Great write up. I think no-code MVPs are so much easier these days. There are so many tools available that can help hackers ship a product so fast. I've been playing around with Twilio Studio that makes creating SMS bots as easy as drag and drop.
Thanks for taking the time to write it all up!
EDIT - forgot to mention. Your path to glory might be affiliate links. AirBnB doesn't really have a program, but you could list hotels through Expedia/Priceline etc and sign up for their affiliate programs. If people book through your link within 30 days, you get a cut. Same goes for flights. Right now you have a plain jane link to Google flights, switch that up for an affiliate link and you could make some money off potential bookings. Many of the booking sites are all owned by one company. You can investigate the affiliate program here https://www.ean.com/ or here https://pricelinepartnernetwork.com/.
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Rad. Thanks for that info, Craig! I agree. I think some type of partnership/affiliate thing is the way forward monetization-wise.
Hadn't known about those affiliate programs. Thank you for dropping those links! I'm going to go in an update a few things now.
Appreciate the help! 🙏
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Great post, thanks for sharing. Also checked out your Hidden Green site, just reading through the content! Also great! If you are ever looking for more no code tools check out my site www.nocode.tech - might be of help!
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Hey Sam, Thanks! NoCode.tech looks rad. I may totally be using it in the next month or so. Thanks for the tip and the kind words. 👍
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This is really nicely done, have you shared it with the right message team. I bet they love to see it
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Thanks! I did a quick share with them on Twitter. Brennan from RM retweeted it.
But I should send them an email. I learned a lot about the product (RM) from doing this build and it'd probably be helpful to give them that feedback and see if they'd be able/willing to share the product with other potential customers.
Thanks for the idea!
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Set yourself up for success when you do this. Don't just email them and say "Hey, I created this, perhaps you could share this?". That puts the work on their shoulders.
Instead, write up a case study (like you did hear but focused on RM) or a blog post and tell them they can use it. Do the work for them, you'll find they will be much more likely to share if you've done all the hard stuff first.
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Craig. Unreal. Thank you so much for the guidance. I think this is the piece I've been missing from my promotion work.
I need to do the work for them so it's almost as easy as drag and drop for them.
This totally gave me a new jolt of energy (had previously been kinda down about promotion stuff not working out), so thank YOU!
I'll keep you posted as things come along. Thanks again
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Cool man! you did it!
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Thanks, man!
I actually launched this last month, but it wouldn't scale at all because I just used SquareSpace + some other stuff.
I'm now learning Bootstrap + JS + database stuff (never coded before last week) and should have the 2.0 out in the next few weeks! 🤙
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This is one of the BEST post i've read..super scrapy lol love it!
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Thanks, @itswilson8! It was as scrapy as it gets for me. Going to try to keep that kind of work style up.
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Nice job Ryland!
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Thanks!
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Hi, nice website, i'm not really in the target, but you should made an action box : how it work ? put the video on it (not sur it really useful because there is not a lot of thing to do so it's quite simple to understand how it's work) you can set up a blog post which relate your experiences of the 7 days. and that will improve your SEO when we search : trip surf list.
By the way, How much does it cost you to do this ? Where do you find the music for the video ?
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Thanks! That's an interesting idea about putting the "how to" video on it. I don't think I'll do that just yet, but if I don't see enough people using the form, I'll definitely add it.
I listed the costs for each item in the article. I think it was ~$100 total. And the music is just a good jam I liked from my library! I think it's New York is Killing Me
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NICe , that encourage me to test other side projects more global in order to share it for traction on HN, IH, PH..
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Awesome. Go for it!
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Updated with a video to help everyone see how the app functions 👍
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Video is awesome. How did you create it? Fiverr? I want one for my new project as well (A)
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Thanks, @WhiteAfro. It literally just Quicktime screen record, iMovie simple edits, a song bought of iTunes years ago overlaid. Took like 30 minutes!
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Great job! For me it's awesome to hear about someone making the hard choices of not doing the "best" solution when designing a product. However that's tremendous progress in 7 days.
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Thanks, Joel. That was my biggest take away about building a MVP
— just make it work and hit the deadline. If there's interest after, then build for scalability, etc. but it's pointless before hand
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Hi. Great start! I really enjoyed the surf page design. I suggest making some of the filters optional and/or allow multiple choice. For example, if I don't care about accommodation options, I would like just skip it or pick all of them.
Anyway, would like to hear updates about Surf Trip List!
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Thanks, Timur! Appreciate the feedback and I can definitely make that happen in a V2. If I get a decent response I'll keep you and IH updated. Cheers 🤙
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Very cool. I didnt know about Right Message thanks for that
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Right Message is AMAZING. It's like an undercover chat bot that isn't annoying. Good luck!
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Well done, very inspiring
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Thanks for the inspiration, @rylandking ! It's projects like this that made me also want to "shovel dirt from one side of my yard to another". I'm going to try making 1 mvp every month.
Great write up. I think no-code MVPs are so much easier these days. There are so many tools available that can help hackers ship a product so fast. I've been playing around with Twilio Studio that makes creating SMS bots as easy as drag and drop.
Thanks for taking the time to write it all up!
EDIT - forgot to mention. Your path to glory might be affiliate links. AirBnB doesn't really have a program, but you could list hotels through Expedia/Priceline etc and sign up for their affiliate programs. If people book through your link within 30 days, you get a cut. Same goes for flights. Right now you have a plain jane link to Google flights, switch that up for an affiliate link and you could make some money off potential bookings. Many of the booking sites are all owned by one company. You can investigate the affiliate program here https://www.ean.com/ or here https://pricelinepartnernetwork.com/.
Rad. Thanks for that info, Craig! I agree. I think some type of partnership/affiliate thing is the way forward monetization-wise.
Hadn't known about those affiliate programs. Thank you for dropping those links! I'm going to go in an update a few things now.
Appreciate the help! 🙏
Great post, thanks for sharing. Also checked out your Hidden Green site, just reading through the content! Also great! If you are ever looking for more no code tools check out my site www.nocode.tech - might be of help!
Hey Sam, Thanks! NoCode.tech looks rad. I may totally be using it in the next month or so. Thanks for the tip and the kind words. 👍
This is really nicely done, have you shared it with the right message team. I bet they love to see it
Thanks! I did a quick share with them on Twitter. Brennan from RM retweeted it.
But I should send them an email. I learned a lot about the product (RM) from doing this build and it'd probably be helpful to give them that feedback and see if they'd be able/willing to share the product with other potential customers.
Thanks for the idea!
Set yourself up for success when you do this. Don't just email them and say "Hey, I created this, perhaps you could share this?". That puts the work on their shoulders.
Instead, write up a case study (like you did hear but focused on RM) or a blog post and tell them they can use it. Do the work for them, you'll find they will be much more likely to share if you've done all the hard stuff first.
Craig. Unreal. Thank you so much for the guidance. I think this is the piece I've been missing from my promotion work.
I need to do the work for them so it's almost as easy as drag and drop for them.
This totally gave me a new jolt of energy (had previously been kinda down about promotion stuff not working out), so thank YOU!
I'll keep you posted as things come along. Thanks again
Cool man! you did it!
Thanks, man!
I actually launched this last month, but it wouldn't scale at all because I just used SquareSpace + some other stuff.
I'm now learning Bootstrap + JS + database stuff (never coded before last week) and should have the 2.0 out in the next few weeks! 🤙
This is one of the BEST post i've read..super scrapy lol love it!
Thanks, @itswilson8! It was as scrapy as it gets for me. Going to try to keep that kind of work style up.
Nice job Ryland!
Thanks!
Hi, nice website, i'm not really in the target, but you should made an action box : how it work ? put the video on it (not sur it really useful because there is not a lot of thing to do so it's quite simple to understand how it's work) you can set up a blog post which relate your experiences of the 7 days. and that will improve your SEO when we search : trip surf list.
By the way, How much does it cost you to do this ? Where do you find the music for the video ?
Thanks! That's an interesting idea about putting the "how to" video on it. I don't think I'll do that just yet, but if I don't see enough people using the form, I'll definitely add it.
I listed the costs for each item in the article. I think it was ~$100 total. And the music is just a good jam I liked from my library! I think it's New York is Killing Me
NICe , that encourage me to test other side projects more global in order to share it for traction on HN, IH, PH..
Awesome. Go for it!
Updated with a video to help everyone see how the app functions 👍
Video is awesome. How did you create it? Fiverr? I want one for my new project as well (A)
Thanks, @WhiteAfro. It literally just Quicktime screen record, iMovie simple edits, a song bought of iTunes years ago overlaid. Took like 30 minutes!
Great job! For me it's awesome to hear about someone making the hard choices of not doing the "best" solution when designing a product. However that's tremendous progress in 7 days.
Thanks, Joel. That was my biggest take away about building a MVP
— just make it work and hit the deadline. If there's interest after, then build for scalability, etc. but it's pointless before hand
Hi. Great start! I really enjoyed the surf page design. I suggest making some of the filters optional and/or allow multiple choice. For example, if I don't care about accommodation options, I would like just skip it or pick all of them.
Anyway, would like to hear updates about Surf Trip List!
Thanks, Timur! Appreciate the feedback and I can definitely make that happen in a V2. If I get a decent response I'll keep you and IH updated. Cheers 🤙
Very cool. I didnt know about Right Message thanks for that
Right Message is AMAZING. It's like an undercover chat bot that isn't annoying. Good luck!
Well done, very inspiring
Thanks for the inspiration, @rylandking ! It's projects like this that made me also want to "shovel dirt from one side of my yard to another". I'm going to try making 1 mvp every month.
hmm is your site down?
hey, nope. what'd you click?