Ask HN: review my startup - Getquantify(getquantify.com) Hi there, I have just released task management application. I am trying to come up with some new ways to do UI and user interactions. Looking forward to your feedback.
Roman |
Ask HN: review my startup - Getquantify(getquantify.com) Hi there, I have just released task management application. I am trying to come up with some new ways to do UI and user interactions. Looking forward to your feedback.
Roman |
That's a lot of commitment to expect from a random user who stumbles across your site. You've got 5 seconds of my time. Show me something cool, demonstrate what it does, or I'm gone.
All I got from your site is that it lets me collaborate (and that I need to give you 8 pieces of information before I can try it out). There are a million definitions of "collaborate" out there. And they are all simple, so telling me yours is also simple doesn't help.
What is it? How does it help me? What do I do next? Your site in its current form answers none of that.
As a counterpoint, check out this site:
The average user lasts about 4 seconds on that homepage before noticing the button labeled "Try it" and clicking it. We get about 80% conversion from visit to "guest trial" by eliminating everything that could possibly come between a user arriving on the site and jumping in to kick the tires.
Figure out how to do the equivalent of that for your product and you're sorted.
Advanced user interface brings a whole new experience to online task management.
This sentence is basically meaningless. Replace it with something that actually describes what's new and innovative.
I also went hunting for a "try it" button or some clear way to see the flow quickly and clearly.
Also the UI and page are very dark... I understand that black is sexy, but it's a bit too stark IMHO... lighten it up.
With so many task management / project management apps on the market it's quite difficult to differentiate yourself and prove your value with just a snazzy looking homepage (it is a nice design, but so are the 100+ tools I've looked at).
Take a look at the way rule.fm does their tour (screenshots/videos). Very easy to get to those areas and
I do something similar to Balsamiq for one of my apps - it keeps a high contrast "Save Progress" button at the top of the screen, and any time the user does one of a few set actions (for you, create a project or to do list) I pop up a modal to ask for their email and password to save their acct.
In addition to greasing the sign up process, it gives you an idea of your market fit - the data you collect around this "temp user" process is very insightful.
Many people has missed the free plan so I definitely need to do something about it.
That said, the site impressed me by the professionnal design and its look and feel.
Quick question though, why did you go for 30 day free trial instead of freemium type model ? It seems a freemium model could get you more traction.
There is actually a free link bellow the pay options. You get one project and two users in free plan so you can test it up.
I'd suggest:
--- Cancellation Policy You are free to cancel any time, there are no long term contracts. We will even pack up all your data and send it to you.
Security There is full SSL encryption on every account, even the free plan. All data is backed up hourly.
Plans Pick a plan that fits your current needs. Upgrade or downgrade anytime.
Free Plan Click here for our free plan. It comes with a single project and two users accounts.
Upcoming Features We are hard at work bringing you more useful and powerful features. File uploads, invoicing, and stats are coming soon. ---
IMO the pricing page by itself isn't very clear, I don't see right away what's meant by "Projects" (what's in it? why do I need them?), or how many users there are included in each plan. Maybe a pricing grid giving some more detail about each plan would be helpful.
The one thing I would say to help get the sales would be to add some kind of list of what you get (an overview if you will) on the pricing/plan page. Since you have a link to the plans page right on the main page, a user may skip the area where you list what you get when you buy. So to have the list on the plans page will eliminate the chance of someone possibly leaving the purchase page to look at plans and potentially lose the sale.
If I had a need for a task management software I'd definitely look this up again.
See here: https://www.shopify.com/services/signup