Petriplot, the interactive digital city. Own a plot for $1 until 31 Oct (usually $5), personalise a building, see real visitor stats. Built by @tinys7udio
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Petriplot is an interactive digital city map where individuals and businesses claim a plot, personalise a building, and see real visitor stats.
October Opening: a plot with one floor is $1 (usually $5) until 31 Oct or until the first 100 plots. Yours to keep.
petriplot.com
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On Petriplot, the interactive digital city, the street grows with its neighbours.
The 10th paid plot opens the street market, and more places unlock as the streets fill.
Every owner who moves in brings that day closer.
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8pm in Singapore, and the street on Petriplot, the interactive digital city, is grey again.
The sky in the city follows NEA's live air-quality readings, so when the haze drifts in outside, it drifts in here too.
A good night to stay in and stroll the streets.
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Shipping > planning.
Devs, designers, and founders from anywhere in the world, let's connect. Tell me what you're building.
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Every new building on Petriplot, the interactive digital city, can get a shout-out from this account.
Once your plot is live, follow @petriplot and add your X handle. We'll post about your building and tag you.
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Plotizen update:
You can now take on a taxi driver or delivery role to earn points. You can use earned points to claim or upgrade your plot!
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Did you know #1
On Petriplot, you can change your building style as often as you want? New logo, new colours, a new website link: edits are always free.
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8pm in Singapore, and the street has gone dark.
Petriplot, the interactive digital city, keeps Singapore time and Singapore weather. Sun down here, sun down there. After dark, the buildings light up.
A good hour for a slow walk past the neighbours.
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Five weeks after launch, Eisenhour got its first paying customer.
Nineteen ninety-nine, to be exact. No offer code. No ad. Someone I don't know tried it, liked it, and paid for it.
I know it's one sale. It still feels like a trophy. I have refreshed App Store Connect more times than I'd like to admit.
Thank you. Genuinely.
And 1.0.4 is live now:
• Notes on every task
• A status filter on the matrix
• Delete a logged focus session, with Undo
• New phone? Your life areas' targets and emoji come with you
$19.99 until Oct 31, then $29.99. One purchase, no subscription, no account. Free to try for 7 days.
apps.apple.com/app/eisenhour…
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Most of your marketing is rented. Ads stop when the budget does. Posts scroll away.
On Petriplot you own a plot on the city's streets: a building with your logo, linked to your site. One-time, no renewal fees.
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Say hello to Wala Studio, the first building in the city to reach 100 floors, now on plot #008.
From carpet installation and stand building to event management, logistics, furniture, and AV rental, they help organisers and stand builders put on events across Singapore.
Of course, we need to celebrate this achievement with fireworks!
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Day 9: Road to 100 neighbours.
A quiet Tuesday, still recovering from Monday's blues, cos we only saw a handful of visitors wander in.
Day 8: The Road to 100 Neighbours.
No one said the streets would always be busy. Even plotizens take it slow at the beginning of a brand-new week. It's a slow Monday so far (Monday blues?), which suits a city that is catching its breath.
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I built a website for a small business owner in my community. He likes the site but I wanted more experience before advertising my skill set. The universe had other plans. I was sought out via word of mouth… sometimes you just gotta go with the flow.
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Sushi Postcard. Currently available on my Etsy shop at my Etsy shop etsy.com/shop/CosmosGirlShop and my main website cosmosgirlshop.com
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TODO FOR TOMORROW: gonna have to make a linktree or something bc it's not really worth keeping the megathi.cc domain around tbh and it's expiring tonight or tomorrow idr
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Day 6 of building my way to my first paying customer.
Still no problem worth building for.
But I’m learning something else too selling.
Talking to clients, asking questions, handling objections…
my confidence is still shaky, but I’m getting better.
Maybe finding a problem and learning to sell are both part of the journey.
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A small business doesn't necessarily need a complicated website.
It needs a website that loads fast, explains what they do, makes it easy to contact them, and helps turn visitors into customers.
That's a much more interesting problem to solve.
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Yes, quite a few. I don't think Instagram is a bad place to start, but I wouldn't want it to be the foundation of the entire business. Platforms change, your website is yours.
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I need to vent about @Yelp
My small business had 7 reviews, every one of them 5 stars, all from real customers who took time out of their day to share their experience. That's what reviews are supposed to be.
Then Yelp's automated software decided those reviews didn't count. All 7 gone. Just like that. My page now shows ZERO reviews.
This has cost me business. People search, see no reviews, and move on to a competitor. Those 7 reviews took real work and real customer relationships to earn, and an algorithm erases them overnight.
I reached out to Yelp to fix it. Their answer? "They can't change or override it"
No human review. No explanation that makes sense. Just "the software decided."
Small businesses rely on platforms like Yelp to be found. When an algorithm can wipe out honest feedback from real customers and the company refuses to fix it, that's a real problem.
I can't even get on google to get reviews because I don't even have my own physical shop yet, as I have put all of my money into tools and equipment, I have none left to get my own shop. I still work out of my main 9-5 job, that luckily is super nice to let me use my own space after work hours to do my business. This means I can't get on google yet.
It has costed me money. I have had to purchase their yelp premium just to show at the top of the list when people search, else, I have no reviews to back anything. And it is NOT CHEAP at all to do so.
Has this happened to other small business owners? I know I am not the only one. #smallbusinessowner #smallbusiness #techrepair #yelp #reviews
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Aiden, I understand how challenging this situation is. Remember that with any rented platform, you're at their mercy when it comes to software and rules. However, consider using Google Business Profile—it allows service-area businesses to operate without revealing their address.
Also, why not reach out to those seven customers? Their testimonials could be powerful endorsements on your website, helping to build trust with potential clients.
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