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almost 5 years ago from Maggie W.
I have to agree with Marek. It's really giving me no reason why I should sign up. What's the benefit to me? It's not so much discouraging, rather it's just not engaging. Signing up is a common process, but if it's not clear what I'm signing up for and how it can improve my life as a collector then why should I bother. Apologies if that seems overly critical.
It's all right, thanks Jamie for spending the time to give it a thought :-) we're not having a fully developed landing page with all the benefits simply because we haven't had a chance to create it yet :-) We've focused on creating a good experience for the early users and on rolling out the necessary features. Marketing comes next, that is - now, hence the question :-)
Thanks, we'll develop the landing page and surely include all the benefits of joining Ownetic - then, I'll come back for more feedback!
We have managed to create the about.ownetic page located in the footer.
Full landing page - next on the list :-)
I agree, I wanted to explore, see some content, understand what you can do, before I commit to anything. So I also dropped out immediately.
Think of the value exchange between you and your users, and give them a little taste of that value before asking them to sign up.
Bevan - thanks! Please consider we went fully public a day ago. Before, we were a closed site. To learn more about Ownetic, please join in the group of Early Adopters here https://www.facebook.com/groups/ownetic/ or read more about us here: https://www.facebook.com/ownetic/
To create a tailor-made platform, we've been in touch with early members for around 3 months before the launch. We believe it's the only way - to constantly be in touch with real users and receive feedback.
Thats great. I’m afraid I’m not on Facebook though.
Can you elaborate, why is this discouraging?
Come on now.
"HI! Our name is Ownetic and you can be the first to find out what we do if you give me your email address!"
... so you want me to invest into something without being able to know what it is, what it does, why it's better than other places, without trying, etc?
Yeah nah.
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Marek, thanks for the feedback and for giving it a try. Can you elaborate, why is this discouraging? Usually, to get in, you need to sign up = create an account :-) Please consider it's an early stage, so it's not the time for us to go fully open yet.