Use this instead of letting your registrar park your domains with useless adwords (opens in new tab)

(launchsplash.com)

72 pointsruperp17y ago31 comments

31 comments

I am having hard time imagining who's going to pay $5 a month for this and yet don't bother using registrar's own page editing tools, which are routinely available for free.

RSS and maillist support are nice, but I don't think they add to much value to the proposition. If I am expecting a pre-launch hype, it likely means that I have a marketing budget and therefore I can certainly host temporary landing page myself.

In other words - I'm not sure about the customer acquisition and conversion strategies. I just don't see qualified paying customers between your potential users.

sunshinegroopie17y ago

Good analysis huhtenberg. It's kind of a neat idea but you've brought up some very valid caveats..

ruperpOP17y ago

There's my awesome launch page :-): http://ruperp.comingsoooon.com/

thorax17y ago

Not sure if the page is a joke, but randomly I thought I'd mention you might not want to publicly "sell" equity for a venture. I don't think that goes over well with US regulators if you're in the US (I'm no lawyer, but that's what I've heard).

garfieldheights17y ago

Heh, looked like a joke to me. Similar to the launch page Webware made: http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9973373-2.html

markbao17y ago

$400,000 valuation?

cdr17y ago

On http://www.launchsplash.com/designs, don't reset my color selection when I change the template selection (unless the selected color isn't available).

staunch17y ago

One of those "Why didn't I think of this?" ideas. The very best kind. Very well done.

coglethorpe17y ago

One can also use a service like namedrive to park the domain longer term, but this is a neat solution for pre-launch.

iamelgringo17y ago

I've been using the paid version since last week, and I'm really pleased with the service.

tptacek17y ago

Great idea. Hard to see how it's defensible in the marketplace, at all.

axod17y ago

This is a worrying sign of a bubble if this gets many takers IMHO.

natch17y ago

Tried to click on the 'register now' link, and waited about two minutes for something from 'engine27.woopra.com' to load, and got impatient. The page never loaded.

I don't want my potential users to have this kind of experience.

I would have been a potential customer, but no thanks.

vaksel17y ago

the designs aren't that good, its a good idea to have a splash page, but I think its better if you do the actual design yourself. That way it'll have the same theme as your actual website. + you can provide more info like screenshots etc.

railsjedi17y ago

yup, but that requires effort ;-)

vaksel17y ago

all good things in life do

RobertL17y ago

You're a glutton for punishment vak..

TrevorJ17y ago

Good idea. Very good idea.

gojomo17y ago

Would you trust any company that has to outsource the creation of a 'coming soon' page?

RobertL17y ago

If it cost $1,000 to do it in-house and $5 to outsource it then that would definitely increase my trust and comfort level regardless of whether I was a customer or an investor.

sant0sk117y ago

Your thought process, while diligent, would never be applied by a customer, and rarely by an investor.

However, neither would gojomo's.

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gojomo17y ago

You would need to be paying your web devs something like $3000-$12000/hour for a 'coming soon' page to cost $1000 to do in-house.

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dottertrotter17y ago

Brilliant.

mhb17y ago

Why is this better than doing something in weebly?

mtw17y ago

thanks. http://techentreprise.comingsoooon.com

ssharp17y ago

just park your own domains with useless adsense and see if you can make some cash in the meantime.

rrival17y ago

Are you kidding?

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31 comments

huhtenberg17y ago

I am having hard time imagining who's going to pay $5 a month for this and yet don't bother using registrar's own page editing tools, which are routinely available for free.

In other words - I'm not sure about the customer acquisition and conversion strategies. I just don't see qualified paying customers between your potential users.

sunshinegroopie17y ago

Good analysis huhtenberg. It's kind of a neat idea but you've brought up some very valid caveats..

ruperpOP17y ago

There's my awesome launch page :-): http://ruperp.comingsoooon.com/

thorax17y ago

garfieldheights17y ago

Heh, looked like a joke to me. Similar to the launch page Webware made: http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9973373-2.html

markbao17y ago

$400,000 valuation?

cdr17y ago

On http://www.launchsplash.com/designs, don't reset my color selection when I change the template selection (unless the selected color isn't available).

staunch17y ago

One of those "Why didn't I think of this?" ideas. The very best kind. Very well done.

coglethorpe17y ago

One can also use a service like namedrive to park the domain longer term, but this is a neat solution for pre-launch.

iamelgringo17y ago

I've been using the paid version since last week, and I'm really pleased with the service.

tptacek17y ago

Great idea. Hard to see how it's defensible in the marketplace, at all.

axod17y ago

This is a worrying sign of a bubble if this gets many takers IMHO.

natch17y ago

Tried to click on the 'register now' link, and waited about two minutes for something from 'engine27.woopra.com' to load, and got impatient. The page never loaded.

I don't want my potential users to have this kind of experience.

I would have been a potential customer, but no thanks.

vaksel17y ago

railsjedi17y ago

yup, but that requires effort ;-)

vaksel17y ago

all good things in life do

RobertL17y ago

You're a glutton for punishment vak..

TrevorJ17y ago

Good idea. Very good idea.

gojomo17y ago

Would you trust any company that has to outsource the creation of a 'coming soon' page?

RobertL17y ago

If it cost $1,000 to do it in-house and $5 to outsource it then that would definitely increase my trust and comfort level regardless of whether I was a customer or an investor.

sant0sk117y ago

Your thought process, while diligent, would never be applied by a customer, and rarely by an investor.

However, neither would gojomo's.

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gojomo17y ago

You would need to be paying your web devs something like $3000-$12000/hour for a 'coming soon' page to cost $1000 to do in-house.

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dottertrotter17y ago

Brilliant.

mhb17y ago

Why is this better than doing something in weebly?

mtw17y ago

thanks. http://techentreprise.comingsoooon.com

ssharp17y ago

just park your own domains with useless adsense and see if you can make some cash in the meantime.

rrival17y ago

Are you kidding?

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