Zap: Payments for the universe • Hacker News Board

Re: Zap: Payments for the universe

#11

Post by TomGullen » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 3:48 PM UTC

I don't like it at all. Don't even know what I'm supposed to be looking at. Why would I give my email address?

Re: Zap: Payments for the universe

#12

Post by sjtgraham » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 3:48 PM UTC

andrew_wc_brown wrote: post #8

Haha I thought it was a search bar. When you visit the page the text field already has focus so I had no idea I was suppose to type an email.

Thanks. What browser are you using?

Re: Zap: Payments for the universe

#13

Post by jdevonport » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 3:50 PM UTC

Wonderful, mysterious... I really like it!

Re: Zap: Payments for the universe

#14

Post by petermk » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 3:53 PM UTC

Was hoping it would go into warp when I entered my email. Was disappointed. Thankfully I used a fake email.

Re: Zap: Payments for the universe

#15

Post by sjtgraham » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 3:53 PM UTC

agscala wrote: post #7

Looks cool, but the ultimate tactic for landing page conversion is actually having content . Why bother with a empty landing page like this? Would it really be so bad to wait a little until this company actually has something to show for itself?

Thanks for the feedback. I want to address your point now, but I'm going to wait a moment for a reason that I will explain at the same time.

Re: Zap: Payments for the universe

#16

Post by DoubeMalt » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 3:55 PM UTC

I'd love a great payment service that works outside of the USA. But without at least a bit of an outline this could as well be a email harvesting operation.

Re: Zap: Payments for the universe

#17

Post by sismoc » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 3:56 PM UTC

Hmmmm, email harvesting as a substitute for products/services.

Re: Zap: Payments for the universe

#18

Post by sjtgraham » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 3:57 PM UTC

bkanber wrote: post #5

I don't want to put my email address into something without first knowing what it is.

Entirely valid, and I appreciate that. How often in general do you enter your email into a landing page, even when you have very comprehensive information about the nascent product in question?

Re: Zap: Payments for the universe

#19

Post by sjtgraham » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 3:59 PM UTC

petermk wrote: post #14

Was hoping it would go into warp when I entered my email. Was disappointed. Thankfully I used a fake email.

Wow, that's a great idea! Do you mind if I implement that?

Re: Zap: Payments for the universe

#20

Post by jc4p » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 4:00 PM UTC

sjtgraham wrote: post #18

bkanber wrote: post #5

I don't want to put my email address into something without first knowing what it is.

Entirely valid, and I appreciate that. How often in general do you enter your email into a landing page, even when you have very comprehensive information about the nascent product in question?

I routinely sign up for e-mail lists if it's a product I'm interested in and want to know more about in the future. A text box in front of a slogan and a cool background? Not so much.