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Re: Logojoy: AI-powered logo creator

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Post by giarc »

jeremyw wrote: post #159
callmeed wrote: post #121

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://designpickle.com/ http://www.thedigitaldesignco.com/graphic-design-subscriptio... not exactly just logos but people seem to try and SaaSify everything.

I appreciate your point that some products are really not SaaS-oriented, yet try to be. But your two examples here seem exactly the kind of long-term customer relationships that benefits from SaaS. And may in fact be underutilized . These are high-touch, deep background kind of gigs, rather than impersonal service sites. I want to have an ongoing conversation about my task and I'm willing to pay a retainer++ for that…

You make some great points, but I question a design firm that allows for 'unlimited' number of requests/revisions/brands.

Re: Logojoy: AI-powered logo creator

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Post by mattbeckman »

tzaman wrote: 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.

At work, we've been using a new JS framework paired with server-less infrastructure for the past 9 months. It's barely production stable, so it's been painful, but hey look at our fancy new framework.

When I started a new side project, I wanted to get an MVP out as quickly as possible. I opted for PHP/MySQL, and development time felt like lightning. It was so refreshing.

I plan on rebuilding the code base, now that the side project is making money, and perhaps I can use newer tech for that, but quite happy sticking with PHP for MVPs.

Re: Logojoy: AI-powered logo creator

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Post by Drdrdrq »

Geee wrote: post #138
gridspy wrote: post #85

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Yes, this is the point at which I exited also. I believe you'll be losing a lot of people at this point. You should make it possible to close this dialog and store a session cookie so people can come back.

Probably not if you really need a logo.

Yes, I need a logo, but do I need this logo? I haven't seen it yet.

Re: Logojoy: AI-powered logo creator

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Post by pritianka »

callmeed wrote: post #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.

I definitely agree with this. So many products force a SaaS model when it doesn't fit the business. I find it especially when spas and massage services push a yearly subscription for discounts (not even units) on services. It doesn't make any sense.

Re: Logojoy: AI-powered logo creator

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Post by Globz »

ChicagoBoy11 wrote: post #80

Just a quick feedback: I tried making a logo that used the character ó, and it seemed that some logos rendered that character correctly, but others omitted it. So the word móbile in some logos would display correctly but in others it would show up as mbile.

I have the same problem with the word dépôt it will render as dpt instead.

Re: Logojoy: AI-powered logo creator

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Post by pbhjpbhj »

0xfeba wrote: post #144
Osmium wrote: post #112

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> So, I went through the whole logo creation process and got stuck at the sign up screen. I don't mind signing up ... Yeah, I stopped here too. I'm not going to hand over my details sight-unseen ...

In Chrome, Right-click the edge of that "Sign-up" div, inspect, find and select the containing div if you didn't hit it already, and hit the delete key. I was able to use the site and browse more styles and customize from there.

Circumventing access controls, probably worth mentioning that's unlikely to be lawful in the UK.

Re: Logojoy: AI-powered logo creator

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Post by kowdermeister »

whitepoplar wrote: post #160
throwaway29464 wrote: post #133

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Yes - I'm doing about 33K per month on a SaaS that is just Rails/Postgres/Heroku - the only javascript is some basic JQuery.

Cool! Can I ask what your SaaS is?

He is called throwaway29464 for a reason :)

Re: Logojoy: AI-powered logo creator

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Post by jccalhoun »

katkattac wrote: post #7
dawsonwhitfield wrote: post #2

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

I tried it, but got a Firefox is not supported message. Why not? What's the missing feature? Otherwise looks pretty cool! Nice business, it's inspiring.

came here to ask the same question

Re: Logojoy: AI-powered logo creator

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Post by dermotbrennan »

meta_AU wrote: post #69
tzaman wrote: 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.

There is a lot to be said for the adage: do something new or try a new tool, but never at the same time.

Intel would agree with that - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tick-Tock_model
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