I made a MVP in 3 hours and got my first sale!

Aye, thanks a lot! 😁
I just took the opportunity when I saw the post haha, anyone can do it!

Thanks ! 😁

I used to overthink it too, but experience taught me that it’s better to ship stuff fast and then iterate

In one of the answer bellow, I said that it’s really important to think “what are the essential things I need”

Here:

• Showing the final result & Making sure people understand how it works
• Photo upload
• Accepting payment

Landing page solve #1, Typeform solves #2 and #3

You don’t need a fancy logo (it’s literally the website name + first logo I found on Canva) or complicated back-end to get leads 😄

Speed is the #1 thing for me, I have savings for a year so I can’t afford to waste months working on something 😅

I’m usually write the post in real time haha, and yeah I try to really focus on the essential and interesting stuff only

Thanks 😁

Yeah, if anything takes me more than one hour to implement, I stop and look for alternatives, nothing should take that long 🥲

Thanks! 😁

I automated it by creating a user interface with account, so they can upload their pictures directly there, and the back-end will do the same thing I do manually at the moment :)

Yeah other probably did too, but I'm pretty sure I was the fastest one haha

MVP don't need the whole finished product, just enough to show you can deliver

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Not sure yet, gonna start thinking about it this weekend. Will post infos on my twitter if you want to check!

I wrote recaps on my learning phase here: https://jeannen.com/learning-to-code-making-a-software-company-and-being-profitable-in-1-year/

I also included a link with all the resources I used to learn at the beginning, if it can helps!

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Oh, pretty sure I saw you website before haha

I'm def going to check Auth0, Google auth is so annoying yo deal with

As for CDN, I didn't knew Cloudflare had a cdn, I'll take a look! For now I'm using ImgKit, very easy to setup

Thanks 😀

Those are amazing points you raise here!

For the F.A.Q, I 100% agree, I'll add it soon, I already got the remark. Working on the automation rn, so people will be able to delete the pictures directly if they want

The pricing model is confusing => You're right, I'll change that, thanks for the feedback!

I like the really conversational style of the copy in the landing page, but for that to work even better, why not share a bit of the story? => I mainly did a copy to show the product, but I'll change it when I'll target a broader audience. Not sure the general public really care about the startup stuff, but a cool thing I'll add is that the woman in the pictures is my great grandma, the pictures was taken in 1943, and she died shortly after, that's one of the first picture I restored for my mom, and I'm def going to mention it on the landing

Also find it odd that the Copyright says 2021 => True, this part was a copy/paste haha

Thanks a lot for all this feedback!! 😀

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Yes haha, that's why it's called market-ing, where demand meet supply!

Thanks! 😁
Going fast is the most important thing for me haha

Well, one weekend is quick! I usually spend more time when launching, in this case I just saw the opportunity and already knew how to do it, so I just needed the landing page

But yeah, start with the minimum possible, so if it doesn't works you don't waste too much time 😄
Customers don't care if the A.I. is done manually or not, as long as the result is here for them!

Aye, thanks ! 😁
Here you go: https://twitter.com/nico_jeannen

Making a product in 4 hours, no that's the first time haha, but I try to fast very fast. I have a huge history of failed projects (at this stage I'm probably at 30+ or something if I count everything since I started), so I learned to prioritize the essentials

Thanks a lot! 😄
Yeah I got lucky on this one

(luck = Opportunity + Preparation)

In this case, I had the preparation, I just saw the opportunity

Not yet, but I'm going to to do some marketing this week, will see how it goes!

Thanks! 😎
Time is the most precious thing we have, gotta be efficient with it hehe

I think your best bet is to learn, if you put some dedication to it, it can definitely be done! I didn't knew how to code before May haha, I was a marketing guy before

I wrote a post here explaining the process if you're interested: https://jeannen.com/learning-to-code-making-a-software-company-and-being-profitable-in-1-year/

I think that’s where not having a developper background is useful 😅
I really try to find the fastest way to have things working together , even if it means my code is terrible, as long as it works

The most important part here was:

• Good copy that clearly explain the concept
• Uploading pictures (still no idea how to do that)
• Capture payment to validate the idea

Typeform solved the last 2 points, and I only needed html / css for the first one, so, no need for more!

The rest can be done manually, and then automated as you grow (that’s what I’m doing now, added auth + stripe)

Oh cool, what are you building?

I think people underestimate the power of pressure haha, in this case I wanted to have something fully ready by the end of the day, as the longer you wait the less likely someone is to actually order
Wether you have 1 month or 1 day, you will find a way to do it in the timeframe 😄

Yeah, I failed a lots of projects so I learned to reduce launch to the bare essentials! What I needed to prove here was:

• Is my A.I. pipeline good enough ? (I use multiple models to get the best quality possible)
• Would people actually pay to restore pics

Now, there is the "I made it for you" effect so it's not a real validation, gonna market it this week!

Thanks! 😄

I didn't knew either before making the form haha, I was going to manually do the integration then I saw TF had it

Thanks Phillip! 😁

Thanks! 😁
Lots of people ask questions on Twitter everyday haha, there are lots of opportunities!

Thanks! 😁

Thanks a lot!!

You might also want to look at Passdropit.com A simple but handy site that lets you add a password to your Dropbox or Google Drive links, create customized URL's, expiring links, download notifications, analytics, etc. No need to transfer the actual file. Passdropit is used by many photographers in Asia to share there presets with their audiences.

That's the one I'm using manually haha, but it won't work to store the picture to display them in the user interface. I'm using Image Kit for that, works pretty good so far!

Seems like proimageeditors.eu isn't working tho

I'm using different stuffs for that, but one of the best place to find models is Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/models

You can also run notebooks using https://vast.ai/

Thanks a lot!! 😁

Thanks ! 🤩

Thanks !! 😀

To start with I was doing everything manually, using Typeform.
Then I found different apps that can handle it for me through a CDN

Really depends on the models, here is costs me between $0.10 and $1/picture depending on the amount of operations needed :)

Will go lower over time tho

Thanks a lot! 😄

Thanks! 😁 As for TikTok, it's definitely in the plans, I'm finishing the back-end automation for now, once it's done I'll start doing marketing!

Thanks 😄

I wish haha, but I only had around 200 followers and didn't posted it on my account before making the sale

I got the sale mainly because I directly answered the comment and was able to make a MVP quickly

Yep, fixing that with the next version!

Glad you like it! 😄

@Leon_Ou The website content is cropped on mobile.

Everyone have different paths haha, you probably learned a lot in developpement in those 6 months

Also, mandatory stoicism answer, feeling sad about the past will not change it haha, focus your energy on marketing the project 💪

And good luck for the launch, I upvoted you!

Thanks 😃

Thanks a lot! 😃

I'm using multiple A.I. models that are specialized in restoring old pictures, it's not working very well for landscapes so far tho, mainly portraits

Maybe you can use Stable Diffusion to improve your photos tho?

I use the A.I. manually and I send the email manually, both of which can be automated later, but to start with it’s faster to not automate it

Thanks Thomas 😄

Thanks! 😀

Thanks a lot! 😎

interested where to ping?

Thanks! 😄

Thanks a lot!! 😊

I use multiple ones, but this one looks nice, I'll take a look! 😁

Thanks a lot! 😄

Yeah, upsells are always great, it's also on my roadmap if it get more sales! 😄

Not really a subscription, and it's not that profitable so making more discounts would be hard haha, but I'll take a look once I'll be done with the automation