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The color scheme, 'make money', the domain name, and so on. Just a first impression.

I don't know why you got downvoted on that. I totally agree, my first impression was also 'cheap & spammy' ... something those annoying social media marketing experts on twitter would hawk.

Here's a blurred screenshot to get that 'First Impression' feeling, judge for yourself: http://i.imgur.com/med1t.png

I've been working on this for a year so I'm wayyyy too close to it - this feedback is helpful.

We definitely need to get rid of the make money text. If there's anything specific that lends to the cheap and spammy impression, please lmk. Thanks!

You may also want to take feedback from HN in context of target market. I am guessing very few on HNers will qualify as your customer, rather this should be aimed at people who are actually interested in 'make money online' kind of products and for them site design might be OK. Better feedback from some other community too.

That's an excellent point and one we should all bear in mind when dealing with sites that appeal to audiences that are far from what we know best.

I'm not sure how the color scheme or domain is but the whole make money thing can be seen that away and we're staying aware of it. If you have any suggestions on how to improve it, I'd love to hear them. Thanks for clarifying.

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