Re:I Bootstrapped My Side Project to $6k/Month (2017)
by whalesalad on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @02:18PM
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> by destroying the Play Store
One of the first comments on the post is asking about whether or not the OP intends to duplicate this effort on the Apple App Store. Say what you will about Apple's walled garden but the core difference between it and the Play store is that it's designed to prevent things like this.
The Play store invites this sort of thing. Kudos to the OP for capitalizing on it.
Re:I Bootstrapped My Side Project to $6k/Month (2017)
by p2detar on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @02:18PM
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> So who are the people downloading cookie-cutter apps when an universal one-stop app is available?
A good question that I too would like to get an answer to. He does not mention if they had an adwords campaign.
He did, however, write that they made tons more apps like that. So it's the "quantity vs quality" scenario I guess. Maybe something like what Ketchapp are/were doing.
First of all, thank you for sharing this story. Secondly, I envy your grit and the ability to just go and sell, instead of being stuck in impostor syndrome mode.
Thirdly, shame on you for building a product which sole point is to make money by destroying the Play Store. And shame on you for working on it after you realized this.
Foruthly, and this is the part I don't understand - how on Earth were you able to make money on that first app of yours? And how your customers are able to repeat that? I mean, who on Earth downloads this kind of stuff? I'm very confused about this. By your description, that app is "simple app with a list of videos, targeting a specific trending niche", i.e. not much more than a YouTube playlist. So who are the people downloading cookie-cutter apps when an universal one-stop app is available?