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Do you use a CRM?


I really agree. I'm using paypal at quicklytest.it at the moment and there are 3x ways to handle the subscriptions.


Disappointed that it didn't do that?


Yes, it would be beautifully ironic...


I'd be grateful if you could drop me a quick email to discuss? questions@quicklytest.it. Thanks again.


Great point Stavros, I believe this is the biggest source of failure for startups.


Additionally - I've added a chat box to the website (olark) if anyone wants to catch up.


Hi eskim,

It's not just startups that I'm targeting, but individuals who might have a couple of cool ideas that want to make that first step and see if they're as cool as what they thought.


So is your value add that you are actively steering traffic to the test sites (Google Consumer Surveys, Amazon Mechanical Turk, etc.) or simply creating basic landing pages and relying on the customer to generate his/her own traffic?


Currently the customer drive their own traffic (via the guides on the website). Mechanical turk is something I've thought about, but it's not really an accurate representation of a wide market, so I'm not sure the results would have much value.


Hi Bill,

thank you for the feedback.

1) I believe that a landingpage can validate and 'idea' as you can use it to gage interest, via the visitor clicking through for information, time spent on the page, number of times the visitor returns etc.

2) I think it's fairly well documented that ideas on their own don't mean anything, they have little if no value. It's the execution that counts and if quicklytest.it is the first step in execution then great! It gets you out of the door.


I personally did it for quicklytest.it as I wanted to great each of my new signups and ask them for feedback straight away.


Hi JD, Bryan,

I have thought this too, however the barrier of a higher price point was too much to stop people making that initial purchase.

I have done exactly what you have suggested and predicted revenue from a 2 month turnover.

This is no means meant to be 'startup' in the massive growth sense.

I like to build products that are useful for people. If I can earn some beer money out of it at the end of them month then great.


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