Landing page and demo for my web based MySQL client
Hi!
Been working for a year now on my side project. It's a web based client for managing MySQL databases. It started as a hobby project, creating features I wish phpMyAdmin or Adminer had (the tools I use on my work). As it was a lot of fun working on it in my free time, I kept expanding it and after a while just decided to finish it as a full featured product. Learned a lot as well!
I've had a landing page up for a few weeks now, received about 20 sign ups for the release. I have just added a demo, because personally I always want to see and "feel" a product before I consider purchasing or using it.
I would really appreciate some feedback on the landing page. If you have the time, feedback on the demo would also be awesome!
Check it out on:
https://selectfrom.app/
Great name! I also like the site, generally. I have a few observations and comments.
typo in the header: "you databases" -> "your databases"
I'd put the whole header in the lightweight font, because you're emphasising the client is lightweight - bear this in mind through the site, and don't talk about lightweight in heavy font weights
subjective, but I don't think "fly through your databases" clearly conveys the benefits here. I would have something like "find and work with anything in your databases in just a few keystrokes" - if that's more like what you mean.
I'd put more vertical space between each question and answer pair in the FAQs, to let the information breath a little - it looks very condensed
having a demo is awesome - so why hide this at the bottom? This should be at the top of your page, even ahead of the video. That way you're telling the user about it, they can try it, or they can see it. Winner.
I'd also move the mailing list signup near the top, in case people are interested but don't get that far
Make it clear that the app isn't finished yet. You could do this with just a "beta" or "coming soon" banner. That way you'll encourage sign-ups to the mailing list if people like what they see.
is it safe to use? An online database client sounds like it could have vulnerabilities. I'd expect that answer to be in the FAQs for reassurance. Reassure me!
Overall I think the website is well done and hopefully the above is useful to you when making it more appealing. Happy to review any subsequent updates if you want.
Great feedback, thank you! I have changed some things as you suggested and it clearly improved the page.
About the tagline, I agree it's a bit vague, but it's meant to pique interest. It's more about the navigation flow throughout the program. A line about shortcut keys isn't really interesting or a unique selling point.
I used to have a banner, saying the client was meant for local development (although I spend a lot of time on security) and users should take security measurements when using it online. I have taken it off while in beta because I thought it would scare people off. I will definitely put it back up once live.
What do you think about the video?
The video is super-useful and will help clue developers in on what the program can do. I would either:
add narration, so they can understand what you're about to do, rather than just observing the outputs from the task
add a brief slide before each new activity, for the same reason, so the mind is prepped with the task, rather than trying to work out what you're doing and why
Thanks, will do!
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