Show HN: ImpasseBreaker – Double-blind negotiation

2 points by impassebreaker 12 years ago | 10 comments

Hey folks -- love your feedback on our negotiation platform, www.impassebreaker.com. IB uses double-blind comparison of two users' "bottom line" financial positions to determine if they have a match and can then stop wasting time nickel and diming in endless negotiation. If there's a match, IB sends an email to both users reporting the amount of the match, currently the mid-point between the "ceiling" and the "floor" and if no it sends an e-mail saying no match. A couple of use cases: real estate sales, salary negotiation, lawsuit settlement . . . We have other features on the drawing boards -- payments, settlement document drafting, among them -- for now, we'd love your feedback and thoughts on the current site. Login and use are free and you can register with a Facebook or linkedIn account. Many thanks in advance for your thoughts and feedback --stephen@impassebreaker.com.

Styn 12 years ago |

I really like the concept! However I think your landing page could use some work. The call to action (Registering) isn't as clear as it could be. What I would do is add a big button 'register' and ask the user to pick a way to register after that. At first glance the facebook logo could just be a link to your facebook page or something.

Also you need some way to lure people in, some screenshots, a short video. I want to know in what state of development a service is before I sign up!

Hope this helps in any way :)

impassebreaker 12 years ago | |

. . . and have added a green login/register button that clicks open a modal window with login options to address your first comment. Thanks for this! After you stare at something long enough (as I have) a fresh set of eyes really awesome.

luka-birsa 12 years ago | |

I agree with Styn, a screenshot of your page in action, a demo and/or a video would be nice.

I don't like to register for sites that aren't clear on how they work.

impassebreaker 12 years ago | | |

I am going to work on that. Made some minor style changes that I just pushed to try to clarify that the buttons allow for login and added a "tell me more link" under the login buttons that leads to an "about us" page. The platform is actually fully functional -- the founding team has pretty solid technical and subject matter expertise -- a software engineer/lawyer and a couple of practicing lawyers who negotiate for a living -- but your comments point to a weakness in design, and that is critical.

Many thanks! Screenshots and more explanation to follow.

Stephen

impassebreaker 12 years ago |

Thank you -- that's very helpful. The FB and LI login links are fully functional but you're right it's not clear. We've also thought about animation or a video. Maybe screenshots will help -- I like the idea, and we can do that ourselves; we're completely bootstrapped have to be careful about cost. Many thanks for the feedback! Stephen