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Re: Show HN: I made a meme creator that makes around $4k a month

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Post by stronglikedan »

asddubs wrote: post #54
par wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't get enough volume for ad support to be meaningful, and i didnt want to ruin the experience with ads. Before subscriptions, for a long time it was a one time purchase only. Then some VC's suggested i experiment with subscriptions, and I was very hesitant and semi grossed out. But I decided to give it a try, and I was seriously amazed that my conversion was barely impacted, and the same people buying one time p…

I'm surprised as well. I respect the hustle, but I honestly don't understand why anyone would debase themselves by paying $5 a month to make memes

I don't know either, but I imagine it's the same reason they debase themselves by valuing the fake internet points the memes earn them.

Re: Show HN: I made a meme creator that makes around $4k a month

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Post by ALittleLight »

par wrote: post #43
opencl wrote: post #40

The Android version seems abandoned, it hasn't been updated in several years and there are several reviews complaining that paid features no longer work. Are there any plans to update it?

I do personally apologize for this. The android app was built by a very close friend of mine as a favor/side project back in the early days, and you are correct, it has been abandoned :( The plan is to just take it down. I need to contact him but don't want to offend him! Let that be a lesson of going into business with friends!

Curious if you've thought about getting anyone else to take a look at the Android side of things. Seems a shame to just let a working project fizzle for Android.

Do you have a repo or something for the Android app that curious people could look at?

Re: Show HN: I made a meme creator that makes around $4k a month

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Post by gramakri »

par wrote: post #56
gramakri wrote: post #55

I am seeing "Did Not Connect: Potential Security Issue" in firefox. Here's a screenshot - https://imgur.com/a/SzVS75Q Same in chrome. The cert is wrong, it has the cert of "search.dnsadvantage.com"

Hmm, i just installed a new SSL certificate today, but it seems to be installed correctly. Can you try some kind of refresh or a different browser? edit: oh, please try https://metameme.app edit: the cert should be sectigo https://imgur.com/a/jb91a0z

Heh, seems to be something with the wifi because it works fine with android+mobile network. Suspicious! Looks like a misconfigured dns server in the coffee shop. Sorry for the false call .

Re: Show HN: I made a meme creator that makes around $4k a month

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Post by par »

kebsup wrote: post #59

Good job! I've created gif meme creator and so far I've only received one 5 USD donation. :D https://gifmemes.io

Uhhh, WOW! This is actually really well done. I love the labels anchored to the objects in the image. That is so crucial. And the frame editor, the label position editor, I mean this is seriously well done. I think it might be a bit too powerful for average users though.

Re: Show HN: I made a meme creator that makes around $4k a month

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Post by par »

gramakri wrote: post #63
par wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hmm, i just installed a new SSL certificate today, but it seems to be installed correctly. Can you try some kind of refresh or a different browser? edit: oh, please try https://metameme.app edit: the cert should be sectigo https://imgur.com/a/jb91a0z

Heh, seems to be something with the wifi because it works fine with android+mobile network. Suspicious! Looks like a misconfigured dns server in the coffee shop. Sorry for the false call .

no no, it's not false! My friend on at&t has also noticed some really weird dns or server configuration issues with my server. It's a digital ocean cloud instance. I need to get to the bottom of it.

Re: Show HN: I made a meme creator that makes around $4k a month

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Post by tommymachine »

par wrote: post #28
joenr wrote: post #24

What did you do to reach so many users? How did you grow it?

I have been building the app for many years now. In the beginning I spent money mostly on instagram and facebook ads. I had pretty decent results on this, and could get installs for around 20-30 cents. However, those users also trashed my app in comments and didn't convert to paying users. Later I moved to App Store ads, it costs a bit more for the downloads, but the users convert much better. I am starting to think…

what did you use to do the ASO?

Re: Show HN: I made a meme creator that makes around $4k a month

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Post by ryandrake »

inetknght wrote: post #42
nickthegreek wrote: post #5

I loathe apps that want a subscription for such a trivial concept. Why did you choose this route over ad support or one time payment?

> I loathe apps that want a subscription for such a trivial concept. Why did you choose this route over ad support or one time payment? Not OP but to counterpoint: I loathe apps that want to be supported by ads. Give me a one-time payment or a subscription. Let me choose if your service if worth paying for. If it's not worth paying for then it's also not worth ads. I'll use adblockers and use your service without ads…

As a user, my order of preference is:

1. Non-personalized (non-intrusive) ads

2. One time payment

3. Yearly subscription

4. Ads that mine Bitcoin or otherwise make use of my compute resources

5. Monthly subscription

6. Personalized, intrusive ads

I will go out of my way to actively avoid 4-6. For 3 it would hav to be DAMN good software.

Re: Show HN: I made a meme creator that makes around $4k a month

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Post by kebsup »

par wrote: post #64
kebsup wrote: post #59

Good job! I've created gif meme creator and so far I've only received one 5 USD donation. :D https://gifmemes.io

Uhhh, WOW! This is actually really well done. I love the labels anchored to the objects in the image. That is so crucial. And the frame editor, the label position editor, I mean this is seriously well done. I think it might be a bit too powerful for average users though.

It was my bachelor's thesis project, so I just kept adding features. There is a simplified version on mobile, in which you just choose a template and change texts.

Re: Show HN: I made a meme creator that makes around $4k a month

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Post by orangea »

ryandrake wrote: post #67
inetknght wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I loathe apps that want a subscription for such a trivial concept. Why did you choose this route over ad support or one time payment? Not OP but to counterpoint: I loathe apps that want to be supported by ads. Give me a one-time payment or a subscription. Let me choose if your service if worth paying for. If it's not worth paying for then it's also not worth ads. I'll use adblockers and use your service without ads…

As a user, my order of preference is: 1. Non-personalized (non-intrusive) ads 2. One time payment 3. Yearly subscription 4. Ads that mine Bitcoin or otherwise make use of my compute resources 5. Monthly subscription 6. Personalized, intrusive ads I will go out of my way to actively avoid 4-6. For 3 it would hav to be DAMN good software.

I know it is a popular opinion, but I never understood it... why would you rather have non-personalized ads than personalized ads?
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