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PiggyBelt helps people submit their expenses from their phone, mobile browser or email.
Target Audience: Smart phone users, cell phone users, people who keep track of their expenses, <60k salary.
Website URL: https://piggybelt.com
Feedback sought:
- Visit https://piggybelt.com. Spend no more than 5-10 seconds on the home page. What do you think the site is about?
- How do you think the site compares to other similar sites/competitors like https://www.billmonk.com/ and https://mybillq.com/
- Are you immediately encourage to sign up/ use the site? Why or why not?
- Please share any additional comment/feedback you may have.
About PiggyBelt:
Expenses tracking “Kong-Fu”, simple way to track your expenses from everywhere, just use your cell phone to send human readable SMS or Email Piggy . Ex: #food 14.00 lunch with friends. It’s like your expense notepad everywhere you need, in way you need. Website is oriented on ordinary people, not accountants, it’s not super-extra functional budget tracker, it’s handy service to research your monthly/daily expenses and try to lower them down. There is 30 days trail, try first then decide.
Visit https://piggybelt.com. Spend no more than 5-10 seconds on the home page. What do you think the site is about?
It looks simple and easy to use but at first glance it is hard to decipher the site’s details and what more it has to offer.
How do you think the site compares to other similar sites/competitors like https://www.billmonk.com/ and https://mybillq.com/
I went back to your site and toured it then went to the above sites. Your site is easier to use and it can show the user where exactly their nickels and dimes are going. Like most people, receipts for gas, lunches or even a bottle of soda get lost in cars, wallets, and purses and this site makes it easy to send a text to send the dollar amount in a catagory. When I visited the above sites, the intent of those sites is for entering your monthly bills but I didn’t see the same option as your site has.
Are you immediately encourage to sign up/ use the site? Why or why not?
Once I toured the site and saw the purpose of the site, yes, it encouraged me to sign up. I think that this is a great site for people who are having problems with budgeting and figuring out where their money is going. It gives multiple options for the user to find convenient for their goal.
Please share any additional comment/feedback you may have.
I like the name of this website as well as the site itself. Although, I haven’t searched the web for a site such as this, I think that it would help people during this time. In the future, I think that adding other features such as billpay would be a good.
Visit https://piggybelt.com. Spend no more than 5-10 seconds on the home page. What do you think the site is about?
I did what the question asked and spent no more that 10 seconds looking at the website listed. From what i saw i think the site is about being about to keep track of your expenses with more than an accountant. with this website you can keep track of everything with just your computer or even a cellphone. I think the main idea of this site is to save money and hassle and be able to do it yourself, easily.
How do you think the site compares to other similar sites/competitors like
https://www.billmonk.com/ and https://mybillq.com/
I think it compares a lot to these certain sites because they are all basically the same with minor differences. I browsed around on this website to see what kind of features it offers and if there were special things i might not find elsewhere. After visiting the similar website i came to the conclusion that piggybelt is much easier to use and you can see what your spending your money on. this helps people remember what they spent money on and how much instead of just simply say 20 dollars wazs spent today.
Are you immediately encourage to sign up/ use the site? Why or why not?
After looking through the website i was encouraged to sign up. It really helps people keep track of there money and when you know how much you spent and where you spent that money at then you do not have to worry about there being any mistakes. This website was also very easy to use, anybody could do it.
Please share any additional comment/feedback you may have.
Visit https://piggybelt.com. Spend no more than 5-10 seconds on the home page. What do you think the site is about? I am guessing the website is offering a way for me to track my expenses.
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How do you think the site compares to other similar sites/competitors like https://www.billmonk.com/ and https://mybillq.com/ I’ve actually never visited the afore-mentioned websites before, but after looking at them, I can say that your website seems to be much more simplified with far better explanations.
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Are you immediately encourage to sign up/ use the site? Why or why not? I would probably not use something like this. I have an iPhone and there are apps which I can use for free. Although I do appreciate the fact that I can sign up and try it for free.
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To someone else that visits your website and is looking for something to keep track of their expenses, I would say that the main page of your website is truly enticing. It has a great layout, uses a great color scheme and great font for the text.
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Please share any additional comment/feedback you may have. On the main page of your website, the first thing I noticed was the error in spelling in “You don’t need to be and accountant”. It should read “an” instead.
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The next thing I notice is the pictures of those that provided feedback.  The pictures do not look real to me. They look like they’ve been cut and pasted… not very professional looking at all.
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I also found a spelling error on the TOUR page. I am assuming the tab should read “Piece of Cake“, instead of “Peace of Cake“, unless that is play on words.   On that page as well, The Simple Format directions are not worded very professionally.  I think the words could be turned around to sound more logical.
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More spelling errors were noticed under the Simple Interface– Should read something like:Â “The whole service is built…..” also I would add the word “a” before straight forward.
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Also, there are many spelling issues under the “Use Everywhere” tab,  By SMS From Everywhere, this should be totally reworded to include the word “the” in numerous areas.   Also under “by Email”… this too needs to be reworded substantially. The same for under “by Mobile/Desktop Browser”.
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I also find numerous errors under the “Reports” tab.    “Subscription” tab, I also find numerous errors.
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I feel that the website has great potential, but without sounding harsh, it needs to be thoroughly reviewed by a person with excellent English skills. The way it sits right now, it sounds like it’s coming from a person with English as their second language.
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Visit https://piggybelt.com. Spend no more than 5-10 seconds on the home page. What do you think the site is about?
Your site is about tracking your expenses via emial, sms and internet.
How do you think the site compares to other similar sites/competitors like https://www.billmonk.com/ and https://mybillq.com/
I looked at billmonk and when I like that they have a more visual tour with steps to follow. People like to see real life transactions and it does that in a simple fashion. I also went o mybillq and I like that I could immediately understand what their site is about but I think that they have to much information on their homepage. I would not lean towards swamping people with info on the homepage, its visually exhausting. Again they have a tour that is interactive. Both sites have a nice balance of color enhancers throught out the site.
Are you immediately encourage to sign up/ use the site? Why or why not?
When I look at you site I feel no sense to just rush and sign up based on the look of the homepage but based on the service you provide. This opinion is based solely on the homepage and not based on any looking at the tour and the price packages. Now after taking the tour I would see no rush into siging up for your service based on the fact that I have no visualization on how your products works. I must say that it seems like you want people to sign up and see how great your product is without much effort into showing us what you do. The price of 5 dollars a month would logically say to me that’s great go for it especially when you have you have 30 days until your first payment.
Please share any additional comment/feedback you may have.
At the top of you page description you stated that you have have to be “and accountant” that is gratically incorrect it should be “an account.” I also dont the tracking “kung-fu”. The terms doesn’t seem to fit into the sight. There are no tie in words like, fast, quick or other adjectives that make you think of kung-fu. I like that you offer various ways to track ones expenses. I like that you have a nice large try it free button with a color that stands out from the rest of the pages. It would be nice to see a total of three testimonials, at least, because it visually expands the whole page and also it gives the feel that more people like your service. If in fact you have more testimonials it would nice to have them scroll or change on the homepage. I think that you need to be more descriptive in your description box the language used was kind of vague. I also don’t understand why you chose to do a color change from the black to blue and even put a space in between the to. I would just stick with one color. I prefer the black because there is so much blue already on you screen and you want people eyes to immediately to and read what you site is about. When I clicked on the tour button I must say that it didn’t not feel like a tour at all. The language was hard to understand gramatically and did not give me a clear since of what your service does. I would like to have seen a video or screen shots with short details about each. When went to the tour I just didn’t like that tagline title of peach of cake. It seems like your site waivers between being fun and professional but doesn’t seem to go all the way in either direction. I would also like to see a pop of color in your site. I like that you use two different shades of blue but it needs something that just pops. I would like to see perhaps orange, rust red or a vivid green. Also when I look at the titles support and help they seem like that would have that same functions. Faqs woud seem like a nice addition to your title replacing on that you have. I would also like to see more than just a email contact method with your company. Since we are talking expense tracking a toll free number would be nice or even one of those chat boxes for quick typing questions. Does your site any type of security measures being that people with be entering financial information? I like that you offer more than one way to sign up using twitter and facebook. You have a great service but it needs to stand out from the rest of the pack. What forms of payment do you accept? How is the billing cycle calculated? Are people penalized if they with to opt out and when they opt out? Is this month to month? Can the service be used on safari, fire fox opera and etc?  I really like that graphics you chose for your homepage it would be nice to see more graphic on the rest of the pages. Your website seems timid in it’s approach to trully sell the service your providing.
Spend no more than 5-10 seconds on the home page. What do you think the site is about?
It seems to offer a way to track expenses, but I’m not sure how just from looking at the home page. I’m confused by the reference to kung fu. Not sure what that’s about. Also, you have a glaring mistake in your copy. The word “and” in “you don’t need to be and accountant” should actually be “an.” Looks kind of strange that there’s no capitalization or punctuation in this copy either.
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How do you think the site compares to other similar sites/competitors like https://www.billmonk.com/ and https://mybillq.com/
BillMonk also looks like a site that’s in the beginning stages, but at least it’s a little more professionally done. Notice that their tour actually walks you through the application and how to use it. There’s also an About Us page, a much more thorough FAQ page, a press page, a blog, and just a general sense that this site is more trustworthy than yours. Honestly, I can’t really tell how their application compares to yours because I can’t view your app.
The billq site is much more complete and professional in appearance than either your site or the BillMonk site. Notice how their home page presents key features of their app. Their copy throughout the site is friendly, readable, and free of errors. Their Learn page is somewhat wordy, but they present their selling points in a clear, persuasive fashion. Their tour displays actual screenshots. Their FAQ is extensive. Of the three products–Piggy Belt, BillMonk, and billq–billq is the one I would go with.
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Are you immediately encourage to sign up/ use the site? Why or why not?
No. Right now, the site looks unfinished and unprofessional due to all the English language errors. I have no idea who you guys are, and what’s worse, I can’t see what the app looks like or how to use it. So I have no idea why I’d choose your service over your competitors right now.
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Please share any additional comment/feedback you may have.
Let’s start with the home page. As I said, it doesn’t give me a good feel for what your service does. You need to make your copy more precise. I’d suggest a headline such as: “Track your expenses anytime, anywhere!” You could follow this with a few bulleted points such as:
–From your mobile
–From your email
–From our website
I’d also try to work in some money imagery. Maybe change your color scheme to green and/or show some dollar signs floating around the piggy bank. You want people to understand that using your service could help them save.
Another thing I don’t like about the home page is that the print below the “try for free” button is so small. It’s almost impossible to see that it’s actually a 30-day trial and that a tour is available. I can understand why you don’t want to emphasize that your “free” service is really only free for one month, but you really shouldn’t downplay your tour. Most people aren’t going to sign up for a service unless they can get a good feel for what it’s like before they commit. So, by all means, make that tour link big and bold.
Speaking of your Tour section, this does help me understand what your service does, but the many grammatical and spelling errors make it look unprofessional. For instance, “Peace of cake” should be “Piece of cake.” There are many others like this, so I’d suggest you get a proofreader whose native language is English.
In addition, while your Tour pages help give me a sense of your website, I would far, far prefer to see a video or at least screenshots that would walk me through your application. I want to see what the interface is going to look like and how it’s going to work before I commit to signing up.
Your Help section is pretty sparse. Answers to the questions under “General” should really be moved and incorporated into the Tour section. These are selling points, not really FAQ or help material. (Side note: Apparently Internet Explorer is not compatible with your website? That’s not good. A lot of people still use it.) Your “Expenses” section should be titled “How to Track Expenses” or even “How to Use Piggy Belt.” And as it is now, it’s very confusing. Are you saying this is what people should be texting to you? What about the people who choose to sign in to the website? What should they be doing? This is why you really need to take us on a video tour of your service. Show us what it looks like and how to use it.
Your subscription is very reasonably priced, but I’ve never heard of 2Checkout, and you have no about page or even just a physical address and phone number. I’d worry about getting scammed.
Your Support page should be called “Contact.”
Bottom line: First of all, I’m not sure if your site it providing a valuable service. It seems that BillMonk and billq provide much the same thing. I’m not sure if billq permits access through mobile devices, but BillMonk certainly does. It clearly says that you can record your expenses through text messaging just like you can at Piggy Belt. BillMonk appears to be free, and billq costs the same as your service, so, again, I’m not sure why I should use Piggy Belt. Even if there was something unique about Piggy Belt, I think I’d be scared off by the website. It’s riddled with errors, lacks any real sense of who’s behind this operation, and, most importantly, fails to provide a real preview of your service.
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Visit https://piggybelt.com. Spend no more than 5-10 seconds on the home page. What do you think the site is about?
It helps us to track our expense through email, sms or on a website. I guess the main idea is to help users to see where the money goes.
How do you think the site compares to other similar sites/competitors like https://www.billmonk.com/ and https://mybillq.com/
mybillq looks the most professional among the three, I know the functionally and what I can do once I visit billQ; but I think their graphics make it too accounting and software-wise that drives me away. The front page of your site is better in a way that it is more simple, and I know right away the piggy should be something helps you to save money; but on billQ I can’t get the “saving” concept on the first look. For BillMonk, I guess the main goal is to track how much you owe or have lent to your friends. And for your site, it keeps tracks on the transactions which has already been made, say for example I can’t enter a transaction I’ve spent last week, or I can’t schedule a payment I’ve to make next week. That’s why in terms of functionality, billmonk offers most.
Are you immediately encourage to sign up/ use the site? Why or why not?
The website seems unfinished. And with the typos and unclear processes of transactions, I think I’ll pass it. In my own needs I don’t think I’ll need neither sites like these, included billq or so. I guess there are cell phone applications doing it for free, even not I think it’s better to keep the tracking information on a spreadsheet by myself rather than sending all the spending behaviour to an unknown third party. Letting users trust the site so that they will let you track their spending habits takes time, unless you’re not popular giants like yahoo or google, ask yourself, will you trust it if I just popped into the site for 30 minutes? If users are just trying out, not using it fully, then the reports generated will not be helpful in self analyzing how to spend less.
Moreover, even if someone who trust you and is willing to use the application, I think it’s too programming as we’re required to type in a specific format, yes the format is simple, but as for #food 15, can I write #lunch 15, #dinner 15, or #snack 15? Type of expense is not clear. What if I typed #foood 15, does it create a new type of expense for me? I guess simple format just exist for the sake of sms. For email, is it necessary if you can get access to the Internet and do it on the website? And for the website, I still have to enter #food 15, why I have to type in the # everytime, I guess some layout modification on that page can be done by using server scripted coding, ajax, selection boxes and tables so as to choose a type of expense, price and remark; also I think bulk input is necessary.
Please share any additional comment/feedback you may have.
Login by facebook and twitter are good options.
For your frontpage, simple is somehow good, but I guess you can add some more to your frontpage about how it benefits users, a tagline and some diagrams in describing the process helps. For sites like these which need users’ trust, it’s better to give more informative layout rather than a simple layout. Tell us more on our first visit so as to gain confidence in using your application. That’s why I’ll stick to BillQ’s more informative design. The color scheme you used is adequate. Blue is a secure color and I think you can stick with it. You can reinforce the brand by adding a logo and a favicon. The fronts are okay. There are lots of typos on the website, but wherever your typos go, please make sure the frontpage is spell-checked and is freed of grammatical errors. I don’t like the Kung fu wording too as it doesn’t suit the site. Also the line: ‘you don’t need to be and accountant to use it, just choose your own way of tracking’, is ‘Track your expense without an accountant’ better? Also, better capitalize the Y in ‘you’.
I also feel that the tour is not clear enough. It should be touring how to keep track by sms, email and website, 3 different subpage instead of just telling users you can use sms, email and website. You can reference billmonk for a better tour page.
An ‘About us’ page is missing, users like me would like to know who I’m giving info to.
If you want users pay you for using this, it’s very important to work more on the progress of tracking, eg. having some type of default expense, transport, food, etc, and users maybe able to add in some more. I’ve only checked the website way, but for email and sms I’m not that sure. I’m from an asian country and I’ve to sms to some countries from the other side of the world to track me spending $1? It’d be okay if this site were only for local residents. I guess that’s better to open a iphone app or android app on it, then sms would not be needed? So of all the ‘ways of tracking’ can be simplfied to an app and website, in my opinion.
Overall the layout, graphics, css and ajax are nicely done, but I’m doubtful on the functionality and usage part of the site.
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Visit https://piggybelt.com. Spend no more than 5-10 seconds on the home page. What do you think the site is about?
When i first visit, things that caught my attention in figuring out what this site about is the sms, email and the website keywords with pictures and the piggy with a money symbol on it. From these, what i can think about is this site is about saving money through the three network stated which is email, sms and website. Then i saw the tracking expenses ‘kong fu’ with the description this make thing pretty clear which is this site is about saving by tracking expenses.Â
How do you think the site compares to other similar sites/competitors like https://www.billmonk.com/ and https://mybillq.com/
First, im going to talk about the layout and content between your site and other similar sites. Your site seem simple and easy to understand. I can get to know what your site about just in second which is not complicated to figure out what site am i on. billmonk site is even simpler and it easy to understand too. The billQ site looks a little complicated which it look wordy. It’s hard for me to figure out what the site is about. At here, i think that your and the billmonk site is good enough. which is it looks comfortable and interesting. But the billmonk site is more easy to understand for me. i suggest that you maybe can change the color of your layout which is the color at the outer layer, which the login, register menu in on and the bottom layer. It doesnt attract people with the color look a little dime. maybe you can brighter the color a little. i wanted to know the packages of the service, i can find it on your site and also billQ site. but i can’t found it on the billmonk site and it stated as free at the first place, if everything is free this must be a threat for your site. When i look at billQ packages, i found that they provide many services than yours and they have a free package. At your site, i only found 1 package which have to pay 5 per month. At this point, i think that the billQ site does better. I suggest that you should have a free package and also premium package which limit the service for the free package then suggest the member to upgrade to premium when they feel that they need more features instead of giving a free trial. This can attract more visitors to sign up because it’s free for life not a 30days trial. and they can upgrade if they want more.Â
Are you immediately encourage to sign up/ use the site? Why or why not?
i have a little interest but no, because i don’t feel that i need this service and it stated only 30days trial and i have to pay after the 30days. People are very straight which if the service is free they will definitely sign up if they feel that they need it. I suggest that you make a list of displaying what is the purpose and also the benefits of using this service so that people will have the thought in mind about they have this kind of problem and the service can help them. The testimonial below on your homepage is not enough. So you have make people feel that they pay 5 per month and is worth it.
Please share any additional comment/feedback you may have.
I suggest that you can design a slide shows which displaying how your service works, which is like a step by step guide. It doesnt have to be long, just a simple slide shows about 5-6 slides is enough. make sure the design of the slide shows is interesting. By designing the slide shows, it will attract more people and also it make people feel comfort in watching the slideshows which is easy for visitors to understand how your sites works instead of showing pictures and description that doesnt move and it’s not that eye catching. Visitor may feel that your site is more professional with it. you just need to add a short desccription in the slide shows about how it works. Then at bottom of the slide show you can state the benefits of using your service, purpose of your service, and also how they solve their daily problem with your service. list it down keep it simple.
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Visit https://piggybelt.com. Spend no more than 5-10 seconds on the home page. What do you think the site is about?
The site appears to be a way that people can submit their expenses (I’d guess mainly on their phones when they’re out and about) in order to keep track of where their money is going so they can save money
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How do you think the site compares to other similar sites/competitors like https://www.billmonk.com/ and https://mybillq.com/
Bill Monk appears to be a very different type site. It’s for keeping up with people to whom you loan things and what, and whether you owe those friends as well as your monthly bills.
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BillQ is about keeping up with your monthly bills — NOT tracking daily expenses.
PiggyBelt appears to be a site where you can use your smart phone to enter every little expense, like getting a drink from the vending machine at work, stopping for gas, picking up a few groceries. Very different. I would find PiggyBelt more helpful to actually save money.
I don’t think the two sites you offered for comparison are anything like your site, which appears to be unique.
However, I wonder if this will allow you to keep customers for a long time. I think they might use it to see the pattern of their spending, cut back where they need to, then stop using your website.
Are you immediately encourage to sign up/ use the site? Why or why not?
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I think I might sign up for your site because I like the concept of being able to immediately keep track of my spending. However, one of the ways I’ve cut my bills is to keep my cell phone simply for talking, I don’t have a data package nor do I text.
Please share any additional comment/feedback you may have.
This site badly needs editing:
three parts spitted by space. You use spit more than one time and it’s a completely wrong usage.
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small list that barely describe main expenses subjects.
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Visit https://piggybelt.com. Spend no more than 5-10 seconds on the home page. What do you think the site is about?
I think this website is a way for people to keep track of their various expense accounts. Such as their checking and savings accounts, in a way to help them keep track of they’re spending, and perhaps help them to save money.
How do you think the site compares to other similar sites/competitors like https://www.billmonk.com/ and https://mybillq.com/
I had never been to the other websites, so like yours I had to go to them to get an idea of what they looked like here is what I discovered.
Bill Monk: I went to this website and my first reaction was what is this website for? Seriously, if you hadn’t told me that this was a service similar to yours I wouldn’t have known that just looking initially at the homepage. Until you view it further down, then you get some idea, but its still not very clear, and the website isn’t too attractive to look at. For these reasons I would probably be more apt to sign with you if I were in need of such a service.
My Bill Q: I have to admit they are a little more clearly about what their service is all about. In fact to be honest they are clearer about their service then your homepage was.  They even went into the various features of their service on their homepage. The thing that I did like about your home page versus theirs is the fact that you placed testimonials from satisfied customers on your homepage, which is a nice feature to grab potential customers in the future.
Are you immediately encourage to sign up/ use the site? Why or why not?
If I had a need for such a service, I might have considered signing up. Some of the things I liked about your website as I stated above the testimonials from satisfied customers in the past, plus the fact that its free for the initial service, something you can never beat.
Please share any additional comment/feedback you may have.
Might I suggest to you that maybe you can visit the website My Bill Q. As I said above they do have a great home page, not that you should copy it but it may give you some ideas of how to make your service more clear to consumers. Right now reviewing the three websites your website falls somewhere in the middle of how clear the service comes across, perhaps doing a little research into the website that seems to have a more clear outline might help you to do the same with your homepage as well.
Visit https://piggybelt.com. Spend no more than 5-10 seconds on the home page. What do you think the site is about?
I think this website is about an app and/or online program that helps you keep track of your daily expenses, quickly and easily.
How do you think the site compares to other similar sites/competitors like https://www.billmonk.com/ and https://mybillq.com/
After exploring the above sites, I see Piggy Belt as being a much simpler and more precise concept. To me, it seems to be a simple system for quickly recording any money you may spend at any given moment and then easily retrieving that data in order to keep track of your expenses over time. One of the sites above (billmonk) did not have a clear concept for me as it seemed to be too broad in it’s scope. In addition to tracking expenses, one can also keep track of money owed as well as items borrowed? Too confusing! My Bill Q is a completely different concept from Piggy Belt in that it is about keeping track of bills and not on the daily expenses one might have, especially those that occur without planning. I actually see these two websites as complimentary.
Are you immediately encourage to sign up/ use the site? Why or why not?
I am not immediately encouraged to sign up because I do not have a need for the website. I like the idea of a mobile phone application that is synced with a website in order to print monthly reports but I would not use the SMS or email features as I find them less efficient than directly entering my expenses into an application on my phone. Also, the numerous spelling mistakes and incorrect language usage on the site itself does not give me confidence in the website. Lastly, 30-day trials always make me nervous as I am apt to forget to cancel even if I am not satisfied during the trial period. I would be more inclined to pay a one-time fee for a mobile phone application or one time short period fee that did not automatically renew.
Please share any additional comment/feedback you may have.
I think the concept could be very useful for some people, especially young people who may need help managing their funds. I think the website needs a lot of work especially on grammatical errors and the usage of the correct terminology. For example: “Peace of cake” should be “Piece of cake” and at the same time I believe that there are words and expressions that would be better suited than “piece of cake”.
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While you may not be interested in expense tracking, many people are – as the instructions state “Target Audience: … people who keep track of their expenses, <60k salary.”
You should be looking at the site from the perspective of these users and give constructive criticism. Saying it’s just boring doesn’t help the owners of the site. How is it boring? How could they improve. For instance, I think the graphics on the front page don’t tell the whole story of what the site does. How about adding a video? A more illustrative graphic with arrows (A. Enter your expenses B. Look back at the previous month – where can you improve? What are you spending too much on? Etc, etc.) I think they should invest in a logo as well.
Please offer constructive criticism in the future. Thanks!
By just looking at the home page, I was able to determine that this website is for tracking expenses. I was enticed to register the page was clean and fresh. I really can appreciate the way you can text, email, or use your browser. So even if you are on the go you can keep an accurate account balance.
Visit https://piggybelt.com. Spend no more than 5-10 seconds on the home page. What do you think the site is about?
My first impression is that this is a penny auction site. Seeing the little piggy and me think of a piggy bank. And seen the arrows go from the piggy bank to the e-mail to the website made me think that this was for a penny auction site. There is a little testimonial that says the lady save $200 so my first impression is that this is a penny auction site to save money.
How do you think the site compares to other similar sites/competitors like https://www.billmonk.com/ and https://mybillq.com/
I believe that having the trigger in Facebook icons as well as the testimonials made this website double in the attraction. At the same time also believe this website was rather simple and I’d do not understand the concept whatsoever.
Are you immediately encourage to sign up/ use the site? Why or why not?
This website is not for me. I have no earthly understanding of what this is all about.
Please share any additional comment/feedback you may have.
To me it seems like people have almost free money, by saying they can track their spending as are out shopping, track down people, and find out where they’re going and what they’re doing. I am somewhat skeptical and wondering if this is for women chasing around bachelor’s, or vice versa. In todays age it seems that so many people on the SUVs, swimming pools, are out shopping all day long, eating in restaurants, and driving all over the place even with the extreme increases in prices. So in that aspect I would find it helpful to be able to find the best sale. Again with the price of gas it would cost you more money to go to store to store to find out what the sale this, and more time to go to the web sites of each store to find out what the cost for the products are, then just simply using this is social network as a means.
Visit https://piggybelt.com. Spend no more than 5-10 seconds on the home page. What do you think the site is about?
I understood that the website is about tracking expenses and saving money using mobile phone, email and computer, but I didn’t understand how it actually works?!
How do you think the site compares to other similar sites/competitors like https://www.billmonk.com/ and https://mybillq.com/
– BillMonk’s picture is clearer than Yours, and displays a very practical use case (you should think about displaying a practical use case in your website start screen, too). Nevertheless, BillMonk’s design is more depressive and amateurish.
– MyBillQ’s picture is too abstract and seems that this website is only for professional accountants. Nevertheless, MyBillQ’s design seems more professional than Yours.
Are you immediately encourage to sign up/ use the site? Why or why not?
Almost, except “*pay after 30 days” made me careful. I would instead recommend: “Try 30 days for free: *pay only if you continue using it after the 30 days free period”
Please share any additional comment/feedback you may have.
In the start screen picture it is unclear what is the thing (money? data?) that flows from the smartphone, email and laptop to the piggybank, and how it flows? To clarify the picture:
– If it is the app that is shared between the 3 devices – paint this app inside the screen of the smartphone, laptop and e-mail.
– Add @ symbol to the e-mail envelope.
– Place this app screen in the middle (instead of the piggybank) with $ sums.
– Place piggybank below the app screen to show that savings flow from this app to the piggybank.
– Display the close up of your app.
Design improvements:
– Design is slightly amateurish (but only slightly, because of the spaces in layout, so repair the CSS coding).
– Your website design doesn’t adapt to the screen size – while the left side is empty, the right side is outside the screen of 15-inch monitor.
– Similarly footer has large empty space, leaving “2CO Certified Seller” icon below the 15-inch monitor’s screen.
– Colors are slightly depressive. Use lighter and brighter colors instead!
Your website contains grammar errors: “Engeener” and “to be and accountant”.
Additional recommendations:
– Clients’ testimonials should be more detailed showing at least 1 practical use case in each testimonial.
– Add short YouTube auto-play video to show a success story of Your client.
Visit https://piggybelt.com. Spend no more than 5-10 seconds on the home page. What do you think the site is about?
Well it was interesting to me. This seems very simple and I like the fact that there isn’t a lot of “stuff†all over this home page. It was kept simple and to the point. What I did notice is that there is spelling and grammar errors all over the place so I would make sure that these get addressed before publishing. I tend to pay more attention to detail and think that the little blurp under the “try for Free†button should each have their own line. This is how it read now, *pay after 30 days. check thetour. I feel like these are two different thoughts they should not be right next to each other as then it reads a bit more confusing. Make sure that you change the main heading “you don’t need to be and accountant to use it, just choose your own way of tracking†and change the first and in the statement to an “anâ€. Besides all the little errors on this page I like how it is simple, to the point and also inviting. I do like the are and icons you have on this page but I am not sure what it is your product does. I think that somewhere on this page you should come out and say what it does. I feel like it does in an undertone kind of way.
How do you think the site compares to other similar sites/competitors like https://www.billmonk.com/ and https://mybillq.com/
I felt a bit overwhelmed when visiting these other sites. There was so much information on this home page that I felt like it told me everything on this page. There was so much to read that it was so distracting and I couldn’t really understand what this product was until I read all the different captions all over the page. I also feel like I would have just clicked pass this as there was too much stuff to read. I would rather have a simple home page and be able to choose what I want to navigate and read about next on my own.
Are you immediately encourage to sign up/ use the site? Why or why not?
No I was not and I am not sure why? I was definitely eager to click for more information about the site which would have led me to sign up. Just looking at the home page there wasn’t enough info to wrap me into signing up but I think that is a good thing as I should look into further if I was serious about wanting this product.
Please share any additional comment/feedback you may have.
“Expense tracking Kung-fuâ€. I am not really sure what this means still after visiting this site. Is this a catchy phrase, the name of the product, just not quite sure? As I stated before the spelling and other small errors are distracting. Just make sure these are taken care of. Great simple site though. This is something that I would be interested in looking further into.
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Visit https://piggybelt.com. Spend no more than 5-10 seconds on the home page. What do you think the site is about?
Well it was interesting to me. This seems very simple and I like the fact that there isn’t a lot of “stuff†all over this home page. It was kept simple and to the point. What I did notice is that there is spelling and grammar errors all over the place so I would make sure that these get addressed before publishing. I tend to pay more attention to detail and think that the little blurp under the “try for Free†button should each have their own line. This is how it read now, *pay after 30 days. check thetour. I feel like these are two different thoughts they should not be right next to each other as then it reads a bit more confusing. Make sure that you change the main heading “you don’t need to be and accountant to use it, just choose your own way of tracking†and change the first and in the statement to an “anâ€. Besides all the little errors on this page I like how it is simple, to the point and also inviting.
How do you think the site compares to other similar sites/competitors like https://www.billmonk.com/ and https://mybillq.com/
I felt a bit overwhelmed when visiting these other sites. There was so much information on this home page that I felt like it told me everything on this page. There was so much to read that it was so distracting and I couldn’t really understand what this product was until I read all the different captions all over the page. I also feel like I would have just clicked pass this as there was too much stuff to read. I would rather have a simple home page and be able to choose what I want to navigate and read about next on my own.
Are you immediately encourage to sign up/ use the site? Why or why not?
No I was not and I am not sure why? I was definitely eager to click for more information about the site which would have led me to sign up. Just looking at the home page there wasn’t enough info to wrap me into signing up but I think that is a good thing as I should look into further if I was serious about wanting this product.
Please share any additional comment/feedback you may have.
“Expense tracking Kung-fuâ€. I am not really sure what this means still after visiting this site. Is this a catchy phrase, the name of the product, just not quite sure? As I stated before the spelling and other small errors are distracting. Just make sure these are taken care of. Great simple site though. This is something that I would be interested in looking further into.
Visit https://piggybelt.com. Spend no more than 5-10 seconds on the home page. What do you think the site is about?
Honestly I had no idea until I read the “testimonials”… Your website helps us to organise our expenses.
I must say that this website is not very professional. Firstly, GRAMMAR mistakes…. AND secondly, don’t use fake testimonials… It is VERY obvious that the ones you show have been fabricated.
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Some grammer mistakes you made:
1. It should be ” You don’t need to be an accountant…”, you wrote “and”
2. Software engineer, not engeener…
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Lastly, what does “Expenses tracking Kong-Fu” means? I never heard this expression before…
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How do you think the site compares to other similar sites/competitors like https://www.billmonk.com/ and https://mybillq.com/
Your website is relatively better than billmonk.com. They got the graphics all over the place that makes it hard to scan the page. And they got no texts, or buttons in the middle… Their texts/buttons are on the side, which is bad, as they might not be noticed easily. As such, your website is better than theirs, if you ignore the grammer errors.
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mybillq is MUCH better than your website to be honest though. They got a stunning image, and beautiful colours. You can immediately see the $475.00 in the picture, and that attracted my eyes. I wanted to know more, and as such read their little descriptions. And furthermore, they provided some features of their websites, you haven’t. They are telling me HOW their website can benefit me, WHY I should join in. Yours doesn’t.
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Are you immediately encourage to sign up/ use the site? Why or why not?
Not really, your website does not provide the WHY I should sign up and HOW I would benefit. It does not make me want to find more details either… And of course, the grammar mistakes…
Also, I have absolutely no idea how this can manage my expenses, include some basic features on your webpage.
Lastly, I currently do not need any help with managing my expenses, I do that pretty well alone.
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Please share any additional comment/feedback you may have.
* You should include the “privacy” issue on your homepage, you want your visitors to know that you are thinking about their financial privacy. I don’t want everyone to know that I make $500 per week…
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* Don’t forget the terms of service as well.
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* You should create a logo for your website, the logo will represent your company, and people will immediately recognise it. Furthermore, having a logo makes you look more professional.
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* You have the “Try for free” in the middle but why no “Sign up” ? The “Sign Up” is found at the top end… What if I do not want to try and want to sign up immediately? I might think that I need to “try it for free” first. You wouldn’t want some potential visitors to lose interest because they can’t sign up immediately do you?
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* There is no interactivity on your homepage. It looks like as if, as soon as you uploaded it, you left it unmaintained… You need to show that the website is being taken care of, and that starts from the homepage. Maybe include a “news” or “updates” box on your homepage, to show the improvements. Or even a visitor counts.
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Well, that’s it for me. I gave you my feedbacks and I hope that they will be useful to you! Good luck with your website !
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Visit https://piggybelt.com. Spend no more than 5-10 seconds on the home page. What do you think the site is about?
When first visiting the site I was able to tell that it was a site about saving money.
How do you think the site compares to other similar sites/competitors like https://www.billmonk.com/ and https://mybillq.com/
I think piggy belt is in the middle of the two competitos sites. This is because their site is the most eye catching one but what billmonk says catches people attention.
Are you immediately encourage to sign up/ use the site? Why or why not?
On this site you are not immediately encouraged to sign up because they let you try it for free first.
Please share any additional comment/feedback you may have.
I think this site will be very successful.
Spend no more than 5-10 seconds on the home page. What do you think the site is about?
On the first look, I got the feeling that the website is used to track expenses.
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How do you think the site compares to other similar sites/competitors like https://www.billmonk.com/ and https://mybillq.com?
They look more professional than piggybelt but piggybelt is much easier to use. BillQ, on the first look, looked complicated to me. I need to take a tour to understand what they offer. On the other hand, Billmonk is better than BillQ and the words ‘And it’s free!’ dragged me to look for Sign Up process.
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Are you immediately encourage to sign up/ use the site? Why or why not?
No. It took some time and research for me to decide. As I navigated to Help, I can’t find enough information that would make me Sign up.
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Please share any additional comment/feedback you may have.
1. Correct Spell/Grammatical mistakes.
2. Make the website look more professional.
3. The wordings in the home page should make the user to Sign up. Modify the wordings. Add some attractive Keywords/Phrases.
4. I felt Help Section is Incomplete. I can’t find much information. Cover as much information as possible in Help.
5. And Help Section needs to be properly organized so that a person looking for certain information can easily locate it.
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Visit https://piggybelt.com. Spend no more than 5-10 seconds on the home page. What do you think the site is about? Managing your own expenses
How do you think the site compares to other similar sites/competitors like https://www.billmonk.com/ and https://mybillq.com/ I like the icons and images and it seems like it could be easy to navigate
Are you immediately encourage to sign up/ use the site? Why or why not? I would consider doing the free trial just to help budget my life more; but I’m not sure I would stay with it. It would depend on the cost and whether it is a monthly or yearly subscription.
Please share any additional comment/feedback you may have. Look into grammatical errors. Also make tour more user friendly; it doesn’t flow very well. Maybe turn it into more of a video to show how the site works.