u/RayanBuilds

I keep seeing store owners split-test creatives by just running both and letting the ad account decide. That works, but you’re paying for the answer, and sometimes that’s a few hundred dollars before the winner is obvious.

The alternatives I know of:

• Ask in a group chat or a Discord. Free, but the people answering aren’t your customers and most of them just pick the prettier one.
• Paid survey panels. Fast, but you have no idea if the people voting have ever picked a winner before.
• Just run the test. Most accurate, most expensive.

What I’ve been stuck on: nobody scores the voters. If someone picked the winning thumbnail 8 times out of 10 in your category, their opinion should count more than a random person’s. But I’ve never seen a tool that tracks that.

For those of you spending real money on creative, how are you actually choosing? And would you trust a pre-test enough to kill a creative before spending on it?

Most survey tools ask 50 random people what they think looks best. The problem? Crowds are often wrong about what actually converts in real life.

To solve this, I built Verdict: a poll platform powered by Verdict Intelligence.

How it works:

1. Upload 2 designs, landing page heroes, or thumbnails.
2. Run a poll across our panel.
3. After you launch, input the actual real-world winner (e.g., “Option B got 15% more clicks”).
4. Verdict tracks voter accuracy over time. Next time, you get both the Crowd Vote and the Intelligence Verdict (what historically accurate voters chose).

Free tests for r/SaaS:

Drop a link or screenshot of your design, hero image, or app icon in the comments. I’ll run a free Verdict test for you today and reply with your accuracy breakdown!

I would love your feedback on the landing page and concept!

I’ve been answering scam posts here and on r/Scams for a while, and the same thing keeps happening: people spend the first day arguing with the scammer, and by the time they report anything, the window has closed. What you do in the first hour matters more than everything you do in the next month.

Here’s the actual clock, based on how you paid.

Credit or debit card. You have real rights here, more than almost anyone else. Call your card issuer and use the words “goods not received” or “unauthorized transaction,” not “I got scammed.” The wording routes your case differently. Do this even if it’s been weeks, since most card networks allow disputes up to 120 days.

Bank transfer, wire, or ACH. This is the most time-sensitive one. Call your bank and ask specifically for a “recall” or “return request” on the transaction. If the money hasn’t been withdrawn on the other end, it can sometimes be pulled back, but that window is often measured in hours. Do not email. Call.

PayPal. If you paid Goods and Services, open a dispute in the Resolution Center, you have 180 days and real protection. If you paid Friends and Family, there’s no buyer protection, but report the account anyway so it gets flagged.

Zelle, Venmo, Cash App, GCash, Maya, or similar. Authorized transfers usually aren’t covered, and anyone telling you otherwise is guessing. But report the receiving account inside the app immediately anyway. A reported account can get frozen, and even if it doesn’t get your money back, it stops the person after you from losing theirs.

Gift cards. Call the card issuer’s fraud line, not the retailer. Have the card number and receipt ready. If the balance hasn’t been drained, some issuers will freeze it. Keep the physical card either way.

Crypto. Not reversible, and anyone who tells you they can reverse it is running a second scam on you. But if the address belongs to an exchange, report it to that exchange, since they can freeze accounts. Save the transaction hash.

Three things to do regardless of payment method:

Save everything before it disappears. Export the full chat, not screenshots of screenshots. Capture the profile URL, the account name exactly as it appeared on the transfer, every reference number, and the listing or ad if there was one. Scammers delete accounts fast, and you can’t rebuild this later.

File a report with your country’s fraud body even if you think it’s pointless. It’s not about your case getting solved. It’s about your report joining twenty others against the same account, which is what actually triggers action.

Find the other victims. If they scammed you they scammed others, and a group with a combined total is treated completely differently than one person with a small loss. This is the single most underrated move and almost nobody does it.

What not to do:

Don’t message the scammer to demand your money. All that does is tell them to delete the account and the evidence you need.

Don’t pay a fee to get your money released. Not a tax, not a verification fee, not a shipping charge. There is no scenario where this works.

Don’t trust anyone who DMs you after reading your post. Recovery scammers watch these subs specifically. Real help never arrives in your inbox uninvited.

Don’t blame yourself into paralysis. These operations are professional and they run scripts refined on thousands of people. Feeling stupid is the thing that stops people from acting in the window where acting still works.

If you were scammed recently, reply with what happened, how you paid, and roughly when. I’ll tell you what’s still reversible in your specific case and what to do first. Country matters a lot for this, so include it.

Wrong transfer? Hacked account? Missed refund deadline? Sent something you shouldn’t have?

I’m building Veris Undo. Tell it what happened, and it identifies what may still be reversible, what to do first, what evidence to save, and which options could disappear if you wait.

I’m looking for 10 people to test one realistic situation and tell me:

Were the first three actions genuinely useful, and what felt confusing?

Comment if you’re interested and I’ll send access.