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by goleary 2227 days ago
This looks super useful. I can't count the number of times I've ended up on one of those ranking sites that feels like an affiliate scam.

One suggestion: for your "ratings matrix" it would be easier to parse if you kept the "our take" section out of it so all of the ranking icons appear close to each other. https://imgur.com/a/PmX1TLu
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Fission 2227 days ago
> I can't count the number of times I've ended up on one of those ranking sites that feels like an affiliate scam.

Totally agree. We took a close look to figure out what made some review sites slimy (and frankly not very useful). It mostly came down to what you'd expect: all reviews are normalized to be generally positive, lots and lots of recommended products, etc. That's why we made a deliberate decision to not go down that route.

> One suggestion: for your "ratings matrix" it would be easier to parse if you kept the "our take" section out of it so all of the ranking icons appear close to each other.

Appreciate the suggestion, I see what you're getting at. Most design issues come back to me, so I'll take a look at it and see if we can't make it easier to compare all ratings at once.

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basch 2227 days ago
It might be outside the purview of your product, but it would be useful if it borrowed some from rtings.com and became an interactive rfp/selection tool.

Allow weighting of whats important and whats not, to re-sort the results.

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Fission 2227 days ago
Totally! It's something we've considered, and it wouldn't be too hard to implement. The reason why we've deferred it is because we've found that most early-stage startups are pretty homogeneous in their requirements, so a self-weighing system like you suggested is a little excessive. That said, I think it's very much something that we'll revisit when we start delving into later-stage-startup topics.

Thanks for the suggestion!

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basch 2227 days ago
Even moreso than just a one person ranking, being able to have a team sign in, and different divisions and functional groups rank and prioritize their needs, and having it roll up into an organizational score. That is a place where you could monetize. https://www.scoutrfp.com/ and https://www.loopio.com/ play in this space.

There's also the side of vendor management once you do make a selection. Even a service that manages and negotiates for you. https://www.vendr.com/

Do you have a page planned for https://carta.com/ and the like?

Or talent sourcing? https://gocatalant.com/ https://www.hellogustav.com/ https://www.lever.co/ https://www.hellobonsai.com/best-freelance-websites

Smaller tools as well - https://www.privacytools.io/

Once you get bigger, a single page playbook of all the best choices would be great https://www.hellobonsai.com/best-freelance-tools

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