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263 points bigmicro | 3 comments | | HN request time: 0.627s | source

Hello HN community,

This is bootstrapped/indie hacker-ish. Would appreciate feedback.

What it is: You create a link (e.g. onair/yourname), and anyone can call you from it. Caller uses a web browser to make the call (not dedicated app). You can create as many links as you want, and can direct calls to colleagues in a round-robin or escalation manner.

In a way, it's like the "opposite of Calendly"; whereas Calendly is about meetings in the future, OnAir is about immediate meetings.

Motivation behind it: One of our SaaS products was struggling to grow. We believed that if we provide more "hand holding" to visitors on the landing page, it will increase conversion. It's like speaking to the guy behind the counter before making a purchase. That idea/experiment, over time, became OnAir.

Feedback: Identifying the perfect use case / customer has not been easy. E-Commerce store owners, which I thought would be ideal customer profile, are not responding as expected (e.g. "why use this instead of a WhatsApp button?"). The value of branded links, round-robin, recording/transcription, lead capture, etc does not seem to matter much to them. Ideas are welcome.

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ripe ◴[] No.42146870[source]
This might be a silly question: I understand that to talk, the caller uses their web browser with device audio. What does the link creator use?
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1. bigmicro ◴[] No.42146925[source]
If the creator has the app (onair.io/ios , onair.io/android), they would receive notifications there and can take the call. Also, if a browser is open when someone calls them, they would also receive notifications there as well.
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2. the_arun ◴[] No.42147952[source]
Is there a way the creator can mark their availability on the app? May be on a calendar?
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3. bigmicro ◴[] No.42148058[source]
Yes. You can set yourself `always online`, or `always offline`, or `scheduled`. In the last one, you specify hours in the day (e.g. 9am-5pm), and sync with external calendar (currently Google Calendar) which marks you as offline when you're busy.