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Re:Why Simone Giertz spent 3 years working on a coat hanger ... by robertlagrant on Friday November 17, 2023 @06:15AM (#38301984)
That's great! Some small things about your website:

- "Contact" page says "Kontact" in en-GB locale

- Do you need a shopping cart for one product? Just have the "buy it now" and leave the cart out?

- Do you need a search? There are only a couple of pages.

- The Contact page might want to highlight to the user that there is a chat feature in the bottom right, if they prefer that to email.

Other than those little bits, the site looks pretty good to me! Payments seem slick. Have you done things like ProductHunt?

Re:Why Simone Giertz spent 3 years working on a coat hanger ... by konschubert on Friday November 17, 2023 @06:17AM (#38301992)
Oh, wow, thanks for the feedback!

No I haven't done ProductHunt.

I am not sure if I can disable the cart on shopify?

I think I need better pictures, and I need a better shopify theme.

Re:Why Simone Giertz spent 3 years working on a coat hanger ... by robertlagrant on Friday November 17, 2023 @08:06AM (#38302938)
I think the pictures are pretty good already, but yes, perhaps.

If you wanted to dive into more feature work, possibly the next thing is thinking about CEOs who might want a) Outlook integration, and b) a way to shade off their calendar for privacy somehow. Another thing could be to stick more with consumers and have a way to display recipes on it? Maybe if there's a recipe service you could partner with that has a decent API?

But in general I reckon you should market the Google Calendar stuff, which already exists and looks awesome!

Re:Why Simone Giertz spent 3 years working on a coat hanger ... by mhb on Friday November 17, 2023 @10:12AM (#38304644)
A nice application for this might be places that have reservations that would be helpful if displayed. For example, tennis courts, squash courts, etc. People make the reservation online and, when they get to the facility, often don't remember which court they've reserved. Having it on a display would avoid having to look it up on the phone.

Those sorts of places also might have a budget for something like this.

Re:Why Simone Giertz spent 3 years working on a coat hanger ... by robertlagrant on Sunday November 19, 2023 @09:20AM (#38332846)
That's a good point - outdoor places would appreciate screens like this that you can see in the sun.
Re:Why Simone Giertz spent 3 years working on a coat hanger ... by paddy_m on Friday November 17, 2023 @08:13AM (#38303013)
I'm a software engineer, and the most concerned about marketing in my circle... and I still suck at it and promoting my stuff. How do I get better? I would love to work on actual marketing projects with experienced marketers as a side project.