Ask HN: Rate my site - FirstDrafter community library of contract forms

http://www.firstdrafter.com

by dctoedt • 17 years ago

3 5 17 years ago

kyro• 17 years ago

It's a good idea, but how do you expect to compete with scribd/docstoc and perhaps even legalzoom?

Some things to point out:

You spend too much time on the home page explaining what your site is. To be honest, it could be done in one sentence. The buttons at the bottom right make me feel like I'm pressing 'next' or moving on to step 2 of some process. The home page, ideally, should have a one-liner of what the site does, and then perhaps some links to example contracts/forms and a search bar up top so that the user can get to accessing documents as quickly as possible. Also, I'd clean up the site design a bit. Maybe make it wider, as something about such a narrow site makes me uncomfortable. Also, you might want to look into making a logo. It's not absolutely necessary, though.

You want me, as a user, to click on FirstDrafter, and start looking for documents within seconds. Don't make me read that whole pitch.

Good luck.

dctoedt2• 17 years ago

Thanks kyro.

Scribd/docstoc, as near as I can tell, as essentially document dumps (in the sense of supply dumps) -- you have to dig through them and figure out what you might want.

What FirstDrafter does, in contrast, is --

* atomize various clauses into user-selectable Lego blocks, so to speak;

* offer pre-configured forms with specific Lego blocks already selected (overridable by the user).

LegalZoom does not seem to do business contracts.

I'll give some thought to your design comments.

Thanks again.

_cbsz• 17 years ago

Why is "about" on its own line below the "menu bar"?

dctoedt2• 17 years ago

Good question, swolchok - what browser are you using? I've tested in FF, Safari, IE7 / 8, Chrome.

comster• 17 years ago

the buttons do an annoying wiggle on hover (css issue webkit)

Ask HN: Rate my site - FirstDrafter community library of contract forms

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