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Great message, but one thing threw me for a loop. "got me validation of my idea" <-- why? 50k impressions to 200 surveys is a 0.4% conversion rate, and I'm sure

by newobj 16y ago

Great message, but one thing threw me for a loop. "got me validation of my idea" <-- why? 50k impressions to 200 surveys is a 0.4% conversion rate, and I'm sure at least some percentage of those respondents were not entirely positive. Where did the validation come from? Or was it the $0.50 CPA for your "users" (survey completers)? (Which seems low, assuming you can muster something like $1 revenue per user on average.) (edit: Or maybe you can think of the CPA as $2.00, since only 50 out of the 200 people signed up for the newsletter.)

pchristensen 16y ago
My "idea" is an online trading card game with a science and technology theme. So the "validation" I got from the survey results were things like: - I asked how interested people were in playing games with different themes (medicine, business, ancient history, science, etc). Science and technology had the highest interest, both in magnitude (very interested) and percentage of favorable - I was worried that people would not try new games, but would stick to the ones they already played. This was an issue for a minority of people but most people were excited about trying new games - I was worried that people wouldn't want to play TCGs online. This was a valid concern, more than half of users had concerns. I got stats on what people like about in-person gaming and what they dislike about computer gaming - I didn't know if people spent money on online TCGs. Turns out they do, but not as much as cardboard games. This was not validation of a specific business model - this was answering the question: Is there a plausible market for this? I'll again survey for specific feedback on my game when it's ready to show, but if I found out things like "I'll never play another game besides my favorite" or "No one spends money on any online TCG", then I would have to reconsider. You can see the whole survey here: http://geekstack.com/survey-for-trading-card-game-players/ http://geekstack.com/survey-for-trading-card-game-players/

by newobj 16y ago

pchristensen 16y ago

My "idea" is an online trading card game with a science and technology theme. So the "validation" I got from the survey results were things like: - I asked how interested people were in playing games with different themes (medicine, business, ancient history, science, etc). Science and technology had the highest interest, both in magnitude (very interested) and percentage of favorable - I was worried that people would not try new games, but would stick to the ones they already played. This was an issue for a minority of people but most people were excited about trying new games - I was worried that people wouldn't want to play TCGs online. This was a valid concern, more than half of users had concerns. I got stats on what people like about in-person gaming and what they dislike about computer gaming - I didn't know if people spent money on online TCGs. Turns out they do, but not as much as cardboard games. This was not validation of a specific business model - this was answering the question: Is there a plausible market for this? I'll again survey for specific feedback on my game when it's ready to show, but if I found out things like "I'll never play another game besides my favorite" or "No one spends money on any online TCG", then I would have to reconsider. You can see the whole survey here: http://geekstack.com/survey-for-trading-card-game-players/ http://geekstack.com/survey-for-trading-card-game-players/