by topoftheforts on 9/15/23, 11:24 AM with 64 comments
by withinboredom on 9/15/23, 11:50 AM
by tikkun on 9/15/23, 1:33 PM
It shows what you made (a dataset of Gumroad products), why/to whom it matters (to spot market opportunities), and it implies how (dataset/scraping). Nice!
by jermaustin1 on 9/15/23, 12:45 PM
* Utilize the API to let a Gumroad seller import their actual Sales numbers, to help further refine your reviews to sales numbers.
* Connect with google to spot search trends that lead to Gumroad products
* Run some sort of AI analysis to help the seller understand their copy is failing them for SEO, etc.
Check out eRank, and look at their offerings, and you can get a lot of ideas on how to grow this product from $50 once to $10+/mo.
by quickthrower2 on 9/16/23, 5:36 AM
For example someone is charging $30/m to convert PDF bank statements to CSV, and someone a similar price to effectively static site generate off a Google Sheet. It is all in how you sell it I guess! These are not trivial products but they are not things you need a team to build.
My thought is to build quick, get in front of people and then iterate on that feedback. Instead of building stealth then finding no one wants it.
Well done on this launch!
I was tempted to build something like this off IH but felt that I am not adding much value since IH already spill the beans. Although maybe running an LLM over each idea to spit out a summary might be cool (maybe I will do that).
I have some other ideas along the idea of build X but sell the side effects, the problems solved along the way.
by thih9 on 9/15/23, 12:37 PM
by readthenotes1 on 9/15/23, 2:15 PM
"Originally, I took pre-orders for my Trend Reports on Gumroad. But I received... exactly $0. So I changed tactics: I made half of my report free, and the other half paid. Today, 99% of Trends.VC revenue is recurring in the form of annual and quarterly subscriptions.” Dru Riley sells business insights and expertise"
by mateuszbuda on 9/15/23, 11:52 AM
by russum on 9/15/23, 2:59 PM
by nhance on 9/15/23, 12:41 PM
I have discovered other ideas like this but the lack of leverage makes it really hard to justify the squeeze
by haliskerbas on 9/15/23, 11:46 AM
by stets on 9/15/23, 12:37 PM
by wx30 on 9/15/23, 2:03 PM
by CaffeinatedDev on 9/15/23, 3:50 PM
by dSebastien on 9/15/23, 1:18 PM
by enumjorge on 9/15/23, 2:11 PM
by CrackpotGonzo on 9/15/23, 12:32 PM
by wx30 on 9/15/23, 2:48 PM
by gerdesj on 9/15/23, 12:43 PM
That is quite some brush!