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I have been working on my webapp for 3 yrs and knowing that lot of weekend projects get decent exposure on the front page, I had my hopes high. I submitted my

by njx 14y ago

I have been working on my webapp for 3 yrs and knowing that lot of weekend projects get decent exposure on the front page, I had my hopes high. I submitted my app couple of times but never made it. It seems like my website is flagged. It is a great tool for startups and small businesses. Do you see anything wrong with the web app that it deserved to be flagged? https://my.infocaptor.com https://my.infocaptor.com

dbingham 14y ago
I'm in similar shoes. Been working on an app for about 2 years and submitted it a couple of times after major updates in order to get feedback on the changes. After the original submission it started to just fall off the front page with out any votes or even many click throughs (according to Google Analytics). Which makes me wonder if it's impossible to resubmit something -- even if the old submission is months or years old or if it's been deleted. Even today, in this atmosphere of upvoting Show HN posts, it fell right off the new page.
jcampbell1 14y ago
If you submitted for the purpose of feedback, I'll give you some very frank feedback. The marketing copy on the homepage is terrible. You need to speak to the potential customer in plain English. Like: "Extract key insights from your business with an online dashboard". The primary button that you want people to click says "warning", which tells me not to click it. There are instructions on how to click a button. The next section is why you built the business, not why I need this product. My advice would be to read up on the basics of marketing, and then study the marketing copy on every successful SaaS business you know about.
- njx 14y ago
  "Terrible" is really harsh, don't you think? I got 50/50 feedback on being greatest "demonstrable" and sales page comment and "what does it do?" kind of questions. I agree the "warning" bell is stopper but again I would not have gathered interesting stats. And why does every web app have to follow each other. I like to be different and experiments new stuff. If i fail, i will make adjustments to it.

by njx 14y ago

dbingham 14y ago

I'm in similar shoes. Been working on an app for about 2 years and submitted it a couple of times after major updates in order to get feedback on the changes. After the original submission it started to just fall off the front page with out any votes or even many click throughs (according to Google Analytics). Which makes me wonder if it's impossible to resubmit something -- even if the old submission is months or years old or if it's been deleted. Even today, in this atmosphere of upvoting Show HN posts, it fell right off the new page.

jcampbell1 14y ago

If you submitted for the purpose of feedback, I'll give you some very frank feedback. The marketing copy on the homepage is terrible. You need to speak to the potential customer in plain English. Like: "Extract key insights from your business with an online dashboard". The primary button that you want people to click says "warning", which tells me not to click it. There are instructions on how to click a button. The next section is why you built the business, not why I need this product. My advice would be to read up on the basics of marketing, and then study the marketing copy on every successful SaaS business you know about.

njx 14y ago
"Terrible" is really harsh, don't you think? I got 50/50 feedback on being greatest "demonstrable" and sales page comment and "what does it do?" kind of questions. I agree the "warning" bell is stopper but again I would not have gathered interesting stats. And why does every web app have to follow each other. I like to be different and experiments new stuff. If i fail, i will make adjustments to it.