Website Generator For Business Owners Who Don't Have The Time For Traditional Methods
I want to stop being a freelance web developer, so I'm gauging interest for a business where users fill out a form which generates a set of websites from which they can choose.
The idea is, for Business owners who don't want to hassle with learning Wordpress or finding and paying for a freelancer, they can send in the data they want on the website, then test it out for two weeks before paying for it.
Be as brutal as you can, especially Indie Hackers who don't know how to build a website - you are the target audience!
Hi @DJNSoftware,
Page title has ben cut in half, the remainder of the page is well laid out and clutter free.
I would be keen to know whats unique about your platform compared to others such as wix.com etc ?
Thanks for the feedback! I seriously need to invest in another monitor with a smaller screen size - this isn't the first time the tablet-to-laptop viewport has been crazy broken on a website I made!
How is my platform different?
Ever since learning how to code, I've been extremely impressed by the way companies like Wix have been able to democratize technical skills through their website designing platforms. I think what they did was provide an extremely obvious value skew to business owners - use our platform for a substantially cheaper website.
The negative aspect of this is a lot of business owners make something that doesn't follow good web design practices, or they have to hire someone to do it for them. So basically you can either:
While I think a lot business owners would prefer to exercise more control by using website builders, I've also met plenty of entrepreneurs, and especially wantrepreneurs, who started a website on some builder service, but never finished due to being paralyzed by having so many options to do so many things.
My value proposition is to skew value by eliminating as many options as possible such that the most indecisive, technologically incapable, and pressed for time business owners will be able to get their website made quickly and with templates that work.
The workflow will be engineered to minimize user involvement. So far the plan is to have them request a 14 day free trial of the website, send a link to a form for them to put what they want on their website, and generate X amount of websites with that information interpolated in, then have them select which version of their website they want put up.
I hope that makes sense!
Nice initiative @DJNSoftware
Feedback:
I'm also working on my site, would be great to hear your feedback!
Thanks for the feedback - I just started looking over your landing page, but I'll have to join your thread and let you know my thoughts once I get some sleep lol
Also, I just finished the next iteration, I'd love to hear what you have to say about it!
I made a separate thread for visibility: https://www.indiehackers.com/post/1website1week-landing-page-v2-0-thanks-for-all-the-feedback-on-my-last-one-everyone-968542ada8
My personal opinion is businesses don't need websites they need marketing funnels. A website is one small part of the overall service.
Hi David—congrats on putting something out there! Here are a few things that come to mind.
The Design
The Product
I'll echo what falcon007 said—it's not clear how this product is any different than mainstream options like Wix/Squarespace/etc. I think you should make your differentiators clear.
Hope that helps—I think the page is off to a great start!
Thanks for the feedback! I made my best effort to redesign it based off of everybody's feedback, I'd be extremely thankful if you could take another look and let me know if you think I am moving in the right direction.
I made a separate thread for visibility: https://www.indiehackers.com/post/1website1week-landing-page-v2-0-thanks-for-all-the-feedback-on-my-last-one-everyone-968542ada8
Thanks again!