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Ask HN: Can you give some feedback on this thing I built?

2 points by jjoe 10y ago

Hi, I'm grateful if you could go to https://www.cachoid.com/ and: 0) Try to understand the service being offered 1) Follow the CTA 2) Sign up 3) Use the app I'm expecting some road bumps along the way. Could you please write a sentence or two on where that happened? You can reply here or email at joe at the above domain. Thanks!

azeirah 10y ago
You're really missing a short paragraph describing the exact service you're providing, you have a nice headline, website looks fine, list a lot of features, but I'm only vaguely aware of what varnish exactly is. Why should I want this? What exactly is your target audience? Perhaps not me, and then it's ok. Do you think all your target visitors know what Varnish is, if they have it or not, if they need it or not, if they need your service to get varnish, etc. Not an expert, just my personal experience on the site. I run a couple of my own sites, know on a basic level how to run websites, I feel like I might be close to the target audience, but perhaps not.
- jjoe 10y ago
  > You're really missing a short paragraph describing the exact service you're providing Is the subheading "Spin up Instant Varnish Nodes for ..." not descriptive enough of the service? Perhaps I'm better off writing a short paragraph right before the "features" section? Now that I've read your comment and sogen's, it's pretty clear I need a quick explainer of both the service and Varnish. Perhaps I need to fuse both into a paragraph. Much appreciated!
sogen 10y ago
I'd work more on educating people, i.e. "What is Varnish". I know that this is a cache for Wordpress but you must expect Non-Technical folks visiting your website. Congrats on launching!
- jjoe 10y ago
  Yes, definitely! I started off wanting to target people who've heard about or used Varnish. But now it's becoming clear that I shouldn't exclude those who don't. Thanks :) !

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Ask HN: Can you give some feedback on this thing I built?

2 points by jjoe 10y ago

azeirah 10y ago
You're really missing a short paragraph describing the exact service you're providing, you have a nice headline, website looks fine, list a lot of features, but I'm only vaguely aware of what varnish exactly is. Why should I want this? What exactly is your target audience? Perhaps not me, and then it's ok. Do you think all your target visitors know what Varnish is, if they have it or not, if they need it or not, if they need your service to get varnish, etc. Not an expert, just my personal experience on the site. I run a couple of my own sites, know on a basic level how to run websites, I feel like I might be close to the target audience, but perhaps not.
- jjoe 10y ago
  > You're really missing a short paragraph describing the exact service you're providing Is the subheading "Spin up Instant Varnish Nodes for ..." not descriptive enough of the service? Perhaps I'm better off writing a short paragraph right before the "features" section? Now that I've read your comment and sogen's, it's pretty clear I need a quick explainer of both the service and Varnish. Perhaps I need to fuse both into a paragraph. Much appreciated!
sogen 10y ago
I'd work more on educating people, i.e. "What is Varnish". I know that this is a cache for Wordpress but you must expect Non-Technical folks visiting your website. Congrats on launching!
- jjoe 10y ago
  Yes, definitely! I started off wanting to target people who've heard about or used Varnish. But now it's becoming clear that I shouldn't exclude those who don't. Thanks :) !