# Sign up hesitancy

**URL:** <https://forum.intervals.icu/t/sign-up-hesitancy/4614>\
**Category:** Site Feedback\
**Created:** [20 August 2021 09:10 UTC](https://forum.intervals.icu/t/sign-up-hesitancy/4614 "2021-08-20T09:10:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Joshua](https://forum.intervals.icu/user_avatar/forum.intervals.icu/joshua/32/2937_2.png) [@Joshua](https://forum.intervals.icu/u/Joshua)\
**Post date:** [20 August 2021 09:10 UTC](https://forum.intervals.icu/t/sign-up-hesitancy/4614/1 "2021-08-20T09:10:40Z")

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I stumbled upon Intervals.icu maybe a couple weeks or a month before I signed up.

Reading the home page it isn’t obvious that the site isn’t based on a freemium subscription model. The “sign up for free” sounds like a marketing ploy. I probably didn’t sign up the first time I came across the site because I thought after signing up I would be asked to pay.

It is remarkable, and I appreciate a lot how the site operates on a donation model. If I had know this, I think I would have signed up sooner.

I write my experience because I hope it can allow the site to reach a wider audience.

In addition, I also wonder if a demo option would help people get familiar with the site and increase sign ups.

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**Author:** ![david](https://forum.intervals.icu/user_avatar/forum.intervals.icu/david/32/30189_2.png) [@david](https://forum.intervals.icu/u/david)\
**Post date:** [20 August 2021 13:17 UTC](https://forum.intervals.icu/t/sign-up-hesitancy/4614/2 "2021-08-20T13:17:57Z")

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Tx. I think I will update that copy.

It is tricky to do a demo version. What I might be able to do at some point is support “public” accounts that are read-only, then I can use mine as a demo. The other (easier) option would be to make a video. I always want to build more stuff and tend to neglect that side of things a bit.

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**Author:** ![David\_Baak](https://forum.intervals.icu/user_avatar/forum.intervals.icu/david_baak/32/5745_2.png) [@David\_Baak](https://forum.intervals.icu/u/David_Baak)\
**Post date:** [20 August 2021 17:36 UTC](https://forum.intervals.icu/t/sign-up-hesitancy/4614/3 "2021-08-20T17:36:20Z")

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Just became a supporter. You are doing a fantastic job!

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**Author:** ![fietsknecht](https://forum.intervals.icu/user_avatar/forum.intervals.icu/fietsknecht/32/5642_2.png) [@fietsknecht](https://forum.intervals.icu/u/fietsknecht)\
**Post date:** [20 August 2021 17:59 UTC](https://forum.intervals.icu/t/sign-up-hesitancy/4614/4 "2021-08-20T17:59:37Z")

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New supporter here as well. I’m impressed!