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Do you understand my value proposition?

Hey Everyone!

For the platform I'm building, I’m currently trying to present my value proposition for visitors (not logged) on my homepage.

I’m not a native English speaker, and my product is a relatively new idea (as far as I know), and I'm really between a community and a marketplace so It’s tricky.

Question: Do you understand my value proposition and the problem I’m trying to solve on this homepage
? Do you have feedback? brutally honest answers accepted

Thank you so much for your contributions 🙌
Rémi

on May 3, 2022
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    I was (am) a little confused by the concept... trying not to read other reviews to skew my perspective.

    It's unclear to me if you are in a 1:1 trade situation or if it's a contracting platform where you exchange points for skills. It seems like there's. a great concept in there, I'm just not immediately sure what it is.

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    I understood it right away, I think the homepage does a great job being concise.

    • I also agree with the other comment that 'support' can be confusing, maybe 'support others' can be more clear

    • I like how you give an option for clickable skills under the search box. I would go even further and replace the search box with a drop down with the list of skills you already have users for. Seeing a list of skills as a user, makes it easier to understand what the platform can be used for.

    • I searched for a skill and got an empty page. I'd suggest to use it to recommend a list of skills that will show results.

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      Hi Alex,

      I have added a list of tasks for each category / skills. Is it better ?

      Thanks again for your feedback

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        Looks good!

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      Hi Alex,
      Thanks. I've deployed your first suggestion.
      Showing a list of user / service is on my to do of next week. Happy to see this suggestion.
      I patched the bug of the empty page. Do you remember which keyword did you typed ?

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        I tried 'aws'

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          Aws added, thanks !

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    The tag line is super clear. I understood it without even reading the rest.
    Reminds me of "time bank" movement. It's a concept that exists in many places, mostly local or at least national communities that exchange skills, and the currency is time. One hour gardening equals one hour lawyer consulting, even though that in "real life" they probably charge completely different amounts.
    This site, for example, is the UK umbrella organisation, but you can Google it and find many other sites: https://timebanking.org/

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      It's super interesting ! Thanks a lot. I'm going to check that.

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    Until I read the collaboration bit, I was under the impression it was an upskilling site.
    But to be fair, I am a scan reader, and it is just one person's opinion

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      Thanks for your answer

  5. 1

    Glad you have variables rates—that’s great.

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      User request of today - variable rates per user * per skills ! 🤯

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    I'm not a fan of smart headlines. "Trade the skills with the skills you need" sounds catchy, smart but it's not clear in terms of someone getting it right away. Before you persuade, make sure you're understood. Another version of this headline would be "Trade what you know for what you want to learn". Not sure if that's immediately clear as well. Maybe something like: "Learn new skills by paying with your own skill, not money". Anyway, this seems like a really cool idea, best of luck!

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      Thanks a lot for your comment. I have changed some stuffs today and I'm going to continue.

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    Nice idea. Best of luck. 🙂

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      Thanks a lot !

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    Tagline is clear to me.

    Maybe use the word 'barter' somewhere on the page? Or swap skills.

    Just on the points 1, 2, 3. I think you can skip point 2 'search'. What about
    1 Help.
    2 Get help.
    or
    1 offer help
    2 receive help
    My first reflex when seeing support is that this is the support for the page.

    Otherwise very nice homepage.

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      Hi, thanks for your feedback. I'm going to change the support part.

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    If I'm correctly understanding your intent, in the 'solve' block, "Pay the expert with your point" would be better as "Pay the expert with your points".

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      You're right, I've just deployed your suggestion. Thanks.