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Chris McLean

lucr - Get early adopters for your startup

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Lucr lets startups reward their users which helps attract early adopters. Being rewarded makes customers visit sites they wouldn't normally use.

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Chris McLean
Maker
Hello everyone! Lucr is my first startup and I'm very excited to finally launch it! It connects startups with early adopters by rewarding active users of your apps and websites! With enough startups submitted it would allow potential customers to browse projects they've never heard of and rewards would be a motivational factor. Integration is quite simple- all you have to do is call one API endpoint every time a user performs an action and lucr will check if it is time for a reward! We can then send you a notification via webhook of your choice or the simplest way is to put discount code when editing rewards. You can check the documentation https://lucr.io/docs or have fun with demo app I've created https://demo.lucr.io/ (you have to be signed up to get rewards). Hope you'd like it!
Can Eğridere
@christophrmite Is the project finished?
thomas.io
I like the idea. Great way to reward users based on the service they use. Just submitted my startup 😉
Chris McLean
Maker
@tompec Thanks for your submission! Whenever you will be ready with your integration I will put your startup into Featured section on lucr.io :)
thomas.io
@christophrmite I have a small concern though. Sending the customer's email in the endpoint is not really ideal. Because it means that each time one of my customer do the action I defined, his email will be sent to you, even if his not on Lucr, right? Maybe we should ask to hash the email like gravatar does?
Chris McLean
Maker
@tompec Yes, that is something to think about. At the first iteration I've created a whole process to generate user's hash but the integration was too complicated. So then I assumed that using just an email address would simplify the whole thing. But I understand your concerns. Thanks for the tip!
Scott Bowler
@tompec @christophrmite Is it possible to implement this if the functionality is there? We're going to need this to comply with the upcoming GDPR legislation (and for you to be compliant this will definitely need to be implemented)
Chris McLean
Maker
@scotty_bowler @tompec I’ve pushed this feature today so you can use md5 hash of user e-mail in the endpoint. Cheers
Karim Maassen
I need this!! I submitted my start-up: https://lucr.io/@nwzer Let's see how it'll work! :)
Chris McLean
Maker
@nwzer @karimmaassen When you're ready with your integration I will feature your startup on the lucr.io main page. Just have to see a test action from your startup in database :)
Karim Maassen
@nwzer @christophrmite Thanks! We're working towards the alpha, so when we're ready I'll try and integrate it. Looking forward to it!
Rui Gomes
Awesome product! Submitted my startup https://lucr.io/@feedbeaver and integrated with your API already to send you the actions, what's the next step? 🤔
Chris McLean
Maker
@feedbeaver @ruigomeseu I will add your startup to the Featured section right away :)
Chris McLean
Maker
@feedbeaver @ruigomeseu You should be on the main page now. Thank you and congrats!
Rui Gomes
@feedbeaver @christophrmite Awesome, let me know if there's anything else you need from me. I'm at hello@ruigomes.me :)
Mihec Podlesek🚀
Congrats on your 1st startup @christophrmite!
Chris McLean
Maker
@mihec Thanks! It's very exciting!
Atta ⚡️
Hey, it looks great. Just submitted my first saas product: https://lucr.io/@open-milestone!
Chris McLean
Maker
@open @attacomsian Nice! Whenever you're ready with the integration I can feature you on the website!
Atta ⚡️
@open @christophrmite I created the reward. Looking at the docs for the integration. Why not allow users to claim the reward directly at Lucr.io and then notify the startup via email/webhook just like Get Sworm (https://getworm.com) does? It will be more appropriate IMO.
Chris McLean
Maker
@open @attacomsian Thanks for the advice. Right now I'm trying to automate the rewarding process but will take it into consideration!
Peter Mbanugo
@christophrmite @attacomsian I didn't get my reward for OpenMilestone yet :) perhaps the integration is not done?
Ana Slipcevic
I like it. I would maybe consider adding more extensive search, as more companies join, it will get much harder to search, but that is for a later stage I guess. Great work!
Chris McLean
Maker
@ana_slipcevic Yep, I left more features for later for sure. I plan to add section with newest rewards, trending startups etc. But thanks for tips!
Scott Bowler
@christophrmite - love it. Submitted https://lucr.io/@holly-social Can I "lock in" our featured spot? Only just saw this (it's evening in the UK now) and won't be able to get it integrated until tomorrow.
Chris McLean
Maker
@holly @scotty_bowler I'd love to help but I would have to keep spot for 50+ startups already ;)
Scott Bowler
@christophrmite hmm! Fair point - how many have integrated? I'd rather not lose my evening only to find out I've missed the boat..
Chris McLean
Maker
@scotty_bowler Only 2 actually so there is still time!
Scott Bowler
@christophrmite Done! I'm getting a 422 status code though?
Scott Bowler
@christophrmite Right - pushed the code to production, created a test account on your system (scotty@chooseholly.com) and then completed a reward on Holly Social - its shown up in the test users account :) Did I make it in time?!
Chris McLean
Maker
Thank you guys for your votes! It's been super cool to be #1 on PH almost half of the day. It's getting late in Europe so I will put your integrated startups into the featured section of lucr.io as soon as I get up. Cheers!
Mohamed E Al Bakry

Communicate with me and tell me how to use pls ?

Pros:

Promotions

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Tell us the methodology

Chris McLean
Maker
Hi! How lucr works is really simple and is explained in "How it works" section on the main page. You can add your startup and offer rewards for users' actions. When you call lucr.io API we will check if it's time for the reward and call your webhooks. From a user's perspective it should provide fluent process from searching interesting rewards to actually getting them. And as a startup owner you don't have to implement the whole checking for rewards process. The easiest way is to offer discount codes directly at lucr.io and just calling one endpoint. Hope it's more clear now!
Chris McLean
Maker
Hello everyone! Lucr.io finished as #2 and I'm very proud. Next week I plan to add some features to make the discovery of your apps simpler for users. I've also build publishing process into the app already so the potential users see startups that have integrated and are working properly. I will stay in touch with all startup owners via the newsletter and hopefully will start marketing for regular users in the beginning of December. Thanks again for your support and see you on lucr.io!
Franco Valdes
Super cool idea. Just submitted my startup and created the needed integrations. Looking forward to using this once we launch.
Jeff Osborn
This is a cool concept! Congrats on launch! I love the approach to the problem ("so much noise, no one can find my startup!"). My concern is that this gives an early boost to user numbers, but when the Lucr group moves on to the next product, your startup is in the same spot as before in terms of needing users. Have you thought about this issue, and if so is there anything built into Lucr to combat it?
Chris McLean
Maker
@jeff_osborn Hi! Lucr focuses not only on gaining early traction but your rewards can also help getting customers back. You can reward active users of your app, e.g. by offering one month for free if a user has already subscribed for 3 months, etc.
Jeff Osborn
@christophrmite Right, but eventually you'll have to turn the rewards off. What happens then? Appreciate the response!
Patrick Woodhead
Really love the idea but I have the same concerns as @tompec. When the user email is hashed, we would love to use it at Pilcro.com
Chris McLean
Maker
@patrick_woodhead Hello, I’ve pushed a change today so you can use md5 hash od e-mail instead
Kishore
For some reason my website url is not saved, once I uploaded product icon, my website url is gone. I like your product Idea, Goodluck.
Chris McLean
Maker
@prakis The icon upload is separated from website url but I will take look at that issue. Thanks for your feedback
Manuel Maccou
Is there a way I can use this with wordpress?
Chris McLean
Maker
@manuel_maccou You can generate swagger client and call it from anywhere you want. If you need help Please refer to the docs. Cheers!
Kestas Vaitelis
Just stumbled upon this submitting now. Great idea