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Congrats on the launch, it's obvious a lot of work went into this :-) My initial reaction: cool idea, I've seen it done a couple times before, what does this o
by zschuessler 7y ago
Congrats on the launch, it's obvious a lot of work went into this :-)
My initial reaction: cool idea, I've seen it done a couple times before, what does this offer that's different? I wasn't able to get that from the landing page so I watched the video.
Watching the video, I was excited because if I could make a good looking proposal without much effort, that'd be helpful. But from the video I got the idea that there isn't much functionality and the output isn't on par with my own quality expectations.
Here's what I would've like to see:
1 - A few real live demos. I don't like watching videos, and I don't see examples in the live site. I just want to answer my first burning question of "How cool is the output?"
2- What other tools do we get in the editor? Some basic things like a table of contents would be mandatory. Something like a slider would be nice, but then you're becoming a bit of a Wix clone if adding a bunch of html widgets.
3 - Why not make it free? You need feedback more than you need money at this point, IMO.
4 - The branding, the name, is solid.
Your killer feature will probably come from the feedback you get. If I had to guess, it'd be an integration and not something 'sexy.' Agencies I work with already have systems they follow and a product owner wouldn't swap to a service unless it either provided massive value, or was able to read PDFs or Google Doc files and make them look good on the web.
- phemartin 7y agoThank you for the feedback! >> I just want to answer my first burning question of "How cool is the output?" You can see the live demo at https://magicdocs.co/demo https://magicdocs.co/demo. I'll also add some gifs to help explain. >> What other tools do we get in the editor? For now, it's a bit bare-bones with responsive elements and making a page pretty. In the future, we plan to add analytics, payments and crm integrations. >> Why not make it free? We are completely bootstrapped, so cash would be helpful. (also getting feedback from paying users) But perhaps a freemium approach could be right. >> The branding, the name, is solid. Thanks, I'll take all your input into consideration :)
- the_duke 7y agoThe site does not work at all (white screen) if the Stripe requests are blocked, eg with uMatrix. > "TypeError: window.Stripe is not a function"
- amelius 7y agoNot so long ago, a developer would have to test with every type of browser to see if the site was working. Now that is mostly fixed, but instead the developer has to test with every type of plugin/blocker ... Sigh.
- the_duke 7y agoTesting your sites resilience to missing non-essential assets should always be done. The Stripe CDN could be down. Or blocked by some overzealous corporate firewall. That shouldn't lead to a whitescreen.