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I have never heard of this company before and if you told me their website was a parody of an enterprise software company I would believe you. It shouldn't take more than 10 seconds for me to understand what you do.

"ZUORA BRINGS FREEDOM TO THE SUBSCRIPTION ECONOMY" What the fuck does that mean!

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post #2

I have never heard of this company before and if you told me their website was a parody of an enterprise software company I would believe you. It shouldn't take more than 10 seconds for me to understand what you do. "ZUORA BRINGS FREEDOM TO THE SUBSCRIPTION ECONOMY" What the fuck does that mean!

It means you aren't their target customer.

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post #2

I have never heard of this company before and if you told me their website was a parody of an enterprise software company I would believe you. It shouldn't take more than 10 seconds for me to understand what you do. "ZUORA BRINGS FREEDOM TO THE SUBSCRIPTION ECONOMY" What the fuck does that mean!

WELCOME TO ZUORACOM. YOU CAN DO ANYTHING AT ZUORACOM.

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I have never heard of this company before and if you told me their website was a parody of an enterprise software company I would believe you. It shouldn't take more than 10 seconds for me to understand what you do. "ZUORA BRINGS FREEDOM TO THE SUBSCRIPTION ECONOMY" What the fuck does that mean!

I think the importance of a website is vastly overestimated. The only question a business owner generally cares about is “does this solve my problem”. Ive learned pretty quickly when searching for solutions to ignore both smarmy marketing nonsense and slick, perfectly designed websites alike.

Zuora makes a lot of money with their “bad” website, so it obviously doesn’t matter very much.

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post #2

I have never heard of this company before and if you told me their website was a parody of an enterprise software company I would believe you. It shouldn't take more than 10 seconds for me to understand what you do. "ZUORA BRINGS FREEDOM TO THE SUBSCRIPTION ECONOMY" What the fuck does that mean!

Website has words, words that don't make sense.

Case in the point, this fucking title tag: Zuora is unifying order-to-cash for a dynamic subscription world

What the fack is order-to-cash and a dynamic subscription world???

Someone needs to put down the dictionary and put their copy through a "grading" tool (https://readable.io/)

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post #2

I have never heard of this company before and if you told me their website was a parody of an enterprise software company I would believe you. It shouldn't take more than 10 seconds for me to understand what you do. "ZUORA BRINGS FREEDOM TO THE SUBSCRIPTION ECONOMY" What the fuck does that mean!

I think the importance of a website is vastly overestimated. The only question a business owner generally cares about is “does this solve my problem”. Ive learned pretty quickly when searching for solutions to ignore both smarmy marketing nonsense and slick, perfectly designed websites alike. Zuora makes a lot of money with their “bad” website, so it obviously doesn’t matter very much.

I would amend that statement to they hope to make a lot of money with their "bad" website.[0] If your messaging is incoherent I will have no idea if you are able to solve my problems in the first place.

[0] "We have incurred net losses in each fiscal year since inception, including net losses of $48.2 million, $39.1 million, and $47.2 million in fiscal 2016, fiscal 2017, and fiscal 2018, respectively, and we expect to incur net losses for the foreseeable future."

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post #6
post #2

I have never heard of this company before and if you told me their website was a parody of an enterprise software company I would believe you. It shouldn't take more than 10 seconds for me to understand what you do. "ZUORA BRINGS FREEDOM TO THE SUBSCRIPTION ECONOMY" What the fuck does that mean!

Website has words, words that don't make sense. Case in the point, this fucking title tag: Zuora is unifying order-to-cash for a dynamic subscription world What the fack is order-to-cash and a dynamic subscription world??? Someone needs to put down the dictionary and put their copy through a "grading" tool ( https://readable.io/ )

It means what it says. They simplify how a company can take an order and get the money. It’s a product for businesses.

And dynamic subscriptions means they have a way to change elements of a subscription (term length, renewal period). Dynamic means it’s something that changes.

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post #2

I have never heard of this company before and if you told me their website was a parody of an enterprise software company I would believe you. It shouldn't take more than 10 seconds for me to understand what you do. "ZUORA BRINGS FREEDOM TO THE SUBSCRIPTION ECONOMY" What the fuck does that mean!

Maybe they saw this, or maybe they are A/B testing, but I saw, "Zuora creates cloud-based software on a subscription basis that enables any company in any industry to successfully launch, manage, and transform into a subscription business. the subscription economy", which makes a bunch of sense to me.

But it's true, I'd never heard of them either.

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I think the importance of a website is vastly overestimated. The only question a business owner generally cares about is “does this solve my problem”. Ive learned pretty quickly when searching for solutions to ignore both smarmy marketing nonsense and slick, perfectly designed websites alike. Zuora makes a lot of money with their “bad” website, so it obviously doesn’t matter very much.

I would amend that statement to they hope to make a lot of money with their "bad" website.[0] If your messaging is incoherent I will have no idea if you are able to solve my problems in the first place. [0] "We have incurred net losses in each fiscal year since inception, including net losses of $48.2 million, $39.1 million, and $47.2 million in fiscal 2016, fiscal 2017, and fiscal 2018, respectively, and we expect t…

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