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- Images are broken. - No idea what product actually is useful for. - Video only shows a corner of the board and doesn't make clear its use case. - No contac

- Images are broken. - No idea what product actually is useful for. - Video only shows a corner of the board and doesn't make clear its use case. - No contact info except an email address that appears to be a generic placeholder for the template, because 'freesearch' isn't obviously the name of your company, though I see upon deep inspection it's the name of your youtube channel which has no published content (only the one unlisted video). - email host is free service but not well known one. - very new hacker news account. - very new reddit group dedicated to project hosted by 4 day old reddit account. - business web domain with unusual tld that appears unrelated to company and product concept. - web domain first created only a few days ago. - web domain is registered to anonymizing agent in Panama. - No record of business contact email address anywhere on internet. - No company info. - No payment options other than paypal. Honestly it looks like you are trying to hide and the whole thing is some kind of scam. To fix this, improve demos, describe better what board is and what it does and why it's worth the price, completely de-anonymize yourself by presenting verifiable business credentials including business addresses that are not mail drops or such, and name and photos of team members on your site, change to a site domain that makes more sense, and use a different email address, your normal one.

kutkloon7 10y ago
I wanted to write an answer but this covers almost everything that I wanted to say and more. Just a few more things: the claims you make sound 'too good to be true' and the video you show is not clear. What are you showcasing? Where is your product in the video? It's also not clear who the target audience is. You give an example, but I have never encountered a broken harddrive. The situation doesn't appeal to a lot of people. You might want to sketch more scenario's where your product would be helpful. You can even just aim the text directly to your target audience: "Are you an electronics hobbyist or engineer often struggling with X? Look no further!". You get the picture. Also, you might want to consider contacting some techbloggers and sending them free prototypes (this can actually backfire if they don't like it).
sbuttgereit 10y ago
What droithomme said... and more. (to ysteiner) The items the parent of this comment list deal with are mostly about trust: why should I trust you? Why should I trust your product, that you will deliver after payment, etc.? If I can't know who you are or what your business is about why on Earth would I trust you... unless of course your customer base is primarily made of the kind of suckers that fund the Nigerian 419 scammers. A technical audience is more likely to be weary of online snake-oil: take the building of trust seriously. Second, communicating with your audience matters. Many of us tend to be pretty cynical about marketing (as we should be), but that shouldn't be construed to mean that marketing is an irrelevant nice to have. When I visit your site, it looks like a template that's you didn't care enough to fully fill out, that you kinda slopped in whatever text hit your fancy that second of time, and that you think only those already in-the-know are really your customers (clearly, not me). Sound harsh? That was the actual first impression you left with me. I also make the leap that if you don't care about communicating with your customers... something even companies with bad products know to get right... you probably don't care about the quality of your product, either. No, given the trust issues in and this, I wouldn't buy it even if I had a need. Thirdly, as mentioned by others, what does this product even do? Why do I need it? What does it replace? What does it not do? I really not your market, but I do have a little bit of hobbyist interest here and I couldn't tell if this was geared for someone like me or if it filled some professional niche. Fourth, 366 unique views I probably wouldn't expect a sale. I would expect conversion for this sort of product to be pretty low; especially given that you've posted here. I think you really need to calibrate your expectation, especially given the nature of the product. Until people know who you are, what you're about, and are visiting to shop rather than idle curiosity, your conversion will be very, very low. 1 sale in 1000? In 10,000? There are certainly others more expert in online sales than I am, but even with good marketing, your result wouldn't surprise me at all. I strongly recommend you think about building trust (in you and your product), think about getting a friend (or two, or three) that is good with writing and communication to help you design and write copy for the site, and then ask another friend not involved with the site to visit and offer feedback. Finally, be sure that you're honest with yourself about what to expect and even if your efforts are worth it.
gcb0 10y ago
lol. on top of all that, accessing without JavaScript shows you all the content, but after a second a css modal cover the whole page to tell you that you have JavaScript disabled.

kutkloon7 10y ago

I wanted to write an answer but this covers almost everything that I wanted to say and more. Just a few more things: the claims you make sound 'too good to be true' and the video you show is not clear. What are you showcasing? Where is your product in the video? It's also not clear who the target audience is. You give an example, but I have never encountered a broken harddrive. The situation doesn't appeal to a lot of people. You might want to sketch more scenario's where your product would be helpful. You can even just aim the text directly to your target audience: "Are you an electronics hobbyist or engineer often struggling with X? Look no further!". You get the picture. Also, you might want to consider contacting some techbloggers and sending them free prototypes (this can actually backfire if they don't like it).

sbuttgereit 10y ago

What droithomme said... and more. (to ysteiner) The items the parent of this comment list deal with are mostly about trust: why should I trust you? Why should I trust your product, that you will deliver after payment, etc.? If I can't know who you are or what your business is about why on Earth would I trust you... unless of course your customer base is primarily made of the kind of suckers that fund the Nigerian 419 scammers. A technical audience is more likely to be weary of online snake-oil: take the building of trust seriously. Second, communicating with your audience matters. Many of us tend to be pretty cynical about marketing (as we should be), but that shouldn't be construed to mean that marketing is an irrelevant nice to have. When I visit your site, it looks like a template that's you didn't care enough to fully fill out, that you kinda slopped in whatever text hit your fancy that second of time, and that you think only those already in-the-know are really your customers (clearly, not me). Sound harsh? That was the actual first impression you left with me. I also make the leap that if you don't care about communicating with your customers... something even companies with bad products know to get right... you probably don't care about the quality of your product, either. No, given the trust issues in and this, I wouldn't buy it even if I had a need. Thirdly, as mentioned by others, what does this product even do? Why do I need it? What does it replace? What does it not do? I really not your market, but I do have a little bit of hobbyist interest here and I couldn't tell if this was geared for someone like me or if it filled some professional niche. Fourth, 366 unique views I probably wouldn't expect a sale. I would expect conversion for this sort of product to be pretty low; especially given that you've posted here. I think you really need to calibrate your expectation, especially given the nature of the product. Until people know who you are, what you're about, and are visiting to shop rather than idle curiosity, your conversion will be very, very low. 1 sale in 1000? In 10,000? There are certainly others more expert in online sales than I am, but even with good marketing, your result wouldn't surprise me at all. I strongly recommend you think about building trust (in you and your product), think about getting a friend (or two, or three) that is good with writing and communication to help you design and write copy for the site, and then ask another friend not involved with the site to visit and offer feedback. Finally, be sure that you're honest with yourself about what to expect and even if your efforts are worth it.

gcb0 10y ago

lol. on top of all that, accessing without JavaScript shows you all the content, but after a second a css modal cover the whole page to tell you that you have JavaScript disabled.