Can you please make it clear on the register page that there is no publicly available product yet?
I had three guys from my team sign up so we could test it out, and only after signing up did we find out that it's not live yet.
Re:Show HN: a new team chat web/irc tool
by nic-ferrier on Monday November 12, 2012 @01:39PM
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will do. I'll also try and make sure you get prioritized for go live.
Can you publish your numbers afterward? Or just whether you thought it was worth it? (Or something along those lines)
I have seen this strategy recommended to gauge interest, but have always been wary of doing it myself (for exactly this reason: people being like "wtf? this isn't real?").
It is probably one of those things that should be done, even if it makes you uncomfortable.
Re:Show HN: a new team chat web/irc tool
by nic-ferrier on Monday November 12, 2012 @03:09PM
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That's basically it. We've worked on this for quite a while and I reckon we could just keep going... This way we can gauge interest and prioritize teams who sign up.
And yes. I will publish results later in the week.
The trouble is this is for teams, you kinda have to have a team. We wanted to gauge interest so we've done it this way.
If we can we'll go live for collections of people (if there are 2 or 3 people from the same company email domain) this week or next.