coreymaass
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I build Web apps and WordPress products https://gelform.com
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Comment · 8 months ago
I put in a prompt. I think he wrote a song. He told me about what he wrote. But play button was never enabled.
Comment · 2 years ago
During the pandemic, I made an online version of the game Mexican Train ( mexicantrain.online ). It became popular in retirement communities during lockdown. Gameplay has dropped off significantly since, but I still have several regular players. It averages about 50 games/day and between $500 and $1000/month, all from donations.
Comment · 2 years ago
It kind of depends on what the SaaS does. But I’ve had a lot of success with B2C apps on WordPress. It handles user management, routing, and dashboard out of the box with a few free or cheap plugins. Then depending on what the app is meant to do, I write code or manipulate plugins to do what I need.
Comment · 2 years ago
I launched a new WordPress plugin a few months ago and we’re offering a Black Friday deal. OMGIMG ( http://omgimg.co/ ) is for editing featured images and generating Open Graph images inside WordPress. We’re offering 50% off forever!
Comment · 3 years ago
Using the right words is only half the battle. The advantage of SEO WordPress plug-ins is they serve the words in meta-tags that are read by social networks when your post is shared and when search engines like Google return your post in search results.
Comment · 3 years ago
In the 90s and 00s, we’d create “buy now” buttons on PayPal and drop them in the HTML. They still have “buy now” button builders, and people trust PayPal.
Comment · 3 years ago
I use Mailgun for all of my WordPress installs. I have a couple dozen. Works great, and they have a generous free tier.
Comment · 3 years ago
timer.express: tag-based, one-fee time tracking (in-progress, but online). React, php.
Timerdoro: productivity timer. React, WordPress.
My own recipe site, not public. WordPress.
Daily email-based diary. Two php scripts and Mailgun's api.
Comment · 3 years ago
Daily email I reply
To to keep a diary: two php scripts and mailgun.
My own recipe site: WordPress.
Tag-based time tracking (in-progress) at timer.express: react, php api.
Productively timer at timerdoro.com: react, WordPress.
Configurable image cropper for client use at crop.express: vanilla JavaScript, html.
Comment · 3 years ago
Timerdoro.com - It's been online for more than a decade. Hundreds of users every day. Hasn't made me dime. I suppose I could slap ads on it, but wouldn't anticipate it makes much...
Comment · 3 years ago
mexicantrain.online - My pandemic project continues to bop along nicely. Donations are generous. It makes people happy.
Social Link Pages (sociallinkpages.com) - a WordPress plugin to add link-in-bio pages to a WordPress install.
Comment · 3 years ago
I’m building and launching a new WordPress plugin with a new partner soon, and we’re planning on doing it live and in public. Weekly calls will be live streamed and archived. Some of it will not be pretty. :-) Sign up here if you want to follow along: https://express.us10.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=9ee9c87b6b6...
Comment · 3 years ago
During the pandemic I created an online, multiplayer version of the domino-based game, Mexican Train (https://mexicantrain.online). Ads didn't do much, so I switched to donations. It got quite popular during lockdowns. It's leveled off a bit now, but still generates more than beer money through donations every month. People are very generous.
Comment · 3 years ago
I built a WordPress plugin and sold it after a few years. I'm currently promoting another. Th answer the original question "how did you come up with the idea?" - I find blue ocean apps that I like and rebuild them, customized for WordPress. My first plugin with a kanban board inspired by Trello. My current plugin is Social Link Pages ( https://sociallinkpages.com ), inspired by Lintree, Carrd, etc.