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Thanks for the story, in fact, looking back, I feel quite foolish to ask too much information in one go :D The gist of the story is very interesting, but in our

Thanks for the story, in fact, looking back, I feel quite foolish to ask too much information in one go :D The gist of the story is very interesting, but in our current scenario I don' really have a way to reach the folks who dropped off, that's why I came to HN. I'll be exploring the other points you noted, and work on them.

IanCal 9y ago
The forty people who signed up surely put in some contact information?
- albaqawi 9y ago
  how many people signed up so far? and is this Elite 100 program still valid? even with the new subscription structure?
  - cod3boy 9y ago
    We've pulled the program at the moment.
    - albaqawi 9y ago
      First of all, asking for help everywhere is awesome, as humility is the key to take the right steps to fix a problem. If you cannot talk to those who did not sign up or like the offers, then you need to take to people who have extreme pains in using sites like freelance.com or upworks.com these sites have crazy traffic but until today they have not resolved key issues for freeelancers or seekers of freelance talents.I must add, they are SUPER hubs for Freelancers as they are the status quo but key values are missing. I saw your site and I love your approach but you must refine the big uppercut punches that will make any free lancer on your site standout and choose your platform. I suffered a big deal of problems when sourcing freelancers from freelance.com, upworks.com and many more. I found many others suffer the same thing. I love to help you to share my stories and help you refine where is the real true value lies for a customer that wants top talent. If you like to plan a short power call soon let me know. I will drop my email in your Freshchat with attention to cod3boy!
      - cod3boy 9y ago
        Thanks, got it! will get back to you soon.
      - mrhappyunhappy 9y ago
        If you don't mind me asku, what sort of problems were you having with sourcing from freelance superhubs?
        cod3boy 9y ago
        Can you please explain this a little bit more? I don't exactly get what you are asking!
- cod3boy 9y ago
  Yes, but tons of other people dropped without any information.
  - IanCal 9y ago
    Have you contacted them?
lawpoop 9y ago
> looking back, I feel quite foolish to ask too much information in one go To the contrary -- you are wise to learn from your mistakes : )
arjunvpaul 9y ago
the intent was not to make you feel foolish. Maybe its a good thing you feel embarrassed. It probably means that you haven't released late. Listen to Episode 4 of Reid Hoffman's Podcast Masters of Scale. "So don’t fear imperfections; they won’t make or break your company". Forge Ahead!
muzani 9y ago
That might be your problem too. The absolute next thing I build, after features, is a feedback pipeline. I do this before even integrating the payment gateway. Often it's in the form of some support forum or in app public chatroom. Take a close look at any comments wherever you advertise. I'd even recommend against FB/Google advertising at first because it's difficult to get feedback. Analytics might help too and you can see where people are dropping off. But they're quite inefficient. Sometimes you just have email people who signed up in person to ask them. People are usually very open to giving brief feedback; just don't drag them into some focus group or 10 minute talk. Being able to iterate based on feedback is usually the make or break point of an early stage entrepreneur.
- cod3boy 9y ago
  Thanks, I think I have tons of feedback from HN now, honestly, I did not expect this much! :) I am currently sorting out each feedback and converting to actionable items, will probably come with a blog post or something soon about the actions :)

IanCal 9y ago

The forty people who signed up surely put in some contact information?

albaqawi 9y ago
how many people signed up so far? and is this Elite 100 program still valid? even with the new subscription structure?
- cod3boy 9y ago
  We've pulled the program at the moment.
  - albaqawi 9y ago
    First of all, asking for help everywhere is awesome, as humility is the key to take the right steps to fix a problem. If you cannot talk to those who did not sign up or like the offers, then you need to take to people who have extreme pains in using sites like freelance.com or upworks.com these sites have crazy traffic but until today they have not resolved key issues for freeelancers or seekers of freelance talents.I must add, they are SUPER hubs for Freelancers as they are the status quo but key values are missing. I saw your site and I love your approach but you must refine the big uppercut punches that will make any free lancer on your site standout and choose your platform. I suffered a big deal of problems when sourcing freelancers from freelance.com, upworks.com and many more. I found many others suffer the same thing. I love to help you to share my stories and help you refine where is the real true value lies for a customer that wants top talent. If you like to plan a short power call soon let me know. I will drop my email in your Freshchat with attention to cod3boy!
    - cod3boy 9y ago
      Thanks, got it! will get back to you soon.
    - mrhappyunhappy 9y ago
      If you don't mind me asku, what sort of problems were you having with sourcing from freelance superhubs?
      - cod3boy 9y ago
        Can you please explain this a little bit more? I don't exactly get what you are asking!
cod3boy 9y ago
Yes, but tons of other people dropped without any information.
- IanCal 9y ago
  Have you contacted them?

lawpoop 9y ago

> looking back, I feel quite foolish to ask too much information in one go To the contrary -- you are wise to learn from your mistakes : )

arjunvpaul 9y ago

the intent was not to make you feel foolish. Maybe its a good thing you feel embarrassed. It probably means that you haven't released late. Listen to Episode 4 of Reid Hoffman's Podcast Masters of Scale. "So don’t fear imperfections; they won’t make or break your company". Forge Ahead!

muzani 9y ago

That might be your problem too. The absolute next thing I build, after features, is a feedback pipeline. I do this before even integrating the payment gateway. Often it's in the form of some support forum or in app public chatroom. Take a close look at any comments wherever you advertise. I'd even recommend against FB/Google advertising at first because it's difficult to get feedback. Analytics might help too and you can see where people are dropping off. But they're quite inefficient. Sometimes you just have email people who signed up in person to ask them. People are usually very open to giving brief feedback; just don't drag them into some focus group or 10 minute talk. Being able to iterate based on feedback is usually the make or break point of an early stage entrepreneur.

cod3boy 9y ago
Thanks, I think I have tons of feedback from HN now, honestly, I did not expect this much! :) I am currently sorting out each feedback and converting to actionable items, will probably come with a blog post or something soon about the actions :)