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I truly think most of the future classes of web apps will operate with auto-generated guest accounts. It's a no brainer. If you truly have a great product, le
by nwienert 14y ago
I truly think most of the future classes of web apps will operate with auto-generated guest accounts. It's a no brainer. If you truly have a great product, let users dive right in (I don't even believe you should have to click to get to the trial, just dump them right into it!).
It's like bait. Once they begin to use your product and put their data/actions into it, you simply remind them to save it with with their email (and password if necessary to save it). Their investment in trying it is a much stronger motivation to sign up than some features list with a promo video ever could be.
EDIT: Not to mention as we move more towards desktop style web apps, it will be the natural progression.
- thibaut_barrere 14y agoThat's my guts feeling as well. IMO it splits the difficulty into two steps (starting to use the tool, then sign-up up / paying). For a product that is easy to get started, it seems to make sense. Thanks for your feedback!
- jmonegro 14y agoI remember Stripe used to be like this, but not anymore. I wonder what reversed their decision.
- pbreit 14y agoStripe accounts are free and they have a test mode where you can easily create subscriptions and transactions. I think that's beter than a demo.
- jmonegro 14y agoYeah, I know, but they used to let you try it without creating an account, and then if you wanted to keep using it you'd just give them an e-mail and a password and you got to keep the API keys and other info. It wasn't so much a demo as it was an instant trial.
- zzimbler 14y agoThey still let you try it out instantly, they just made the font pretty small on the link to actually do that. https://manage.stripe.com/register https://manage.stripe.com/register Note: see the skip this step link
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