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We are a small team of 2 building NotionApps (www.notionapps.com) for the past 1.5 years, trying to solve the exact pain point - custom apps on top of Notion without coding. We have been doing this alone until now, and it is great to see someone like Softr finally add a Notion integration. This is a huge validation.
Congrats @mariam_hakobyan5 and the Softr team behind the launch. Looking...
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Sameer Sanagala
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How are you building your AI apps today?
I am researching how people (especially those without the technical knowledge/resources) are building their AI apps.
What is your current building experience? Comment below.
PS: It would be great if you could fill up this form https://tally.so/r/w5vD9v (takes <3 mins) which has more questions about this topic.
PPS: I promise I will share the results and insights from the form here.
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Progress report of our product: 10 months after launch
Context: We are working on a tool to build apps from Notion (www.notionapps.com) without coding and I promised to build in public and share our journey transparently.
Progress report of NotionApps (10 months after launch)
• Traction
- Signups: 2200
- Paid: 45
- End-users: 16,000+ (till date)
- Monthly active end-users: 300+ (as of Jan)
- Top 5 use cases: Client Portal, Task Tracker, Member...
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We crossed 2000 signups yesterday and here is why we will hit 3000 faster
The first thousand took us 6 months
The second thousand took us 4 months
But the third one should only take us 2 months
We are working on NotionApps - an app builder for Notion databases (https://www.producthunt.com/products/notionapps)
We are aiming to hit the next thousand faster because the app builder is more viable now (also it will make a good arithmetic sequence so I can post...
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Notion Calendar: Huge potential but underwhelming first version
Does the world need another calendar app? Well, Notion just launched a standalone calendar app (standalone being the keyword)
Here are my first thoughts about Notion Calendar - the good and bad aspects of the release. So you can decide whether to switch from your calendar app or wait it out.
👉 The context
Guess what, this is the first time Notion launched a stand-alone product outside its...
Sameer Sanagala
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Dear Notion user! Let's nominate NotionApps for the Golden Kitty 😻
We launched NotionApps (a no-code tool to build apps from Notion) for the first time on Product Hunt last year. We have been getting a lot of love and feedback since then. Being a small team of 2, this support meant a lot to us and gave us confidence to continue working on the tool.
And guess what, we are aiming for the big kitty now. For the love of Notion, please take some time out to visit...
Sameer Sanagala
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Hi Dominik, firstly congrats on the launch. I have been following Helpkit for a while now, even before I started building NotionApps (https://www.producthunt.com/prod...) - an app builder for Notion.
Just tried it. Notion expert GPT looks like a useful resource for Notion users especially if they are new to it. Do you have plans to make responses more personalized in cases where one feeds the...
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Your Notion expert directly in ChatGPT
Sameer Sanagala
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Congratulations team. Being able to directly publish a help centre from Notion sounds like a great use case. Notion becomes 10x more powerful when used with the right integrations.
We are building a Notion tool too (notionapps.com) and are currently using gitbook + tawk for support. Will give this a try soon.
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An under-appreciated advantage of building in public
Hiring becomes a tad bit simpler when you are sharing your journey publicly.
Being a lean and early-stage startup, we want to work with people with the same intent. And it isn’t easy to find someone with the right competencies and intent.
We recently put up a post to hire a product designer on a contract basis. This is to improve the builder and end-user experience at NotionApps...
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Lifetime deals! Do you have one for your product? What did you offer? Share here.
Starting this discussion to understand the intent behind early-stage founders giving lifetime deals for their products. Feel free to share your lifetime deal and why you offered it.
I will go first. You can respond by answering the same questions below.
👉 What is our product?
We are building NotionApps (https://www.producthunt.com/products/notionapps) - a tool to build apps and portals from...
Sameer Sanagala
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How are you resisting the temptation to add AI to your product?
The temptation to add AI to your product is too damn real 🤯
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My co-founder and I discussed many times in the last few months how it is now technically feasible to release a magical feature for www.notionapps.com, an app builder for Notion databases.
A feature where we provide a co-pilot AI that generates/customizes an app from plain text.
So how and why are we resisting it?
We...
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An audacious goal to grow 10x in 4 months!
In August, at NotionApps (https://www.producthunt.com/posts/notionapps) we set an audacious goal to go from 10 paying users to 100 by the end of this year. That means we were aiming for 10x growth in 4 months. Here's where we stand now:
• We now have 21 paying customers.
• Our first 10 paid subscriptions took us 5 months.
• Our subsequent 10 subscriptions took us 1.5 months.
• Our conversion...
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What (not) to expect when launching on Product Hunt?
We launched www.notionapps.com last month and got #2 Product of the Day. While preparing we had a vague goal of “let’s get more signups, if possible a top 3?”.
But looks like there is much more to it. Here are 8 questions to ask before you launch on Product Hunt.
1️⃣ Is your target customer active on Product Hunt?
Product Hunt is a community of tech and product enthusiasts. Are you building a...
Sameer Sanagala
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Every user has a different ask! What are your next features and how did you decide to pick them?
Since we are working on an app builder (NotionApps - https://www.producthunt.com/posts/notionapps), there are 23 feature requests every week and since we are only a team of 2, we have to make decisions carefully when selecting the features to spend our development time on.
There is no magic potion, you know it too, simply talk to users and build what they want. Starting this discussion, to...
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We are trending #2 while DALL-E's Coming Soon page is #1. Need your support!
Today we launched NotionApps - an app builder for Notion. We are trending #2 and it feels a bit weird to be behind a "Coming Soon" page.
I am all in for what lies ahead in the generative AI space and tools like DALL-E but I think the big companies should refrain from posting Coming Soon pages on Product Hunt.
After all, it is a place for product launches and collecting feedback, not for PR...
Sameer Sanagala
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Hello Product Hunters! 😺
This is Sameer, co-founder of NotionApps. Thank you for checking out our launch!
The Idea 💡
Jatin and I have been building tools in the no-code space for the past 4 years. And we use Notion for everything internal. We understand the strengths of the tool and also its pain points.
At the beginning of the year, when we decided to pivot, we talked to more users in...
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Sameer Sanagala
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Congratulations on the launch, Tristan. I have been looking for an alternative to Calendly, as I am not a fan of their user experience. Will give this a shot!
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Sameer Sanagala
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Are you also launching this week? What's going on in your mind?
We are approaching our launch day on Product Hunt. With only two days to go, here are my honest thoughts about it.
Context: We are launching an app builder for Notion databases this Thursday (https://www.producthunt.com/products/notionapps)
1. We chose a Thursday to launch even though it will be competitive. This is because we decided our goal is to get higher visibility, not to achieve # 1...
Sameer Sanagala
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Check the teaser page of my product (https://www.producthunt.com/prod...) hoping for a magical splurge in the number of notified users!
What's the first thing you usually do when you log into Product Hunt?
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Sameer Sanagala
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Helped us in many ways. Some include,
1. Picking the next (the most important) feature for development
2. Dropping features that we previously thought were important
3. Improved messaging on our website and user flows
4. Deciding what features are free and what are paid
What role has user feedback played in shaping the development of your product?
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