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by nlh 4841 days ago
Very cool - thanks for sharing guys. I think you're certainly onto something - there's a lot of traditional paper-based business out there that could use a shift toward dynamic PDF-based workflow.

I'd tweak some of your marketing points a bit, in particular:

"No one wants to read emails, let alone dull and boring ones. Make your emails stand out from the crowd by designing creative documents and send them as attachments. And with Pagify, the whole process can be automated, so its quick and easy."

I don't know that I agree with that at all. And this point cheapens your product/message - it sounds like you're -really- reaching for a nail to hammer.

Take a look at some businesses that deal with contracts a lot -- legal agreements, etc. I had to sign an agreement for a vacation home yesterday using some awful service that auto-generated a PDF for me, and it was totally abysmal. Bad UX, clunky, etc.

Anyway - congrats on the launch and good luck!

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I often get stung when I 'reply' and add people to a message that originally had attachments. (OS X) It strips the attachment out of courtesy, which I usually catch before I send the email.
You are right that was a bit too far fetched, we'd see how to make it better. Thanks!