If you are charging $0, how do you expect the business to get money?
Can someone send a donations that get automatically distributed in funerals that are not reaching a minimal amount of money?
The guy in the tree in the about page in a site about funerals is creepy. I see it and I imagine he is going to fall. Perhaps it is a cultural thing, perhaps it is only me that get concerned.
Do you have any protection for spam? [There are fake Facebook profiles that send friend request to many user, and some of them accept the request. I imagine that as a follow up scam, they can send a money for a fake funeral from your platform.]
There is no minimum ‘target’ for a campaign all donations are available for the funeral organiser. Labelling a campaign a ’failure’ for not reaching a targets didn’t seem fair and I’m sure every penny is helpful.
‘The guy in the tree is creepy..’ lol coming from a place with small trees I never considered tree climbing as all that risky but you do have a point.
The site is named guidestick as we’re here to give people guidance through what can be a tricky process and the photo is an attempt at a visual metaphor for that support. I can appreciate the image might be a bit to abstract.
To make money we’ll offer additional ‘paid for’ features such as hosting details about the funeral (maps, email invites, memorials and live streams) eventually we’d like to offer the organiser a platform to plan and save for their own funeral.
We’re manually checking all the campaigns that are launched but we’re looking into better spam protection to protect donator. We suggest not donating to people you’re not in contact with.
Thank you for your time and feedback it’s really appreciated.
Do you think you’d use a service like this?
So there is no much time for a fundraiser. Also the health insurance or the work union may cover part of the cost.
The cost is about US$300, so the £20 per donation is at least a 10% of the total, so it's too high for us. (The cost vary if you want a nice wood coffin, how many flower, how many people expect to go, ...)
Don't worry too much about the photo. I'm not offended or something. It is just slightly odd.
[1] I'm not sure about the correct word here, "funeral"?
I’m looking for some feedback, good and bad and questions about the end of life industry.
Excited to hear your thoughts.
