On: 100,000 Users And So Can You (A history of Carbonmade)

[fjabre]

Thanks for this piece Spencer. Very inspiring indeed.

I really like the "Give the demo a try" feature on the landing page. Could you give any insight into whether this see-for-yourself feature really aided in getting signups..?

I was thinking about doing something similar for my site, which is why I'm asking...

Thanks and best of luck on your continued growth.

[iamcarbon → fjabre]

@fjabre. We initially introduced the demo to help cut back on people signing up to see how the product worked with no intention of using it. Oddly enough, it actually reduced our total number of signups. But the users that make it through and signup are much more likely to be long term active users.

[fjabre → iamcarbon]

Ha. Didn't think of it from that angle.. but that makes total sense.. Thanks!