Unlimited Virtual Assistant Tasks for $59 a Month - TimeSvr.com, a Review, Versus My Single Assistant

[alizaki]

Just a short note: We had to take down new signups due to overwhelming demand. Leave a contact and we'll get to you within a few days.

Hopefully people here and elsewhere can appreciate that as opposed to doing a shoddy job. :)

[bb_mn]

It may be helpful to add an inline status alert (similar to those used by Twitter, Netflix, Basecamp, etc) in the actual dashboard when you're experiencing high demand.

I signed up yesterday afternoon and submitted a couple of requests and wasn't sure what to expect for turnaround time. If you are not currently completing requests as quickly as you normally would, it would be reassuring to trial members (and existing members) to receive a notice that things may take slightly longer than normal but you are indeed working hard to catch up with demand.

[dkokelley]

I saw that on the website and was really impressed. I'm confident that when I sign up I won't have to worry about you stretching your resources too thin to help me adequately, even when it's in your short term best interests.

[jcbozonier]

Zaki... Great job on the service! The tasks that have been done thus far are of the highest quality I could expect. My concern is the tasks not getting done.

I had 3 or 4 done yesterday, but since then, nothing. Will you be able to cope with the load soon?

[Erwin]

Could someone who successfully uses an assistant like that outline concrete tasks they delegate to them? Both private and job related (software engineering here). 9 out of 10 restaurants here do online booking and I don't need to book at the "Fat Duck", with its annoying phone reservation, that often.

[shawndrost]

I asked for a bunch of research: some background data for my market, with sources, and a comparison of some vendors I'm interested in. If I was deep in code, this would be pretty useless.

[eru]

I will try it out and report later.

[shawndrost]

I actually signed up for timesvr earlier tonight after reading this. They claim $59 a month buys you unlimited tasks, which I cannot believe is profitable, but if they can make money off of my business, I wish them health and happiness.

[shawndrost]

Hahahaha! It's surprisingly exhilarating when someone else does your work for you.

[sidsavara]

I'm pretty surprised by it as well. The 1 week free trial is awesome too - worst case, you have a team of assistants to do free work for you and you leave after 7 days. Although at their prices, that's really only a $15 free trial so it's not really going to hurt them any

[DanielBMarkham]

I think I would still prefer a live, personal, one-on-one assistant. Sure there are a lot of downsides, but if you get a good person and you learn each other's personalities? I think the upside is a lot bigger than the downside.

[alizaki]

Completely agree. However, most people can not justify or afford a full time, or even part time, assistant. They're just looking for 30 - 45 minutes of help a day. That's where we step in :)

[alizaki]

Thanks for the article Sid. Appreciate your balanced review :)

Zaki Mahomed CEO, TimeSvr.

[markbao]

This is why I love Hacker News.

[mrtron]

Your FAQ is messed up, some links that go nowhere and some old info?

[joseakle]

Is spanish on the way?

[mmr8098]

Very interesting review, Sid. I'd be interested to know where things stand in 4-6 weeks time and if you've made a choice to support either of the services exclusively.

[attack]

...moments ago from my girlfriend:

> you never checked on [important thing] did you? You are so irresponsible.

Yeah, I need this badly.

[quellhorst]

I entered a few tasks in this system in the morning and they were already done by the time I was back from lunch.. Great service so far!

[0x44]

What kind of tasks?

[EGF]

Thanks this is actually very helpful to see the actual responses these folks give back to generic requests like the ones you asked.

[colinplamondon]

Been interested in the whole VA/personal outsourcing thing since reading 4HWW - I know, how original - but was put off by the pricing.

Definitely going to be giving this a shot in the near future.

[jasonlbaptiste]

Just called them. GREAT customer service. I dont know if the business numbers can make it profitable when scaling out. If it is everything it seems, they will do well.

[brandnewlow]

Just signed up. I gave them a research task I already completed myself last weekend. I want to see how the results compare. Will probably post the results somewhere.

[ALee]

If this is really all it's made up to be, I will be using this on a regular basis

[speek]

This is a brilliant concept! I wish I had thought of this.

[ypahu33]

Very interesting comparison. Thanks for sharing!

[rezur]

flow charts for the win!

[sidsavara]

Thanks. I worked really hard on those. It was a long, 2500 word block of text before I put them in.

[Mishi]

Very professional work, awesome minds. Congratulations TimeSvr Team!

[murtiii]

cool!

[PetLvr]

interesting.