SightboxMarket Fit Read
For founders, small businesses and personal brands

Product-market fit gets you customers. Promise-market fit gets you believers.

Send us your site and your offer. We score how well your public presence lives up to your own promise, zero to one hundred, and hand back one number, one diagnosis and one move.

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Definitions

What is market fit, and what are we scoring?

Market fit

How well what you offer matches what a specific market wants and will act on. Product-market fit asks whether the market wants what you built.

Purpose-market fit

Narrative clarity at the founding stage: why me, why this, why now, why us. Where product-market fit lands.

Promise-market fit

The stage after product-market fit, where the market believes your promise, not just your product. This is what a Market Fit Read scores.

Read the full definitions   Product-market fit vs brand market fit   Message-market fit vs promise-market fit

What we read

Four readings, twenty-five points each.

01

Coverage

Does your promise show up everywhere the market meets you, for who uses, who pays and who spreads?

Absent · Partial · Broad · Saturated

Check your coverage

02

Consistency

Does it say the same thing across surfaces and over time? Drift is the finding.

Fragmented · Loose · Aligned · Locked

How to find drift

03

Distinctiveness

The swap test. Put a competitor's name on your sentence. Does it still work?

Generic · Familiar · Differentiated · Ownable

Run the swap test

04

Resonance

Scored only from what the market says back, in its own words. Your reach numbers do not count.

Silent · Parroted · Adopted · Championed

What counts as evidence

Totals band as Stated (0 to 25), Surfacing (26 to 50), Coherent (51 to 75) or Believed (76 to 100). Then we diagnose why with the four whys: why me, why this, why now, why us. How to score it yourself

Start with the symptom

Not sure what is wrong? Start here.

Free guides, no sign-up. Pick the line that sounds most like your situation and start there.

Site gets visits, not leads

Usually the promise is unclear, not the button. Read the page the way a stranger would.

Why your website isn't converting

A competitor could use your headline

Put their name on your sentence. If it still works, you are competing on price.

Run the swap test

Reviews praise something you never say

The phrase customers repeat most is your real promise. Bring the homepage to it.

When reviews contradict your homepage

Every page says it a little differently

Drift after a rebrand or a new hire. Copy each description verbatim and compare.

Fix messaging drift

You cannot say your promise in one sentence

Start there. Every other reading is scored against that sentence.

Write a brand promise

You are the brand

For a personal brand the person is the asset, not the role. Five lenses to find the fit.

Personal brand market fit

Posts get reach, nothing changes

Followers and views show people saw you, not that they believe you. Read what the market says back.

Resonance vs reach

Your bio reads like a job title

If a peer could sign your bio, it is role-shaped. Write one line that could only be yours.

Write your positioning line

You want to score it yourself

Four readings, twenty-five points each, one line of evidence per score. Fix the lowest first.

How to measure market fit

All guides   Or get a rough score in two minutes

Tiers

Pick the depth you need.

Snapshot
$249
  • Promise Index score and bands
  • Lowest reading and the one move
  • 5 to 6 page PDF
  • 3 business days
Buy Snapshot
Full Read
$695
  • Everything in Snapshot
  • Full 12-section report
  • Promise rewrite, belief statement, brand promise
  • 30/60/90-day moves
  • Human review before delivery
  • 5 business days
Buy Full Read
Read + Strategy Call
$1,500
  • Everything in Full Read
  • 45-minute strategy call
  • Guided interview on the four whys
  • Re-score after 90 days
  • 7 business days
Buy Read + Call
How it works

Four steps.

  1. Choose a tier and check out.
  2. Fill in the intake: your URL, offer, promise and competitors.
  3. We read your public surfaces and score them against your own promise.
  4. You get a branded report with the number, the diagnosis and the move.

A read goes only to whoever asked for it. See a sample report for a fictional company

Start the intake
Free

Not ready to buy? Score yourself.

Twelve statements, about two minutes, a rough number out of one hundred and your lowest reading. No email, nothing leaves your browser. Or download the 28-point checklist.

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FAQ

Questions, answered.

What is a Market Fit Read?

A Market Fit Read is a paid audit from Sightbox that scores how well your public presence lives up to your own promise, zero to one hundred, and hands back one number, one diagnosis and one move.

What is promise-market fit?

Promise-market fit is the stage after product-market fit, where the market believes your promise, not just your product. Product-market fit gets you customers. Promise-market fit gets you believers.

How is the score calculated?

Four readings of 25 points each: coverage, consistency, distinctiveness and resonance. Totals band as Stated (0 to 25), Surfacing (26 to 50), Coherent (51 to 75) or Believed (76 to 100). Every score carries one line of evidence.

What do I need to provide?

Your primary URL, your offer and price, your promise in one sentence (or tell us you do not have one), your stage, your ideal user and buyer, and two or three competitors or workarounds. Social links, reviews and a founder story help but are optional.

How long does it take?

Snapshot takes 3 business days, Full Read 5 business days and Read + Strategy Call 7 business days, counted from a complete intake.

Which tier should I choose?

Snapshot ($249) if you want the number and the one move. Full Read ($695) for the full 12-section report, a promise rewrite and 30/60/90-day moves, with human review. Read + Strategy Call ($1,500) adds a 45-minute call, a guided four whys interview and a re-score after 90 days.

Does it work for personal brands?

Yes. Choose "Personal brand" in the intake. Five person lenses replace the four whys in the diagnosis.

Is my read private?

Yes. A read goes only to whoever asked for it. We only analyse public pages.

Can I try it for free first?

Yes. The free self-score gives you a rough number in about two minutes, and the market fit audit checklist is free to download. Neither asks for your email.

Newsletter

Notes on market fit, by email.

A short email every other week on market fit and how the market reads your promise, plus the occasional note when we publish something new. No pitch in every issue. Unsubscribe in one click, any time.

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