| ▲ | mft_ 8 hours ago |
| 100%. Let people play and —most importantly— invest time and effort in the platform without friction. |
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| ▲ | netrap 8 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| For PCB quotes yes, but this kind of thing can be gamed by competitors. I think this is why there isn't great price info for many brick and mortar and online shops now.. |
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| ▲ | elxr an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | Which is more important? Blocking competitors from gaming your price quotes, or making the buying experience instantly better for every single customer and potential customer? | |
| ▲ | SlimyHog 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | > but this kind of thing can be gamed by competitors What's preventing a competitor from creating an account? |
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| ▲ | j16sdiz 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Most of these work have real person to look and validate the cost.
Doing that without account would be too little friction and overwhelm the team. |
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| ▲ | katbyte 8 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Most of the ones (for cnc and sheet metal at least) I’ve used do an estimate while you poke around and select options and then you send it for a final validation and quote. | |
| ▲ | ilaksh 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Right and they already said they have a massive backlog and are trying to increase by 500%. | | |
| ▲ | seddona 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Yeah mostly we just haven't got around to it as the burning fire is always increasing capacity vs demand. Defo agree we should not require login though! |
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