This bit from when I scrolled down, should really be one of the first things on your page:
Clipboard in the Cloud
Belt.io is a central place for storing and sharing simple stuff like text or links. it gives you the convenience of quickly accessing your data from anywhere. It is sorta like a clipboard.. but more universal.. with more control.
Yeah their landing page is not great. I was not sure what the product really was. Even after I scrolled down a bit I still was not sure. The Clipboard stuff needs to be up higher and maybe a video?
Dude, the lack of top padding on the green section is really fucking me up, its wrong on so many levels. To the point where I can't take the professionalism of your site seriously. No joke. You should also consider pre-loading your hover images, or using sprites. Icons disappearing on first hover is so 10 years ago.
A lot of people are commenting on the design issues, but those things can be fixed rather quickly. What's going to take more fixing is the value proposition.
"The fastest" and "the easiest" are so over-used that they've become meaningless. Especially considering that the alternative solution -- just emailing something to yourself or to someone else -- takes about 10 - 15 seconds. Cutting that down to, say, 8 seconds, is counter-acted by the time it takes to download/open the app (is it an app? I don't know), ask others to download it, etc.
What pain point is this solving? Whatever it is, make that your main message. That's the fastest and easiest way to your the point across.
I had a difficult time understanding the value/functions of this as well. Is it a browser plugin? Does it utilize my address book to autofill contacts? Do my friends need to download the application as well in order for me to send them things? Can I copy/paste files with it?
Sure, I'm kind of playing the dumb user here - but it did take me about a minute to figure all of that out, which is probably more than most people would spend. For me, the most helpful page was in the Chrome Web Store where there were screenshots - that made everything click.
Takes me longer than that. My typical flow is to email sthing to myself. I have to type my own email, which is far from optimal. Haven't tried the app yet though so can't comment on potential improvement.
i press ctrl-tab several times, i press "c" and the compose window opens, i press "s" and "Self" is preselected as a recipient. i press enter, double-tab, and begin writing.
Fastest way to share? Oh, it's a clipboard. But in the cloud. For text and pictures. So, email? Not understanding the product at all or why I would sign up.
"Hmm.. I didn't expect to see you here. I'm a bit lazy and so I didn't write down any help guides yet. But in my defense Belt.io is straightforward. In any case, if you do require any help feel free to email me at saad@belt.io"
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 40.7 ms ] thread> "sharing simple stuff like text or links"
Not large files (which Dropbox, Mega, and others tackle, but can admittedly still kind of be a pain, no).
We're just talking moving text between devices, kind of like emailing, but with fewer clicks.
I'm not sure which users need this.
Clipboard in the Cloud
Belt.io is a central place for storing and sharing simple stuff like text or links. it gives you the convenience of quickly accessing your data from anywhere. It is sorta like a clipboard.. but more universal.. with more control.
"The fastest" and "the easiest" are so over-used that they've become meaningless. Especially considering that the alternative solution -- just emailing something to yourself or to someone else -- takes about 10 - 15 seconds. Cutting that down to, say, 8 seconds, is counter-acted by the time it takes to download/open the app (is it an app? I don't know), ask others to download it, etc.
What pain point is this solving? Whatever it is, make that your main message. That's the fastest and easiest way to your the point across.
Sure, I'm kind of playing the dumb user here - but it did take me about a minute to figure all of that out, which is probably more than most people would spend. For me, the most helpful page was in the Chrome Web Store where there were screenshots - that made everything click.
"Hmm.. I didn't expect to see you here. I'm a bit lazy and so I didn't write down any help guides yet. But in my defense Belt.io is straightforward. In any case, if you do require any help feel free to email me at saad@belt.io"
:) :)