Free
Free conversion means a visitor understands the curriculum and starts a low-friction learning path.
Paid offer
Senior backend interview prep for developers who want to turn practice into better-paid offers.
Primary ICP
Backend developer already working professionally who wants USD senior offers.
Free
Public topics, skills map preview, and a small number of lessons.
Pro
Full curriculum, AI grading, coach plans, spaced repetition, and progress sync.
Premium
Async review, mock interview prep, and a personalized salary-track roadmap.
business.segment_qualified
Keep as primary ICP while qualified visitor to paid-start conversion stays above 5%.
No payment provider dependency is required to qualify this segment.
QL-BIZ-023 · ready-for-pricing-test
Treat the landing page as paid-launch ready when qualified visitors start paid intent above 5% and at least half of paid-intent visitors can reach a checkout or manual billing path.
Metric chain
pricing-without-icp-fit
Pricing views increase, but visitors do not identify as the senior backend ICP.
Tighten the above-the-fold buyer, role, and outcome copy before changing the package.
free-pro-boundary-confusion
Visitors expect Free to include grading, coach plans, synced proof, or complete curriculum.
Move proof-of-progress behavior back to the Pro boundary before asking for money.
paid-intent-without-provider-path
A qualified visitor wants to pay, but MercadoPago, Stripe, email, or manual billing is not available.
Route to waitlist or founder-sales follow-up instead of claiming checkout is ready.
checkout-without-attribution
Checkout starts cannot be tied back to pricing view, ICP fit, value proposition, or provider path.
Capture the metric chain before treating checkout as validated demand.
decision-without-metric-chain
The team wants to keep, iterate, or retire the page without the full conversion chain.
Block the launch decision until the missing metric is instrumented or documented.
Free
Free conversion means a visitor understands the curriculum and starts a low-friction learning path.
Pro
Pro conversion means a qualified visitor starts paid intent for grading, coach plans, repetition, or synced progress.
Premium
Premium conversion means a qualified visitor asks for manual review or mock-interview help with a near-term deadline.
QL-BIZ-013 · manual-pro-roi-proof-v1
quantlab is opening a small manual Pro cohort for LATAM backend engineers preparing USD senior interviews. You get the full curriculum, AI-graded practice, coach priorities, spaced repetition, and synced progress proof across Java, data, architecture, and security.
Manual CTA
Reply PRO and I will send the manual onboarding and MercadoPago payment path.
Confirm fit, send the Pro boundary, collect payment through the available MercadoPago path, and record the conversation outcome.
Free
Free stays a preview: public topics, skills map, and selected lessons.
Pro
Pro is the paid path for grading, coach plans, sync, and the complete curriculum.
Premium
Premium async review is sold only after manual capacity is confirmed.
free-pro-confusion
The visitor thinks Free includes grading, coach plans, sync, or the complete curriculum.
Move those promises back to the Pro boundary before asking for paid intent.
unsupported-payment-provider
The buyer wants to pay, but the MercadoPago, Stripe, or email path is unavailable.
Route the buyer to manual waitlist or follow-up instead of claiming checkout is ready.
missing-reply-path
The buyer cannot tell what to do after reading the offer.
Restore the PRO reply CTA and the 24-hour manual follow-up expectation.
untracked-conversation
The manual conversation is not tied to exposure, reply, paid-intent, or rejection events.
Record the metric chain before treating the message as validated.
business.sales_message_flow_viewed
Keep this variant only if at least three qualified prospects reply PRO or manual paid-intent exceeds 5% of sent qualified messages.
Mid-level backend job switcher
Developer with 2-5 years of backend experience preparing for stronger roles.
No payment provider dependency is required to qualify this segment.
Architect refreshing interview depth
Senior engineer or architect who needs sharp answers across architecture, data, and security.
Named dependencies: email.
Team lead buying a small cohort
Engineering lead who wants structured interview readiness for a small team.
Named dependencies: email, mercadopago, stripe.
Free
Free can show the curriculum depth and selected lessons.
Pro
Pro must unlock grading, spaced repetition, coach plans, and synced proof of progress.
No named external dependency.
Free
Free can make the domain gap visible through the public skills map.
Pro
Pro must turn weak backend domains into graded practice and review loops.
No named external dependency.
Free
Free can qualify whether the buyer needs structured self-practice first.
Pro
Pro must provide enough evidence to make premium human review efficient.
Named dependencies: email.
Free
Free can clarify that quantlab is not certification prep.
Pro
Pro must stay focused on realistic backend interview evidence.
No named external dependency.
business.alternative_compared
Keep this positioning if visitors who view alternatives start paid intent above 4%.