I like this a lot. I've used cotweet and hootsuite exclusively for the tweets scheduling feature (everything else is bloat to me) and always thought that somebody should turn this feature into a minimalist product.
I agree, I (with rather bad timing) I spent part of yesterday scheduling over a month's worth of tweets into CoTweet, the ability to not have to manually enter a date and time repeatedly would have saved a large amount of time.
However, after watching the video I wished. I don't want to enter my information without at first being able to see what the limitations would be on the free plan. The text on the site doesn't say anything about non-free plans/pricing other than that they exist. Careful scrubbing along the video does suggest its 2 a day (which would be fine for a free plan), with a max of 5 in the buffer which is so low as to completely ruin any plans of swapping it in for CoTweet and makes me much less willing to enter my email address.
May I suggest placing the plans/pricing information on the site? There is a page for it, but it appears to be mostly a duplicate of the homepage without any extra information.
Hi Mark, a fellow brummie, I think we might even have met - I did a bit of work for Andy Higgs not too long ago.
Firstly, my apologies for the lack of pricing information. There was pricing information until about 20 minutes ago, at which point having watched in real-time the bounces off the pricing page I wanted to try something drastic - just a big button. It was all I could do in the short time I had whilst I had some traffic I could see the effect with, but it certainly improved the signup rate. Whether I am now attracting people who will never pay is another matter.
Just so you know, the pricing was:
Free = 2 tweets per day, 5 in your Buffer
Standard $5/m = 10 tweets per day, 50 in your Buffer
Max $20/m = unlimited
After some initial feedback, I am considering perhaps increasing the limits on the free plan so that people can get a real feel for the service. The paid versions also allow you to use your own Bit.ly details to track the clicks on your links.
My apologies again, but it was an experiment I had to try. I'd love to chat to you about how Buffer could be useful for you and answer any questions you have. Feel free to drop me an email at joel@bufferapp.com
Thanks! I used Hootsuite for a long time and I really enjoyed using Sharefeed too, but there came a point when I thought it could be more streamlined and that's when I had the idea for Buffer. I'm still at the fairly early stages, I launched this at the very end of November for the Startup Sprint, so I'd love to hear any suggestions or feedback you have.
Hi! So far, I've had around 130 signups, 5 of which are paying. I launched last month with a tiny MVP, and built the features up around it as I learned there was demand. Since the launch, I've been making small fixes and adding a few tiny features, but the first paying customer after 4 days of launching gave me enough validation to focus more on the marketing side of things (as a developer it's not something I'm naturally drawn to do). I've been adding more information to the website based on some feedback, and I've been working on trying to help people "get it" quicker, since initially people were saying "why not just use Hootsuite" when Buffer is actually quite different. If you have any ideas I'd love to hear them!
