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I'm Mark Zschiegner, and many moons ago I was also known as (aka) Rex Dixon. I like finding the small, overlooked problems that sit between building something and getting paid for it. Distribution, collecting approvals, giving an existing customer a reason to discover another product-those interest me. I'm drawn to tools that are simple to understand and fulfill their promise automatically. I don't want to build myself another job disguised as software.
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My main focus right now is VendorButton. It lets vendors recommend relevant products on their thank-you pages after a purchase. Their own offers come first, with optional recommendations from other vendors. There's also private mode and per-site click statistics. While that is my main focus right now, I have several sites I created recently that are really cool. I'm also building products including ClientJot for project scope and client approvals, MoneyFunny for product-ad creation, and Sigdes for email signatures. Running several products makes the distribution problem very personal: someone can buy from one of my sites without knowing the others exist. And of course, Qevra which has over 680 sites signed up, as well as OpenAndLive has mapped 119 live streaming cams, 88 areas and 31 countries. And yes, I went down the LoL copy site highway with PureMoney.lol and a few other lol sites.
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I set myself a challenge: create something that could earn money within a weekend. The first ideas sounded reasonable, but they depended on manual work or demand we hadn't established. I kept pushing back. This is generally how I approach solving most problems. I ask myself "Will this make any money, and how fast will it make money" - I do that only for the fact that a long time ago someone stated to me "Money Loves Speed". It's the truth too. You attract money with your speed of excution. VendorButton came from looking at my own sites. After someone bought something, the thank-you page was mostly a dead end. I already had other products that might help that person. Connecting those products felt like a concrete place to start.
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I thought access to a vendor network would be the main attraction. Then a potential customer said he worried his buyers would get stolen. This person runs a business where his leads and buyers are super protected and case in point - they make him money. Buyers are where your money maker lives. Never forget that. That is why I was using old tactics of recommendations and marrying them the warm credit card in hand of the "thank you page". This is your last chance to capture that credit card again and again and again. But back to my buddy... That changed the conversation. He wasn't asking for more exposure; he wanted control over the customer relationships he had worked to earn. We added private mode so vendors can use their own offers across their sites without participating in cross-vendor recommendations. Network access only has value if people trust the boundaries.
Question 5 of 7
Nick from Nick Launches bought VendorButton, then sent me a screenshot because he was having trouble activating his site. He said he had added the DNS record and asked for help. That mattered more than a compliment. He was putting it on his business and trying to make it work. His question moved the product from "does this sound useful?" to "help me get this running."
Question 6 of 7
Distribution-and proving that the recommendations are useful enough to keep running. VendorButton earned its first $19 within 24 hours, which was encouraging. But one purchase doesn't prove repeatable demand, and a click doesn't prove a sale. The challenge now is getting vendors to install it, add relevant offers, and see enough value to keep using it. We've added statistics so those conversations can start with actual activity instead of guesses.
Question 7 of 7
Decide what counts as evidence before you start building. It's easy to keep adding features because an idea sounds plausible. Someone paying, attempting installation, or telling you exactly why they won't use it gives you something much more useful. Also, be honest about the business you want. If you want an automated product, don't quietly build a service that needs you to fulfill every order. Keep the first promise small enough that the product can actually deliver it.
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This person was honest, and that's fine. But it is a problem and we all know it. Facebook/Meta has taken all the fun out of social sites. People all just hang their heads and say "Facebook sucks, but I'm going to log in because I use messenger" ie.. they give up and don't try to fix the problem of the major overreach. At least I'm trying to address the PROBLEM with my SOLUTION. Sure it sucks rn. It's day #2 and version 0.0001.
I honestly don't want to be rude, but the idea sucks, the execution sucks, the field u r entering is extremely hard, in fact one of the hardest to crack since u need huge adoption, and with all social media around rn u ask ppl to join a new one? i'm sorry but this is just bad in every way
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I think you’re focusing too much on why YOU wanted to build this and not enough on the feedback around execution, which is valid, you even admit your agent built this in a matter of hours right? I’ll also say that a social network takes MASSIVE distribution or a massive marketing budget. I’d say focus less on the why and heavily consider the repeated feedback around execution.
Mark Z has responded to some feedback for WhereTheyAsk: Social sites used to be fun. Now you get banned for speaking your
I honestly don't want to be rude, but the idea sucks, the execution sucks, the field u r entering is extremely hard, in fact one of the hardest to crack since u need huge adoption, and with all social media around rn u ask ppl to join a new one? i'm sorry but this is just bad in every way
WhereTheyAsk: Social sites used to be fun. Now you get banned for speaking yourrepliedAppreciate you telling me how much my idea sucks, but at least I'm trying to build something that will eliminate the overreach of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, etc... or whoever the f'k Zu'ck decides to buy next. They have 22 years of dominance, and if Trump or his team would have said "We can't compete" that is all we'd have right now. They said "Screw that we'll build Truth Social" Problem found, and I'm trying to solve it. How about you, care to share your build?
Mark Z has responded to some feedback for WhereTheyAsk: Social sites used to be fun. Now you get banned for speaking your
I like the idea of a site trying to bring back facebook and myspace vibes, but i fear its going to attract the wrong visitors? also seems a bit too political for my liking, "your thoughts on the first amendment" and "what is your favourite gun you own" in group posts? and the site footer about first amendment. Not to mention sign in with google only to use the site.
WhereTheyAsk: Social sites used to be fun. Now you get banned for speaking yourrepliedThe idea of the Google sign in is that pretty much most people have a gmail, and if you don't - there is no way I'm letting you on the platform. We need to verify two things 1. You are the real person that owns this account and not a bot, 2. You can actually click the tokenized link in the first email. Plus if we need to email you site updates, etc... we have a real email you can check. Yes, it seems like we bowed to the powers of Google, but it's there to protect all users. Real people.
Mark Z has responded to some feedback for WhereTheyAsk: Social sites used to be fun. Now you get banned for speaking your
gives me vibes on myspace - but needs more visuals here. free speech is a strong claim , I appreciate you are working on free speech but we would like to see you displaying how you are gonna do the moderation
WhereTheyAsk: Social sites used to be fun. Now you get banned for speaking yourrepliedThe only things I am not allowing free speech on is "Terroism" "Self Harm" and maybe outright pr0n. I will think about it, as I want people to post stuff obviously and use the site more freely than Facebooklies and Redditban - but at the same time, people should need to view stuff like that - so I might work that into the code to hide it or blur it with the clearly marked issue with the post.
Mark Z has responded to some feedback for WhereTheyAsk: Social sites used to be fun. Now you get banned for speaking your
Unbelievably low effort slop here, it almost looks like slop from an old model. No product shots or examples, copy reads weird, completely unstyled components, no visual design or UX considerations at all. Who’s going to use this? This product needs heavy consideration, copy work, and a direction outside of a weird “free speech” claim.
WhereTheyAsk: Social sites used to be fun. Now you get banned for speaking yourrepliedThanks for the feedback and I totally disagree with your commentary. This is v1 and if you like living in a society with heavy moderation and no free speech, go ahead. I for one do not, so I decided to push something out. At least I'm not sitting around complaining about the problem.
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I have less of a problem with the concept, if that’s your concept it’s fine but maybe explain the product more and how the product protects people’s free speech. As you know people go to jail for speech in England, how would this protect them? I realize it’s a V1 but would it take that much time to add product images and refine the positioning a little past what your agent did?
I did add screenshots of how it looks, and on mobile too. Currently if you really want to help or make constructive criticism, please sign up. As of now, I literally pushed it today, so it's really v0.1 or less. To get these fantastic pictures and such - need more users. That means you sign up and start using it and then leave more feedback if you really have no problem with the concept. Not making it for UK or freedom hating folks.
Mark Z has responded to some feedback for WhereTheyAsk: Social sites used to be fun. Now you get banned for speaking your
is this a take on yahoo answers? If would be cool if we could let AI ask questions and discuss they deserve rights too haha
WhereTheyAsk: Social sites used to be fun. Now you get banned for speaking yourrepliedNot at all. This is basically Facebook and MySpace before they decided to ban people and censor. Free Speech. America FTW! Tired of the shadow banning, the non-free speech. This is your place before the great purge of 2020!
Mark Z has responded to some feedback for DaySocialize
we need more visuals on this one and your CTA does not work
DaySocializeAnd I'm working on that now, thanks for your feedback. This is basically built to replace the lame Events that Facebook has an that everyone still uses. This is more of "private circle of friends" events. Like day time drinking events with a select group of friends. That is where I got the idea.
Anonymous
thanks for taking action so quickly, good luck!
Mark Z has responded to some feedback for PrivateTake
no clear value prop, and if you are explaining why we should buy it a lot - it's a clear indicator that maybe we should not. Let product sell itself
PrivateTakemade more adjustments. Thanks for the feedback. The concept is rather simple. Why share videos with "Loom" and other places when you want to record screencasts.
Anonymous
thanks for taking an action so quickly, good luck!
Mark Z has responded to some feedback for TimeBurg
looks good, will give it a shot, good luck
TimeBurgThanks and it's SimCity or SimCity 2000 with a slight twist with the ability to use real cities, see time as it grows, etc. I hope you tried it out more.
Mark Z has responded to some feedback for AISlopp: Prompt to AI Video Clips
page loads very slow although it's very strong value prop
Thanks for the feedback and will see what I can do to speed it up. Hopefully you'll come back and check it out again!
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you can check google lighthouse or freescandotapp - it's very easy to improve it nowadays
thanks again for the feedback. Old page Page now Performance score 91 96 and 99, two runs First paint 2.5 s 1.3 s Largest paint 3.1 s 2.1–2.3 s Downloaded up front 2,491 KB 675 KB Videos started on load 3, including a 1.2 MB clip 1, the phone demo Script on the wire 295 KB, uncompressed 81 KB, compressed Layout shift 0 0
One more - freescan rated it 84: FreeScan is here and gives it an 84: https://www.freescan.app/scan/aislopp-com-84-launch-readiness-report-a77e6f0b
Mark Z has responded to some feedback for TimeBurg
Simcity vibes are strong with this one! Cool little game right in your browser. What’s not to like
TimeBurgGlad you like and remember SimCity!
Mark Z has responded to some feedback for Stvir : Private chats with fictional adults who keep a fixed personality.
There's a few things that are wrong with it: 1) On large screen half of it is empty 2) There's no explanation what it is or how it works 3) The videos are pretty much only voice samples and they don't sound nice ( stiff and repeating the same things )
Thanks and it went from totally pr0n looking to totally boring. I get it, working on all the points you laid out. Thanks for your constructive feedback. Much appreciated.
Mark Z has responded to some feedback for Wazup
ok good idea, but start with hero then demos, then pricing. There's a problem with the order right now
WazupMade updates and thanks for your feedback
Mark Z has responded to some feedback for Open And Live
Fun concept that I enjoyed seeing, quite a novel idea
Thank you for the feedback, and I find it interesting too.
Mark Z has responded to some feedback for LaunchDock Track
isn't this posthog with 2 extra steps? you need at least to explain the diff in FAQ section
I don't know what PostHog is, and I looked them up and I think mine is better with less clutter.
Mark Z has responded to some feedback for Stvir : Private chats with fictional adults who keep a fixed personality.
does it matter on how they look if the unique value prop is personality. This looks like a library - maybe not a good design choice to present with cards as it feels more like AI girlfriend
Updated the color scheme and the way we list the characters you can chat with. Better look I think, less "porn" look.
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it's not about the colors. It's about how you present this personas "tinder cards" like all good-women section by default. My point is do we need pics of them - if not can we think of a better way to present these personas
Mark Z has responded to some feedback for Stvir : Private chats with fictional adults who keep a fixed personality.
I got a 403 error, no have access to this page.
that is weird, works fine and to be clear, this is NOT a PORN app. It's a chat app. Our FAQ states that verbatim: Is this a porn app? No. Stvir is a chat app. It is not a porn app, and it is not an NSFW app. You pick a fictional adult and you talk. A private chat can turn sexual. That can happen with a real person too. The app is not designed for porn. It is designed for the conversation.
Mark Z has responded to some feedback for Stvir : Private chats with fictional adults who keep a fixed personality.
Honestly who is this for? The copy is super weird as well, and its ambiguous language makes me think it’s an AI sex app. Pricing is ridiculous if it’s a companion app especially because it’s only web, people primarily use these types of apps on mobile. Homepage has nothing about security or safety.
Works fine in a phone. It's built as a web app, yes, that part is true, but it is formatted to fit a phone. This is NOT A PORN APP! It's a chat app. The language is very clear, look at the FAQ: Is this a porn app? No. Stvir is a chat app. It is not a porn app, and it is not an NSFW app. You pick a fictional adult and you talk. A private chat can turn sexual. That can happen with a real person too. The app is not designed for porn. It is designed for the conversation.
Anonymous
The language is NOT very clear, it honestly sounds like an AI sex app, I'd consider looking at similar companion apps to see what the do with the copy. Also what makes this unique? Because there are HUNDREDS of these apps and a lot of them do have mobile native apps.
Anonymous
Maybe even making the top images a little less "Sexy" would help your cause.
Have you gone back and taken another look yet? Cleaned up a lot of the whole issue of it looking like a porn app.
Mark Z has responded to some feedback for SigDes
Not for me, but I can imagine there is a market for it. Would recommend to distribute your app at LinkedIn. Also try to get into touch with as many companies as possible to just see their signatures. I see a lot of crappy ones out there. How can one mess that up?! lol Make a viral app: submit a crappy signature and get $10 - and you pitch your app to the company. Works B2B, nice nice! Keep on doing great!
SigDesNot a fan of LinkedIn as that promotes "old school 9-5 thinking". Trying to break that chain, but appreciate your comment.
Mark Z has responded to some feedback for FromTheClip
Nice, love the simplicity of the offering and very calm vibes radiating from the landing page.
FromTheClipNothing to really do here, but thanks for the feedback!
Mark Z has responded to some feedback for DaySocialize
I'm sorry, but the UI doesn't really seem original
DaySocializeAddressing this one now!
Mark Z has responded to some feedback for ShareMyGPU
I mean, cool idea, but holy hell i would never use this. Let someone else access my hardware? What security do you provide that they can't burn my shit down? You're passing off all responsibility to the owner, but are providing access to anyone. You really should assist with security/hardware protection
ShareMyGPUAddressing this now. Remember, most, if not all, of the security is on you. You are basically "renting" out that mighty expensive GPU you have isolated on your network, right? If you leave it open on your network, that security hole is your responsibility. But yes, I am addressing this anyways. Thanks for the feedback!
Mark Z has responded to some feedback for PrivateTake
not very clear what it does. Logo is quite poor.
PrivateTakeWorking on this now.
Mark Z has responded to some feedback for Open And Live
cool idea, get rid of AI copy, make the page cooler by adding interactions
Just addressed this!
Mark Z has responded to some feedback for Is Your Traffic Real
nice website, but does not replace cloudflare - one thing to recommend is to fix left-aligned copy, try to make it more premium and good luck
NO intent to replace cloudflare whatsoever. This is an analytics tool only. Find out if your traffic is real or bots.
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