The line between $0 and $300k / yr is fine
So I launched 140 Canvas back in 2017. Around the same time Framed Tweets launched. Both are really similar products, essentially allowing you to buy tweets from twitter as wall art.
Except with 140 Canvas the tweets would be in canvas form and with Framed tweets they'd come in frame form. Another difference is with 140 Canvas you had to write the tweet yourself and with framed tweets you could just buy funny celebrity tweets.
I often think it's funny that I gave up on my product after 2 months and Framed Tweets reportedly makes $300k / yr.
I just did an interview going into more detail about the differences and what I thought went wrong if you're interested.
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Feels bad man.
I guess their customers told them that they'd do a lot better selling the full artwork (frame and all) instead of just a print. So they did that, jacked up the price, and voila.
Why didn't you try to copy them? Just have tweet templates. I can see so many use cases here. Try celebrities and politicians.
Start with something well-known, like any where Kim Kardashian tries to break the internet or even Donald Trump tweeting "covfefe!"
Interesting! Yeah, definately didn't speak to as my customers as we should have. Lots of lessons learnt.
Looking back we should have perhaps copied them. And yeah, piggy-backing on Covfefe is a great idea.
I learnt a lot of lessons about validating, shipping early, actually knowing how we'd get customers ... But I'm glad in a way. Lots of lessons learnt for a cheap price early on.