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Re: Show HN: Depot

#31

Post by gettingreal »

I love your pricing. Or what I initially thought it was

One plan every feature - (correctly) gives me the impression that if I pay $30/month, I'll get everything your app has to offer.

Extend your reach for less(or Need Less, Pay Less) - I initially thought that this was a feature-limited lower priced tier of your app (for small startups or freelancers for example)

This made it seem as though your "One Plan" was cleverly pushing the plan you want most people to join, whilst still making lesser plans available for those who cant afford the "one plan".

This is a great because it makes me feel comfortable paying for the "one plan" (the most expensive plan) without feeling as if I'm paying too much or missing out on any key features (by choosing the lower plan). I feel you are charging me fairly for what I'll use.

And because you have your needs-based up-sells, you left room to increase revenue from heavy users.

This is excellent and I will definitely split-test this in my business against the traditional pricing grid.

Re: Show HN: Depot

#32

Post by gettingreal »

swombat wrote: post #9

Nice site, but I'm always puzzled by this idea that a business can be managed entirely with a cookie-cutter product. Surely if your business can run on something like that, it has zero competitive advantage, right? In practice, I find that supporting all the edge cases inherent in my business made it very worthwhile to build my own such tool. But then, I guess there are many other entrepreneurs out there who don't ha…

You are running a business and you have the time to create your own version of this app?

That's excellent. For me however, there is hardly time to comment on Hacker News :), let alone code my own CRM when I can get one for $30/month/user (at least for now).

Cost/Benefit I guess. Its not worth my time to code this up myself, but in your business, It might be.

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Post by binocarlos »

iaskwhy wrote: post #3
netnichols wrote: post #2

This has nothing to do with the actual product, which may be great, but... I am so ready for the trend of hyper-animated websites to start dying down. I scrolled through the whole website, and while it looked great, by the time I got to the end I still had no idea what the product actually offered because my eyes were too busy watching all the little animations to pay attention to the content.

Also that yellow hurts.

that yellow just burned a hole in the back of my eyes

Re: Show HN: Depot

#35

Post by mseebach »

swombat wrote: post #9

Nice site, but I'm always puzzled by this idea that a business can be managed entirely with a cookie-cutter product. Surely if your business can run on something like that, it has zero competitive advantage, right? In practice, I find that supporting all the edge cases inherent in my business made it very worthwhile to build my own such tool. But then, I guess there are many other entrepreneurs out there who don't ha…

For a certain niche of businesses, sure, the CRM might be your competitive advantage, but for the vast majority, building your own CRM is as ill advised as building your own office furniture.

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#36

Post by diasks2 »

Generally speaking I think you did a great job with the design. My feedback would be that it is difficult to tell the buttons apart from the form fields (specifically in the footer). The gray form field for the email address is basically the same design format as the buttons.

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Post by jcromartie »

netnichols wrote: post #2

This has nothing to do with the actual product, which may be great, but... I am so ready for the trend of hyper-animated websites to start dying down. I scrolled through the whole website, and while it looked great, by the time I got to the end I still had no idea what the product actually offered because my eyes were too busy watching all the little animations to pay attention to the content.

It's incredibly low-information. Each time you scroll to a new screenful of information you get about 10-15 words of marketing. Even clicking the "Learn more" doesn't give me any screenshots or videos.

Re: Show HN: Depot

#38

Post by jcromartie »

iaskwhy wrote: post #3
netnichols wrote: post #2

This has nothing to do with the actual product, which may be great, but... I am so ready for the trend of hyper-animated websites to start dying down. I scrolled through the whole website, and while it looked great, by the time I got to the end I still had no idea what the product actually offered because my eyes were too busy watching all the little animations to pay attention to the content.

Also that yellow hurts.

I'm using f.lux and, since it's early here, I thought the site was pink and it actually looked pretty nice.

Re: Show HN: Depot

#39

Post by dan_bk »

My question mark is:

Would you outsource all this sensitive data about your business like this? (Personally, I'd be too scared to do it.)

Re: Show HN: Depot

#40

Post by latitude »

The site looks great. Not sure how it performs against your target audience, but it looks great. A couple of nitpicks though -

1. "Sign up for free 30..." button at the bottom of the home page should really be white/on/blue to match "Try depot for free" button styling in the main section.

2. "Keep up to date" is too dark and doesn't look like a hint, more like a message. Also "Submit" button is 4-5 px taller than the input field (Firefox), so altogether it looks sloppy. And it should too be white-on-blue.

PS. Tungsten doesn't look all that great on Windows and even on Mac it has this seriously wobbly baseline. Just look at the "Ingeniously simple ..." at the top of the page and focus on the bottom of it. It works against the look and feel that you are after.

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