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Show HN: ExitIntent – Convert bouncing visitors to leads and customers

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Re: Show HN: ExitIntent – Convert bouncing visitors to leads and customers

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Post by troels »

gingerlime wrote: post #6

This seems similar to bounceexchange[0], and I think the idea is generally good. Try to grab people's attention at the last minute when they're already planning on leaving your website anyway. Last-ditch effort that can't really upset too much, especially since you already lost them. Of course it depends on how spammy those popups end-up being, but at least from a couple of sites that I've seen and who use bounce exc…

I get the idea and I think it's clever. It might even work to convert leads. But as a user, I find it rather intrusive.

I've come by quite a few websites recently who fire this in my face prematurely. It feels rather annoying to get a "please don't leave us" pop-over when all I wanted was to move the mouse out of the way so that I could read the site's content (which is now impossible due to the aforementioned pop-over).

Re: Show HN: ExitIntent – Convert bouncing visitors to leads and customers

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Post by joelrunyon »

delecti wrote: post #8

Maybe I'm not "most users", but that would immediately kill any interest I had in a site I was browsing. The way I view it is, my attention is something I bestow upon a website, it's not something you have a right to grab without my permission like this. On a more constructive note, how do you intend to deal with false positives among users that have multiple displays? If I were interested and wanted to share the lin…

I think this is a useful viewpoint on the matter - "Should I use those annoying popups?" = http://socialtriggers.com/annoying-popups/

Re: Show HN: ExitIntent – Convert bouncing visitors to leads and customers

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Post by gt5050 »

lmartel wrote: post #14

It seems significant that the ExitIntent site doesn't use ExitIntent, aside from in the demo. Is it because they know deep down it's annoying and spammy?

We do use ExitIntent on our site. Please click on "See it in action" link below. We kept it like this so that if user wants to see the demo multiple times , they can see it working. The actual exitintent wouldn't work if user wanted to see it multiple times, as popups are shown only once per user per site

Re: Show HN: ExitIntent – Convert bouncing visitors to leads and customers

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Post by Devolver »

gt5050 wrote: post #2

Hi HN, We have built ExitIntent to help reduce bounce rates and convert exiting visitors to leads. We have tried to make it very simple for anyone to run popup campaigns on their sites. Would love to get the feedback of the community.

You're competing with SumoMe, which does essentially the same thing + is free (with one-off cash charges for upgrades/prettier templates, etc).

What's the differentiation here?

Re: Show HN: ExitIntent – Convert bouncing visitors to leads and customers

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Post by gt5050 »

Devolver wrote: post #17
gt5050 wrote: post #2

Hi HN, We have built ExitIntent to help reduce bounce rates and convert exiting visitors to leads. We have tried to make it very simple for anyone to run popup campaigns on their sites. Would love to get the feedback of the community.

You're competing with SumoMe, which does essentially the same thing + is free (with one-off cash charges for upgrades/prettier templates, etc). What's the differentiation here?

SumoMe is not exactly free(they have paid upgrades as you suggested). The differentiating factor is the WYSIWYG pop builder which lets you completely customize the popup to match your website.

Re: Show HN: ExitIntent – Convert bouncing visitors to leads and customers

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Post by AznHisoka »

gt5050 wrote: post #19
Devolver wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're competing with SumoMe, which does essentially the same thing + is free (with one-off cash charges for upgrades/prettier templates, etc). What's the differentiation here?

SumoMe is not exactly free(they have paid upgrades as you suggested). The differentiating factor is the WYSIWYG pop builder which lets you completely customize the popup to match your website.

So your differentiating factor is an UI feature that can be duplicated in a week?
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