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Re: Ask HN: review my app for instant "coming soon" pages

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Post by weirdcat » Thu, Jan 20, 2011, 5:25 PM UTC

SHOwnsYou wrote: post #8

I think before you start to focus on a pro version, you should get this version ready for attracting an audience. Your home page is way too cluttered. I don't know what to do, I don't know where to go, I have no idea what the random text boxes are used for. Also, your homepage just isn't very pretty. The sample at the bottom (which I only found by looking at comments here) looks good though. My first instinct is to s…

Great idea! I think I can see it. I'll have to sleep on it and try to build it tomorrow. Thanks!

Re: Ask HN: review my app for instant "coming soon" pages

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Post by weirdcat » Thu, Jan 20, 2011, 5:34 PM UTC

komlenic wrote: post #7

Great idea with a lot of potential. I'd strongly consider a complete from-the-ground up rethink of the new-user flow. This may sound harsh, but I'd argue that as the site exists now there is no clear new-user flow. There's no concise path through what's being presented. If you're stuck, a good exercise is to go grab 5 people and show them the site. Don't explain anything. See what they do. See if they get it. See if…

Actually, the harsher the better. The problem is falling in love with your own idea -- here it was combining:

* the introduction (the header),

* "plans and pricing" page (you've got two blocks: the FREE plan and the PRO plan),

* page creation interface with live preview below, allowing you to create the page and previewing it before signing up.

All of those separately make total sense, but obviously don't work when combined.

Thanks a lot!

Re: Ask HN: review my app for instant "coming soon" pages

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Post by weirdcat » Thu, Jan 20, 2011, 5:37 PM UTC

dlsay wrote: post #10

I agree with the other comments on the UI, so i wont repeat. As for additional features, add some social media links after signup, maybe a "thank you" email, and an option for multiple landing pages for testing. I didnt see in the demo, where does the collected data get stored?

After you sign up, there's a "gathered emails" pane for every site in the admin panel; you can export all of the data to CSV or only emails to plain txt.

Good feature ideas. I'll look into that after I fix the homepage.

Thanks!