# Baremetrics public dashboard demo as trust page

> Use your own live product data as the demo when trust and immediacy matter more than a sanitized sample account.

- Canonical HTML: https://growth.iangoh.com/growth-ideas/baremetrics-public-dashboard-demo-as-trust-page/
- Source: [baremetrics.com](https://baremetrics.com/blog/0-to-25000)
- GrowthDex source hub: [Baremetrics: From $0 to $25K MRR](/sources/baremetrics-from-0-to-25k-mrr-baremetrics-com/)
- Last checked: 2026-06-07T03:06:38.102Z
- Rarity: rare
- Budget: low
- Channels: Conversion, Trust, Product-Led Growth
- Stages: conversion, public demo, trust, product-led growth
- Key metric: Baremetrics reported that visitors to its public dashboard demo were 5.5 times more likely to become customers.

## Why this can grow

A fake demo often proves the UI, not the outcome. Baremetrics made its own dashboard public because it needed a live demo of what the product could do. That decision opened conversations and became a direct conversion asset: visitors to the demo were 5.5 times more likely to become customers. The move worked because the product category was metrics. Showing the company’s own numbers made the promise tangible and a bit vulnerable. For analytics, AI ops, finance, and creator tools, a real demo can answer the buyer’s hidden question: does the founder trust this enough to use it in public.

## Ian's take

From scaling consumer platforms across MENA and Southeast Asia, my default is to distrust growth work that only looks good in a slide. My bias is to treat this as a small market test first. Make the audience narrow, make the promise concrete, and let the first real response decide whether it deserves more work. For conversion, I would strip the test down to one promise, one proof point, and one next step. Confusion kills good demand. For this tactic, I would watch one clear growth signal before putting more time or budget behind it.

## Action plan

1. Define one narrow startup segment where baremetrics public dashboard demo as trust page can create a measurable lift.
2. Turn the tactic into one offer, page, campaign, or workflow for the Conversion and Trust channel.
3. Use the evidence from baremetrics.com to set the first version of the message, format, and audience.
4. Launch a small test for 7 to 14 days with one success metric: one measurable growth signal.
5. Review the result, keep the winning message, remove weak variants, and turn the learning into a repeatable growth playbook.

## Source-backed example

Baremetrics made its own Baremetrics dashboard public as the product demo, and demo visitors were 5.5x more likely to become customers.

## Adjacent tactics in the same lane

- [Baremetrics live dashboard demo link before sales deck screenshot](/growth-ideas/baremetrics-live-dashboard-demo-link-before-sales-deck-screenshot/) - same source, 2 shared channels
- [Canva app policy and support links before review](/growth-ideas/canva-app-policy-and-support-links-before-review/) - 2 shared channels, 1 shared stage
- [Ahrefs permanent free utility before seven-day trial gate](/growth-ideas/ahrefs-permanent-free-utility-before-seven-day-trial-gate/) - 2 shared channels, 1 shared stage
- [Double down on the feature users love](/growth-ideas/double-down-on-the-feature-users-love/) - 1 shared channel, 2 shared stages

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- [Word-of-mouth needs something to carry](/blog/word-of-mouth-needs-something-to-carry/) - b2b saas, word of mouth, product-led growth

## Advisory

If you want help turning this into a working growth system, Ian Goh offers advisory at https://iangoh.com/advisory.