I'm learning (slowly) about the importance of marketing your product. (I am probably one of todays 10,000 around guerrilla marketing)
So last night I hacked together https://purposefulpoop.com/ to see if it could drive some leads for my product.
I'm going to launch the playful tool next monday and use this thread to give a plot synopsis on how it all goes.
Prior to launch though, I'm curious if anyone has any feedback that might make the hook stronger?
I added (a poorly designed) OG image, so the shareable is at least somewhat tasteful:
What else am I missing?
How are you currently importing your bank transactions?
Great concept! I'm curious about the data security aspect - since this connects to multiple bank accounts via Plaid, what additional security measures do you have in place beyond what Plaid provides? Also, have you considered adding goal-setting features to help users work towards specific financial targets?
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@sneh_shah good questions.
- since this connects to multiple bank accounts via Plaid, what additional security measures do you have in place beyond what Plaid provides
have two things here. obviously we don't store any information around your bank login, we simply have a token we can use to request transactions. the scope of the token doesn't allow transfers, credit requests, etc etc etc.
you can revoke this at any point.
in terms of security on our end we run postgres with RLS enabled on anything that has a user_id, and beyond that still filter all queries on shared tables with by user id as a default. I think a higher tier of security might be per tenant DBs or schemas, but ultimately they are all on a similar level of trust in postgres.
I have considered a fully self-hostable option, and am really not opposed to it. I'm still really nascent in the product discovery phase so it's not super clear what user group I should target most aggressively. (something im hoping to learn from the launch and exposure!) Basically, i would be happy to let people self host, but if nobody asks for it then ill hold off on building it. that would probably be the highest attainable level of security i could give you (i.e full control to run it yourself, isolate it, audit the code, etc).
-Also, have you considered adding goal-setting features to help users work towards specific financial targets?
yep sure have! i actually am planning a second phase of the project that has much more focus on projections, optimizations and audits. i decided the best way to deliver those features was to make sure we have really clean and rich data for users. (garbage in garbage out). more coming soon here for sure.
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This sounds like a fantastic tool for taking control of personal finances! I love that it simplifies understanding spending habits and net worth tracking. The added privacy from fewer bank logins is a nice touch. Kudos on making financial management easier and more streamlined!
Great product! All the best with the launch!
this looks lit
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