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by joshwa 5838 days ago
My first task when I reach the homepage is to learn about your product. The only two options I see initially are to View Plans or Try It for Free.

The only info I get about your product are a few unexplained screenshots and some content-free bullet points.

Tell me a story. Show me how I and my users would use your product. Show me why your product is "awesome", and why it's better than any of the other 357 bug trackers out there.

1 comments

I agree with josh.

Why not explain a little more.. furthermore I would limit the choices between View plans and Try for Free. People don't want to be reminded to out shell out money and work better with fewer options. It is hard to imagine early case scenario of people skiping straight to the paid plans, let alone using it in the first place right? The first priority is building the user base i'd say put the view plans button in the navigation or somewhere else and just have a big fat "try it!" button. If people are interested and like your product they can Evangeline and actually go to a paid plan.

So them why! (I think you can incorporate the plan selection in the "try it" process also if you must have it there. But make it a little more inviting!)

Thanks. I'm inclined to agree with removing the plans link and putting more emphasis on the free signup link
I disagree. You'll get a lot of people to signup with little conversions. Address the real issues the the grandparent presented: tell a story.