taphangum

Nice sites!

I've got a small plugin that I've been struggling to get traction with (https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-content-calendar-lite/). Would be very interested to know what you've done to get users.

super inspiring. Thanks for sharing man.

Don't have it anymore (sold it in 2013) but http://myapptemplates.com. Took it from $0 to $3,000 a month in about 1 year

Yes, I know. We live in the real world. My issue isn't people making judgements, etc. It's that I choose not to willingly expose myself to (and support) a system that enables those judgements to negatively affect me. Instead, I choose to spend my money with a system (a hotel) which does not allow the prejudices of individuals to get in my way.

Airbnb has chosen it's system (and refuses to address the flaws inherent in that system), so I've chosen not to use it.

Or just don't use Airbnb? I'd rather not turn myself into a circus clown just to be able to use a service. Especially one that I pay for.

I stopped using Airbnb wholesale after experiencing very similar things to what the OP has described in this article.

Plus, hotels are just better.

Ah, didn't realise there were multiple tiers. I thought you charging one flat price for everything. My bad! :)

I'd actually like to create a similar sort of service for a different niche, so find this very interesting. I'll definitely sign up and test it out. I'd also love to email back and forth to ask one or two questions about how you came to choosing certain data points over others. Will shoot you one after I sign up.

Dude, you should definitely raise your prices. I would pay at least $19 a month for this. Had to double take when I saw $8 a month.

reading this one now, very good book!

Yea, I know. Been on the platform for 2 years. This is AFTER that wait period.

Udemy has been going downhill for a while now. I have about 2 months in payouts from them. Still waiting.

This part was particularly interesting:

But over the past couple of years, flash sales on the whole have faded in popularity as retailers saturated customer e-mail inboxes with promotions and less high-end excess inventory became available.

I wonder how far reaching this 'Groupon-effect' is for Ecommerce in general.

Stop looking for productivity 'techniques' that others have found to work for them and just do the best thing I can think of now to get something done.

Momentum tends to work better than any one 'technique'.

https://myapptemplates.com - Disclosure: I founded the site.

This is fantastic advice. Pretty much exactly what I did to get to the point of being employable (when not working on my own ideas). Starting from a position pretty similar to the OP.

The most important part of this is the emphasis on releasing code on a consistent basis. I'm 6 years into my journey and am still doing this pretty regularly. Example: https://github.com/Tapha/Custom-Highlight - A simple, open source text highlighter that allows you to add custom functions to it. Like the Medium editor.

Cheers, just did.

What has given you the idea that the only viable 'Encoder' is written language? Voice or (depending on the bandwidth performance of a given area) video could do the job just as well, at least initially.

Is the Internet not the best (or at least one of the best) medium for the learning of the 'encoders' necessary for wider use?

I'm enjoying The Non-Designer's Design Book - (http://www.amazon.com/The-Non-Designers-Design-Book-Edition/...), as a guy who spends hours trying to figure out why my layouts look like crap, this book has really helped me get to grips with the basics. Which is tbh, where you need to start. After that, just keep reading, designing and failing. Dealing with the inevitable frustration is key (see educational mithridatism). Learning how to use a good design tool also helps a lot. I'm playing with Sketch which is pretty awesome.

I guess in the end, there is no real linear path to learning design. You just sort of have to bumble along until you find your stride.

How is the availability of information (which is the real separator of peoples) 'a problem that is not yet ready to be solved'?

Problem No. 1 is getting the right information to the right people is it not? In that case, isn't the internet the best way to disseminate that information? Doesn't bridging the information gap, bridge the skills and eventually wealth gap?

I'm sorry, but I just don't understand your argument at all.

You are a BEAST. Always inspiring to see your progress here.

I wonder if Jobs wrote the copy on the Ad. It's brilliant.

yep - you can contact me at tapha [at] live dot co dot uk

I founded http://myapptemplates.com a few years back. It does exactly this - and makes a decent amount (I no longer own it though). I can put you in touch with the new owners if your designs are good. Maybe you can work out some sort of deal with them.

There are literally millions of micro-niches online where spending x will yield x per month, fairly consistenly. Just find these, and scale.

For example: Udemy courses. I have one that does $3,500 a month on the high end, and about $500 a month on the low end. I know a guy who gets about the same average but has created roughly 40 courses. He, as you can imagine, makes a little more than $5k a month.

Btw, my investment in the course was no more than $200 total. Plus of course about 20 hours of my time.

The best answer.

Javascript/Meteor

Honestly the best thing I've read today.

Can't upvote enough. It's sad that more people aren't aware of this.

Yea - unfortunately it seems like only the 'elite' members get a say (and the ability to promote their product continuously).

Unfortunately, I have no idea what criteria they use to determine whether someone is elite or not. I'm one of the first 200 users on the site [1], had my own product submitted to the site (with over 100 upvotes [2]) and I STILL can't comment or submit posts.

[1] http://www.producthunt.com/@taphangum [2] http://www.producthunt.com/posts/myapptemplates