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Show HN: Non Agentic international calling app with local rates

voklit.app
1 points·by ahmgeek·4 mesi fa·0 comments

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

voklit.app
2 points·by ahmgeek·4 mesi fa·0 comments

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zero.fail
1 points·by ahmgeek·5 mesi fa·0 comments

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

voklit.com
38 points·by ahmgeek·6 mesi fa·43 comments

Coding is hard, especially during a layoff

zero.fail
5 points·by ahmgeek·6 mesi fa·0 comments

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

3 points·by ahmgeek·7 mesi fa·6 comments

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

voklit.com
2 points·by ahmgeek·7 mesi fa·1 comments

Using GitLab CI/CD with a GitHub Repository

docs.gitlab.com
3 points·by ahmgeek·7 mesi fa·0 comments

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ahmgeek
·3 mesi fa·discuss
Voklit.com / Voklit.app

An international calling app, for the poor people
ahmgeek
·6 mesi fa·discuss
mad hugs
ahmgeek
·6 mesi fa·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Thanks for pointing out the outdated content, we don't use twilio, we use telnyx.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
·6 mesi fa·discuss
Very soon, working on them <3
ahmgeek
·6 mesi fa·discuss
I have no clue where you came up with these assumptions and the arbitrary markup.
ahmgeek
·6 mesi fa·discuss
Please let us know what you think after.
ahmgeek
·6 mesi fa·discuss
<3 you are awesome. Thanks for trying us.
ahmgeek
·6 mesi fa·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
·6 mesi fa·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
·6 mesi fa·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
·6 mesi fa·discuss
Of course, nice suggestion, on it <3
ahmgeek
·6 mesi fa·discuss
You are right, I will change that now so I don't mislead users.

Thanks for flagging this.
ahmgeek
·6 mesi fa·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
·6 mesi fa·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
·6 mesi fa·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
·6 mesi fa·discuss
Ask me anything related to the technology/revenue and whatnot...
ahmgeek
·7 mesi fa·discuss
Thank you, great idea, I will add it to the homepage.
ahmgeek
·7 mesi fa·discuss
Thank you so much, really helpful. I will try to reach some people I know.
ahmgeek
·7 mesi fa·discuss
Really embarrassed by it, I shared on here and on Producthunt, but got near zero engagement.

https://voklit.com
ahmgeek
·7 mesi fa·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.