Last night, I had an idea to build a more advanced version of Zapier with no limitations. Currently, Zapier doesn't allow workflows with if-else conditions or the flexibility to add for loops. For example, if I want to apply a particular set of conditions to all rows in a sheet,
Started working on the project. Completed
- Login/Signup using
@nextauthjs
- Payment Gateway using
@stripe
- Sending Mails using
@resend
- UI through
@shadcn
- Drag and Drop flow through
@xyflowdev
I used this Nextjs Boilerplate which really saved most of my time in
Last night, I had an idea to build a more advanced version of Zapier with no limitations. Currently, Zapier doesn't allow workflows with if-else conditions or the flexibility to add for loops. For example, if I want to apply a particular set of conditions to all rows in a sheet,
It took me 5 years and 10 startups to earn my first dollar online.
Learnings:
🙍♂️ Don't build a customer product, if don;'t have money
💼 Build for B2B
📣 Marketing First, Product Second
❌ Don't compare yourself (will end up leaving the project)
#buildinpublic
#indiehackers
👉🏽How to launch your MVP in just 6 hours.
- Assuming you already have an Idea.
- Go to Github.
- Search for a project similar to your Idea
- Clone it
- Run it
- Deploy it
💥 BOOM!! Your MVP is live.
#buildinpublic
#indiehackers
👉 Advice for first time founders
Starting a business is easy but getting a client is hard. Don't fall into the trap of creating the perfect product rather than just release what you have.
I got 3 clients through X, because I marketed well.
#buildinpublic
#indiehackers
I design.
I design websites.
I design websites that convert.
I design websites that convert and bring users.
I design websites that convert and bring users who pay.
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#buildinginpublic
👉🏽How I got my first and then recurring clients for my subscription design agnecy on 𝕏?
👨🏽💻I started it back in Jan 2023 leaving my Job but at that time I had only 27 Followers with no reach and I was struggling to get clients.
💲but I got my first client through one of my
200+ followers in 2 months.
Follow me to:
-> Learn Designing websites that bring clients
-> if you are interested in my Journey
-> What it takes to grow on twitter
-> How to start the startup - The Correct way
#buildinpublic
#indiehackers
🤯 I never thought that this would be my stripe when I started my
#buildinpublic
journey in Jan 2023.
But here I am. Everything changed
✅ when I started to focus more on X
↔️ Shifted my focus from getting clients to provide value
😀 Engaged and met new people
#indiehackers
Things that matter to be have a successful SAAS.
❌Idea
❌Tech Stack
❌Free Users
✅Execution
✅Team
✅High Converting Landing Page
✅Paid Users
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#buildinginpublic
@levelsio
You will need to crop it to 512x512 size in order to run their function.
I see you figured it out 1 hour ago but still posting it. This is the hand restoration model by replicate
👉Got my first big subscription client through X
💲We charge $2000/month. This screenshot contains Jan project gig and 50% of Feb payment.
💳Took Payment from
✅Skydo ❌Stripe
🤯saved almost around $135
#buildinpublic
#indiehackers
Just got off from the call with
@pramodk73
Really great guy. A lot of things to learn from him.
We talked about:
- How he got into
#buildinpublic
- How he build multiple products and later pivoted to .
- How he got his first customer.
- How he tried
@BrettFromDJ
register another company in Bahamas, show expenses in your current company and profit in bahamas company.
As bahams has zero percent tax. you will get 100% of income in profits
@aliszu
Don't have high hopes but still want to give a try.
In these designs, I tried to
- explain product through illustrations
- Precise CTA's
- Tried to keep text low and graphics high.
- Implementing marketing strategies through design.
You don't need a high processing laptop and a fancy Idea.
You just need a idea that you are passionate to work on and everything else will fall into place.
#buildinpublic
#buildinginpublic
5 years ago, I decided to start my own startup.
I went with more than 100+ failures then there was one thing that changed my life.
Now I earn $800k+ per year.
Here are the 7 key lessons from my journey 👇
and you should not miss the 5th one.
Redesigned
@NielsBl85
landing page
- Better Visual Hierarchy
- Colors that matches with the logo (Brand Identity)
- Highlighted pros of the website
👇Single Design Below
#buildinpublic
#indiehackers
👉Twitter turned out to be really great in acquiring customers.
🤯I had 200+ followers and I am able to get 2-3 organic leads in a week.
#buildinpublic
#indiehackers
Just got from the call with
@manoj_ahi
Really Nice Guy.
You might know him as a guy who started build in public last year and build around 10 products but in reality he has build more than 70+ products.
He shared a lot of things on:
- What things he worked on in the past
My subscription design agency is suck at $3000 per mo (plus $300 - $500 for small design request).
Can someone tell me what should I do next to grow it?
I am trying upwork to get leads but no success till now.
Now, I am fully focused getting our first users.
- No. new features.
- Reaching out to potential people in the morning on linkedIn or email
- Night fixing bugs.
#buildinpublic
#indiehacker
🗓️ Stripe Payment Dates
💲 First Online Dollar on 18 Dec 2023
👉After then, i automatically got clients continuously.
❓What worked?
✨Just provided value and was consistent.
#buildinpublic
#indiehackers
🤯 I never thought that this would be my stripe when I started my
#buildinpublic
journey in Jan 2023.
But here I am. Everything changed
✅ when I started to focus more on X
↔️ Shifted my focus from getting clients to provide value
😀 Engaged and met new people
#indiehackers
What are your learnings after you have started
#buildinpublic
?
I learned to
⏩ Move Fast
🤌 Show Even the small progress
✅ Ask Feedback and Iterate
✨ Provide Value
🧘 Keep Patience
🤯 Learn from others
🚅 Don't work all the time, Travel as well. Create a balance
#indiehackers
🎉Redesigned landing page
Before -> After
🎨 clean design
✍️ better copy
👉He booked his $35 slot without any communication and I doesn't know his X account as well. So, won't able to tag him.
Anyways, More to come.
#buildinpublic
#indiehackers
I created a Google Sheet where we can store all the scammer data at one place.
If 50 rows of this get filled by this week, I will go ahead and create a website of it.
Here is the list:
If you have got scammed by anyone, please add details of the
3 Scams in one day!
I understand everyone is wary of people who prefer being private and not showing their face or last name. I'm one of them who prefers to stay private for now, but I have met people in the community offline, on video calls, collaborated, co-founded, worked and
👉You don’t need a big following to earn your first dollar
💲I earned my first when i had 200 and from there i had 10+ customers till now
#buildinpublic
#indiehackers
I saw “The Swimmers” today.
After watching that I realized, the life we are living is just the 1% of what is happening in the world
#buildinpublic
#indiehackers
🧐Was looking for some passive income ideas. Found this Onlyfans, Instagram AI girl trend.
you just need to spend an hour a day and you will be earning more 💰 than a salaried person but, later I concluded I can't see naked girl everyday.
#ai
#onlyfans
#aigirl
🎉Bento Grid Design for Review Slickwid.
✨ Dark Background with Playful Colors
👉 Highlighting important information
👨💻
#indiehackers
using the product.
😀 Know about product, users, customer, and the maker in 10 sec.
#buildinpublic
🎉 Released 3D Rotation Component on CodeUI.
Usually, developers spend 8-9 hours to get this right.
Now, you can find this component on Codeui for FREE:
👉My Follower count dropped form 306 to 197 in May be 10 hrs.
✅Not sure what the issue but, the engagement is still the same.
#buildinpublic
#indiehackers
❓How to design high converting landing page?
It should have a:
🤯Clear Hero Statement (Need to A/B test)
✍️Paragraph telling about the product
🖱️CTA
💼Work Samples
🙎Testimonials
✅Clear USP highlighted
Some I knew and some
@NielsBl85
told me.
#buildinpublilc
#indiehackers
Created another workflow in 2 days.
You just need to add your competitor websites and something specific about your startup and everything will be done automatically.
Now, you can create blogs from your competitor website in just 5 min.
#buildinpublic
#indiehackers
Added the content to googleDocs
@psionicalch
If you want to try it out. Please DM me your competitor websites. I will trigger a workflow and create a blog for you.
#buildinpublic
#indiehackers
True!! but being a software Engineer myself, what I learned the hard way?
- User's don't come right after launch.
- Product can be build by anyone, but to make it successful. One needs to be consistent.
- People talks rather than taking action.
#buildinpublic
#indiehackers
👋Hy Developers,
😰Are you struggling to design a landing page for you product. I am doing a landing page revamp for just $35.
✅ Only 2 Slots Remaining.
👉Don't miss the deal
Book your slot now at:
#buildinpublic
#indiehackers
✅Subscription Agencies are the future.
❌Traditional agencies will soon go out of trend.
👉How subscription agencies are gold?
-Unlimited Revisions
-Unlimited Requests
-Unlimited Brands
-Turnaround time of 48 hours
-Pure gold for startups
#buildinpublic
#indiehackers
The reason why I hate agencies is they try to charge for every single change. It is always best to build a product in-house. You can hire an agency for marketing, but not for a product.
(I hired an agency to re-design our product and when I speak up about something they always
@nicben_
Go to apollo
Add Filters
Go to Fiverr.
Search for "Apollo Leads"
Share the URL with them
They charge $15-$20 for 5000 leads.
That's the starting point.
Use CRM for cold outreach.
👉🏽 To all the people starting
#buildinpublic
❌ Don't focus on getting everything perfect.
🤝🏽 Your main goal should be to get into people eyes first.
✅ Nothing is perfect even after multiple iterations.
#indiehackers
One of our clients got so happy with our work that he wanted us to train a kids in his circle with designing.
#buildinpublic
feels so amazing after getting these type of feedbacks.
#indiehackers
@prsnlbrandexp
yes and it is one of the hardest challenge to solve as well.
Now, when I find people saying I need to just build it and I will get the users (that is not the problem) then, I know that guy doesn't know anything about marketing and acquiring users.
😢Got users on your website but they are not converting?
It happened because visitors might not able to understand the real value of product.
👉🏽 Let us design a highly converting landing page in 2-3 days for $70.
🔄Only 12 slot remaining.
✨Grab the slot now:
Landing Page Redesigned of
@edensapp
I tried to highlight the important key aspects of the platform
I created 2 designs and I am not sure which one to go with. let the twitter audience decide it.
👇2nd Design
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#buildinginpublic
Is google really on the red zone?
-They are literally shutting most of their products.
-Below is the list that gemini generated about the products, google will be shutting this year.
- They are also shutting down Google Pay in US.
#buildinpublic
#indiehackers
👉🏽 What we put in while designing :
📈 Product Analysis
👨🏽💻 A clear hero sections
✨ illustration supporting the Idea
✍🏽 copy that convinces users to buy
🎨 Colors based on audience research
#buildinpublic
#indiehackers
Hi
@AppleSupport
,
@tim_cook
This new mac book bro which was launched in 2016 and later has many issues like the flexgate(there are about 8000 petitions signed) but apple is not ready to agree that it’s the apple fault.
This year we have earned more than $1000 by selling landing page redesigns to
#indiehackers
If you are someone looking for revamp your designs. DM me.
#buildinpublic