Maybe you saw the blog post today offering a “free trial” of the Vision product. Not bad really. 90 days free for a website, IDX feed and contact management solution.
Make sure you sign up quick because it's only being offered to the first 50 takers. If you were number 51 signing up, you can have my spot. I changed my mind.
Did I need it, no, but I’m willing to give it a try. If the trial was a success, I would certainly consider paying at the end of the trial.
Where the wheels came off this offer for me was the email I received a few minutes after signing up on the web. In order to get started, all I needed to do was fill in my credit card information, type a signature in the block and we're ready to rock and roll.
Hey Vision product manager, here's my take. If you're offering a free trial, you don't need my credit card unless there's something else going on. Your "promise" not to charge my credit card wasn't that convincing.
How's this for a novel approach? Since you completely control the site and the "free trial", if I don't order the product in 90 days, turn it off. That's a real "FREE TRIAL."
Let your product speak for itself during the "free trial." If it's good, you'll have plenty of business. If it's not, you won't.
Maybe it's just me but I'm not a fan of the approach that the Market Leader folks are taking here. I know it's a fairly standard practice in the industry to ask for a credit card up front, but I'm not playing that game.
Richard Iarossi, REALTOR®
Long and Foster® Real Estate, Inc.
Crofton, MD 21114
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Rich Iarossi is a full time licensed REALTOR®, working in Crofton, MD. My coverage areas are: Anne Arundel, Prince George’s, Howard, Calvert, Queen Anne, and Baltimore City and County. I specialize in residential real estate, working with both buyers and sellers. Use the registration free search on my website at www.RichSellsHomes.com. If you’re not already working with a REALTOR®...I can help. Call me at 443-995-9595 (Cell) or 410-451-6255 (Office).
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