MouseTrace lets you replay how visitors point, click, swipe and tap around your site
It’s been founded by Dan Field, also founder of ClearMyMail and MailSuite (see recent coverage), in order to scratch a personal itch related to his previous startups. Field says that the technology behind MouseTrace was developed to help improve Google AdWords landing pages and registration processes, “which then lead to much better sales conversions for our other Internet businesses.”
MouseTrace competes closely with ClickTale, which offers something similar, although Field is keen to talk up his service’s ability to keep a full record of the page as seen by every visitor, so that if its content changes regularly, such as a blog’s front page, it’s still possible to see exactly how it was navigated.
The service is paid-for although there’s somewhat of a freemium model. Included in the various pricing options is a free trial which enables up to 50 visitor recordings across an unlimited number of pages on a single site. The tier up provides 100 recordings for $9.95, while 200 recordings and support for 5 sites costs $29.95 and so on.
Unlike Field’s other startuups which are angel and VC-funded, MouseTrace represents his first solo investment.