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Show HN: I built a blogging platform (5 years in, struggling with distribution)

https://blogmaker.app/

A bit of context…I've been building https://blogmaker.app since April 2021, 5 years now. The launch tweet: https://x.com/BlogmakerApp/status/1383742023627247630I had built it initially as a personal challenge to see if I could have a working product for 20 hours worth of work, and I did it. This was way before AI tools.A few months later, I included a Stripe button and the first payment came...

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Love this. Pretty much markdown on steroids!
I don't have any answers/questions, but reading through the discussion, all I can say at this point is — Super impressive guys!
Re:Show HN: A simpler app to manage IT and physical assets on Thursday April 03, 2025 @07:11AM (#43567915)
Hi all,

This is something I recently made after hearing a ton of people looking for a simpler approach in the IT and physical asset management space.

Here's a quick video demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkCpLhIoggc

Registration doesn't require a confirmation, for now, just so anyone can test it right away.

Re:Attention Is a Proof of Love on Tuesday July 09, 2024 @12:51PM (#40918212)
Love is an action. And attention is one of those actions.

How to solve a pricing conundrum with my app?

Hey friends, I have a pricing question that I am trying to solve:Working on something solo has its drawbacks — especially when trying to decide on something so crucial to the business.Hence, I need any help I can get with the following...Currently, blogstatic.io is $19/year with all features included. However, at this rate (vists + reach), I don't think the business can become self-sustainable...

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Thank you! Happy to hear that.
Hey friends,

I recently rebranded blogstatic and introduced a new price which has made it more accessible for customers.

The product initially had launched on April 2021, but struggled for about a year or so to gain traction due to higher pricing and lack of features.

Recent updates, new pricing ($19/year), has made a ton of difference.

Hope you like it and let me know if I can answer any questions on here.

This is incredible for anyone running a WP site!
Re:Subsection – A tool for creating support docs for SaaS on Thursday September 29, 2022 @09:44AM (#33020521)
Somehow I have missed your comment. Wanted to thank you the support. And, fixed most of the copy as we speak. Stating clearly the stage the product is in and what's to come. The intention was "to promise", but I can see now that some of the copy could have sounded as if everything is ready now. An honest semantics mistake.
Re:Subsection – A tool for creating support docs for SaaS on Thursday September 29, 2022 @02:37AM (#33017201)
You're right. A ton of hoops for the user to jump around. In Subsection I'm solving this by having the support docs sit under the main domain.
Re:Subsection – A tool for creating support docs for SaaS on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @02:41PM (#33011607)
You are right. We need to move faster in that direction, as few other commenters have noted earlier.

Thank you for taking a look at it.

Re:Subsection – A tool for creating support docs for SaaS on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @02:39PM (#33011571)
Thank you so much for recording this. I appreciate it a ton.

It’s incredible to look at it from the user’s perspective. And happy that you found it useful. Gives me a few ideas on how to improve certain things.

And to compare it to Crisp, that’s just amazing. Would love to see Transistor’s help and api docs on Subsection at some point.

This was great!

Re:Subsection – A tool for creating support docs for SaaS on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @01:22PM (#33010568)
Fair points. Yes, will try to soon have a better understanding about the pricing and post it up.

“Teams” is something I am trying to launch shortly so users within a company can collaborate on various docs.

I hope you get to keep Subsection in the back of your mind, and once you feel we’re here to stay, I would love to have you and your team on Subsection.

I am Val and you’ll most likely find me on the chat support.

Re:Subsection – A tool for creating support docs for SaaS on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @01:18PM (#33010507)
Great point! Adding this to the list. I agree that it’s very important to have this functionality in, so users can be free to move away at any time without feeling tied to the tool.
Re:Subsection – A tool for creating support docs for SaaS on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @01:13PM (#33010457)
Great, points! I agree that it could be quicker.

I wasn’t so sure about including the second step before creating the Demo, but that was sort of my safety so people don’t “accidentally” create it.

And, overall it could be less steps for sure.

Thank you so much for this feedback.

Re:Subsection – A tool for creating support docs for SaaS on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @11:55AM (#33009441)
You are absolutely right. It should be up there.

It’s currently all the way down on the footer: https://subsection.io/guide

It’s still being worked on as Subsection is only about a week old and still deploying features as we speak.

Re:Subsection – A tool for creating support docs for SaaS on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @11:52AM (#33009406)
Thank you. I really appreciate that. I look forward to improving it and fixing the areas some HNs have pointed out. Also, I am happy people are taking the time to look at it.
Re:Subsection – A tool for creating support docs for SaaS on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @11:32AM (#33009157)
You are right! Absolutely embarrassed that I didn’t thoroughly look at the accessibility aspect of it.

That is the next task in line. Please, check it again soon, to notice the changes.

Re:Subsection – A tool for creating support docs for SaaS on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @11:30AM (#33009126)
Sorry about that. Did not mean to look like I am doing that.

Subsection is about a week old and I am slowly building out the guides for both our apps.

Also, there are currently two users who are using it to build out their User Guide and they will hopefully publish soon, so I can share their guides.

Re:Subsection – A tool for creating support docs for SaaS on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @11:25AM (#33009073)
It will be online only. Sorry about that.

Not that I’m against “on-premise”, but it’s much easier to deploy updates this way.

Thank you for taking a look at it.

Re:Subsection – A tool for creating support docs for SaaS on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @11:23AM (#33009050)
Thank you so much for your well founded critique. I will take all your comments and improve these areas you have mentioned.

Your feedback is gold!

Re:Subsection – A tool for creating support docs for SaaS on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @11:09AM (#33008895)
Thank you. I appreciate that.
Re:Subsection – A tool for creating support docs for SaaS on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @11:02AM (#33008797)
Oh, sorry you missed that.

On homepage there is a guide to one of my other apps, blogstatic, using Subsection: https://blogstatic.io/guide/getting-started

And the Subsection one, which I am currently adding info to: https://subsection.io/guide

Subsection is about a week old and still improving it while in Beta.

Re:Subsection – A tool for creating support docs for SaaS on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @10:32AM (#33008416)
Ah. Will change that. Thanks for noticing it. I never know fore sure.
Re:Subsection – A tool for creating support docs for SaaS on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @10:31AM (#33008408)
Thanks. There will be pricing after the Beta. I want to base it on what users are able to pay for something like this.

Could you share a bit about what aspects of it you would use and what would be a good price for your Saas?

Re:Subsection – A tool for creating support docs for SaaS on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @10:12AM (#33008175)
[ Subsection is free to play with, without needing an email ]

Hey HN friends,

I have created this tool for any Saas that is currently missing Support Docs or wants to manage them all from a single spot.

Support Docs, such as: User Guides, Knowledge Bases, Documentations, and Changelogs.

The project started with me looking into how to create support docs for my other apps and couldn't find one that does it all.

Then found out that user guides and knowledge bases do rank pretty well for bottom-of-the-funnel customers = Subsection was born.

Currently you can only create a User Guide as I'm in the midst of deploying themes for KB, Docs, and Changelogs.

Would love to hear your thoughts.

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