Comments on: Billshrink Launches to Save You Money On Your Phone Bill

By: tagyoureit

tagyoureit — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:09:56 +0000

Sat morning. Went to try it out. Site is down for maintenance.

By: Peter Pham

Peter Pham — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:09:15 +0000

#19, I’d love to figure out why the system recommended that plan to you, please do email us so that we can debug that.

We are building a service for consumers to help bring some transparency to some of the complicated services out there that really dont’ want you to figure out what the best deal is for you. There’s over 180 plans with an average of 25 add ons you can get, bringing that to about 10M combinations..

We are also the only site that has pulled in all 4 carrier coverage maps and normalized that so that you can really figure out which carrrier is best for you. Interesting enough, people care about coverage, then price, then who their friends have. http://www.comscore.com/press/.....press=2145

I’d suggest importing your bill so we can also figure out who you call the most to maximize free mobile to mobile calling. Don’t forget we also calculate your early termination fee in your savings.
Let’s all make sure we support the Consumer Cell Phone Empowerment Act of 2007 http://klobuchar.senate.gov/ne.....0&

We will be launching other verticals soon and are here to help everyone figure out how to save some money, which as we all know in this economy is going to be important.

Thank you!

Peter

By: Shanky

Shanky — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:50:43 +0000

http://www.yourbillbuddy.com or YBB as we call it is in existence for last 2 years for the Indian Market.

Check out the website. It helps you to really optimize your mobile bills (both for pre paid and post paid users)

-Shanky

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By: Maheswaran

Maheswaran — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:55:46 +0000

Hey! There is http://www.yourbillbuddy.com for more than a year in India that does the same as above!

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Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:36:03 +0000

[...] Compare cell phone plans and find the perfect plan to fit your usage needs at web site BillShrink. Just enter some information about how you use your phone along with your current monthly bills, and BillShrink will offer you an alternative plan that could save you a ton of cash. Currently BillShrink is focused on cell plans only, but they appear to be working towards offering more comparisons for cable and internet bills in the future. BillShrink doesn’t take phone availability into account, so if you want an iPhone, for example, you’re stuck with AT&T (unless you unlock it). Let’s hear if BillShrink helped you find a better plan in the comments. BillShrink [via TechCrunch] [...]

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By: Troy Lerner

Troy Lerner — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:47:31 +0000

Love this idea. too bad I can’t get the damn thing to work. I imported my cell bill. It recommended a plan for me that cost $650+ per month. (I pay $200 now).

Reminds me of Mint.com — a very useful and seemingly simple idea. However, really complicated to pull it off on the backend. The end result is a mess.

By: Tom Schlenkhoff

Tom Schlenkhoff — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:27:05 +0000

For all the german speaking community - have a look at telfish.com, same USP, different approach. telfish does automatic bill parsing (at least for german carriers) and bill optimization. Cool analytical features anyways - Kudos!

By: Roy (Magento)

Roy (Magento) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:34:07 +0000

Congrats Peter! Well done.

Roy

By: Clara Kuo

Clara Kuo — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:10:25 +0000

Yea, so I tried it out and it is a little bit of a buggy interface. A window would not close when I clicked the X. Also, I was a little bit confused as to what I was comparing. For example, when the results come up, I practically got the same plan recommended to me as the one I have and I couldn’t understand how they came up with it. I would have liked to see it clearly explained somewhere so I get what I am looking at without having to analyze it too much.

By: Ewaste

Ewaste — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:28:30 +0000

What is everyone problem with spamming stick to the topic please!

By: Jim McNelis

Jim McNelis — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:59:04 +0000

needs a lot of work to be useful. might work for some people though. skydeck seemed more appealing and that doesn’t even try and save you money.

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By: Chester Ng

Chester Ng — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:00:07 +0000

LowerMyBills that actually can lower all my bills?

I saw an early version of this in Bessemer’s incubation lab and have to admit, its really got some potential, as much for its ability to save dough but perhaps even more so for its ability to organize/present information necessary to making wise consumer spend decisions. Nothing like solving real problems with real solutions!

With Schwark and Peter behind it, I’d say its worth keeping an eye on. Good luck guys!

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By: billy

billy — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:14:22 +0000

can somone stop this guy on #12 to stop posting and spamming his crappy link.

By: Kevin Kris

Kevin Kris — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:52:36 +0000

Looks cool.. But there are not many options to choose as most of the competitors provide same plans. Site is very good.

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Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:10:53 +0000

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By: Stan Oleynick

Stan Oleynick — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:05:05 +0000

I think this is a fantastic idea!! More power to the creators!

By: Afraid of the dark_2

Afraid of the dark_2 — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:50:23 +0000

hilarious

there was a company back in 2000-2001 called decide.com that did this. Morgenthaler dumper a bunch of money into it. They had a van that drove the country collecting signal strength data, and then compiled it along with all the plan data and presented the data online.

At the height there were 80 employees. Do you know what there revenue was? About $1,000 per day. How sad is that.

By: sky

sky — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:44:59 +0000

Another useless app

By: sd

sd — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:38:39 +0000

I think it is a good idea. but do they expect me to go there once every 2-3 years?

I personally won’t compare the plan every once in a while when I am locked up with a contract.

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http://www.meetingflex.com/index.html — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:37:22 +0000

Does it expect to give over the cell-number ?

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