Awesome demo! It's really intuitive to use.
Nice.
I have plans to make it even easier. I think for some users an interactive setup would be useful.
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#62Whoa, very cool!
Thank you!
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#63great, here come more Gary V style videos... kidding aside, this is awesome. excellent work.
Flood the internet with Gary Vee - as if it weren't already.
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#64What kind of stack did you use for this awesome project?! I've never really known how to get started with an app like this outside of wrapping a bunch of functions around ffmpeg.
Combination of things. It's like a cake haha.
React.js FE Node.js BE
Vercel FTW
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Yes and I know exactly how to do it. - is it a part of my vision: yes - does it get me excited: HELL YES - do I understand if there is a need in the market: no - do I currently have the resources to build it: no I'd like to first secure some runway. I've been bleeding out for awhile. Second, I would like to talk to users and if this is a serious problem worth solving and not just something that is cool. Then I am all…
Love it. Happy to make intros in the YTber community if they sound like an interesting persona to talk to.
Yeah for sure.
One issue I personally face is trimming YouTube videos into bite sized content.
If you look at the video used here https://storycreatorapp.com/cases/entrepreneurs
I actually had to manually download the video from YouTube and trim it.
It would be nice to do it online and place the trimmed video in a 1:1 artboard for social media. Mix that with captions and motion graphics.
Could speed up the production for a lot of accounts. I'd love to verify that and check if this persona is willing to pay.
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#66Awesome product. Seems like I could use this.
Let me know if I can help. Hit me up on Twitter or send me an email. Ill work with you and get you set up :)
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#67Super impressive work since I first saw it on IndieHackers. Congrats!
Hell yeah. Lets gooo
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I completely agree. I'd love to pay for this on a per-seat basis. $50-100/mo/seat seems about right here. I also don't know if including storage in the pricing is helpful. It might make more sense to represent that in time. If this is being sold to users too inexperienced to use AE, then the idea of bitrates and pixel resolutions probably will be foreign to them. But time is something everyone knows and can easily re…
This is a really great point. First you are right, pricing will go up. As I add more assets (animated text 100+, templates 100+, progress bars and other elements 100+) I will raise the price. Early adopters will be grandfathered in for life. I think adjusting the pricing based on your feed is very appropriate, makes a lot of sense and its giving me a lot of ideas.
You might be careful about increasing price too much - some of the professional tools are not that expensive per month, and this is definitely aimed at a casual to prosumer level.
However, to increase revenue capture, charging for templates or other assets could make up for it.
Swapping in a temporary trial plan instead of a free plan and using a low cost plan for the occasional casual user will probably keep your support costs lower too - free users can eat up a lot of your time/money, and also tend to be more negative about the product than paying customers.
Maybe the more expensive plans get more templates for free, and the cheaper plan is more a la carte.
Great job and congratulations on this release. This is a good market to be in and I can already see uses for this in my own budget product promo videos.
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Yes bundled content is a big pain point of mine. My biggest pain points with After Effects. 1. When I want to create a creative video I typically look on Envato for inspiration. Then I pay $30 to Envato on top of the $270 a year for After Effects. Then I have to learn how to install the template or asset. I wanted a marketplace and library integrated with the tool. 2. I also want the After Effects experience to be li…
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HAHA I love it. Thanks for clarifying
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#70This is an awesome looking product, I think it will really take off for small shops that want to be able to quickly put out content. Nice work, wishing you the very best!
Yeah thats the goal. Let me know if you know anyone who can find value. Always happy to have a conversation.