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Show HN: Super-simple company signup with Google/Facebook

23 points by livedo 16y ago

jules 16y ago
What is it? That isn't clear to me at first or even second glance. It's nice that you provide information such as "do I need to make a long term commitment?" but first make it clear a commitment to WHAT? Edit: I see, you linked to the signup page. Perhaps not the smartest thing to do.
- icey 16y ago
  As far as I can tell, it's just a new signup form for an existing company.
dclaysmith 16y ago
Are you showing us the sign up form or the application (flowdock.com)? I don't understand what FlowDock.com is (tho I do know that you have a 30 day free trial).
- mutru 16y ago
  Yes, just wanted to share the new signup form that supports Google/Facebook and also lets you specify your company. If you want to know more about Flowdock, the most advanced team messenger, it's better to check out the front page: http://www.flowdock.com/ http://www.flowdock.com/
acangiano 16y ago
Nice. When I go for the "Flowdock" option, have the focus on the First Name textbox.
- mutru 16y ago
  Thanks, that's a good point.
acgourley 16y ago
When happens when someone signs up with google, but then later tries to log in with facebook?
- mutru 16y ago
  They get a message saying that this FB user is not associated with a Flowdock user, please log in to pair it to an existing account.
silverlight 16y ago
I think this is an awesome implementation of what can be a tricky concept. Out of curiosity, what percentage of users use their Google accounts? Facebook accounts? Have you noticed any trends in terms of "serious" users (e.g. higher plans, more likely to convert to paid users) using a Flowdock account vs. their Facebook or Google? I've always thought that Facebook/Google sign in worked well for free sites or "lightweight" sites (e.g. ones my entire business doesn't depend upon), but I'm curious how many people use them effectively with a site like this that's more "vital".
- mutru 16y ago
  We rolled out the FB/Google signup/login today, so we don't have any numbers about the usage yet. We'll need to do a blog post about that when we have some hard data.
bvi 16y ago
I stared at your frontpage for a good 3 minutes (great design, by the way), and I still have no idea what it is that you are offering. What exactly is "Flowdock"?
jsavimbi 16y ago
Are we supposed to be evaluating the super-simple signup?
Shanewho 16y ago
You really need to work on your website content. The design is very nice, but after TRYING to figure out what it does (which most people wont do) I really don't have a clue. Your about page is a bunch of marketing speak which doesn't mean anything and the home page isn't much better. What can you do for me and what is my problem that you are trying to solve? The tour gets close, so move much of that to the home page and try again. I really like how the site looks but I don't know what it does... sorry.

23 points by livedo 16y ago

jules 16y ago

What is it? That isn't clear to me at first or even second glance. It's nice that you provide information such as "do I need to make a long term commitment?" but first make it clear a commitment to WHAT? Edit: I see, you linked to the signup page. Perhaps not the smartest thing to do.

icey 16y ago
As far as I can tell, it's just a new signup form for an existing company.

dclaysmith 16y ago

Are you showing us the sign up form or the application (flowdock.com)? I don't understand what FlowDock.com is (tho I do know that you have a 30 day free trial).

mutru 16y ago
Yes, just wanted to share the new signup form that supports Google/Facebook and also lets you specify your company. If you want to know more about Flowdock, the most advanced team messenger, it's better to check out the front page: http://www.flowdock.com/ http://www.flowdock.com/

acangiano 16y ago

Nice. When I go for the "Flowdock" option, have the focus on the First Name textbox.

mutru 16y ago
Thanks, that's a good point.

acgourley 16y ago

When happens when someone signs up with google, but then later tries to log in with facebook?

mutru 16y ago
They get a message saying that this FB user is not associated with a Flowdock user, please log in to pair it to an existing account.

silverlight 16y ago

I think this is an awesome implementation of what can be a tricky concept. Out of curiosity, what percentage of users use their Google accounts? Facebook accounts? Have you noticed any trends in terms of "serious" users (e.g. higher plans, more likely to convert to paid users) using a Flowdock account vs. their Facebook or Google? I've always thought that Facebook/Google sign in worked well for free sites or "lightweight" sites (e.g. ones my entire business doesn't depend upon), but I'm curious how many people use them effectively with a site like this that's more "vital".

mutru 16y ago
We rolled out the FB/Google signup/login today, so we don't have any numbers about the usage yet. We'll need to do a blog post about that when we have some hard data.

bvi 16y ago

I stared at your frontpage for a good 3 minutes (great design, by the way), and I still have no idea what it is that you are offering. What exactly is "Flowdock"?

jsavimbi 16y ago

Are we supposed to be evaluating the super-simple signup?

Shanewho 16y ago

You really need to work on your website content. The design is very nice, but after TRYING to figure out what it does (which most people wont do) I really don't have a clue. Your about page is a bunch of marketing speak which doesn't mean anything and the home page isn't much better. What can you do for me and what is my problem that you are trying to solve? The tour gets close, so move much of that to the home page and try again. I really like how the site looks but I don't know what it does... sorry.