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Hopefully you had a pre-launch page where you collected email addresses, then you can email these people upon launch. Typically this is a pre-development page,
by white_devil 15y ago
Hopefully you had a pre-launch page where you collected email addresses, then you can email these people upon launch.
Typically this is a pre-development page, whereby you're basically tricking people into thinking you already have something, just to gauge the viability of what you're thinking of building.
In other words, it's a sleazy practise.
- redguava 15y agoIt doesn't have to be pre-development. For my product, I created this page about 3 months after development began, and 3 months before public release. I used the signups to get beta testers before launch, and then announced to the rest after launch. Anything can be a sleazy practice if people use it for sleazy purposes, but it's not the practice itself.
- white_devil 15y agoThat's good. I did say "typically", though, and didn't accuse you of anything. But I've seen people recommend doing what I described.
- chunkyslink 15y agoDisagree completely. As long as you truthfully state what it is you are doing and what will happen when the user leaves their email - their is nothing sleazy about this.
- white_devil 15y agoThe key word there is "typically". I've seen people recommend doing exactly what I described. Obviously, being honest about what's up is not a bad thing, but that's not what I was talking about.
- polyfractal 15y agoWhat's wrong with gauging interest? If people are genuinely interested in what you are proposing (whether it is built or not), they are genuinely interested. They will remain genuinely interested when you are eventually done with the product and ready to launch. If you are solving someone's problem, they will be happy regardless of your development state.