Hello, I'm launching a new SaaS project called Spotsy.
https://spotsy.me/
Hello,
I'm launching a new SaaS project called Spotsy.
The basic concept is to allow Instagram users to have a free website where they can monetize their Instagram with ease and in style. Service is now live here https://spotsy.me/
This has been my side project for the last 6 months and now it is time to bring traffic to the website and hopefully get a reasonable number of active users. Any feedback or ideas from anyone who's been in a similar situation is highly appreciated.
Severo, Nice idea. I work with influencers and agencies that do monetize direclty on Instagram. From the looks of it, Pardon me if I'm way off, is that you're actually monetizing a blog which is created on your site. Many influencers have their own domain and shoppable blogs, if they are a blogger.
Many instagrammers want to monetize their actual Instagram, not the traffic they themselves can send to a blog. And if they do want a blog, again they would set it up on their own domain to be found many other ways.
I'm wondering what you saw in the market to get to this idea and If I can be of any help in getting you people to check it out and get feedback to you. I run a newsletter for influencer marketing, influenceweekly.co I can feature it in there and send you targeted traffic. (free unless you'd like to sponsor a week's edition)
Hi Andrew,
Thanks for your feedback!
I don't think that you are "way off", but I hope that you are not 100% right. This service is targeted mostly for people that don't have a website yet and want to have a web presence and eventually make some money.
People that have a website can also use this service, but in this case mostly to have the HotSpot feature inside their Instagram content. They can even make the HotSpots link to their existing website/products like shown here https://clothing-shop.spotsy.me/
One thing that I'm thinking right now is that people may want to have their own domain and make it show the Spotsy pages content. I'm checking that possibility, but I'm pretty sure that I will be able to pull it.
Anyway, I will be in touch in the next days to see how we can cooperate on influenceweekly.co
BIG thanks once again :)
Honestly, mostly interested in how you got to the point where you thought of this idea to solve the problem of monetization. Have you interviewed influencers or creators already? I'd be interested in knowing what they said.
The fact that on a regular Instagram account you can't easily add links on descriptions or HotSpots on images made me think that this is a valid service.
With Spotsy you can do that and start monetizing your feed right away with the links through affiliate programs.
Also, let's say that you are a creator and want to sell your work online. Spotsy platform could be interesting too, because it connects easily your Instagram feed with your own shop. There are obviously a lot of similar e-commerce services on the web, but the difference here is the perfect Instagram integration.
I reached some Instagram users and they said that it could be an interesting service, but, once again, mostly for people that don't have a website yet.
Finally, there are similar HotSpot like services, but as far as I know most of them require installing an app or you need to have your own website with hosting. This is a different approach to that "problem".
Thanks once again!
Do you know about pagevamp? is somewhat similar (facebook based, but they offer something for instagram too).
you could draw inspiration from they marketing content.
Hi Nicolás,
Thanks for sharing that link! I'll check that website with more detail very soon.
Cheers :)
Very solid idea ! Design feedback: Your header does not fit the nice and clean illustrated design direction you have for your features. My first impression when loading your landing without looking at content was : is this a Fintech/B2B/Tech services ?
Your target are instagram user (a website where picture have more impact than words):
Seconded. The instagram audience need it to be more 'fashion' I suspect. Take design cues from fashion, luxury - whiter, brighter, more sparse, with loads of excellent photography (unsplash will do it). This feels too aimed at tech. Great idea though!
Hi Alessandro,
Thank you so much for your detailed feedback! I'll be making some adjustments in the next days and I'm sure that I'll find a way to highlight and feature the existing demos.
Have a great day :)
Great Idea but the site is taking a while to load the landing page. Can you stream it down?
Hi,
Thanks for your feedback!
Speed is pretty good here and I just ran a couple of extra tests and it seemed to be fine. I'm going to "dig deeper" and I'm sure that there's room for improvement.
Cheers!
It took too long for the content to show up. I was scrolling around seeing all the empty section, end up realizing I need to scroll back to each section and sit and wait for a ~2 seconds for the content to shows up.
Not sure if its due to Safari. I also tried Chrome but it's pretty laggy and heavy loaded with javascript actions. Probably can look that one up.
Also, if your looking for direct feedback from your active user, check out https://howu.io simple feedback service I just launched, it takes 1 line of code to setup and fully customizable.
Donald, Howu
Hi Donald,
Thanks for taking a look and for reporting that!
It was actually an issue related with an element I added 2 days ago. It is sorted now :)
Thanks once gain!
I didn't even see your VIEW Examples. Also, Influencer Stuf is hard to write SAAS for.
@cloeystarr have you seen any influencer stuff that has been written well? Interested for research purposes, to improve influence.directory
Hello once again,
Well, thanks for your feedback anyway! I'll make sure that the "View Examples" option is more emphasized.
Cheers!
I like this idea. The website does not inspire me to put my information in. I would like to see some samples of your work on the website.
Hi Chloe,
BIG thanks for taking a look and for your comment!
So, what you are suggesting is that I should have the content that you see when you click on "View Examples" in the middle of the page content? Or were you referring to something else?
Thanks once again!
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