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> then I tell them to buy it and they say no Were you asking them to open their wallet and hand you 5 dollars and that's it, or were you asking them to go to a
by Buttons840 3y ago
> then I tell them to buy it and they say no
Were you asking them to open their wallet and hand you 5 dollars and that's it, or were you asking them to go to an unfamiliar website, click around, enter their credit card information, and then spend time learning how to use the software, and do it all right now?
- judge2020 3y agoThe difference between "Would you pay for this if it was instantly applied and took 0 effort to implement" versus "would you go through <these steps> and pay <this much> to achieve <this> outcome?"
- kaashif 3y agoI think people just kind of don't expect you to have a card reader and be willing to take payment right there if it seems like you're just explaining your startup idea. They're just being nice to you. It's all really dumb and obvious in hindsight.
- makeitdouble 3y agoI think that's still a good measure of things. What people say they'd do, and whether they'll actually do it involves all of these details, the time spent, friction, mental burden, sheer changing of mind at the last minute etc.
- kevindamm 3y agoGP has a point about Point of Sales tech, and especially the reluctance of many people about giving credit card info to a random website. I wonder if the use of a Sales Website facade is more accurate about this -- by this I mean the practice of setting up a sales site before the product is ready, solely to count how much of your traffic converts. It's not an uncommon practice and I'm guessing it would give a more accurate estimate than simply asking "would you pay for this?" merely as a hypothetical.