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I spent $855.77 on Google Ads and got my ads banned 5 times

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Re: I spent $855.77 on Google Ads and got my ads banned 5 times

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Post by konschubert »

mulmen wrote: post #46
konschubert wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

yes and no. It's easy if you just want to display your own content: https://www.invisible-computers.com/invisible-calendar/image... or, if you want to share your app with others, there is: https://github.com/Invisible-Computers/image-gallery/blob/ma... It's hard if you want to run your own embedded code. I just haven't written the documentation for it and you would need your own UART flasher board.

Wow, very clever, just display an image! Does the image server really have to be on the Internet? Can I just enter a locally-resolvable hostname or IP address?

Has to be online since it is proxied via an online backend which does the actual black-and-white conversion etc.

I have some ideas for letting users point the device directly to a local URL, but I don't want to commit to any promises on that front.

You could try using something like https://ngrok.com, that's what I sometimes use for testing.

Re: I spent $855.77 on Google Ads and got my ads banned 5 times

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Post by konschubert »

jacquesm wrote: post #45
konschubert wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In terms of openness, there is this: https://www.invisible-computers.com/invisible-calendar/image... and this: https://github.com/Invisible-Computers/image-gallery/blob/ma... I also want to make the esp32 controller itself more hackable in future, but I don't want to promise anything because that's quite a lot of work for me. ------- I'll ship within Europe as soon as I have bootstrapped the 7000 Euro necessary for C…

Are you aware of the CE Self Certification process? https://cemarking.net/ce-marking-knowledgebase/ce-self-certi...

This still requires you do do EMC testing, including Wifi and Bluetooth band testing.

Like, you need to rent out a lab for a day or so. And probably want to pay an expert to write the docs for you.

Even though it contains a fully certified esp32-WROOM WIFI module, CE requires me to bring my own lab reports.

Re: I spent $855.77 on Google Ads and got my ads banned 5 times

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Post by jacquesm »

konschubert wrote: post #52
jacquesm wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you aware of the CE Self Certification process? https://cemarking.net/ce-marking-knowledgebase/ce-self-certi...

This still requires you do do EMC testing, including Wifi and Bluetooth band testing. Like, you need to rent out a lab for a day or so. And probably want to pay an expert to write the docs for you. Even though it contains a fully certified esp32-WROOM WIFI module, CE requires me to bring my own lab reports.

In that case I would suggest you sell it as a kit.

Re: I spent $855.77 on Google Ads and got my ads banned 5 times

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Post by mschuster91 »

konschubert wrote: post #42
mschuster91 wrote: post #34

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I want one so bad. Only thing is, I'd like to run my own software on it - do you support modding?

yes and no. It's easy if you just want to display your own content: https://www.invisible-computers.com/invisible-calendar/image... or, if you want to share your app with others, there is: https://github.com/Invisible-Computers/image-gallery/blob/ma... It's hard if you want to run your own embedded code. I just haven't written the documentation for it and you would need your own UART flasher board.

> I just haven't written the documentation for it and you would need your own UART flasher board.

That would not be an issue. However, I'm based in Germany as well... do you have some sort of newsletter?

Re: I spent $855.77 on Google Ads and got my ads banned 5 times

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Post by bombcar »

konschubert wrote: post #8
bombcar wrote: post #7

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You’re probably better off shipping free hardware to appropriate bloggers, etc rather than burning cash at the altar of Google.

yes. That's what I will probably try.

I'm partial to https://www.sevarg.net myself; it's not me but he may be interested.

Re: I spent $855.77 on Google Ads and got my ads banned 5 times

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Post by drdaeman »

> When I launched my bare minimum campaigns using the default settings, I got absolutely no ad clicks. And yes, I even used the Performance Max campaign type which claims to use AI.

Yet another proof that all this Big Data that large corporations are supposedly have on us is very low value at best. There's just this meme/myth that it's all-powerful and can do magic like predicting people wishes before they even know, when in reality best it can do is maybe slightly improve results by some statistically significant but practically unimpressive margin (or not do anything at all).

Re: I spent $855.77 on Google Ads and got my ads banned 5 times

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Post by mulmen »

konschubert wrote: post #51
mulmen wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow, very clever, just display an image! Does the image server really have to be on the Internet? Can I just enter a locally-resolvable hostname or IP address?

Has to be online since it is proxied via an online backend which does the actual black-and-white conversion etc. I have some ideas for letting users point the device directly to a local URL, but I don't want to commit to any promises on that front. You could try using something like https://ngrok.com , that's what I sometimes use for testing.

Hm, I see. I’m pretty sure I can figure out how to serve a greyscale image. I suggest making that proxy explicit in your docs. You suggest using HTTPS and an obscure URL to keep our data “secret” but then you’re literally processing our content and could be doing anything with it.

Re: I spent $855.77 on Google Ads and got my ads banned 5 times

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Post by konschubert »

jacquesm wrote: post #53
konschubert wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This still requires you do do EMC testing, including Wifi and Bluetooth band testing. Like, you need to rent out a lab for a day or so. And probably want to pay an expert to write the docs for you. Even though it contains a fully certified esp32-WROOM WIFI module, CE requires me to bring my own lab reports.

In that case I would suggest you sell it as a kit.

I think that's a but of a legal gray area... not quite sure.

PS:

Good to see you on HN still after all those years, cool to see you interested in my little project. :)

Just in case you have something on the top of your mind... I am kind of looking to build a bit of a hardware - boostrapper support network for myself, do you know anyone I should reach out to? Just other people working in the space... I am not too sure about hardware incubators but I would also be open to ideas there..

Re: I spent $855.77 on Google Ads and got my ads banned 5 times

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Post by konschubert »

junon wrote: post #30
konschubert wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In terms of openness, there is this: https://www.invisible-computers.com/invisible-calendar/image... and this: https://github.com/Invisible-Computers/image-gallery/blob/ma... I also want to make the esp32 controller itself more hackable in future, but I don't want to promise anything because that's quite a lot of work for me. ------- I'll ship within Europe as soon as I have bootstrapped the 7000 Euro necessary for C…

Thanks! Anywhere I can get updates for Europe certification? Rare case I'd subscribe to a newsletter if you mentioned it in there.

EDIT:

I decided to crate a google form if you want to get notified:

https://forms.gle/96sGBWFsxgAomG3Q9

Re: I spent $855.77 on Google Ads and got my ads banned 5 times

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Post by konschubert »

nonrepeating wrote: post #26
konschubert wrote: post #6

Yea. I am selling a pretty honest product, nothing fishy about it. Not even naughty. Just an eink display for google calendar. My Google Merchant account got banned immediately and I have no idea why. For now, I have decided to not play this game and will look for marketing avenues outside google. EDIT: In case you want to play a game of guess-what-got-him-banned, this is the product page: https://shop.invisible-comp…

That’s a really nice-looking product, and inspiring to those of us who’d like to create and sell our own creations.

Thanks man.
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