Before redesigning a SaaS trial, check this one number

A SaaS trial that failed to turn users into may not have had a design problem first. The was counting signups and payments, but it did not know what happened between those two steps.

After two days of basic , the key finding was clear: about 74 out of 100 signups never completed the product’s even once. They looked around for only a few minutes, hit a problem, and did not come back.

That means many people did not truly reject the product; they never reached the moment where the product delivered its value. This matches a common trial problem: many trial users log in once and then disappear.

Key points

  • Counting signups and payments is not enough.
  • Track whether new users complete the product’s .
  • In this case, about 74% of signups never completed that action once.
  • Poor can mean users failed to experience the value, not that they disliked the product.
  • Fix and early before paying for a full redesign.
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