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by wwsculley 2484 days ago
What inspired you to build this site? Who is your target customer?

I ask because I love the idea of building a search engine for payments, given how fragmented and localized the money-transfer market is.

Also, I'm familiar with a few sites that are similar: https://www.monito.com/ https://www.fxcompared.com/ https://www.saveonsend.com/

I'm curious about what gap in these services you're hoping to fill.

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I'm based in UK and we have a lot of comparison sites such as GoCompare, MoneySuperMarket, etc. but none of these has the vertical I am targetting. That's what initially sparked the idea.

In terms of the target audience, I would say it's quite broad because this is something that quite a few people use on multiple occasions. Right now, I will be targetting individuals who live abroad and remit money back to their country and then start expanding further to individuals who travel, individuals who want to purchase large assets abroad, etc.

Thanks for sharing those sites - I had never come across them and Monito pretty much looks like where I would like to be in the future. I'm going to have two angles a) for individuals and b) for businesses. After having a quick look at the links you provided these sites only seem to cover (a). I would like my site to be the go-to place for money transfers, for individuals and businesses.