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Everyone thinks these things are hot stuff lately. I hate them because I'm there to read the content I was linked to. I won't have an opinion of if I'm even int
by BenSS 16y ago
Everyone thinks these things are hot stuff lately. I hate them because I'm there to read the content I was linked to. I won't have an opinion of if I'm even interested in subscribing/donating/etc until AFTER I've finished reading it so I don't even read them. I just hit close.
Essentially, they piss off first-time visitors to increase repeat visitor signups.
- paraschopra 16y agoI think you didn't read the case study. We don't popup the signup form as soon as homepage loads, rather we popup when people click on Start Optimizing button on the homepage.
- BenSS 16y agoIt was more a general complaint about these kinds of popups. However, even in the click-action case it's still annoying to require signup to move on.
- paraschopra 16y agoWell, visitor clicked on 'Get started now', if not starting up, what else do you expect to be there?
- BenSS 16y agoFrom my standpoint, it's like trying to browse a store that first requires you to create an account before you can see what the true cost of the item is. I still have no idea what specific information is required to use (my information 'cost'). However, many people don't mind throwing an email/pass at anything that comes up so I can see why it works. I'd be interested to see if your signup conversion rates stay consistent though.
- kiiski 16y agoNote that this form pops up only after the user clicks on a button: "Implementation wise, here is what we did: on homepage, whenever a visitor clicks on Start Optimizing Now button, we show a “popup signup form” which has only two fields (username and password)"