@kovlex, thanks for sharing this :)
One feature that we think is particularly novel about Copper is that you can offer to pay someone for their time, e.g., “Would love to pick your brain on this new app idea… can I buy you a cup of coffee for a 5 minute video call? Here’s my Copper link...”
We think this opens up a lot of interesting use cases: getting the attention of your favorite creator/musician/celeb, soliciting advice from an expert (fashion blogger, coach, electrician, etc), compensating people for customer development, among others.
Also, we’re adding in the ability for the sellers of time to seamlessly donate their proceeds to charity, so you can raise money for a good cause, just by talking.
@andmitsch@kovlex We think of Copper as more of a broad utility that can be used in a variety of use cases. The goal with this initial product is to make it stupid simple to pay or get paid for a video call. We're seeing it used for fan to influencer hangouts, lessons (music, English language learning, tutoring), consultations, coaching, and even as an easy way for contractors to get accurately paid for their time.
@wwshaef@kovlex You should definitely try to focus on 1-2 personas at best and thus do not make the use-cases to broad. You'll only dilute its functionality without giving your users a clear message and user-journey.
Don't go all broad - basic business rule.
@andmitsch Thanks for the suggestion. Still early days, but I'm sure some verticals will use the app more than others. Will continue to iterate accordingly.
@wwshaef I think this is a pretty strong use case. Especially even for myself where while I don't consult anymore, I've had folks who've wanted to do some brain picking. It was actually the one that first came to mind for me. Especially depending on how viral/simple you make the request.
It looks like you guys have it all mobile focused right now, but another use case you mentioned related to twitch and similar are "pros" that charge for coaching time (video usually also involved, but from a PC). Not sure if there's already a player in that niche or not, but most of what I've seen is a payment processor + skype (not integrated in any way).
Hey PH! Copper is a new app we're developing here at Vidme. We're focused on helping content creators make more money and Copper is one of the new products we've built to help do that.
Our team noticed that creators on Patreon, Twitch and elsewhere sometimes offer one-on-one paid chats with fans. We decided to build a simple utility app that can help creators scale this activity and make payment painless. After some user interviews, we quickly realized the app could work for a number of other interesting use cases, and many we probably haven't thought of yet.
This is the earliest MVP version of Copper — we hadn't planned for PH visibility yet — but we'd love your feedback on what we have so far.
@abenzer Love the idea. To stay close to the game of baseball (7 yrs pro w the Nats), I like to do 1-on-1 lessons with younger players of the game and this platform may make it feasible to do lessons remotely. Really cool!
@abenzer can you ask Chase Dimond to stop spamming our users on Clarity? Even though I'm no longer involved (acquired Feb 2015), the community is an extension of my personal network and they forward me all emails from bad actors.
I can appreciate a clever growth hack, but it's breaching our terms of service and next step is to have the lawyers get involved.
Assuming you'll get this resolved.
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