Fair points smoyer. The post doesn't emphasize on exists, or the lack of it. In India, the approach to determining valuations is very conservative. This deeply hurts b2c startups.
You are right about the obtrusion part hobs. But then the whole idea behind this was to add more "targeting" layers make the end solution more relevant to the user trying to exit - so, e.g, you can choose to ONLY implement this solution for your SEM traffic. Ain't that cool for marketers spending a whole lot of money to get users on their websites?
We don't like them either. Hence, we built what you saw. It is all about the context and that's what we are trying to do. It is about showing an offer at a time when you are most "likely" to make a purchase. It is about asking how your buying experience was once you just made a purchase. Relevance in collecting insights and running promotions is what we are trying to build.
We allow you to "target" those questionnaires in various ways; e.g. you can choose to display the survey only to people who have spent atleast 60 seconds on the page. Take a look - http://webengage.com/survey#targeting
Plus, you can always choose to use the feedback tab which is passive (only opens when the user clicks on it) and not proactive like surveys.
Thank you so much. We'll be adding some screenshots from the reporting module etc too, to make it more apparent. You should try the real product too sometime :-)
- Avlesh