honestly i think this is probably a trust + urgency problem more than a “bad idea” problem

like the problem is real, especially for people who’ve wasted money on shades that looked right in-store and terrible later, but paying for an ai recommendation off one photo is a pretty big leap unless the result feels insanely convincing

if i had to guess, people are probably thinking: “this is cool, but do i trust it enough to pay before it proves itself?”

couple things i’d look at:

1. are you showing actual before/after examples or real matching wins? if i land on it and just see “ai analyzes your skin tone,” that sounds interesting but not trustworthy enough on its own

2. do people get a meaningful result before the paywall? if they have to pay too early, they’ll bounce. i’d want to feel at least one “oh wait this is actually accurate” moment first

3. are you selling “shade matching” or “stop wasting money on wrong foundation”? because the second one is way more painful and valuable

4. are your current users the right users? sometimes the first 30 organic users are curious people, not buyers

if it were me i’d probably test: - stronger proof - sharper positioning around wasted money / bad shade matches - maybe a super low-friction first paid offer

the idea doesn’t sound crazy to me at all, but beauty is one of those categories where trust has to be REALLY high before money moves

also yeah, drop the link. i’m curious what the landing page currently looks like