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Really cool, love how it formatted everything- looks phenomenal. Email registration is really awkward, though- I get redirected to Gmail to send a post, then f
by colinplamondon 18y ago
Really cool, love how it formatted everything- looks phenomenal.
Email registration is really awkward, though- I get redirected to Gmail to send a post, then from there to the site to set a account name and password, which I would have done in the beginning with a normal registration process.
Seems like it'd be way, way more straightforward to signup with username/password/domain, and then do the first post as email confirmation. IE "Hey, thanks for signing up for Posterous! To confirm your account and make your first post just reply to this email and attach a picture, mp3, video, or text post- we'll format it and it'll look awesome :) Give it a try!"
- rantfoil 18y agoIn our tests, what we've found is that instead people see "sign up now" and think "oh crap, another boring form I have to fill out. Yet another password to remember. BACK, BACK, BACK. This takes the idea of no-signup try-it-out to the next step. It's the worst thing in the world to ask questions about a user before you show them what you've got going on.
- colinplamondon 18y agoScratch that then, the stats are the stats :) Don't know if you're up to share the information, but what was the difference in conversion rates? Really interested in how big of a difference there was between the two. Also, what is the difference in time on site of new users between the two signup methods? Retention stay about the same?