July 27, 2026 - 11 min read
What a welcome screen is, how it differs from a splash screen and an empty state, what a great welcome screen contains — greeting, value confirmation, one question, one action — and eight best practices for designing welcome screens and welcome messages that activate new users instead of delaying them.
July 26, 2026 - 11 min read
What empty states are in UX, the five types every SaaS product has (first-use, cleared, no-results, error, permissions), what a great empty state contains — and nine best practices for designing empty states that onboard and activate new users instead of losing them.
July 25, 2026 - 12 min read
What time to value (TTV) means in SaaS, the main types of TTV, how to measure it — value moment, formula, median vs mean — and nine proven ways to reduce time to value so more of your sign-ups reach their first win before they churn.
July 25, 2026 - 12 min read
What an onboarding progress bar is, the psychology that makes it work (goal-gradient and endowed progress), the main types of progress indicators, how to use checklists and progress bars in onboarding flows — and the best practices that separate motivating bars from annoying ones.
July 21, 2026 - 15 min read
A complete guide to product adoption in SaaS. Learn what product adoption means, the product adoption curve and its 5 stages, the metrics that matter, and proven strategies to increase adoption in 2026.
July 20, 2026 - 15 min read
A complete guide to the aha moment. Learn what an aha moment is, the aha moment definition and meaning, real product examples, how to find yours with data, and how to get users there faster in 2026.
July 20, 2026 - 9 min read
What is a tooltip? A tooltip is a small contextual message that appears next to a UI element to explain it. Learn the meaning, the main types of tooltips, UX best practices, and how to add tooltips without code with Kompassify.
July 19, 2026 - 14 min read
A complete guide to in-app messaging. Learn what in-app messaging is, the types of in-app messages, real examples, how it differs from email and push, and the best practices to build an in-app messaging strategy in 2026.
July 18, 2026 - 15 min read
A complete guide to customer engagement. Learn what customer engagement is, what an engaged customer looks like, how to measure it, proven strategies to improve it, and real examples from the best SaaS products in 2026.
July 17, 2026 - 15 min read
A complete guide to product-led growth (PLG). Learn what PLG means, what it stands for, how the PLG flywheel and motion work, the metrics that matter, and how to build a product-led growth strategy in 2026.
July 16, 2026 - 14 min read
A complete guide to feature discovery. Learn what feature discovery is, why users miss your features, the patterns that help them find the right ones, and how to drive feature discovery in your product in 2026.
July 16, 2026 - 14 min read
A complete guide to Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC). Learn what CAC is, how to calculate it, what counts as a good CAC in SaaS, the LTV:CAC ratio and payback period, and proven ways to reduce your customer acquisition cost in 2026.
July 15, 2026 - 15 min read
A complete guide to user engagement. Learn what user engagement is, how to measure it with the right metrics, proven strategies to improve it, and how the best SaaS products keep users coming back in 2026.
July 13, 2026 - 14 min read
A complete guide to NPS in SaaS. What it measures, how to calculate it with worked examples, what counts as a good score, relational vs transactional surveys, and what actually moves the number.
May 14, 2026 - 8 min read
6 real-world user onboarding checklist examples for SaaS activation — including a multi-checklist accordion widget. See how top products design progress-based checklists, task-driven flows, and contextual to-do widgets.
May 25, 2026 - 10 min read
Real screenshots and design breakdowns of the best onboarding tooltip patterns in SaaS. Masked spotlights, hotspot beacons, click-to-continue prompts and how to build them without code using Kompassify.
April 07, 2026 - 10 min read
Everything you need to design a user onboarding checklist that moves activation metrics, reduces early churn, and gets new users to value fast. A 7-step framework, 8 proven best practices, and real examples from Notion, Stripe and lemlist.
Mar 11, 2026 - 15 min read
Everything you need to build product walkthroughs that activate users, reduce churn, and guide people to their aha moment. From first principles to a step-by-step framework, 10 best practices, and real-world examples.
Dec 6, 2025 - 3 min read
We’re excited to announce a new milestone for Kompassify: Product Analytics! This powerful feature is designed to give you all the critical insights you need to understand your users, refine your product experience, and ultimately drive growth—without the need for complicated setups or coding.
May 29, 2024 - 4 min read
When it comes to how user onboarding works, sadly, many companies are confusing it with catching Pokemons. If they see a new user sign up for their product, they just start throwing as many modals and popups at him until he is activated.
Well, that's not how it works ...