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_Smartphone_Superpowers
I built Smartphone Superpowers using only my iPhone. All the shortcuts are created on an iPhone, and the website itself is built using a mobile accessible website builder (carrd.co).
Initially, each shortcut was around $1 - each with it's own super simple payment page. Today, they're all free, but I built all those payment pages through a tool called Gumroad on my phone too.
It took a couple weeks, where anything I had a free moment, I would lay on the couch and build another piece on my phone.
I loved the idea of building a complete digital product without even needing a laptop, but the biggest reason I built this was because of an obsession with iPhone Shortcuts.
I've always gotten excited about no-code tools, and once I realized there was one built into my smartphone, I got carried away. Building little shortcut ideas became my go-to activity whenever I was on the toilet, or riding the bus.
Before making all the shortcuts free, someone did buy one of my shortcuts, which made me absolutely giddy. It's much harder to sell digital products than most people on the internet make it out to be.
I created around 10 different shortcuts, every single one I believed to be genuinely useful, and marketed them on TikTok to an audience of no-coders for around a year.
That led to one sale of a two-dollar product. Selling digital products is hard. Marketing digital products is hard.
But after getting that sale, I figured I would still have more fun with the site if I could give the shortcuts away, so I deleted the payment pages.
I'll admit, since iterating, I have edited the website on my laptop. I still count it as a fully-mobile-built product though. When I started Smartphone Superpowers, I wanted to prove it was possible to build something on your mobile - and I feel I've done that.
I don't know why I wanted to prove that point. I made $2 - it's not worth any bragging rights. I guess it just showcases how easy it's become to make something.
But I've got some fun plans for the future. I still build lots of shortcuts in my free time, and now I have a place to share them.
If you've got any fun ideas for shortcuts, shoot me a DM. If I build it, I'll send the link to you. :)
I built Smartphone Superpowers using only my iPhone. All the shortcuts are created on an iPhone, and the website itself is built using a mobile accessible website builder (carrd.co).
Initially, each shortcut was around $1 - each with it's own super simple payment page. Today, they're all free, but I built all those payment pages through a tool called Gumroad on my phone too.
It took a couple weeks, where anything I had a free moment, I would lay on the couch and build another piece on my phone.
I loved the idea of building a complete digital product without even needing a laptop, but the biggest reason I built this was because of an obsession with iPhone Shortcuts.
I've always gotten excited about no-code tools, and once I realized there was one built into my smartphone, I got carried away. Building little shortcut ideas became my go-to activity whenever I was on the toilet, or riding the bus.
Before making all the shortcuts free, someone did buy one of my shortcuts, which made me absolutely giddy. It's much harder to sell digital products than most people on the internet make it out to be.
I created around 10 different shortcuts, every single one I believed to be genuinely useful, and marketed them on TikTok to an audience of no-coders for around a year.
That led to one sale of a two-dollar product. Selling digital products is hard. Marketing digital products is hard.
But after getting that sale, I figured I would still have more fun with the site if I could give the shortcuts away, so I deleted the payment pages.
I'll admit, since iterating, I have edited the website on my laptop. I still count it as a fully-mobile-built product though. When I started Smartphone Superpowers, I wanted to prove it was possible to build something on your mobile - and I feel I've done that.
I don't know why I wanted to prove that point. I made $2 - it's not worth any bragging rights. I guess it just showcases how easy it's become to make something.
But I've got some fun plans for the future. I still build lots of shortcuts in my free time, and now I have a place to share them.
If you've got any fun ideas for shortcuts, shoot me a DM. If I build it, I'll send the link to you. :)