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Ask HN: I have a 40% click-through. Should I start building?

6 pointsby p0larboyover 13 years ago
A few weeks, I released a marketing page ( http://78a31277.dotcloud.com ) for a web app idea that I had. So far there is around 40% click-through to the "plans and pricing" page which kinda imply that there is demand right? So should I start building?

9 comments

TuaAmin13over 13 years ago
Browsing your site, I would kind of suggest that if you got an email address after clicking on pricing &#38; plans (ie they clicked on 1 plan) then that'd be a worthwhile number. The pricing and plans page by itself I would argue is rather meaningless when you have 2 apparent pages of content.<p>I'm not saying there's not demand; I'm just saying your pricing page CTR doesn't mean exactly what you think it means. There's no FAQ I could have gone to or an about; just 2 offsite links and the pricing page.
fezzlover 13 years ago
I wouldn't use click-through rate to your pricing page as an indicator of anything. It's just too weak and remote.<p>Try getting people to type in their credit card numbers and click purchase. That is better, if you're going to use the "utilize landing page to measure demand" tactic anyhow.
jbhelmsover 13 years ago
One problem that I see is that I did the "Get a taste" thing and it just spun and spun and never did anything. I am now a little apprehensive that I gave your app access to my Facebook posts.
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darwindeedsover 13 years ago
It will help a lot if you moved the email signup to the homepage... Its not bad that it is in the "Plans &#38; Pricing", but it helps to promote the free option and get people to signup.
darkxanthosover 13 years ago
Click through is less important than the number of people clicking into a certain plan and signing up for beta. That would be a good conversion rate. If that's 40% then hell yes!
petervandijckover 13 years ago
The clickthrough rate is high because there's nothing else to click on. Doesn't prove demand, sorry.
grah4over 13 years ago
I would use the email signup % on that page as the indicator for validity. Over 5%? Do it.
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doki_penover 13 years ago
Why not? Unless you have something better to work on, I'd say go for it.
4midoriover 13 years ago
Did you just use Google ads to draw traffic?
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