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Logojoy: AI-powered logo creator

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Re: Logojoy: AI-powered logo creator

#41

Hey guys - Dawson here (founder) let me know if you have any questions about Logojoy / the story.

My back-of-the-envelope calculation says that you are losing money on adwords, unless about 50% of all sales are enterprise level, in which case adwords breaks even.

1800 visits 25% signups * 0.5% sales = 2.25 sales* for $250 spend on adwords.

Re: Logojoy: AI-powered logo creator

#42

Hey guys - Dawson here (founder) let me know if you have any questions about Logojoy / the story.

Hey! Just a heads-up, there's a small typo on your landing page-- It says "They chose Logojoy because it's of how easy it is to make a great logo." That "it's" is superfluous. Anyways, great product! Congrats on your success.

Re: Logojoy: AI-powered logo creator

#44

Hey guys - Dawson here (founder) let me know if you have any questions about Logojoy / the story.

Hey Dawson, small world! I worked at RHINO for a bit last year. Were you working on this at that time and what was the time commitment to it back then? You mention two and a half months but given the freelancing I’m guessing it wasn’t full-time effort?

Re: Logojoy: AI-powered logo creator

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What struck me the most is going with the old and tried tools (PHP+MySQL). Nowadays everyone - myself included - is trying to have an excuse to try the sexiest JS framework of the day and most of us fail miserably to deliver anything useful - because of lack of experience or just reinventing the wheel altogether. Old and boring is still sometimes the best.

There's something to be said for working with the tools you're familiar with but I am also quite happy to have put my PHP development in the rear-view long ago.

Re: Logojoy: AI-powered logo creator

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post #40

What struck me the most is going with the old and tried tools (PHP+MySQL). Nowadays everyone - myself included - is trying to have an excuse to try the sexiest JS framework of the day and most of us fail miserably to deliver anything useful - because of lack of experience or just reinventing the wheel altogether. Old and boring is still sometimes the best.

That was the first thing I thought when I hit the URL.

Here's the thing, I'm guilty as charged. But, analyzing my own behavior, trying the sexiest (JS or otherwise) framework is just an excuse to play/learn it. My subconscious mind never had the intention of actually following through with a product...

I hope we can recognize (and avoid) the pattern in the future and use whatever we are more comfortable with to rush the product out of the door.

Re: Logojoy: AI-powered logo creator

#50
Its refreshing to see a startup doing well and not feeling the need to force a subscription on people.

I get that SaaS can be a good business model (great, even). On the other hand, I think subscription fatigue is real and you should think hard about your pricing. Dawson is making $15K/month on ONE TIME fees–and fees that are lower than a lot of monthly SaaS plans.

I want to see more of this.

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