xlance | 9 years ago | on: In Norway, everyone can know how much you earn [video]
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xlance | 10 years ago | on: Results from Candy Japan box design A/B test
I run a subscription business through mail myself, and I love your posts.
Have you tried to run introduction offers? 50% off for first shipment for example? If I were you I would try to put the countdown for the next shipment on top of your site. Thats a really powerful psychological factor.
Your CTA is also a little unclear, why do I need to first get an email, then a link? The buy process should be straight forward, not through my email. And if you have a really good reason for doing it this way, you should atleast tell me why I need to leave my email.
I really like the cartoon that explains the process. Very good.
Regarding packaging design, we did a huge remake in 2013. We increased our prices with 30%, and redesigned packaging completely. Doubled our LTV, insane gains. Just keep testing, but try to change provider for carton. We pay $0,1 USD for bigger cartons then yours, in one of the most expensive countries in the world. (With plastic window for address field) We chose to put our three USP on the back of the shipment box, to remind your customers every time they receive a shipment why they subscribed in the first place.
Keep testing!
xlance | 12 years ago | on: What happens when you're #1 on Hacker News for a day
Groundhack day.
xlance | 13 years ago | on: Show HN: My NBA + Twitter mashup
Couldn't this work for everything else as well? Curated lists for different gatherings of people?
"Everyone playing in this golf tourney/chess tourney" "Everyone on the set of Game of Thrones/The Walking dead" "Every CEO of Fortune 500"
xlance | 13 years ago | on: Excel as a database
Made sense until he was supposed to get a Pomeranian in the last panel.
xlance | 13 years ago | on: How I Busted a Thief Who Tried to Sell My Camera on Craigslist
Yes. The content of the computer was not a problem for me, it's the hassle of getting a new one. Don't think my spreadsheets have any value in the underworld.
xlance | 13 years ago | on: How I Busted a Thief Who Tried to Sell My Camera on Craigslist
I have a similiar story. Left my laptop in the car, came back and found the window smashed. Had installed Prey on the laptop, and after jogging around the neighborhood (wearing a suit straight from work) for half an hour I get a e-mail. Location, picture of the guy - everything. I run down to catch a cab, but then I suddenly see a police car. Wave them over, they call up another squad car that was 50 meter away from where the guy was sitting. We come down (5 minute drive) and they already have him in chains. It took maximum 4 minutes from he opened the laptop until he was surrounded by cops.
xlance | 13 years ago | on: Poll: What was your financial situation when you started your startup?
It would be really interesting to see which of these alternatives that has the highest success rate 5 years later.
xlance | 13 years ago | on: Show HN: Carmivore beta testing, everyone's invited.
You have to explain more in-depth what your service does on the frontpage. You are trying to get people to register, but I want to see a tour first. Give me atleast some screenshots!
xlance | 13 years ago | on: Show HN: I built a thing
Or even better, the distributor of the system itself.
xlance | 13 years ago | on: A Wikipedia Reader for iOS that visualizes the connections between articles
Found this while searching for "Six degrees of Wikipedia"
xlance | 13 years ago | on: Solve 50 problems in 50 days
Overengineering 50 solutions in 50 days.
xlance | 14 years ago | on: Designing better user interfaces
Thanks for a great presentation!
It's all in the details :)
xlance | 14 years ago | on: C++ visualization of migration patterns in Norway based on public tax records
If your Norwegian and know a little about the migration in the country, it's actually really informing.
xlance | 14 years ago | on: C++ visualization of migration patterns in Norway based on public tax records
Not often I see Fredrikstad (my hometown) on HN :)
xlance | 14 years ago | on: Hacker News rips off Reddit or so Mashable claims...
Reddit is open source and was a Y combinator startup.I don't see the problem here.
xlance | 14 years ago | on: I quit my job to do a startup.
You should show people exactly what they can do with the money they raise.
- Answer this survey, feed a child for a week
- Answer this survey, a village can buy a goat
etc
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A lot of people stopped snooping after this change.