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by antoineleclair 5278 days ago
Hey there. I'm one of the guys that co-founded this project. The main debate here is about the big squid on the home screen. Some say it's too "friendly" for a legal product. What do you think?
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It reminds me of Roger (the alien) from American Dad. Not sure how I feel about that, but do agree that it seems a bit "friendly." The bulgy(sic?) right eye is what does it.

My biggest qualm is with the italicized header text. You use it as your logo text, the header, and the pricing, but it is difficult for me to clearly read.

6 items on the menu seems a bit much. While legality always seems to come up when talking about electronic signatures, I don't know if you need a completely separate item for it. Maybe Partners and Legality should go under FAQ, and Discover and About should be merged too?

How do you plan on taking market share from your larger competitors such as DocuSign, EchoSign (Adobe), HelloFax, etc.? I notice you do not have an API (yet?) and that would seem like a great way to increase your customer base (especially coming from HN).

Disclosure: I work at DocuSign

You certainly have good points.

We try to be different than DocuSign, EchoSign, etc. with the process: no hand-written signature, a secure combination of unique link and unique code, no online contract editing.

Je vais me rappeler de Signsquid justement à cause de la pieuvre. J'aime l'idée et le personnage est très bien choisi. Le lien se fait automatiquement avec l'encre.

La question prend de sa pertinence en fonction de la clientèle que vous visez.

Votre style est jeune et dynamique alors j'assume que vous vous dirigez vers ce même genre de clientèle. Les start-up par exemple. Dans l'autre sens si vous souhaitez faire affaire avec le gouvernement ou des entités reconnus pour leur image complet cravate professionnel vous misez à côté de la traque à mon avis.

Faut pas oublier que votre service est vendu par le client qui l'a acheté. Alors si pour ma compagnie je dois aller voir un client sérieux (et imposant) je me sens gêné de lui présenter une grosse pieuvre gentille.

Enfin, c'est très subjectif, il n'y a pas de bonne réponse. C'est qui votre clientèle cible au fait?

I'm not even sure what the product looks like. I think it would be helpful if you include a live demo on your website.
You can have a look at the screenshots http://signsquid.com/en/discover-signsquid/.

Also, you can try it for free for one month.

Thanks for the comment, we'll certainly discuss the possibility of adding a live demo somewhere.