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gilsadis | 9 years ago

Valid points all, but if you were getting insurance from the traditional companies, you'd have to answer many more questions, or alternatively, pay for coverage you don't necessarily need. Our funnel tries to get you a personalized quote in minutes, so you pay for what you need. Most of the time this will be considerably lower than traditional carriers.

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lucb1e|9 years ago

Just an idea: give a very general, estimated quote and refine it as people go to the next step. Then people that randomly browse are happy, and people who actually want to know their quote are happy.

edc117|9 years ago

It's a good idea, and as a random browser it'd make me happy, but people wouldn't be too thrilled if the price went up from the initial quote. Also if the initial is too high, it may scare some people off.

avitzurel|9 years ago

You're probably right about traditional insurance companies but didn't you say you're doing things different.

If you need all the steps (and I doubt it) at first, at least do something like what TypeForm are doing with a progress bar, explain a bit about why you need it etc...

Say the insurance conversion rate is somewhat similar to healthcare average around 9%, I am guessing you lose at least 40% that could have converted means you are left with something around 5-6% conversion rate. Not a sustainable business at this scale (IMHO of course).

There's no doubt that in order to be responsible, you need all of the information. We are in agreement on that. What I'm saying is you need to think of better ways to show the value and hook me before I go through all of the steps. Something simple 1-2 steps, later you can change that. It's worth an A/B test at least.