1. I saw someone in the comments mentioning that it'd be nice to be
able to connect payout methods later, and a reply said there was
a "skip for now" button. So, I was looking to use it (not expecting
to get a lot of coffee at this time...).
However, the page asking to pick Stripe or PayPal came up, and there
was no "skip for now" button anywhere in sight. I was taken aback a
bit. I was thinking maybe I just need to click on the dashboard link
on top, but was worried that might rip me out of the onboarding flow...
In the end, I decided to just add a Stripe account now. So I picked
Stripe (over PayPal), and THEN it gave me the offer to skip adding it.
What!? Why show the "skip adding payment info for now" option only
after making the user go through the decision of picking a payment
provider? I'd rather have seen the button on the first page.
Of course, then it said my page wouldn't be visible publicly until
I do add one, so there wasn't a point in skipping anyway.
That whole "make a decision about payment/actually you can do that
later/actually you have to do it now" experience felt unfriendly and
probably could be improved.
2. On the Dashboard, there's "What do you do?" input with an input field.
It shows some pre-populated (I presume) options when you begin typing.
I wanted to pick something that best describes me (open source software
engineer working mostly with Go), so I wanted to see all the options
available. But I could only see them if I type at least one letter.
So I tried typing A, B, C, etc. In the end, I was able to get a gist of
what categories were there and which ones weren't (there's "Developer",
but nothing else quite fitting), but I had to go in a roundabout way of
accomplishing it. Perhaps this could be made friendlier too. (Just a
normal dropdown that shows all options when clicked, maybe?)
About point 2, let me clarify. I know that I could either pick a pre-existing category or type my own freeform text. I was trying to make the decision of which to go with based on what pre-existing categories existed. To make that decision, I wanted to be able to see the full list of categories. I was able to see that full list and make my decision, but in an awkward way. Hopefully that makes sense.
I'll take you up on that offer. https://buymeacoff.ee/shurcooL Thanks!
Some feedback from my signup experience:
P.S. That's a nice growth strategy.