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Ask HN: Review my new A/B testing and analytics startup

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Re: Ask HN: Review my new A/B testing and analytics startup

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Post by oni0n56 »

thenduks wrote: post #24
oni0n56 wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well you could install it on a development site or something first. You can't currently add in a domain that's not live (since it verifies its existence by pinging)— but contact me and I can add it in manually and you could try running it locally or on a private site.

Yea the ping-ing thing is what stopped me. I need to test it as un-live as it gets, on my local development instance, before I start pitching this stuff to my boss. I'll shoot you an email. Thanks. edit : Or, I would, but you don't seem to have it listed in your profile.

Try support@charminc.com — Will update my profile now.

Re: Ask HN: Review my new A/B testing and analytics startup

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Post by jeffmould »

oni0n56 wrote: post #23
jeffmould wrote: post #4

Looks great! Congrats on your launch. A few things that stick out for me: 1. I like the free option, and would most likely start there to get a feel for everything. But...if I wanted to start with a premium plan instead, there is not enough information on the website to tell me how this product is different (besides look/feel) from products such as Google Optimizer, Google Analytics, or Optimizely. Sell me on the ben…

Thanks! I think I just fixed #2, I am guessing it was a Chrome/Win bug with rounded corners. Though I can't see it myself.. is the problem still there?

Yep, all fixed now. Looks good I'll give it a try when I get my site launched and let you know.

Re: Ask HN: Review my new A/B testing and analytics startup

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Post by bravura »

klochner wrote: post #3

You're wasting space on the homepage in explaining the benefits of a/b testing, you would be better off devoting more content to how your product works. I want to know what's involved in setting up and running a test, but came away from your site without really knowing what the user experience is like.

I assume he's actually A/B testing whether explaining about A/B testing helps his conversion. If not, the irony is killing me.

Re: Ask HN: Review my new A/B testing and analytics startup

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Post by [deleted] »

klochner wrote: post #3

You're wasting space on the homepage in explaining the benefits of a/b testing, you would be better off devoting more content to how your product works. I want to know what's involved in setting up and running a test, but came away from your site without really knowing what the user experience is like.

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Re: Ask HN: Review my new A/B testing and analytics startup

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Post by dflock »

Okay, signed up and went a bit deeper into the site:

* You've got the same rounded-corners-not-transparent issue at the bottom of every page

* Only when you get to the 'copy this bit of JS into your site' stage, do you find out that it _also_ requires jQuery. I know a lot of people will already be using jQuery (including me) bit the site I wanted to test with isn't using jQuery, so this has moved me from 'Go', to 'Stop and think'. I wish I'd known this earlier on.

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