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Show HN: Non Agentic international calling app with local rates

voklit.app
1 points·by ahmgeek·vor 4 Monaten·0 comments

Show HN: I built an international calling platform/Android App

voklit.app
2 points·by ahmgeek·vor 4 Monaten·0 comments

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zero.fail
1 points·by ahmgeek·vor 5 Monaten·0 comments

Show HN: I built an international calling platform for the past 6 months

voklit.com
38 points·by ahmgeek·vor 6 Monaten·43 comments

Coding is hard, especially during a layoff

zero.fail
5 points·by ahmgeek·vor 6 Monaten·0 comments

Ask HN: I built a SaaS that nobody asked for, now what?

3 points·by ahmgeek·vor 7 Monaten·6 comments

Show HN: Voklit – Cheap international calls without the carrier markup

voklit.com
2 points·by ahmgeek·vor 7 Monaten·1 comments

Using GitLab CI/CD with a GitHub Repository

docs.gitlab.com
3 points·by ahmgeek·vor 7 Monaten·0 comments

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ahmgeek
·vor 3 Monaten·discuss
Voklit.com / Voklit.app

An international calling app, for the poor people
ahmgeek
·vor 6 Monaten·discuss
mad hugs
ahmgeek
·vor 6 Monaten·discuss
Thanks for pointing out the outdated content, we don't use twilio, we use telnyx.

our markup is mere 30% not 257%.

thanks for the checks up tho :)
ahmgeek
·vor 6 Monaten·discuss
Very soon, working on them <3
ahmgeek
·vor 6 Monaten·discuss
I have no clue where you came up with these assumptions and the arbitrary markup.
ahmgeek
·vor 6 Monaten·discuss
Please let us know what you think after.
ahmgeek
·vor 6 Monaten·discuss
<3 you are awesome. Thanks for trying us.
ahmgeek
·vor 6 Monaten·discuss
The app is in the making, and it turns out it's needed for some customers.

Will put the number porting on our radar very soon.
ahmgeek
·vor 6 Monaten·discuss
voip.ms requires setting up SIP credentials and configuring a softphone (or their app). Great for technical users who want maximum control and lowest rates. Voklit is for people who wish to download an app / use the browser and start calling immediately without touching any settings.
ahmgeek
·vor 6 Monaten·discuss
If you just want to use a Voklit number for meetings, you can already: - Set your Voklit number as caller ID when dialing out - Forward calls to your Teams/Zoom meeting dial-in

That's easy.

If you mean enterprise support, that's on the grid, if I have enough money to quit and focus / hire for Voklit. I would do that.
ahmgeek
·vor 6 Monaten·discuss
Of course, nice suggestion, on it <3
ahmgeek
·vor 6 Monaten·discuss
You are right, I will change that now so I don't mislead users.

Thanks for flagging this.
ahmgeek
·vor 6 Monaten·discuss
I have monitoring in place for such behaviour, also detection for too many calls under specific amount of time with locations. I am still very new to actually have scamers finding the website I think.
ahmgeek
·vor 6 Monaten·discuss
Usually, you need a presence in each country, like an official entity. It's easy for a myriad of countries to do that for a fee; even in Dubai, you can form a company. Then you can acquire numbers easily in these countries. I am now supporting the UK (easy to get)/US/CA, and will soon support some European countries as well. What's hard are the countries that require authority talks like Egypt :D

I am Egyptian living in Europe, so I want to support it, but I left it for a bit.

There are a lot of telephony providers out there (Twilio, Bandwidth, etc.) So it's easy to start building.
ahmgeek
·vor 6 Monaten·discuss
How many developers developed it? Just myself, I hardly slept enough during building it, but it paid off :D

How much time it took? I started in April, but started coding enf of May

You started earning? Yes, 2 paying customers, very very minimal but that prooves the need I think

How are you advertising? Hard, still trying to market to it

Why not people call from there phone for international call? It's expensive; this is a cheaper option for sure.
ahmgeek
·vor 6 Monaten·discuss
Ask me anything related to the technology/revenue and whatnot...
ahmgeek
·vor 7 Monaten·discuss
Thank you, great idea, I will add it to the homepage.
ahmgeek
·vor 7 Monaten·discuss
Thank you so much, really helpful. I will try to reach some people I know.
ahmgeek
·vor 7 Monaten·discuss
Really embarrassed by it, I shared on here and on Producthunt, but got near zero engagement.

https://voklit.com
ahmgeek
·vor 7 Monaten·discuss
Rates are: $0.05 per minute for US/UK/CA and varies internationally, there is a whole usage and rates section in the billing page if you signup.