Chesscademy, a free chess learning site

thelastnode wrote: post #3

digitalmerc wrote: post #2

Videos not working for anyone else?

The videos are hosted on Dropbox. Dropbox disabled the videos because there has been too much public traffic.

ugh can't wait till it comes back up. When it does, I'll be sure to lose many hours of my life to this :)

Re: Chesscademy, a free chess learning site

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Post by srik » Mon, Aug 19, 2013, 5:11 AM UTC

thelastnode wrote: post #3

digitalmerc wrote: post #2

Videos not working for anyone else?

The videos are hosted on Dropbox. Dropbox disabled the videos because there has been too much public traffic.

Hosting publicly accesible videos on dropbox is not the best strategy.

Re: Chesscademy, a free chess learning site

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Post by charlesju » Mon, Aug 19, 2013, 5:14 AM UTC

Great site! I've wanted to learn chess for a long time, this is a great place for me to start.

Re: Chesscademy, a free chess learning site

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Post by dmix » Mon, Aug 19, 2013, 5:19 AM UTC

Copywriting/conversion recommendation: "create you wonderful account" -> "start learning chess now" or "start improving your chess now".

Always keep it specfic to your product value prop. Generic text like "Try it now" never converts as well. Also adding "free" helps.

Re: Chesscademy, a free chess learning site

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Post by hkmurakami » Mon, Aug 19, 2013, 5:24 AM UTC

I wonder if the site will after time start offering (1) premium memberships to the tune of poker training sites to access the best/newest videos and/or (2) 1 on 1 coaching sessions with the coaches for $X00/hour, and the site gets a cut.

ex: http://www.cardrunners.com/ http://www.deucescracked.com/ http://www.bluefirepoker.com/

Alternately I'd be excited to see a new business model for this kind of game training site.

Re: Chesscademy, a free chess learning site

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Post by morgante » Mon, Aug 19, 2013, 5:28 AM UTC

Inspired by codecademy?

Re: Chesscademy, a free chess learning site

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Post by weisser » Mon, Aug 19, 2013, 5:34 AM UTC

thelastnode wrote: post #3

digitalmerc wrote: post #2

Videos not working for anyone else?

The videos are hosted on Dropbox. Dropbox disabled the videos because there has been too much public traffic.

Unless you have a pro account there is a 20 gig/day bandwidth limit. With pro it's 200 gigs.