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Marc Köhlbrugge

Marc Köhlbrugge
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@marc

Maker of WIP. Building various other projects as well. Writing book about domain names.
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I'd typically pick a name where there's at least an upgrade path down the line to get the .com

So while you may not need it now, it would be smart to pick a name where the .com is unused even if it's at a high price right now. Long term, a good .com helps establish credibility and prevents any customer confusion.

This was my original concern, I feel like not having it may cost credibility should I look to garner significant investment or exit values down the line..

You're right though, just being unused, even if it's $10k and unattainable now, would be a good thing! Maybe that can be where I draw the filter line. Thanks!

This is a good strategy. I fear however it forces me to launch in stealth. Someone could easily grab the [.com] domain at that high price before you're able to buy it :( .

Current situation - juicy [.com] domain is available at $3,495 !

lol just noticed wip.com is some weird 90s crypto site 😆

Pro! Appreciate your effort! Thank you! There are few I see for the first time.

@marc Loved this, thank you - so much I haven't seen that I think I will need!

So it seems you’ve validated my idea that featuring such round-ups of apps on my site would be valuable to people, right? 🙂

If there's enough interest, I might add it.

We do already have something similar with the project stats: wip.co/projects/wip/stats

It shows monthly calendars where the days that you completed at least one todo are colored.

If you'd create a project for each habit, that would give you a simple version of a habit tracker.

B, most days I eat a banana. Often part of my protein smoothie. Although it kinda depends on my routine and which city I'm in, what food options are available (self-made or restaurant), etc.

I'd count fruit in smoothies as consuming fruit. You're still getting the nutrients of it.

Access to fruit makes sense why it'd be more difficult to eat it daily.

For logo's, you can use their free API: clearbit.com/logo

For everything else, it does seem they changed their pricing.

Thanks Marc, the new pricing doesn't seem to make a lot of sense for indie hackers!

Interesting idea. I agree it can give a more community feel, knowing that your progress is seen by others.

On the other hand, I'm not sure how well it translates to a feed like WIP. With Instagram Stories and TikTok profile views they are concrete user actions, whereas when scrolling to a feed of many todo's, it doesn't necessarily mean you've viewed all these todo's.

The Like buttons serve a similar purpose. I wonder if there are ways to increase adoption of those?

Maybe only add someone if the TODO was within view of their screen for a certain duration, like two or three seconds, so if someone is quickly scrolling past it won't count.

With IG and FB stories people can just tap on the right edge of their screen to see the next one, so it doesn't necessarily indicate an intention to seek out a particular person's story. IMO it's very similar to what you have with the WIP feed.

You can add any link you like to your bio however. They will be clickable too!