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This is not just a software/startup problem. Every single web project / eCommerce site / anything online that requires work, should be rolling out a variation o
by john_flintstone 15y ago
This is not just a software/startup problem. Every single web project / eCommerce site / anything online that requires work, should be rolling out a variation of an MVP.
I had a meeting with the brother earlier today. He runs an online wholesale business (I do all the tech stuff). I've been leaning towards launching a retail arm in our one EU country, and launching 3 new wholesale websites translated into Dutch, French, and whatever they speak in Belgium.
We decided instead to translate just the landing page 3 times into 3 languages, to set up a retail site landing page, and to run 4 Google ad campaigns for a couple of weeks, dropping a couple of hundred euro on each one - to see what happens... impressions, clicks, etc.
Here's he point. On HN, we hear non-stop about MVPs, and because of the site that's in it, it's all software or web services. But the reality is that everything that points towards an MVP being a good idea for software and web services, is also true for more traditional eCommerce and info sites.
- NameNickHN 15y agowhatever they speak in Belgium Dutch and French. :-)
- john_flintstone 15y agoThat doesn't help. If I listen to the 10 o'clock news in the Netherlands, do I get a choice of languages? Newspapers in two languages? Parliamentary questions and interviews in 2 languages? Seriously?
- NameNickHN 15y agoThere are news shows and newspapers in multiple languages available in countries like Belgium or Switzerland that have two or more official languages. It's no big deal.
- apenwarr 15y agoIn Canada, at least, parliamentary discussions are in both English and French, with real-time translation.
- PanMan 15y agoThe Netherlands only has one language, Dutch. Belgium has two: the top part speaks Dutch, the bottom part French. And they don't really seem to like each other. And, yes, official things are in both languages.