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Asking for Feedback on Our Startup: Coordinatr.com

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Re: Asking for Feedback on Our Startup: Coordinatr.com

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Post by jmorin007 »

PG says to get your site out early and often, so thats what we're trying to do. We're far from finished, but feel its about time to take the ultimate test, and show the news.yc crowd.

Our Site: http://coordinatr.com is a site designed to give you the necessary tools to quickly and effectively coordinate plans with your friends, without any unnecessary garbage to slow you down. Check out our FAQ for more info: http://coordinatr.com/welcome/faq

Please take a moment if you would to take a look at our site, and let us know what you think. Thanks in advance for your feedback and/or criticism.

Re: Asking for Feedback on Our Startup: Coordinatr.com

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Post by davidw »

Here's a way you could get people to start inviting without registering. You let them go through the whole thing, and add their own address at the end. They hit send, but the mail to the other people doesn't actually go out until they've finished the registration.

That way, they're more invested in actually going through with it than if they have to register to even get in.

Re: Asking for Feedback on Our Startup: Coordinatr.com

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Post by amackera »

I like the instant feeback thing on the left - very slick!

My only complaint is that it forces you to sign up if you want to view the event details. I can do this with Facebook already.

I'd like to see more details in the "You're invited..." email. That way I could invite people like my parents (who vaguely understand email, but not how to sign up for this kind of service) to quick & easy events.

Forcing a sign up to see the event's message board, or something, might be a good compromise.

Site looks very nice! Very uniform design style - I don't love how all the headings are lower case, but that's probably a personal preference thing.

Re: Asking for Feedback on Our Startup: Coordinatr.com

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Post by drm237 »

amackera wrote: post #5

I like the instant feeback thing on the left - very slick! My only complaint is that it forces you to sign up if you want to view the event details. I can do this with Facebook already. I'd like to see more details in the "You're invited..." email. That way I could invite people like my parents (who vaguely understand email, but not how to sign up for this kind of service) to quick & easy events. Forcing a sign up to…

Thanks for taking a look at it. We tried to keep everything simple, so we're glad you like the design.

We're also not happy with the current registration flow, so look for changes to that in the coming weeks!

Re: Asking for Feedback on Our Startup: Coordinatr.com

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Post by drm237 »

davidw wrote: post #4

Here's a way you could get people to start inviting without registering. You let them go through the whole thing, and add their own address at the end. They hit send, but the mail to the other people doesn't actually go out until they've finished the registration. That way, they're more invested in actually going through with it than if they have to register to even get in.

We agree that our biggest issue right now is probably the registration requirement and we've discussed exactly what you're proposing. Once we can build out our queuing system, we're going to move it that direction. Thanks for the feedback.

Re: Asking for Feedback on Our Startup: Coordinatr.com

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Post by drm237 »

kingnothing wrote: post #9

Seems like it might be a good idea, but having to register just to see what it's all about is rather off-putting.

Agreed, and see some other replies for our approach. We thought that by minimizing the registration requirements to just an email and password, we are making it as painless as possible for now until we can get a better flow in place. Thanks.
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