Quote from: TimXCampbell on November 03, 2012, 11:43:56 PM

Quote from: iElectric on November 03, 2012, 11:31:56 PM

I'm author of https://fundhub.org/ and I'd like to gain feedback on the service ...

Is this like a BitCoin version of Kickstarter? If so, bravo! Mind you, that opening page is pretty sparse and does not explain the site's mission very well to newbs like me.

I would like to suggest that at the very least you add a button, labeled, "Explain" (or perhaps "How?") after the line "This Changes Everything!" Better yet, give a three-sentence summary for dummies like me on the very first page. You have oodles of whitespace on that page.

Is this nit-picking? Probably. However, I was once told that every web site has less than 30 seconds before the first-time user decides whether to stay or navigate away. At the moment your first page doesn't look like it'd do well on that count.

I used to market software (shareware, they called it back then

) and I found that two things affected stick time for new users. First was competent but understated glitz. Some sites just LOOK like they're top notch professionals.

This does NOT include those cookie-cutter sites with stock photos of women wearing glasses tapping at a keyboard while a handsome male leans over her to look at the screen. Well, I assume he's looking at the screen. He might be checking out the woman from that angle. In any case, those sites don't cut it, obviously.

The second thing that seemed to affect stick-time was how fast the hook can be sunk. The hook will answer the question, Why is it in my best interest to stay here instead of surfing for videos of kittens instead? Bullet lists work okay for that, I suppose, but for really good advice I guess you'll have to ask a proper web designer, not me!

Yes, it's similar to kickstarter. People are paid by completing tickets.

Thanks a lot for this feedback, I'll make this high priority. What will make me happy is that every Open Source user that loves freedom of bitcoin would make a pledge to a bug that he hates the most (not really hard to find one, right?). That would show potential for such service and hopefully, better software.

iElectric

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