This is a really great idea, and I love the business model of selling future design work after you've already given your customer a bunch of value for free. I'd honestly consider having a pricing tab in the main menu that explains that - my one concern was that you'd have me fill out a whole questionnaire then try to charge me at the end before actually giving me the results.
Launch HN: Parade (YC S20) – Launch your company without hiring a designer
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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…
Problem is what comes next? I’d find a bootstrap template to build my site. And prob have a heck of a time integrating what I got from your site into my template. 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!
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#73I like this idea, but the app seems buggy. I tried to go through the initial steps, but in several places the Next button just did not work at all (After choosing logo fonts, choosing main color), just reloaded the page, and ended up in an inconsistent state with forever-loading icons. Gave up after 15 minutes of struggling. Chrome 95 on Manjaro.
Had the same issue - console shows 500 errors being thrown.
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You're getting into "launch your house without hiring an architect" territory there. UI isn't so much tricky as it is an entirely separate discipline, devoted entirely to context, with a ton of thinking already done and ready to be applied at the individual level. Just having a few off-the-rack workflows that are easy to play with would be helpful.
Yeah, I think you're exactly right re:"just having a few off-the-rack workflows that are easy to play with would be helpful". There really seems to be standard conventions that would work for most workflows, kind of like what component galleries do for web design. I haven't explored where that idea may lead. We're a long way off from trying to tackle UI design, but it does seem interesting.