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Re: Lofi.co – Relax and Focus

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Post by webmaven »

r3trohack3r wrote: post #26

I’ve been compiling a list of focus inducing songs on Deezer. My method is to vet a random playlist by listening to it during an intense coding session. If I can make it through without getting distracted I add it to my focus playlist. I have a subsequent vetting process where - if at any point when listening to a song on my focus playlist - a song grabs my attention I’ll remove it. It’s grown to over 75 hours of mus…

> It’s grown to over 75 hours of music at this point. I can listen to it for days on shuffle without hearing anything familiar which helps keep it in the background.

> https://deezer.page.link/JChycwJz7ArqGDtRA

Is there any way to export the list (csv, Google Sheets, etc.)?

Re: Lofi.co – Relax and Focus

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Post by oan »

bricemo wrote: post #95
oan wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hey! This is actually a website of mine, so I appreciate the feedback. About the price, any alternative or similar products' memberships cost around double (if not more) for often less features, so I'd say the pricing is actually quite low. For the costs, I would say S3 for the assets is the biggest one, at least with the current 150-200,000 monthly users. The actual art as well is a cost since it's all original, but…

Hi there, paid lofi.co member here (I joined to try it out). First off thanks for making this site. I am super into Lofi, listen to it every single day, make my own playlists, have lofi merch, etc. As much as I love lofi, I agree with the other comments that it's hard to compete with the abundant cheap/free content out there. I'm not saying this isn't higher production quality (it definitely is) or this doesn't pull…

Hey there, thank you so much for supporting the platform and also providing valuable feedback. I definitely agree on the group study sessions, as a matter of fact there's a major feature that's been in the works for months heading in that direction. Hopefully it will be ready soon after summer. The coffee idea seems pretty fun as well!

As for the price, I do agree on the jump between free and paid, but I also think that there's nothing actually similar to lofi.co around. The timer for one, even though it looks like a simple pomodoro timer, it's actually a lot more advanced than that and the only platform I know offering something slightly similar has only that as a product and charges double our monthly fee. Again it's hard to think of lowering the price when the competition is charging netflix-level monthly fees or other similar companies still higher fees for a fraction of the features.

May I ask what you mean with 'enough value to be ad supported'? I don't really like to share revenue online, but I can say the platform is profitable and has been growing steadily since launch.

Re: Lofi.co – Relax and Focus

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Post by oan »

mellowagain wrote: post #52

Thank you for additionally giving back 1% of your subscription earnings to mental health organizations!

Hey there, owner of the website here. Glad someone noticed that! It's not something we really like to advertise, but I also know there should be more info about it. For anyone interested, the organization we have donated to since launch is the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation, I recommend checking them out!

Re: Lofi.co – Relax and Focus

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Post by kingkongjaffa »

zimpenfish wrote: post #93
Method-X wrote: post #42

https://poolsuite.net is the one I use. The retro 90s asthetic is awesome.

Ah, I loved poolsuite but then they got the NFT brainworms. Most disappointing.

Yeah their marketing and aesthetic was so refreshing, then they went mental with pool related NFT's.

They seemingly made a decent amount of success with their consumer products - they started a sun cream line and moisturisers etc. all with the same fantastic aesthetic, and not-too-serious sensibilities.

Re: Lofi.co – Relax and Focus

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Post by bricemo »

oan wrote: post #103
bricemo wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi there, paid lofi.co member here (I joined to try it out). First off thanks for making this site. I am super into Lofi, listen to it every single day, make my own playlists, have lofi merch, etc. As much as I love lofi, I agree with the other comments that it's hard to compete with the abundant cheap/free content out there. I'm not saying this isn't higher production quality (it definitely is) or this doesn't pull…

Hey there, thank you so much for supporting the platform and also providing valuable feedback. I definitely agree on the group study sessions, as a matter of fact there's a major feature that's been in the works for months heading in that direction. Hopefully it will be ready soon after summer. The coffee idea seems pretty fun as well! As for the price, I do agree on the jump between free and paid, but I also think t…

By ad supported I just mean that if you aren’t creating enough value for enough people to pay, you may be able to get money from ads. But if the site is growing in revenue consistently that’s great!

Re: Lofi.co – Relax and Focus

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Post by oan »

bricemo wrote: post #108
oan wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hey there, thank you so much for supporting the platform and also providing valuable feedback. I definitely agree on the group study sessions, as a matter of fact there's a major feature that's been in the works for months heading in that direction. Hopefully it will be ready soon after summer. The coffee idea seems pretty fun as well! As for the price, I do agree on the jump between free and paid, but I also think t…

By ad supported I just mean that if you aren’t creating enough value for enough people to pay, you may be able to get money from ads. But if the site is growing in revenue consistently that’s great!

Oh got it, I've actually never really considered ads because I feel like they could ruin the experience and the money they'd be making wouldn't really be worth it. MRR has been growing in the 10%-30% range MoM since launch with a pretty high margin so can't complain about that, what I'd like to improve is the conversion rate though, as I feel it could be much better considering the high amount of traffic.

Re: Lofi.co – Relax and Focus

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Post by grey_earthling »

ilrwbwrkhv wrote: post #37
rayrag wrote: post #23

I've downloaded few mixes with relaxing music from YT and created a playlist in my foobar, it's simple and it doesn't require browser. I also recommend some radio streams: https://somafm.com http://echoesofbluemars.org/ https://plaza.one/

Somafm digitalis has been my beat since 2008ish

Me too! I've been listening to Digitalis on-and-off since before it was announced on the front page.
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