Social Proof Widget?
Do y'all use social proof widgets (Fomo, Use Proof, etc...) on your product pages?
Is there space in said market for a lower priced offering targeted at Indie Hackers who are willing to handle a bit more technical setup work?
It depends on the amount of technical work. I happily pay $79 to Proof every month because the set up is (almost) frictionless and I don't need to waste time on implementation.
If you are targeting businesses that bring in at least 5 digits a month, I doubt they will care if they are paying $79 or $39.
Thanks for the info - I wasn't planning to aim at the xx,xxx/mo market - more like the xxx-x,xxx/mo target.
Personally, I only trust embedded tweets, otherwise it just looks fishy or even generated reviews :)
Where/how do you get those tweets? Manually ask?
Please and thank you!
I think they collect the the tweets manually and embed them to the site. I cannot remember which site exactly at the moment. But it truly gives more trust to the site than some probably generated reviews from some random providers :)
Thanks for the info!
Here for example if you scroll down https://www.buymeacoffee.com/
Hi Caleb, there is definitely space. I know of someone who created a generic version and is able to generate upwards of $50k+ per year from such a widget. I won’t mention what it is out of courtesy to my friend, but hope that gives you an idea of the scope of return. The churn is ridiculously high, however.
Thanks for the info!
Per my initial post, I'm thinking about targeting the tech-savvy soloprenuer niche. My hypothesis is that developrenuers are willing to spend a little time up-front on setup in order to pay less per month... 🤔
I built a simple tool www.usemapmojo.com
That's really cool @shree! Do you have any paying customers yet?
Thanks. No paying users yet. Free plan is used more.
We have manually crafted testimonials from our community. We often embed or retweet comments from our community too.
Personally, social proof, I kinda of shrug at these days. Not sure what the value of a tool would bring? (please convince me otherwise?)
Thanks for the input - I'm not sure I'm convinced otherwise. I figured a quick discussion here on IH was a great way to test the waters. The responses thus far are either