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by pedalpete 3538 days ago
Why oh why would you put it behind an email wall? Why would you need my email to show me "what I assume" is image search.

My feedback. Ok, I can search for stock photos. But can't I already do that? There are lots of stock photo searches. But this one uses AI. So what?

Ok, let's see how your solution is better than anybody else. Oh, I can't you want my email, and I'm not really that bothered.
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sbashyal 3538 days ago
tldr; I solved a problem that I had. Would love to get HN community's feedback.

Appreciate your feedback. I have not launched the app yet, it is in private beta. This is a hackers community. I am looking for fellow hackers willing to go through the e-mail wall to try what I have built and provide feedback.

There are lots of stock photo searches. But this one uses AI. So what? I have been buying stock photos a lot these past year. Every time, I have spent a lot of time (and the time value of money) finding the photo that I like. If you value your time at $100 per hour, the real cost of the stock photo that took you 30 minutes to find is the stock photo cost + $50.

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gt2 3537 days ago
When you ask people to test it, you could take the email wall down when requests are made with a query-string var added to the link you post.

Sure, some kind souls will sign up to give you the feedback, but I think you will get more feedback with lower friction to enter your site.

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pedalpete 3537 days ago
As far as the cost being $50 in time. You haven't answered the question as to why AI is the answer.
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sbashyal 3536 days ago
Good point! I am planning to add this description to the site as well.

There are two problems in stock photo search. First, there are multiple marketplaces with different inventory and price structures. So if you are looking for stock photos that are not very common, you need to go to multiple marketplaces, search and comb through the results. We solve this by using APIs from those marketplaces to bring results for your search so you do not need to go and repeat your search at multiple marketplaces.

This leads us to the second problem. You now have a lot of photos to comb through. This is where the AI comes in. You "like" few of the photos in the search result that are close to what you are looking for and the AI learns your preferences to bring the results that are similar to the ones you have liked.

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