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In my opinion, you're not paying $175 for a good looking page. You're paying that premium for an expertise in what will convert, how to build a funnel, and wha

by swalsh 4y ago

In my opinion, you're not paying $175 for a good looking page. You're paying that premium for an expertise in what will convert, how to build a funnel, and what to measure. I can pay a guy $60/hr in India, and get something that looks decent.

skilled 4y ago
I don't know where you got the idea that this agency has any experience in design conversions or building funnels, but I won't dismiss your comment entirely. From a design standpoint, my biggest gripe is with the first two sections on the landing page design. I mean, it quite literally looks like either the site is reselling (drop-shipping) or it's a knockoff scam. At no point did I get the impression of "brand identity" or "this product looks trustworthy". Which means that the primarily source of sales for this product is word of mouth (reputation), and to be fair I wouldn't be surprised if this agency just realized that themselves and exploited the whole idea. If reputation is how you get sales, then why give a shit about building a brandable design. A design that actually converts and is possible to measure in long-term.
TIPSIO 4y ago
Except the name of the game for agencies is to book a big expensive project and farm it out to entry level employees (dev and designers) with just enough supervision to be better. Then have a fun enough office to try and keep people around in an extremely high turn over industry. It is what almost everyone is doing unfortunately who gets big enough to carry a team. The best designers and developers also don't tend to want to do contract work like this.
spaceman_2020 4y ago
> I can pay a guy $60/hr in India Man, you’re really overpaying if you think an Indian designer would be $60/hr. That would be more than the annual salary of a senior FAANG engineer.
- bbreier 4y ago
  wait what? 50 weeks * 60 / hr * 40 hr weeks = 120k yearly. what senior faang engineer is making less than that?
  - codegeek 4y ago
    "In India"
  - nibbleshifter 4y ago
    Ones in India.
mywittyname 4y ago
Based on the sales graph, it sounds like they didn't even accomplish that much.

by swalsh 4y ago

skilled 4y ago

I don't know where you got the idea that this agency has any experience in design conversions or building funnels, but I won't dismiss your comment entirely. From a design standpoint, my biggest gripe is with the first two sections on the landing page design. I mean, it quite literally looks like either the site is reselling (drop-shipping) or it's a knockoff scam. At no point did I get the impression of "brand identity" or "this product looks trustworthy". Which means that the primarily source of sales for this product is word of mouth (reputation), and to be fair I wouldn't be surprised if this agency just realized that themselves and exploited the whole idea. If reputation is how you get sales, then why give a shit about building a brandable design. A design that actually converts and is possible to measure in long-term.

TIPSIO 4y ago

Except the name of the game for agencies is to book a big expensive project and farm it out to entry level employees (dev and designers) with just enough supervision to be better. Then have a fun enough office to try and keep people around in an extremely high turn over industry. It is what almost everyone is doing unfortunately who gets big enough to carry a team. The best designers and developers also don't tend to want to do contract work like this.

spaceman_2020 4y ago

> I can pay a guy $60/hr in India Man, you’re really overpaying if you think an Indian designer would be $60/hr. That would be more than the annual salary of a senior FAANG engineer.

bbreier 4y ago
wait what? 50 weeks * 60 / hr * 40 hr weeks = 120k yearly. what senior faang engineer is making less than that?
- codegeek 4y ago
  "In India"
- nibbleshifter 4y ago
  Ones in India.

mywittyname 4y ago

Based on the sales graph, it sounds like they didn't even accomplish that much.