Why would I input my email? What am I getting? This is incredibly unclear. health care! medical science! digital health! etc! Sign me up! Sorry for being a hater, but this is nooooot good.
lol you created a new account for that.
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#12I would remove the 'etc' and expand the copy. Maybe add some bullet points and images. As it stands, it looks a bit unprofessional, so I would be wary of providing my email. HTH.
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#13You have to convince me to input my email on your site and there I was skimming to that short content trying to find about what on earth this site is about.
And to be honest... I don't get it. Ok the girl has hash and there's a poll on her condition.
Is this about medical training?
Or maybe it's some sort of social health diagnostics? (which sounds like a terrible idea, a how it works in this case would be invaluable to undo this first reaction)
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#14I literally don't know what you're doing or why I should care.
Otherwise I enjoyed the design and look of the site. The logo was well done.
I really enjoyed the little animation on the radio buttons. So much so that I made heat rash have the most votes (Don't allow me to manipulate your poll so easily!!)
Re: Ask HN: What's wrong with my launch page?
#15People want some social proof that your community is worth joining. In other words, people like to follow the herd. The fact that you haven't launched tells me there really isn't a substantial community yet. Focus on a private launch of your closest friends or people you know are passionate about your topic. Then, allow those members to invite the next group through an invite system before opening it up to the public. This is how I built fotoblur.com to 60K members.
Re: Ask HN: What's wrong with my launch page?
#16There are two actions that a visitor could take upon visiting that page and entering their e-mail is not even the most compelling one.
Like other said, you need to state very clearly what you're promoting and give no other option than signing up without distractions.
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#17What is your product? What will I get from putting in my e-mail?
What's the purpose of the survey? How does it relate to your product?
Unfortunately, it looks a little like a spammy SEO/survey page.
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#18I would have no idea what to expect from the site once it launches. What's a "community of health care investigators" in this context?
That's a good point, it is really vague. How explicit is too explicit though? Other launch pages seem to keep things mysterious.
Your product seems to not be a general fun/social "thing" (which is mostly where you find these mysterious splash pages), but a community aimed towards a very specific demographic. In other words, most people won't be interested in trying your product. For this reason, it's a good idea to be much more explicit about what you're offering.
Re: Ask HN: What's wrong with my launch page?
#19> Wellzly is a community where medical students and professionals can get updated on the latest medical news, curiosities, developments and discussions.
> Are you a medical student or professional that can't get enough of all things health care, medical science, digital health and related? Neither can we! Come geek out with us and join our community of passionate and enthusiastic health care investigators. The plan is to be up and running Q4 of 2015, and you can enter your email below to get alerted when we finally launch. We promise we won't use your email for anything else!
Just assuming what is happening based on your website, and assuming you will not be farming their emails for targeted spam.
There are a few things that I didn't like with the intro that I attempted to address:
1. No real introduction to what your website actually is.
2. Obscure dates ("Fall").
3. No real assurance that it's not a scam.
Re: Ask HN: What's wrong with my launch page?
#20What is this website? It wants my email address and asks me to have opinions on an 18-year-old girl's rash?