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Gaining trust is key if you want people to give you personal and financial information, and the 30 second Bootstrap website really isn't inspiring any confidenc

Gaining trust is key if you want people to give you personal and financial information, and the 30 second Bootstrap website really isn't inspiring any confidence -- especially the visible seams in your pasted together background, the complete lack of form validation, and all the blank links at the bottom.

jonpaul 14y ago
Coinbase is using basic Bootstrap, they seem to be doing fine, selling over $1M USD per month: http://blog.coinbase.com/post/42587245753/coinbase-is-now-selling-over-1m-usd-of-bitcoin-per http://blog.coinbase.com/post/42587245753/coinbase-is-now-se...
- rishimoko 14y ago
  To the point, trusting Coinbase for a successful bitcoin purchase can be touch and go.
- rbn 14y ago
  The difference is that YC has invested in Coinbase, which automatically gives them tons of credibility.
blake8086 14y ago
I'm constantly amused at the nit-picky things people seem to use to determine whether a site is trustworthy.
- Irregardless 14y ago
  Yeah, it makes perfect sense to hand your address and bitcoins to anyone with a half-finished Bootstrap website, zero contact information, and zero information about their payment/delivery process.
  - adeaver 14y ago
    zero contact information, and zero information about their payment/delivery process Those are a lot better reasons to have doubts than whether or not their background has a seam in it.
- ithkuil 14y ago
  Yes, I'm sure you are talking about the trustworthiness of the company in general (and thus they ability to flee with your money). But it doesn't help me to think of all the shitty and careless web interface of most of the online banking sites I've used.