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Ask HN: Everyone loves my startup concept, why is no one using it?

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Re: Ask HN: Everyone loves my startup concept, why is no one using it?

#11
these things piss me off, i click on it, and it doesn't say what it is or why i want it.

it should be right there at the top "nota - it's bacon for your computer" or whatever. instead i'm supposed to scroll and look at pictures and i still don't get it. looks to me like more effort was put into making a fancy design rather than an actual product, because if it was a product it'd be obvious what it was.

that would be problem 1 i suppose.

Re: Ask HN: Everyone loves my startup concept, why is no one using it?

#14
Some random comments:

"Feedback right on the site"

This made me wonder what site you were referring to - maybe "Feedback right on your site".

"The Right Tool for the Job"

By this point I still wasn't sure what "the Job" was...

Also, having a product that collects feedback on web pages that doesn't immediately allow me to play with the tools is a bit frustrating - I won't sign up just to play with a text selection/highlighting tool even if it is pretty cool.

Re: Ask HN: Everyone loves my startup concept, why is no one using it?

#15

Some random comments: "Feedback right on the site" This made me wonder what site you were referring to - maybe "Feedback right on your site". "The Right Tool for the Job" By this point I still wasn't sure what "the Job" was... Also, having a product that collects feedback on web pages that doesn't immediately allow me to play with the tools is a bit frustrating - I won't sign up just to play with a text selection/hig…

>> This made me wonder what site you were referring to - maybe "Feedback right on your site".

Or maybe more dummy-proof; "Do you run a web site? Get feedback right on your site"

>> Also, having a product that collects feedback on web pages that doesn't immediately allow me to play with the tools is a bit frustrating

And why doesn't this site itself use this tool to get feedback? That could be also a nice demonstration.

Finally, I scrolled thrice, and didn't really get what the tool is about. Maybe the site has a communication problem, which prevents conversions...

Re: Ask HN: Everyone loves my startup concept, why is no one using it?

#16

OK, I've gone to your page and had a look ... Nota features an innovative toolbar to help you get the job done What job? Area Selection Tool: Lets you highlight any part of a web page. And best of all it takes a screen capture of the selection! For what? Text Highlighter Tool: Shows copy changes and catches typos in text heavy pages. (Yeah, we're looking at you "Terms of Use" pages.) What? Take the guesswork out of w…

The problem of so many startups.

Re: Ask HN: Everyone loves my startup concept, why is no one using it?

#18

Scrolled through it, no idea what it does.

+1 for this. Here's my thoughts while browsing it:

I scrolled down, and to be honest if you hadn't mentioned feedback at the top, I would've thought "web design collab tool", with the area/text highlighting.

Oh hey, you follow with that impression too.

> Take the guesswork out of web development

So I'm to be developing a website, I guess with other people, so it is a collab tool (thats the feedback)? Ok.

It hooks into Github? How? Why? Eh, lived 22 years without it, probably don't need it.

Re: Ask HN: Everyone loves my startup concept, why is no one using it?

#20
post #4

Don't market to "everyone". Market to a very narrow, carefully defined market. And it doesn't matter if they "love" it. What matters is that they need it, and need it enough to pay. Who are you seeking for beta customers? How are you reaching and inviting them? What kind of feedback are you getting from them?

My target market is small (2~10 employees) web agencies. I worked for such companies and build that app to address the pains they have with the feedback loop. So far I have mostly been doing cold mailing to very targeted market and made some promotion through listing site (betalist, reddit). I had about 300 users out of this. The type of feedback I got so far sounds like: "Great app will save me lot of time!!" yet after 1 month since the launch I have 2 "active" users.
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