[–] justboxing 8y ago ↗ Is there anything more to this than a landing page collecting email addresses? [–] kangaroodingo 8y ago ↗ nada...its just a landing page [–] ealexhudson 8y ago ↗ Perhaps they're trying to find a technical co-founder to build out the platform?(That's not entirely snark!) [–] haysstanford 8y ago ↗ No, i'm going to build it myself. The conversion rate is substantially lower if I put "coming soon."Minor annoyance, but I'm not trying to scam anyone. [–] fro0116 8y ago ↗ > I'm not trying to scam anyone.I wonder what your definition of a scam is, because this kind of thing fits my definition of a scam pretty well.> The conversion rate is substantially lower if I put "coming soon."Conversion rate is important and all, but it's also important to consider the first impression you're making on your potential future users.
[–] ealexhudson 8y ago ↗ Perhaps they're trying to find a technical co-founder to build out the platform?(That's not entirely snark!) [–] haysstanford 8y ago ↗ No, i'm going to build it myself. The conversion rate is substantially lower if I put "coming soon."Minor annoyance, but I'm not trying to scam anyone. [–] fro0116 8y ago ↗ > I'm not trying to scam anyone.I wonder what your definition of a scam is, because this kind of thing fits my definition of a scam pretty well.> The conversion rate is substantially lower if I put "coming soon."Conversion rate is important and all, but it's also important to consider the first impression you're making on your potential future users.
[–] haysstanford 8y ago ↗ No, i'm going to build it myself. The conversion rate is substantially lower if I put "coming soon."Minor annoyance, but I'm not trying to scam anyone. [–] fro0116 8y ago ↗ > I'm not trying to scam anyone.I wonder what your definition of a scam is, because this kind of thing fits my definition of a scam pretty well.> The conversion rate is substantially lower if I put "coming soon."Conversion rate is important and all, but it's also important to consider the first impression you're making on your potential future users.
[–] fro0116 8y ago ↗ > I'm not trying to scam anyone.I wonder what your definition of a scam is, because this kind of thing fits my definition of a scam pretty well.> The conversion rate is substantially lower if I put "coming soon."Conversion rate is important and all, but it's also important to consider the first impression you're making on your potential future users.
[–] DonHopkins 8y ago ↗ If they'd just follow Remembear's example and appended a penultimate "a" after the penultimate "e", instead of just removing the penultimate "e", it would have been "Foundear", a much better name.https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15777340 [–] haysstanford 8y ago ↗ I actually agree with this, I like the advice.Feel free to email me at stanfordhays@gmail.comOr provide your email. I'll contact you.
[–] haysstanford 8y ago ↗ I actually agree with this, I like the advice.Feel free to email me at stanfordhays@gmail.comOr provide your email. I'll contact you.
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[ 6.5 ms ] story [ 27.1 ms ] thread(That's not entirely snark!)
Minor annoyance, but I'm not trying to scam anyone.
I wonder what your definition of a scam is, because this kind of thing fits my definition of a scam pretty well.
> The conversion rate is substantially lower if I put "coming soon."
Conversion rate is important and all, but it's also important to consider the first impression you're making on your potential future users.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15777340
Feel free to email me at stanfordhays@gmail.com
Or provide your email. I'll contact you.