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Application to manage utility bills, payment and reducing carbon footprint

2 points| sushrutbidwai | 15 years ago |getitkeepit.com | reply

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[+] muxxa|15 years ago|reply
Excellent idea which I had planned to eventually execute myself some time.

- I'd be more comfortable with forwarding on emails that contain bills than allowing you access to my login info, however you've done a good job projecting trustworthiness

- You don't explain what's going to happen when I answer 'no' to 'Do you have an online account?' - are you going to setup the online account for me?

- Under 'My Billers' I don't see a status indicator, i.e. I'd like to know if you have already successfully logged on to that biller. At the moment I can't tell if you couldn't logon successfully, or if it's just that there are no bills (in fact there are bills, but it hasn't retrieved any of them [airtricity] - I had to double check my login details - but an indicator saying that the login details were ok would've saved me from doing that).

- Adding a biller for the first time (in the wizard) is easier than adding one subsequently (where info is hidden within multiple dropdowns). You should design the wizard to also be used after you sign up.

Further development:

- You should probably start with at least 2 countries, otherwise you might get stuck in the (relatively small) Irish market.

- I'd like to be able to forward on all business invoices to you and have them categorised according to my preference e.g. hosting, transport etc.

- Leading to: automate the process of filing and paying my VAT returns - I would pay for this service.

[+] sushrutbidwai|15 years ago|reply
Thanks for the detailed comment. Here are answers to some of them.

1. You can forward emails too - we process those emails and setup documents for them. Right now that feature is very raw but we are working hard to get it upto the mark. 2. We do setup online account for services. Not all services are yet setup but they would be soon enough. 3. There are status indicators for online services. Not sure how you missed them. Perhaps lot of work needs to go into getting UI right.

Great suggestions for future developments, surely we will look into them.