Show HN: Bootstrapped, Not Profitable *Yet*, & Proud: Pagify
I've been working on an app in my spare time for about the past 6 months in between my day job and taking care of my 10 month old daughter. I'm launching a beta today and would love to get the communities feedback. It's called Pagify and it's an app that allows you to build custom Facebook tabs using their new iframe method.
I'm quite proud of the fact that I actually got this out the door. This past year my life has been quite hectic. Let me know your thoughts and give me a "Like" if so inclined :). Thanks
View the app at http://pagifyapp.com Skip the Marketing stuff and go straight to the app at http://app.pagifyapp.com
Published in 2011, this chronicle by @johnnytee details the mechanics of building a profitable, self-funded business without venture backing.
The community focused on B2B customer acquisition channels, cold email vs SEO distribution, and balancing full-time employment with side-project development.
Such a cool product. The Wordpress for Facebook pages. Great stuff. Hats off.
Some small hints while using it.
* When editing your page it automatically saves, at least that is what the message tells you. But after clicking the upgrade banner top left and going back, my changes are lost. Using the latest Chome stable on Mac btw. After publishing the page, my changes were there though.
* Open the page result in a new window, so I can easily go back and tweak more
* When clicking on a header in the final page, I would like for it to close so I can easily open the next one.
* I am missing a feature to delete the whole page
* (Pro version?) I would like to rename the page as well as the page icon
* (Pro version?) Would love to add and edit more pages
* (Pro version?) Be able to change the style of the page (colours, fonts, borders ,..)
this is a wonderful and easily monetizable application. Hope you're successful in bringing this to the mass. Two very minor aesthetic suggestions: (1) when I hit the play button, it should play automatically instead of just bringing up the popup, (2) plan & pricing ... I think it is better you say something about the plan rather than "free for now".
I just tried this out for http://thinkery.me and it's pretty cool. An option to change the color scheme would be great.
Here's the facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/thinkery?sk=app_141947329155355
I like it a lot! From the design, to the music accompanying the video, to the way it looks so simple to use! Looks like you've done a great job.
To be honest, we'll probably use it ourselves!
Very cool. When you do decide to start charging, I would charge > $5. Super easy to use. I would buy right now :)
Clickable http://pagifyapp.com