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Fair comment. More will follow, but for now we're simply testing whether or not the basic concept is appealing to consumers first before we sink more time and e
by elswr 15y ago
Fair comment. More will follow, but for now we're simply testing whether or not the basic concept is appealing to consumers first before we sink more time and energy into the idea.
Keeping it lean ;-)
- lowglow 15y agoSo you're spamming HN with your ideas and gathering our emails to gauge whether or not a product will work? That's not how you use HN.
- jawns 15y agoI think if you're going to use this "test the waters" method, you owe it to those consumers to let them know that what you're promoting is not an actual service but an idea for a service. And that's not how the landing page comes off. Oh, sure, the response rate is probably going to be lower if you're truthful and say, "Hey, I'm doing some market research here. What do you think of this idea?" than if you say, "Hey, I've got this great service that you should sign up for ... which I will actually get around to building if there's enough interest." But at least it's a fair trade. Potential consumers give you feedback about the viability of your idea, and you give them full disclosure about what stage of implementation the idea is really in. Whereas currently, you're getting the feedback you want, but if there's not enough interest expressed for you to invest more time in the idea, then you're leaving high and dry the people who have signed up for the invite, expecting the service to actually exist.
- mvkel 15y agoNot quite sure how "keeping it lean" equates to not being sure about a business idea. If you're not entirely sure about it, chances are you're not going to ever be entirely sure about it.