Show HN: I built Hispi, an app to design custom jewellery
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·June 24, 2025exolymph
Put the login gate after you generate a ring, not before. I bounced immediately because it's not worth creating an account without really knowing whether I would be interested. Let potential users invest a little time and start dreaming, so you can take advantage of loss aversion to get signups. Probably also worth adding an option more lowkey than creating an account (which I assume includes setting up a password etc.), like a newsletter that aggregates the best designs every week.
Also, it wasn't obvious to me that the examples in the "Need inspiration?" section were generated, or that I could tweak those designs.
camjw
Thank you, this feedback is so so useful to me. Login gate when you ask to speak to a jeweller maybe?
> Probably also worth adding [..] a newsletter that aggregates the best designs every week.
Yep this is a great idea, thank you.
> Also, it wasn't obvious to me that the examples in the "Need inspiration?" section were generated, or that I could tweak those designs.
No, its not. I will work on this too, thank you.
ranie93
Agree. FWIw you can quickly put any email/pw to make an account and it lets you through (i.e. no email verification)
camjw
Ha I only added this because my wife doesn't have gmail. I think this is a problem I don't particularly care about for now - I think the parent commenter is correct in saying that the account wall is in the wrong place, so if I move the wall to where the value is (speak to a jeweler) I can defer email verification for a while.
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ojkewin
I asked it to "add a hamburger to the design" of a 'need inspiration' example and it served an image of a ring with a life like mini hamburger next to the jewel.
monster_truck
Takes too long to load
camjw
It does! I had this running on a potato and I didn't realise people were actually going to see this! Very exciting!
EDIT: can you be a bit more specific about which part takes too long to load?
pockybum522
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monster_truck
The website
Designing is free and gives you a breakdown of material choices and costs, then you can get a quote if you want to buy the ring. I'm working with around 50 jewellers in London and the UK's Jewellery Quarter but I think just designing a ring is pretty nice.