Disclosure: I'm part of the Wanloria team. This post was drafted with AI assistance and checked against the live site.
A few days ago I wrote here about how we built Wanloria from open data. This time I'm asking for something different: honest feedback.
What it is: https://wanloria.cloud/?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=community&utm_campaign=feedback
- 71 cities with verified places, "free things" lists and 1/2/3-day plans with visit times and walking distances (example: Seville in 2 days)
- Group trips: create a plan, invite friends with a link, everyone votes going / maybe / can't, with a shared chat and expenses
- Signposted hikes near cities with GPX downloads
- Spanish and English, free, no ads. You can browse everything without an account.
Where we are: zero real users so far, only friends and test accounts. Posting on brand-new social accounts last weekend brought 0 sign-ups, so I'd rather hear from people who build things.
My questions:
- Looking at the homepage for 10 seconds, would you create an account? If not, what's the first thing that stops you?
- Since the plans are fully usable without signing up, is there any reason left to register? Should the group feature be the main pitch?
- Is "group voting for a trip" clear in five seconds, or does it sound like yet another chat app?
Brutal feedback is welcome. I'll reply to every comment.
Top comments (1)
Since everything is usable without an account, I'd ask for one at the moment it has a job to do, which is the group trip. The person creating the plan has a reason to register, to edit it and see the votes later, but the friends opening the invite link mostly want to tap going or maybe, so letting them vote with just a name and asking for an email only if they want updates keeps the link from turning into a signup wall. That also makes the group feature the pitch without saying so, because every invite puts a working plan in front of someone new.