the same phrase, especially for churches.

heyo simon! Totally understand. This is primarily for church organizations to manage tithes, offering, and interaction with members. But church congregations (members) will have limited access too.

There's a great infographic that breaks down whether online giving is right for your church. Check it out: http://i.imgur.com/WLysi7d.png

I'm going to update the landing page with more info here shortly...

shanac - I'm currently focusing on religious organizations. Even though it may work, the usage will feel most comfortable to churches.

Its definitely something to consider after I ship. :)

pcmonk - royce here. Would love to connect. I'm basically building a super simple service for churchs and their members to interact starting with automating tithes and offering. Love to chat more about it - royce.haynes@gmail.com.

Curious what your involvement is with churches?

Hey prawn, appreciate the feedback.

Awhile back I built a tool for my church to accept donations online. I later learned that 85% of donations in churches are given offline, and most churches don't interact with their members (or future members) online effectively. Enter Addo.

Key v0.1 features:

1. Accept donations via Dwolla, where transaction fee is $0.25. Way less than other payment processors.

2. Super simple "dashboard" showing donations in intervals (weekly, monthly, etc.)

3. Members can check their giving history, and update account info.

I'm currently fleshing it out for other churches to use. The landing page is pretty bare, but I hope to have more info up by end of week.

swanson - I and many others use pelican, which is another static blog generator (like Jekyll). I use it along with github pages. Super simple.

Pelican docs:

http://docs.getpelican.com/en/3.2/

My personal site as an example:

www.roycehaynes.com

swanson - very great post. I happen to like this "do things, tell people" so much that its been my personal website's tagline for sometime. Thanks for writing and sharing with us HNer's

Appreciate the love bro.

Heyo piratebroadcas - author here. Its custom and you can view how its partly done here: http://www.roycehaynes.com/theme/js/app.js

Feel free to tweet my post! ;)

Hey simonw, author here. Thanks for reading. TechStars Boulder currently pays $6,000 on a three-month contract. It's certainly not financially attractive, but it's a good experience if you (a) want to get into Techstars someday or (b) Want a job with a promising startup and/or (c) interested in making relationships with smart, well-connected folks.

Good job posting the links rurabe.

Good idea.

I think a blend of raspberry pi + phillips hue lights + data + code = awesome product.

You should take a look at Zapier. They do most of what your getting at.

Zapier seems well positioned to help companies sync data, and create streams of info between web APIs, IMO.

@jobowoo, Zapier is for business, as IFTTT is for, well, users of (mostly) social networking type products. You can tell the clear difference by looking at the services provided by Zapier vs IFTTT.

Great idea and congrats again guys. It'd be helpful to get a link to an actual good and bad review. This will complement the people "like" and "don't like" section below the product review scores.