Do you include the WP markup in your generated app? Or do you transform the markup into Objective-C code (so no HTML/CSS included in the app)? The latter would be much harder to implement I think.
I quit my high-paying job to follow my dream of launching a startup. Here it is.
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Re: I quit my high-paying job to follow my dream of launching a startup. Here it is.
#12Very very nice concept. Would attract so many WP site owners who want to have an app. Please share some technical and transition stories. Also is the homepage a little slow, or just me?
Our VPS that hosts the website seems to be on fire. However our app is up and running just fine - http://engine.theappifier.com
Re: I quit my high-paying job to follow my dream of launching a startup. Here it is.
#13Nice idea. I'd be interested to know (and if you're willing to share with the community): 1. What was your job. 2. How much did you get paid. 3. How much savings(runway) do you have to support this product. Thanks!
1. I was a software engineer that got an MBA and was doing management consulting.
2. Over 80k / year
3. My runway is private, but we financed ourselves by taking on short-term iOS/Wordpress dev/design consulting gigs to stay fed.
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#14Interesting.
This looks like a container similar to PhoneGap, but more specialised to some sort of feed from the WP website, perhaps RSS.
Is there really that large a market for this sort of thing?
Re: I quit my high-paying job to follow my dream of launching a startup. Here it is.
#15Nice idea. I'd be interested to know (and if you're willing to share with the community): 1. What was your job. 2. How much did you get paid. 3. How much savings(runway) do you have to support this product. Thanks!
1. I was a software engineer that got an MBA and was doing management consulting. 2. Over 80k / year 3. My runway is private, but we financed ourselves by taking on short-term iOS/Wordpress dev/design consulting gigs to stay fed.
It would be interesting to see more details in a blog post about your transition, such as whether you started working on this before quitting your job, how long since you quit your job, what the makeup of your team is, how you met your team, etc. This looks really cool by the way, good job on launching!
EDIT: Correcting typos
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#16Interesting. This looks like a container similar to PhoneGap, but more specialised to some sort of feed from the WP website, perhaps RSS. Is there really that large a market for this sort of thing?
It's not a container at all. We leverage a plugin that provides a JSON representation of the Wordpress site content.
We consume the JSON to display the Wordpress content within a fully native UI and give access to all the speed, features, and benefits that a fully native app has to offer over web or hybrid apps.
Re: I quit my high-paying job to follow my dream of launching a startup. Here it is.
#17Nice idea. I'd be interested to know (and if you're willing to share with the community): 1. What was your job. 2. How much did you get paid. 3. How much savings(runway) do you have to support this product. Thanks!
1. I was a software engineer that got an MBA and was doing management consulting. 2. Over 80k / year 3. My runway is private, but we financed ourselves by taking on short-term iOS/Wordpress dev/design consulting gigs to stay fed.
Thanks. Did you change your standard of living to to follow your dream? If so, to what extent? Are you now eating raman? Also, do you have any dependents (wife, children)? Oh, and how old are you?
Sorry, I know you are really interested in sharing your product but many of us want to know what people are willing to give up to chase their dreams.
Thanks again.
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#18I'm not sure I see the benefit of converting a website into a pseudo-app, then charging for that app. Users would effectively be paying for the wrapper when the same content is available without charge via a browser. I realize this happens all the time and there are a plethora of site shortcuts-as-apps in the app store, but the fact that they are abundant doesn't make the practice any better.
I'm honestly curious about the use cases for this and what extra value this provides for the user over using the website in a browser.
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#19Why did you choose to form an LLC instead of a C-Corporation?
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#20cool idea, looks nice, thanks for sharing