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by TheGrumpyBrit 2900 days ago
I haven't signed up, so I'm going only from what I see on the front page.

This feels more like a single feature of a larger product, than a product in its own right. I already have Facebook for my Facebook content, so putting the same thing on my website isn't really bringing much to the table. It looks like a nice zero-effort way to keep a "news" or "blog" section of a website up to date, but I'm still going to want all the other features of a website to be there.

If it were my product, I'd look at a few approaches to generate revenue:

- Your page puts the £15 a month front and centre, and makes it seem like the "free non-premium domain" is part of that package. There's no mention of a free tier.

- Forget the premium domain tier. Instead, limit your free tier to one post every 24 hours or something like that. Your current model means I can't upgrade without losing all my traffic - any my registrar will redirect my domain to the free tier anyway, so why pay you?

- Have your example sites link to the actual site instead of just popping up in the same page. Let me see and use existing sites so I know what I'm getting.

- Let me have some analytics, either my own Google Analytics ID or some inbuilt functionality. It's one of the things a website offers that Facebook doesn't, so use it.

- Give me a free trial. For something like this, I'd offer 3 months free. Combine that with a marketing campaign to encourage me to promote my new website. By the time I need to start paying, I've already got traffic and possibly stationary printed, so it's easier for me to justify the cost.