BlackMagic.so

Twitter growth tool using forbidden magic and Twitter API

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I wanted something fun to interact with my Twitter friends, so I created a few tools using Twitter APIs. Later, I decided to put all of those tools into an SaaS called BlackMagic.so.

July 23, 2021 #1 Product of the day on Product Hunt!

I launched the Real-time banner feature on Product Hunt, and it went crazy!!

A lot of things went well:
– Asking people on Twitter to join the beta
– Warm up the launch 3 days ahead
– Beta users helped with retweets and support on the launch day
– The product got some traction from some Youtube channels too!

This is the first time I ever reach the #1 Product of the day. It was a special day for me!

July 19, 2021 Added new features, raised the price

Added the new features:

– Real-time banner: interactive banner
– Sleep Indicator: show "ZZZ" on your profile pic when you are sleeping
– Big Picture: visualize Twitter followers/followings

Also, increase the price to $5.99/mo.

I think I will keep increasing the price every time I add new features!

May 31, 2021 First paying customer!

Someone join Black Magic membership for $4/mo, WOW!

It took 12 days since the release.

There wasn't a lot of feature at this point, but the customer paid, I was super motivated to continue working on Black Magic!

May 19, 2021 Added payment, release the first version

I've been thinking about how to monetize the profile progress bar.

I think I'm gonna sell... colors! 🟢🟡🔴🟠🔵

If you become a member of the Black Magic Group (subscription), then you can choose any colors you want!

May 15, 2021 Finished the MVP

The first MVP allows people to select the color, the milestone.

It's a very basic SaaS, sign in with Twitter, and no payment feature yet.

I asked people to join the beta program, a lot of people joined, the tweet went popular!

May 4, 2021 Came up with the idea

To celebrate my 1,000 followers milestone, I write a little script to show a progress bar on my profile, update it in real-time.

A lot of other people asked to have the same thing, so I turned the script into a SaaS.

That's how BlackMagic.so was born!

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I wanted something fun to interact with my Twitter friends, so I created a few tools using Twitter APIs. Later, I decided to put all of those tools into an SaaS called BlackMagic.so.