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Congrats on the launch! You are definitely addressing a real pain point here. I would love to see this combined with a tool that helps with choosing an available domain name. I’ve used heaps of these and never found one that does it well.
A lot of positives in the comments so far, I'll chime in with at least one negative that I'm not entirely confident with, but here goes. A startup's branding is an early indicator of a teams commitment and skill. Even with todays Bootstrap themes I sometimes get fooled into thinking a product or service has dedication behind it when it turns out to be a smoke screen to test the market for interest. This kind of servi…
Most small businesses need little design and little code to deliver value.
This has a positive decentralising effect on the economy. Instead of having a single billion dollar company you'll have competing small companies.
Reputation and testimonials will weed out bad actors or companies that can't deliver value, as they already do.
Is the unicode line separator in "Never deal with another freelancer" a cheeky jab at freelancers or did you not test across devices? https://snipboard.io/kzcIhm.jpg
P.S. I wish I was cheeky enough to make that jab at freelancers ;)
Sorry, maybe I am the only one who thinks this, but it clearly has an impact on how I rate your expertise...
Your customer's logos look nice though...
Would be great to see a preview of Display ad or Landing page before purchasing for 800$. Is it human-made or generated by software?
I am throwing this out here, and I don't mean to offend, but raw feedback may be useful to you: I think your own logo looks terrible. Both the pictogram and the font. And the favicon. The animation of the logo in the video is great though. Sorry, maybe I am the only one who thinks this, but it clearly has an impact on how I rate your expertise... Your customer's logos look nice though...
P.S. there are a lot of good Golden Spiral/Golden Ratio memes [0] out there. If you have one that you like, feel free to share it with me [0] https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-golden-ratio
I am throwing this out here, and I don't mean to offend, but raw feedback may be useful to you: I think your own logo looks terrible. Both the pictogram and the font. And the favicon. The animation of the logo in the video is great though. Sorry, maybe I am the only one who thinks this, but it clearly has an impact on how I rate your expertise... Your customer's logos look nice though...
Thanks for the feedback. Our icon is a tiny Golden Spiral, which is one of the most common examples of the intersection between art and math. It's a little quirky, and it brings our team a lot of joy, so I like it a lot. P.S. there are a lot of good Golden Spiral/Golden Ratio memes [0] out there. If you have one that you like, feel free to share it with me [0] https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-golden-ratio
It looks more like 2 half circles of different sizes glued together. Maybe the ratio of the 2 circles is the golden ratio?
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One thing to add for the first-time founders: Your customer problem understanding has to be great. Your product has to solve a problem. These things cannot be neglected. But, your design, logo, fonts can be awful, so do not spend time/money/efforts on that when you just begin. Use product like Parade and start solving a problem. No one will care about your design as long as you solve a problem, but NOT the other way…
I tend to view design as a signal of legitimacy and competence. Whether it's a website, or a brick and mortar establishment, I will leave if it looks like no attention was given to the way things look.
I personally look only at reviews (trying to tell what's paid or fake) / price.
Some (if not most) of the best experiences and services I purchased had terrible websites and I often thought about offering to prop something up for them - it's not a terribly lucrative field though.
Anecdotally, I found it easier to raise money after having a nice designed website.
Your HN headline made me click instantly. I'm a technical founder and generally gotten by on a combination of Bootstrap templates, Logo creation services, and some tactical production design. I've used Looka in the past for our company Savio ( https://www.savio.io ). How are you different from them?
I'm glad you're interested -- based on how you described yourself, you're exactly the person we're building for. Looka is a great tool for creating a logo, and they're primarily focused on that -- and I've seen some great logos created on there. We're especially focused on creating the right design aesthetic for you. If you're building a fun consumer SAAS business, you might lose credibility if your website is super…
What do your customers do after using your service? Create a website / app design from scratch using your brand guidelines with a consulting designer?
Serious question btw!