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> Do you think we should move the signup ask further downstream?

Not that much further, but just until the initial session ends.

It can be like:

- Load webpage

- Initial discovery ("ahh this is what it does")

- Get the first meal plan (start the email offer here, eg "would you like us to email you this meal-plan in a nicely formatted PDF")

- User about to leave ("hey, looks like you made your first meal plan, why not create an account and keep on discovering new food")

It's all about AB-testing though. Don't ever take my suggestion as your final solution. Always test to see what the percentage of on-boarding is.

If using the app and then getting signups increases from 10% to 30+%, you know this is how to do it (or try something different if it only increases by 1 or 2%)




Thanks! I really think we should play around with this balance of early value vs pressure to sign up.




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