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Ask HN: Review our startup, SkedgeMe

2 points by SkedgeMe 16y ago

I'm a long-time Hacker News reader, first-time poster...would to get your feedback on our scheduling startup. http://SkedgeMe.com SkedgeMe offers web-based calendaring for business that enables online self-booking for customers and provides CRM and custom reporting on customers, staff, and services. Feel free to ask questions. Looking forward to your feedback!

exline 16y ago
This seems to be a fairly popular application right now. I feel like there has been quite a few calendar/appointment apps recently. Lots of competition. A few quick notes: 1) The team page is broken when you click on one of the images. 2) I have not watched the video yet, but I'd like to have screen shots and text descriptions of what the benefits of the app is. I can read faster then it would take me to watch the video. There is not enough details yet to make me want to watch the video. 3) I would call out that 'Appointment' where a user can actually use it (as a customer) and see what their customers would see. It is non obvious that you should click on it. 4) There is no email address on the contact page 5) The refer a business text is a long run on blob of text. It needs better formatting. It seems like one way you are trying to stand out from the crowd is the CRM aspect but I don't see where you drill down on this.
- SkedgeMe 16y ago
  Thanks for the feedback! Made some quick changes to address 1,4, and 5. 2 & 3 will take a bit more time to change but is great feedback nonetheless!
fezzl 16y ago
Clickable: http://skedgeme.com http://skedgeme.com My impression was that the home page lacked a unique value proposition; "X made easy" is rarely unique enough. The "on steroids" tagline is a step in the right direction but unfortunately too vague. Also, the screenshots seem to be switching too quickly (the interval). I also found the features/benefits portion below a little wordy.
- SkedgeMe 16y ago
  Thanks for the feedback as well! I've been wanting to revisit that text and this is just the nudge I needed!

2 points by SkedgeMe 16y ago

exline 16y ago

This seems to be a fairly popular application right now. I feel like there has been quite a few calendar/appointment apps recently. Lots of competition. A few quick notes: 1) The team page is broken when you click on one of the images. 2) I have not watched the video yet, but I'd like to have screen shots and text descriptions of what the benefits of the app is. I can read faster then it would take me to watch the video. There is not enough details yet to make me want to watch the video. 3) I would call out that 'Appointment' where a user can actually use it (as a customer) and see what their customers would see. It is non obvious that you should click on it. 4) There is no email address on the contact page 5) The refer a business text is a long run on blob of text. It needs better formatting. It seems like one way you are trying to stand out from the crowd is the CRM aspect but I don't see where you drill down on this.

SkedgeMe 16y ago
Thanks for the feedback! Made some quick changes to address 1,4, and 5. 2 & 3 will take a bit more time to change but is great feedback nonetheless!

fezzl 16y ago

Clickable: http://skedgeme.com http://skedgeme.com My impression was that the home page lacked a unique value proposition; "X made easy" is rarely unique enough. The "on steroids" tagline is a step in the right direction but unfortunately too vague. Also, the screenshots seem to be switching too quickly (the interval). I also found the features/benefits portion below a little wordy.

SkedgeMe 16y ago
Thanks for the feedback as well! I've been wanting to revisit that text and this is just the nudge I needed!