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It depends on the timing of the pop-up. If I open a site's homepage and it immediately pop-ups that form, I ignore it. If I am browsing for a few seconds or eve

It depends on the timing of the pop-up. If I open a site's homepage and it immediately pop-ups that form, I ignore it. If I am browsing for a few seconds or even minutes and then it pop-ups when I try to exit, I may sign up if the content was interesting. Oh and a big pet peeve. Lot of these forms try to be cute by saying something like "No I don't want to make more money" etc for the decline option. Don't do that. Just because I am not signing up for your newsletter does not mean you need to tell me I am making a mistake.

veddox 10y ago
> It depends on the timing of the pop-up. Yes, definitely. A huge pop-up before I've even finished reading the title? Get lost. A smaller pop-up when I've read the whole article? Well, maybe I'll think about it. The first is just plain rude. I probably won't sign up for the second either, because I don't want to give away my email address to all and sundry - but I've benefited from your content, so you have a right to at least ask.
wingerlang 10y ago
> "No I don't want to make more money" This is one of the "tips" that is usually in "increase conversion rate" lists. Are you sure it is not actually worth writing it like that? Just because you can see through it doesn't mean the general public will. Just take the top post as an example, me personally a popup is an instant close - but obviously it isn't looking at his chart.