Zap: Payments for the universe • Hacker News Board

Re: Zap: Payments for the universe

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Post by excid3 » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 4:01 PM UTC

lux wrote: post #9

sjtgraham wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes!

Awesome! Signed up to be notified, would love more options to open up here in Canada :)

This is why you should have content on the page.

Re: Zap: Payments for the universe

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Post by ZanderEarth32 » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 4:02 PM UTC

I know this looks cool and all but what about including more information below the fold? It wouldn't interrupt the cool design and would give more information to folks like me who don't just sign up for every service for the hell of it.

The lack of information conveys a lack of product, regardless of how true that might be. No screenshots, no information on features, not even a contact or Twitter. I'd really rather get more information before I start getting emails about the service. This is especially true when there are already viable options like PayPal and Stripe, where I can go and find full feature lists.

Re: Zap: Payments for the universe

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Post by carlsednaoui » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 4:02 PM UTC

Would have loved to see more than moving stars and a signup box.

Re: Zap: Payments for the universe

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Post by sjtgraham » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 4:05 PM UTC

Ok so I submitted this with the title "What are your tactics for landing page conversion? I'm trying novelty" hoping to get feedback on my approach and start a conversation around general tactics. Unfortunately someone with admin changed the title to "Zap: Payments for the universe".

This was also intended as an experiment to how an extremely sceptical audience would react to such a spartan page with a novel visual effect as a differentiator. Now the experiment has effectively been torpedoed by this change, and now looks super corny.

Hopefully this comment gets enough up votes to stay reasonably visible so the community know what is up.

Re: Zap: Payments for the universe

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Post by petermk » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 4:07 PM UTC

sjtgraham wrote: post #19

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?

No

Re: Zap: Payments for the universe

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Post by ArekDymalski » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 4:07 PM UTC

For any finance-related company the most important thing is trust. Are you sure you can build it this way?

Re: Zap: Payments for the universe

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Post by ArekDymalski » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 4:10 PM UTC

sjtgraham wrote: post #24

Ok so I submitted this with the title "What are your tactics for landing page conversion? I'm trying novelty" hoping to get feedback on my approach and start a conversation around general tactics. Unfortunately someone with admin changed the title to "Zap: Payments for the universe". This was also intended as an experiment to how an extremely sceptical audience would react to such a spartan page with a novel visual e…

Actually now your experiment will give you more clear data about reaction (conversion).

Re: Zap: Payments for the universe

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 4:10 PM UTC

sjtgraham wrote: post #24

Ok so I submitted this with the title "What are your tactics for landing page conversion? I'm trying novelty" hoping to get feedback on my approach and start a conversation around general tactics. Unfortunately someone with admin changed the title to "Zap: Payments for the universe". This was also intended as an experiment to how an extremely sceptical audience would react to such a spartan page with a novel visual e…

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Re: Zap: Payments for the universe

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Post by racbart » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 4:13 PM UTC

sjtgraham wrote: post #24

Ok so I submitted this with the title "What are your tactics for landing page conversion? I'm trying novelty" hoping to get feedback on my approach and start a conversation around general tactics. Unfortunately someone with admin changed the title to "Zap: Payments for the universe". This was also intended as an experiment to how an extremely sceptical audience would react to such a spartan page with a novel visual e…

There's a tiny chance that I use some throwaway email just to see what's next, knowing your original title. Without knowing that, there's no chance - I simply ignore a meaningless and containing zero information page which asks for my email.

So this could be a test only if people wouldn't know that, so the title change did you some good.

Re: Zap: Payments for the universe

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Post by sjtgraham » Tue, Sep 11, 2012, 4:16 PM UTC

racbart wrote: post #29

sjtgraham wrote: post #24

Ok so I submitted this with the title "What are your tactics for landing page conversion? I'm trying novelty" hoping to get feedback on my approach and start a conversation around general tactics. Unfortunately someone with admin changed the title to "Zap: Payments for the universe". This was also intended as an experiment to how an extremely sceptical audience would react to such a spartan page with a novel visual e…

There's a tiny chance that I use some throwaway email just to see what's next, knowing your original title. Without knowing that, there's no chance - I simply ignore a meaningless and containing zero information page which asks for my email. So this could be a test only if people wouldn't know that, so the title change did you some good.

Apart from simultaneous banishment this from the front page. Net bad.