Hi All,
I have, in my spare time over the past 8 months or so, been working on a web application. It's a niche application that scratches an itch for US Bankruptcy Attorneys. There are some desktop applications that do something similar, though their handling of events tends to be not as nice.
The problem that I solve:
1) Attorneys receive automated e-mails via the US Bankruptcy Court via the Pacer (CM/ECF) System. These emails contain a reference to the case name and number, some docket text containing various bits of information about the specific notice that triggered the email (each notice triggers one) and various dates of events (approaching court dates, last dates to file, etc.).
* NoticeKeeper parses through this information and organizes it in an easily accessible/searchable away. Creditor information is also automatically imported as well as various claims and amounts filed by a debtor.
2) The biggest headache of these notices, however, is a link contained within each email. This link can only be clicked once. Once clicked, the attorney or paralegal is taken to a location where they can download a PDF copy of the paperwork that has been filed for that notice. They get one shot at this. If they click the link but forget to save the document then they must pay the US Bankruptcy Court ~10 cents PER PAGE (not per document) to receive another copy (some of these PDFs are 50 pages in length.)
* NoticeKeeper finds all "one-time-click" links within a notice and visits the page for the attorney. Each PDF is downloaded and stored locally on our server(s). We then convert the image into a web readable form as well as archiving the PDF for later download ability should the attorney wish to do so.
Business Model:
NK is set up as a SaaS company. We sell directly to the attorney and/or law firm. We're currently looking at pricing the basic plan at around $30/mo for 1 or 2 attorneys with a few paralegals. Plans would increase based on how many attorneys want to be in on the plan.
Anyway, while most (all?) here would not find this site useful, I believe it certainly scratches an itch. I'm looking for feedback on the idea, design, and market speak.
Thank you,
Rob
How did you arrive at the price? You might want to do some price analysis to find out if you've under-priced your service significantly.
You describe the one-time-click thing as one of the biggest headaches your clients deal with, but it appears as a small item in the bottom-right corner of your front page, in the row with no accompanying pictures. Meanwhile, you prominently talk about features like calendaring that come across like features available from Google Apps or similar. Talk more prominently about your unique features: saving one-time-access PDFs for future access, automatically adding court dates to your calendar, automatically filing documents by client... (Your text at the top does some of this, but doesn't mention that it solves the one-time-access problem. Your individual items below the fold definitely don't reflect your most important features.)
Your calendar image shows a bunch of colored dates, but no appointment information; to make the benefit more obvious from the picture, consider showing an example of what pops up when you hover over a date, or otherwise showing an example appointment rather than just a calendar.
And finally, you have a typo "Tedius" on the front page. :)