Re:Show HN: UPUP Simple Credit Card Verification to Reduce F...
by Adams472 on Friday July 31, 2020 @08:46AM
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Fair point. We genuinely appreciate the comments and find a lot of value in the feedback.
Re:Show HN: UPUP Simple Credit Card Verification to Reduce F...
by clairity on Friday July 31, 2020 @02:03PM
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no worries, programmed customer support is a little niggle of mine†, so i'm a little sensitive to it. =)
it can trigger defensiveness, disdain, or even mischievous inquest rather than the desired complicity. being straightforward is a simpler and safer strategy.
† such programming is indicative of coercive business processes, which typically extends to communication with customers to avoid liability due to that coerciveness
"We haven't seen drop offs in conversion so far, mainly because we verify after checkout, not before.", which answers the question more directly and succinctly.
no offense to you of course. it's better to get an overly verbose, but still informative, response than none. and the product looks genuinely useful to online businesses.