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What's wrong with my site? Did I just pick a bad idea?
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#12The logo should be clickable.
I don't like the createMyx page. I can't say why but it doesn't look good.
The [login] link should be an image.
Also, what if I want more than 16oz in my created mix. The "1" at the bottom of the homepage shouldn't exist.
It might be a bad idea be running a Groupon/Google offer/... campaign could work.
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#13When I first looked at your homepage, I was wondering if the site was active - Will I ever get my order, if I ordered something? This has do do with the fact that the site news was last updated almost a year ago.
On this note, make shipping times very obvious (ie, with the current date). If I order before 2pm PST, can it be shipped same day? Speaks to the above; drives people to want to order.
Also, re-occurring orders. Monthly, bi-weekly, etc.
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#14The homepage looks much better than your CreateMyX page. Why do you have a nice looking login form on the main page but on createmyx it's just a text link? The images on the homepage look far far more appealing than the generated images I was seeing on the createmyx page.. those look like shit tbh.
Re: What's wrong with my site? Did I just pick a bad idea?
#15Create a recurring revenue model - i.e. send my trail mix once a week.
This is a nice addition. Thumbs up to this.
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#16"Subscribe to Mix of the week!"
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#17Agree with everything said so far, also think you should look at having more content on your site - I can't see google doing much for you (with or without ads) with the current lack of content there to keep users around.
I also think it is a bit of a silly gimmick, if thats the only thing you offer over your competitors, need to step up the innovation a notch.
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#18It's a really cool idea, but the "createMyx" page isn't too helpful (for me, at least). Most of the creations I made looked the same and seemed to be a jumbled "mesh" of things. Obviously, that's kind of what trail mix is but the images created didn't look very appetizing or real.
Still, though, I think it's a really cool idea and I definitely think it could get some momentum in time!
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#19My thoughts: - "Trailmix" is too generic. Do an alternate version of the site named hackersnacker.com or something like that and market it as the perfect food to have in a bowl next to your keyboard. In line with this, add chocolate-covered coffee beans to the mix along with other hacker-freiendly treats (sweet tarts, etc). Sell it to the audience you know. - Anti-alias the various ingredients so that the images look…
This is great advice. It's infinitely easier to market something that's targeted very specifically, rather than trying to be something for everyone. Start with the "hacker" market and branch out as you grow.
Try a reddit ad, offer a coupon to redditors on their first order. Contact bloggers and journalists that write about startup culture, etc.
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#20* I don't understand at all how to create a "Myx". I tried clicking on an image, and nothing happened. I thought maybe JS was broken, so I tried Firefox, and still no luck.
* On your homepage, your link that says "Nut Allergy? Please see our" goes to couponcactus. The part that says "Allergy Notice" actually links to the content I wanted. This seems to only affect the first page.
I like the suggestion of a "Mix of the week" or month. Subscriptions are good, but it may be difficult if people hate cashews or pistachios or something. Maybe they don't care.