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Is my splash page lame?

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Re: Is my splash page lame?

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post #10

I confess I was hoping that this was one of those domains like http://islostarepeat.com/ where the answer is always "Yes".

Hahaha. That's brilliant. I'm questioning whether my business can succeed in such a thrilling competitive market.

What a great affiliate play :)

Re: Is my splash page lame?

#12

Cute mascot. I initially didn't see the text because I opened the page in a new tab, so I would definitely make something a little more static unless it's triggered by a user action. (Even then, try to provide a bit more incentive to sign up.)

Thanks for the feedback. I wish I could divulge more!

Re: Is my splash page lame?

#14
post #7

I have to agree it's a good start but I am still not sure what it is you are doing

I guess that begs the question, what should you put up when your business is stealth! The hope was people would enjoy the experience enough to "trust" us with the email and a follow-up down the road. Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it.

I guess that begs the question, what should you put up when your business is stealth!

You should be working on your product instead of futzing around with a placeholder web site that you don't actually intend anyone to see.

If you actually want to gauge customer interest and collect e-mails, then put some content on that page and worry about the presentation (and I actually think that's a really good idea). As things stand, if you won't give any real info on the page then you're just dicking around, and it won't make a bit of difference to your business whether you put up the site you have now, a text only "Under Construction" page, or a trollface with a hand drawn penis chewing on its ear. Even any e-mails that you do collect are essentially worthless because they're not targeted at all to your product, so any signups just indicate that some people will inexplicably sign up for anything at all...

Re: Is my splash page lame?

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Yes. I see where you were going but having watched the full animation I still don't know what you are teasing. I glanced away right as the text said something about social network-something-something. Get to the point. If this wasn't a request for feedback I would have bailed almost instantly. solution. Keep the 'fun' speech bubble on the right but put another on the right with the <140 character tease text.

Re: Is my splash page lame?

#16
The email box seems unnecessary big and the example email can be place inside the box.

Regarding the submit button, you did not put too much effort on it considering all the work you did in the html5 animation.

More importantly, I will not give you my email without knowing what it is.

Re: Is my splash page lame?

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post #15

Yes. I see where you were going but having watched the full animation I still don't know what you are teasing. I glanced away right as the text said something about social network-something-something. Get to the point. If this wasn't a request for feedback I would have bailed almost instantly. solution. Keep the 'fun' speech bubble on the right but put another on the right with the <140 character tease text.

Appreciate the honest remarks. Problem with my HN post is that I thought my comment (below) was the description for the link :) Probably gives you a better idea of where I was coming from. Quite a noob I am!

Re: Is my splash page lame?

#18

Cute mascot. I initially didn't see the text because I opened the page in a new tab, so I would definitely make something a little more static unless it's triggered by a user action. (Even then, try to provide a bit more incentive to sign up.)

I would not have seen the animation unless I read you. I opened in a new tab too and by the time I got there everything was over.

Re: Is my splash page lame?

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The email box seems unnecessary big and the example email can be place inside the box. Regarding the submit button, you did not put too much effort on it considering all the work you did in the html5 animation. More importantly, I will not give you my email without knowing what it is.

What would you do if you wanted to put up a landing page for a company you weren't ready to go public with?

My hope was just to have some fun with it and garner a smile.

This community is really thoughtful and helpful. Really appreciate it.

Re: Is my splash page lame?

#20
I guess it was loading slow for me, so all there was a grayed bird and email box. I waited and waited, than the animation started. I was about to leave.

Then, the text was fast (for me, at least) and I was totally distracted by the animation and missed lots of text in the beginning.

Now I'm under the impression that it's social network site for pets, and I guess I misread it, but won't refresh to find out :)

Please don't do this.

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