Software developer building ios apps. Building in public for Shipaton Checkout my submissions Specfit and Daily Bard
Sydney, New South Wales
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Closing thoughts on #shipaton
- how was my experience of shipaton
- how building in public helped me and my app and why i should win it
- future of Specfit
- love all of you guys!
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phew! i thought i was the only one with a plateau of 20-30 downloads a day. canβt seem to get over this hump!
going on a small holiday for this long weekend. gonna come back fresh and figure this shi out
likely answer is less than 20 downloads.
maybe 0! no spike at all since this post, same 20-30 downloads per day that has been steady for months now all from app store rankings
will test with better end CTA after i get this format consistently getting 10K+ views
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waat! this isnβt my experience at all! we instead constantly hang out with other parents who have kids of same age. i can only play for maybe an hour with my kids but they love hanging out with our friends kids for hours!!
Just have kids and you wonβt be lonely and wonβt have to plan elaborate βfriendβ get togethers and very quickly youβll realize doing a puzzle with your 3 year old or helping your 5 year old learn how to read or dancing to Disney songs with them is infinitely more fulfilling and fun then and better for loneliness then constantly having large get togethers with your friends like youβre still in college.
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Finally made the submission to #shipaton. Can't believe it is done and now we just wait for the judgement.
I'm really thankful for all the support I've received for Specfit over the last couple of months. Initially I was skeptical about my own project but with persistence, it has grown to 1k downloads and made over 200$ in revenue. I'm planning to scale it further in the next few months and see if it can make any real money.
It's been an awesome experience!
devpost.com/software/specfitβ¦
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life got so serious, i havenβt read any fanfic in months π₯
wips im subbed to are completed and i havenβt gotten around to them yet
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Iβm experiencing this already. today was my highest revenue at 45$ but each sale is such a tiny dopamine hit. Iβm just waiting for the next one and if that takes too long i get antsy and start feeling down. i know i should turn off notifs etc and just focus on my marketing/product outputs but this is so new to me and i want to celebrate and experience my first few months of sales. iβm caught between if itβs having a good or bad effect on my mental health.
My daily mood is usually revenue-driven, and it sucks.
As my business has grown, my baseline did it either along the way.
I still remember when i got freaking excited for making my first internet dollar or my first $100 day.
Now when I make less than $2k in a day, I feel sad.
And most likely in a few months the new baseline will be 3k, then 5k and so on.
I hope it stops at a certain level.
It so damn stupid feeling like that, if I think it objectively. Just a year ago, I would kill to be in this situation.
Furthermore, I should also be more grateful since Iβm in top 1% income in my country (even though the bar is too low here)
Idk if itβs ambition or itβs the sense that everything will vanish overnight, and app business wonβt be a thing anymore.
Or both.
Being so extremely Apple-dependent doesnβt help either.
I know that if that happens, with my current skillset, i could pivot to saas or whatever, and still make a decent living from internet money.
Or in the worst scenario, I would code in a 9-5 again (if thatβs still a thing) or back to deliver pizza like in my 20s
But still the uncertainty is there everyday.
Talking to @adriamatz the other day made me realize that, at least itβs not only me, and he was struggling as well with the same feelings.
Do you think app business will last for the next years?
How do you manage the uncertainty?
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Something about my apps is working. but downloads and customers is at a plateau if i continue just doing what im doing.
thereβs so many directions i can go in now and itβs just me to think and execute. Time to learn new things?
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Crazy bad experience at MTR Sydney on opening day!
Made us wait for almost an hour to tell us they were out of thali. then made us wait another 20 min for a refund.
No MTR in India would have sent back customers hungry. Went there dreaming of Lalbagh mtr days, came down crashing to Sydneyβs reality. Terrible food service in Sydney is so common lol. we hardly ever eat out.Imagine if we had brought the kids π₯
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ppl who go around asking for tips to get their first paid user instead of applying all the sauce thatβs already present and getting to atleast 10 paying users.
i dont think you guys are gonna make it. im sorry. all the info, all the tactics are out there. pick a platform, watch/read the content, try it out for your app. do it for 30-60 days. bam, you too can get that revenuecat notif
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views != downloads aka conversions.
my new video format on Specfit socials is more eyewear related, gets lesser views but iβve had slightly more conversions. my previous format was wall of text and it triggered the viewing loop and would get 3-5k views but wouldnβt have any meaningful conversions.
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The thing about following these guys esp first 3 for a newbie indie dev is that they are too far ahead. You cannot comprehend thier resources and distribution. itβs more beneficial to support and follow in the footsteps of someone just at the next level from you. you are 0? see what the 100$ mrr person is doing. you are 500$ mrr? see what the 5k person is doing and so on. itβs practical and will take you where you wanna go
best founders list to follow on X:
@levelsio β GOAT
@marclou β SaaS
@tibo_maker β Serial Entrepreneurship
@jackfriks β Micro apps
@athcanft β iOS apps
@wickedguro β Distribution Maxxing
@robj3d3 β AI coding
@illyism β SEO
@ai_explorer25β AI and Tech
@gregisenberg β Startup Ideas
@dannypostma β AI Apps
@AlexFinn β AI
@romanbuildsaas β Viral Growth Loops
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Spoke to the π@carlmonkft yesterday.
Gave me lots to think about what to do next for my apps. I might actually implement this stuff. Letβs see if i canβt make my revenue go ππ without sabotaging myself
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Freemium app and hard paywall app, both doing the work for me. These babies feel like little tantruming toddlers that are going to grow up into my lovely workers π
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PK π’ π©π»βπ» retweeted
I came up with this new animation style today, mixing illustration with live action, and Iβm honestly loving how it turned out.
This little gem is going straight to my subscribers.
Made with AI
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#shipaton my app SpecFit has passed 100$ in revenue in this month! itβs somehow both slower than i want and higher than i expected when i built the app.
total revenue - $171
August i really couldnβt move the needle that much. but since then iβve applied all the sauce that i learned here. so thankful for app marketing twitter. will lock in and grow this during Q4. itβs not the sexiest app here but it has its user base. i just need to reach all of it.
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