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Re: Show HN: Milkshake – Make Websites from a Phone

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Post by matt2000 »

Great idea! Very smart to focus it on building profile pages for Instagram users, then it's a focused use case rather than the general "make a website."

One suggestion: I found the whole term "Insta website" to be more confusing than helpful. I think of Insta as short for Instagram so it confused me to keep seeing it in another context. Honestly, I don't think you even need to define that term. Just focus on the benefits and why the user, as an Instagram user, should want a great page linked on their profile. "Get a profile page like all the top influencers...", "Grow your other social profiles...", etc.

Just a suggestion, hope the idea works out!

Re: Show HN: Milkshake – Make Websites from a Phone

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Post by pembrook »

Couldn’t help but laugh reading some of the comments here saying they “don’t get it” or “why doesn’t it have X feature only a developer or small business would care about?”

Every wannabe influencer on instagram (literally millions of people globally) is going to want one of these—-especially given the design aesthetic that hits the target market right between the eyes. We’re talking about 17 yr old kids here, not enterprise customers. The lower the friction and the more simple it is, the better.

This is going to take off like crazy and I’m both jealous I didn’t make it first and also sad that I’m not an investor.

Re: Show HN: Milkshake – Make Websites from a Phone

#83

Post by therealdrag0 »

pembrook wrote: post #82

Couldn’t help but laugh reading some of the comments here saying they “don’t get it” or “why doesn’t it have X feature only a developer or small business would care about?” Every wannabe influencer on instagram (literally millions of people globally) is going to want one of these—-especially given the design aesthetic that hits the target market right between the eyes. We’re talking about 17 yr old kids here, not ent…

Yep. My first thought was "Genius". It's like selling shovels to gold prospectors.

Re: Show HN: Milkshake – Make Websites from a Phone

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Post by kanaba »

edraferi wrote: post #80
hurricanesugar wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“Link in bio” is something an Instagram post creator/author says at the end of a post that provides additional context to the photo. [Photo] “Love my new custom Yeti cooler on road trips like this! Link in bio” You cannot post URLs in your post, but you can in your bio.

What a weird limitation. Keeps spam down, maybe.

It keeps users in the app.

Re: Show HN: Milkshake – Make Websites from a Phone

#85

Post by rchaud »

edraferi wrote: post #80
hurricanesugar wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“Link in bio” is something an Instagram post creator/author says at the end of a post that provides additional context to the photo. [Photo] “Love my new custom Yeti cooler on road trips like this! Link in bio” You cannot post URLs in your post, but you can in your bio.

What a weird limitation. Keeps spam down, maybe.

It's by design. Instagram is another example of 80-20 (really 95:5) in terms of content consumers vs. creators/influencers. And the latter group are always selling some kind of product.

IG makes its money on advertising inside of the platform. As a result, they want to limit the ability of creators' to create their own ads by linking out to non-IG properties.

Re: Show HN: Milkshake – Make Websites from a Phone

#86

Post by carlosdp »

edraferi wrote: post #80
hurricanesugar wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“Link in bio” is something an Instagram post creator/author says at the end of a post that provides additional context to the photo. [Photo] “Love my new custom Yeti cooler on road trips like this! Link in bio” You cannot post URLs in your post, but you can in your bio.

What a weird limitation. Keeps spam down, maybe.

Probably has a lot to do with reducing phishing attempts too.

Re: Show HN: Milkshake – Make Websites from a Phone

#87

Post by emdowling »

collistaeed wrote: post #34
emdowling wrote: post #32

You need to get this on Android. For the majority of iOS users, they have access to a larger screen so will prefer creating on that. The problem this solves is less pronounced. But for emerging markets, their Android phone is the first and only access to the internet. Designing a website on a phone isn’t a novelty, it’s the only way they’ll ever move beyond social media profiles to establish an online presence.

Agree completely! We have a spike this week to look at the work to roll out an Android version. That said, we also need to weigh up the roadmap overall and tradeoffs of what the iOS app users need out of the gates

I would almost be tempted to drop iOS. The holy grail for a product is to find the problem you can provide a 10x better solution to. I wonder if you’ll ever be able to be 10x better for creating a website for the vast majority of iOS users. But I would bet a lot of money that you can be 10x better for a majority of Android users. Earning revenue from that market is harder, but it’s not an insurmountable challenge.

Anyway, you know what’s best for your product. Great work on what you’ve done so far.

Re: Show HN: Milkshake – Make Websites from a Phone

#89

Post by Moru »

pembrook wrote: post #82

Couldn’t help but laugh reading some of the comments here saying they “don’t get it” or “why doesn’t it have X feature only a developer or small business would care about?” Every wannabe influencer on instagram (literally millions of people globally) is going to want one of these—-especially given the design aesthetic that hits the target market right between the eyes. We’re talking about 17 yr old kids here, not ent…

I'm just afraid Instagram will find a way to block it if it eats into their profits. Most companies don't like when you try to get around their money maker.

And yes, I also thought you meant instantaneous homepage creation :)

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