Sunset or giving it a second chance?
Harold
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With No-Code you can build new ideas quickly ā”ļø
This is a real superpower šŖ
However, you might end up with a lot of products, which can be quite distracting š
What do you do with your old builds?
šļø Sunset them
or
ā»ļø Give them a second chance
(with someone else who has more time, skills and/or motivation)
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Or perhaps none of the above?
Because it can be really hard to let go your once beloved ideas, isn't it? š
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As an experiment, we're organizing a No-Code Garage Sale today,
where visitors can take old builds out of the hands of busy makers.
For a bargain ofc, like a real garage sale.
Really curious how how this will be for both sides š
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Mark Bowley@markbowley
As a designer and no-code maker I love starting experiments and manifesting the potential of ideas, but don't always want to keep them all running. This is a great idea to find good homes for viable projects!
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@markbowley Yeah, you only can keep up so many projects at the same time isn't it?
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Have tended to hold on to my previous builds, which is not very satisfying.
Would be great to find a new owner / fresh set of eyes to take those projects to their full potential! Someone might have the perfect audience for the project.
Have spent January revisiting a couple of projects with a view to either monetising or selling on to someone else.
Will attend the No-Code Garage Sale tonight, would love to see someone else grow my old builds that is good at marketing and sales š
@leelaunches Very excited that you're joining the sale today Lee š
Looks like you're doing a big clean up, as you listed 3 old builds š¦š¦š¦
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Finding a new owner is more fulfilling than letting them quietly die, but you need to invest a little bit of time in it.
Some people love building. Some people love marketing. So I think a nice opportunity.
@kattrisen You can tell, selling the No-Code Guru before and after all your interviews for No-Code Exits š
If you had to choose, which do you love the most personally: the building part, or the marketing part?
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@kattrisen @hdkstr tough for me to choose between the two. Probably the building but the marketing is where the rubber meets the road and can be so fulfilling
@kattrisen Katt is the queen of exit. She is great with all her no-code project
Give products a second chance for sure - it just might not be with you!
@maxwellcdavis Recycling ā»ļø
Yep.so - From idea to launch in 5 mins.
My carefully defined strategy is to let them die but continue paying for them indefinitely, meaning I have at least $290 a month of Bubble fees from my 10 apps, most of which have no users.
Perhaps I'll write an e-book about this strategy!
But seriously.... the garage sale is a fantastic idea and I'm already looking forward to more in the future.
@nocodelife haha, I think a lot of makers relate to that strategy š
Same for domains.
It's just hard to let go ideas you were so excited about isn't it?
Maybe it will be easier when you know it's going to a good destination. We'll see, worth trying š
There's a word: Rebranding :D
If it's a great idea or product, it just might need adjustment.
Sunsetting should be the last option. ā»ļø
@lauri_post1 Always keep iterating šŖ
But what if your old builds are still buzzing through your head, but are actually distracting you from your current projects?
I see people on Twitter killing projects to move on.
Like @mddanishyusuf who decided to stop working on QuickAPI in November, because B2B is not his cup of tea.
Decisions like this make a lot of sense, but personally I always find it very hard to let go old ideas š«£
@mddanishyusuf @hdkstr Yes! I guess you would need to look into your personal beliefs and bets, and decide based on that.
I'm in the 2nd chance team!
@fausto_st š Great pitch at the garage sale yesterday Fausto š
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@airbuild_consulting Thanks Andrew š
Looking into that. Lmk if you have any suggestions š
I think this would be brilliant. I have built a lot stuff that I don't use anymore. I could be thrift shop for old builds. Would love to work on this!
@ali_haider32 I think a lot of makers relate to that. So many creative ideas and great builds might get wasted because they are just staying in someone's dashboard without any plans.
As an experiment we organized a No-Code Garage Sale yesterday, and it was a lot of fun š
Definitely going to do another one šÆ