2021-01-042 minutes read (About 305 words)

How to form product idea

Issue #740

How to gain product ideas?

1) Scratch your own itch. If you don’t have any itch to scratch, stop here. This is awkward. Go travelling. Go exploring the world. The world always has problems and needs solution.
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2) Build any service, app or website. Along the way you’ll find tons of things you need that and unsolved by existing solutions, and tons of things you can improve upon.

3) Sign up for some paid newsletters to find ideas. This is the worst. This is like someone browsing through a tatoo catalog. You’re doing things for trend, for money, not for your self drive 👎

4) Most product ideas are not that hard, and require little tech skill. There are simple things that many people struggle or can’t do or learn by themselves. They need your help.

5) Read enough to build the mindset. You don’t need to listen to all podcasts, read all the books, attend all the courses to get started. You’re just procrastinating.

6) The only constant is “change”. The best time is now.

7) Does it matter if what you’re about to make has been done by someone else?

Probably not. You’re the master of your own itch, you know how to solve it your way. Every solution is unique and will be developed in different directions

8) Idea is veryvery cheap.
If someone sherlock your idea, execute it better, provider better customer support, understand the domain better. Isn’t it fair to say they deserve better success than you?

9) Is this idea worth executing?

If you ask me, my answer will be NO. Those who are super passionate about their idea will just ignore my advice and do it anyway.

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Updated at 2021-01-04 06:44:45

2021-01-04a minute read (About 185 words)

How to join AppStore Small Business Program

Issue #739

New program reduces App Store commission to 15 percent for small businesses earning up to $1 million per year

1) “earning up to $1 million” means proceeds, not sales. This is what we get after Apple’s cut. “up to” means $999.999
2) “if they earned up to $1 million in proceeds during the previous calendar year”. This means that if $1M is surpassed, the standard rate (30%) kicks in for the rest of the year, and also next year.
3) If a developer’s business falls below the $1 million threshold in a future calendar year (e.g. 2021), they can requalify for the 15 percent commission the year after (e.g. 2022)
4) This is surprising new, follow Apple’s promise in WWDC about changes in Appstore policy. It should be credit to @dhh ‘s fight for hey.com, which somehow affects the decision.
5) Some may need to stop generating revenue, by removing from sale, giving away or moving their apps to different distributing platforms to remedy the threshold surpassing.
6) Now the question is, how to get to the first $1000 😂