BudgetPal - landing page launched and ready for its first users!
Hi folks!
I've been recently working on a SaaS product called BudgetPal, which is essentially a tool for making finance management fun & easy! I'd like to, for the first time ever, share with you my idea and process!
Why should I even care?
If you're a little finance geek (just like me) or you'd just want to take full control over your budget, then it might be a tool tailored for you. The idea first originated from my own experience, when I tried to find a suitable product for managing my own finances. Like I've said, I', a little finance geek, who needs to have a lot of tables, charts and graphs to help visualize stuff and analyze that data more effectively. I also wanted BudgetPal to help users save their money by looking into their fixed costs each month and tell them what can be reduced or even cut out. It will also allow for budget planning, which (again based on my experience) really helps you understand where do your money really go to. If you want to have a solid plan about where your money should go to instead of wondering where did they all scatter when you may wanna keep on reading!
Why should I choose BudgetPal over other such apps?
First of all, BudgetPal is still in its early stage. What I mean by that is that first users gonna have access to a closed mailing list and community where I'll be answering all of your requests and suggestions to improve the final product. I know there are many competitors like YNAB, Mint or Personal Capital, but they're either too pricey or their UX and logic behind the system is not as smooth and intuitive as I'd wanted it to be. I want to give you guys something fresh and intuitive, such that you can not only save money with budgeting but also have genuinely good time doing that. Also by joining our beta community you'll get special offers and massive discounts once the final product will be market-ready 💰
How can I sign up for mailing list and beta?
Glad you ask! I'm really excited to invite you to BudgetPal's landing page, which you can find under https://budgetpal.guru. You'll find the contact form in there, just fill it out if you like the idea and I really hope to speak to you soon! It would be awesome to have you onboard :)
I'm really looking forward to your feedback on the landing page guys, as well as on the idea itself. If you feel like such tool might be useful for you just visit the website and get in touch or reach me out here. In case of any questions - just shout.
Have an amazing day!
Dominik
It's a nice looking website, but there are a few things that caught my eye (or didn't):
Hi @vladcalin!
Thanks for your feedback. I'm still in the process of putting together requirements for such an app as well as wiring up an MVP of user dashboard. Once I got that, I'd definitely include some screenshots and show the actual functionality of the app. I also agree with you in terms of vaguely described features, but that's gonna make more sense once I put together the MVP. In the meantime, if you feel like you'd be interested in an app like that and you do have some features that are missing on the market I'd be more than happy to hear about it on dominik@budgetpal.guru :)
Once again, thanks for your feedback, really helpful and concrete one!
Have a nice day!
Dominik
Hi @IoTLabs - cool idea. I like the design of the landing page.
1 tip is to describe who it is for. This would help me figure out "Is this for me?" Some examples are:
"BudgetPal is for college-aged millennials who are managing their personal finances for the first time."
"BudgetPal is loved by parents who are trying to manage finances for the kids."
One way of showing who BudgetPal is for is to differentiate it from competitors' products. For example: "Unlike Mint or PocketGuard, BudgetPat allows you to manage multiple peoples' finances at once by allowing you to aggregate many budgets in the same place."
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Dominik, if this was helpful, then I think you'll like my new website, SplashPad. SplashPad helps you write marketing copy that attracts attention and sells your ideas by providing language suggestions as you write. The suggestions that I just gave you are available in SplashPad. See https://getsplashpad.com.
Good luck with BudgetPal!
Hello Ryan!
Thanks for all the tips, definitely gonna use them! I checked out SplashPad and it seems like something I was looking for since I've started BudgetPal 😄Awesome idea mate, good luck with developing it further!
That's great, @IoTLabs. Out of curiosity, since you said that this sounds like something you were looking for, did you find any other writing resources/tools that were helpful to you?
Hmm, not really to be honest. In my world you're the first one who came up with a tool like that - which is, in my opinion, a very interesting idea worth expanding :)
Gotcha, good luck with BudgetPal
Thanks, good luck with SplashPad!
Love the design of your landing page! From an accessabillity point of view, your form could do with some labels.
I was also able to submit an entirely empty form, so it might benefit from some validation (not sure what you got going on serverside though - so it might be fine).
I'm looking forward to seeing you build this business up 🙂
Hello Dave!
Thanks for taking your time going through my website! You're right, I was hesitant on adding labels, which is why I left them for now, but maybe it'd be worth adding 🙂 And regarding validation: fair point, I'll adjust that!
Have an amazing weekend buddy and thank you for all your kind words✌️