> Forgive me because what follows will sound harsh, but I think you need to hear it based on your response.
No worries. I appreciate you taking the time.
> you need proof that it's better than the competition, not a declaration, that it's better than the competition
Fair point. I realize I’ll need that before making any sales. But I was hoping to get a few leads from the contact form without it.
> Perhaps you're betting on your customers being stupid and not realizing that taking a 10x hit on the price of reads will lose them (and earn you) more money in the long run. After all, what good is writing to a DB if you never read from it...?
No it’s not a malicious trick. There are use-cases where most records will never be read back. For example, if you go into the Uber app you can find a history of all your trips and you can click one and bring up a receipt for it. Most users will rarely if ever do that. So you end up writing many more receipts to your database than what you’ll ever retrieve.
No worries. I appreciate you taking the time.
> you need proof that it's better than the competition, not a declaration, that it's better than the competition
Fair point. I realize I’ll need that before making any sales. But I was hoping to get a few leads from the contact form without it.
> Perhaps you're betting on your customers being stupid and not realizing that taking a 10x hit on the price of reads will lose them (and earn you) more money in the long run. After all, what good is writing to a DB if you never read from it...?
No it’s not a malicious trick. There are use-cases where most records will never be read back. For example, if you go into the Uber app you can find a history of all your trips and you can click one and bring up a receipt for it. Most users will rarely if ever do that. So you end up writing many more receipts to your database than what you’ll ever retrieve.