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11 点作者 pghimire超过 14 年前
With my own experience, and others, I always thought there is a market for a service where an otherwise socially awkward guy could ask a girl a question (about anything) and get genuine advice. I wanted to make the service paid, so the women actually had some incentive to spend some time crafting a thoughtful response. Also, wanted to make everything discreet, so that women did not need to hold anything back, and guys owned the responses they paid for. At the same time, wanted money to be very nominal so that anyone could use it - so thought $2 would be just right. I split a buck with the answer provider. Guys can request responses from multiple ladies (5 responses = $10). Guys have option to reject any reponse deemed unthoughtful and request refund.<p>Income has been interesting so far. About 20 guys asked questions last month. Some of them requested multiple responses. October total $90. Through word of mouth, about 600 ladies have signed up so far to provide reponses. An email is fired every time a new request gets posted, ladies "reserve" the question and respond on a first-come-first-served basis and guys receive reponses within a few hours.<p>I would like to get some suggestions from the HN community as to how to make it scalable? I know there is a market for a service like this but just haven't been able to get any traction. What can I change, improve? Or is this whole concept is just flawed and I should just "move on".<p>Thank you for your feedback. Pete

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jonschwartz超过 14 年前
I like the idea. I think with a little tweaking this could really take off.<p>Here's my thoughts<p>1) For the front page, its a little right in your user's face that you're taking a 50% cut of the money. I would word that differently. Not sure exactly how. Maybe take out the bit about how much the ladies get paid and explain that in the signup process, or separate the "how it works" by gender on separate pages. Its just a little too "kimono wide open" on the financials. Also, "Just click here within the next 7 days for a full refund." should either be eliminated or reworded to say something to the effect of "You can get a refund within 7 days of getting a response." While we're on that subject, are you going to award the money to the lady regardless of whether it was rejected? If not, you should clearly state that. I don't think you do. You just say answer the question and get paid. There's nothing talking about the approval process being tied to the money.<p>2) The bullet points below the top box on the front page repeat a lot of the information that is in the top box. You don't need to repeat yourself. Consider combining those two spaces into one.<p>3) While "meet the ladies" is a whimsical title for that page, it doesn't actually deliver (as people have already stated). You're not actually introducing us, more telling us about demographics. Maybe "Who are the ladies?" is more accurate and consistent with the message of the page (I noticed you have a link titled exactly that which points to the same place...)<p>4) You need something to convince us to trust you. A demo of a question/answer? Screen shots perhaps? Testimonials would definitely go a long way.<p>5) The menus could stand to be cleaned up. Either you don't need the "login/register" links or you don't need the "guys ask a question" and "ladies answer a question" links. I would lean towards getting rid of the latter. That allows you to move buzz down to the footer (its not that important to have up at the top. The average user doesn't care how much you've been talked about... sorry. The "guys ask a question" link points to the login page. I'm not sure why the "ladies:..." doesn't also point to a login/register page. It should as well. Also, fix the capitalization on the text of the login page. You Don't Need To Capitalize Every Word Of A Sentence.<p>6) On the buzz page, get rid of the buzz in Spanish. The site is in English. Don't expect anyone to take the time to pop it into Google Translate or for a majority of people to know Spanish.<p>Sorry this kinda jumps around alot and is probably a little too snarky. I hope this helps.<p>Good Luck!
gallerytungsten超过 14 年前
1. Site seems a bit slow.<p>2. "Meet the ladies" - I would expect to see some pictures. Graphs? That isn't cutting it.<p>3. I would expect to see some sample Q&#38;A. You don't demonstrate any value, so I'm not compelled to sign up.
tgrass超过 14 年前
Looks fun. Simplify the page though.<p>1. Use a real picture for the male/female on landing page.<p>2. Watch your kerning. On the guys_ladies.png the text could use some adjusting. (and the first instance of 'For' should be lowercase)<p>3. Remove the "Risk Free". I can't find the article, but I've read, and would agree, those labels lower one's trust in a site.<p>4. A stat breakdown of "your ladies" undermines trust even more. That is not "meeting the ladies" but getting to know their demographics.<p>The idea is interesting, and I imagine the market could be good for it. How do you see incentivizing the right "ladies" ?
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shiftpgdn超过 14 年前
Couple of things: 1. You ask for registration information far too quickly. You should allow the users to get a little more invested into what they're doing before prompting for registration/payment information.<p>2. Meet the ladies doesn't have any information on the actual women who would answer your questions. It's just generic pie charts.<p>3. PayPal only? :(<p>4. To the end user what sets this apart from Yahoo! answers?<p>5. No examples anywhere that I could find.<p>Otherwise it's a clever idea and you're off to a pretty good start.
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qbproger超过 14 年前
How do I know it's really a lady answering my question?
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egmike超过 14 年前
Just a thought, but maybe consider offering the ladies a bigger percentage? They're the ones doing the actual answering and you're taking 50%... Or, maybe increase the cost per question so that they get paid more (but still, you should probably give them a slightly bigger chunk).<p>Just a suggestion though, maybe $1 is enough.
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Jabbles超过 14 年前
This is a website, not a startup.<p>Why is this better than Reddit relationships?<p><a href="http://en.reddit.com/r/relationships/" rel="nofollow">http://en.reddit.com/r/relationships/</a>
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bcrawl超过 14 年前
I want to know if you really have these "ladies" who will answer these questions or is it just a mock up of what your plan is. Or in other words, is this a joke?
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