fivedogit
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Comment · 15 days ago
I'm at 1 trying to get to 10. I move to 2. Minor update. 100% improvement towards goal.
These are not mutually exclusive.
Comment · 3 years ago
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Comment · 5 years ago
ZZ Top figured this out a long time ago.
Comment · 5 years ago
Lebron James. I thought for sure he was gonna crash and burn after the absolutely insane hype.
Comment · 5 years ago
On the first point, Amazon should strictly prohibit gifting free Vine items to others. It is inherently antithetical.
On the second point, no. I don't think it's possible to give free items to people and get honest reviews. The free-ness will often induce either charity or laziness in reviewers. The only way to get an accurate review on a product at its price point is to sell the item at its price point in the wild.
Comment · 5 years ago
"non-guitarist Mom of skeptical daughter who didn't want or ask for Thingamagig but 'hey it's free'" is not our market, though. Thus, it is not a valid read on "market reception".
Actual market reception is positive: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R14HJYCSIBF2R8
The whole point of my post is that Vine is pushing units onto the wrong people and for the wrong reasons and that others in my shoes should avoid it. I.e. I'm admitting an error using Vine at all.
Comment · 5 years ago
Early reviews are critical to a product's trajectory. Of course I'm going to get upset about Vine giving my free guitar product to non-guitarists who turn around and leave poor reviews. It's absurd.
What do you want to know about the product? This is the best primer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9haR4CCeh9o
Comment · 5 years ago
This blog post was about Amazon Vine. Not Thingamagig.
Comment · 5 years ago
I have made dozens of improvements to Thingamagig based on valid user feedback.
On the first, am I supposed to improve based on something the user's kids said without trying the product?
On the second, what exactly did she complain about aside from "hardware improvements"? I'll make the changes. But what are they, exactly?
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