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Roast my latest project + Looking for 5 power users of YouTube
Friends, I'm excited to share with you TinyFormat - a summarizer for YouTube Videos. Perfect for power users who like to podcasts, tutorials, and other types of educational material.
Two things:
1. I'd love your feedback. What are your first impressions? Is the messaging in the homepage clear?
2. Also, I am looking for 5 people looking to test the product. If you're interested, let me know so I can provide you with a code.
2. Also, I am looking for 5 people looking to test the product. If you're interested, let me know so I can provide you with a code.
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First, congrats on the soft launch 🎉
Always super exciting to launch new products!
A few notes:
- Great domain name
- Clean, minimalist design with clear structure
- The core value is clear but what sets you apart from similar tools? Why your product is better?
- Requiring login to use the service creates friction. I left the page at that point.
I personally wouldn’t pay subscription for this (perhaps one-time if there are updates in the future) as there are free alternatives or I’d build one if I need to use it everyday.
Thanks Max! I appreciate you taking a look
The core differentiator is the high quality of the output and ease of use. Paste a link, and get what you were looking for. There is no prompting required, all of that is handled by the back-end.
As for the login, you are 100% right -- this adds friction. For the moment, I've kept it like this to focus on high-intent users as I am looking to nail down the messaging and painpoint. Overtime, I do want to look for ways to make part of it free/unrestricted, but for now I've hesitated to do so to avoid blowing through AI credits.
Congrats on the launch! I echo what @maxarca said - left the page once it asked me to log in.
I think there’s a ton of competition in this space which isn’t always a bad thing, but I can’t see myself paying for this (not even once) when there are 5-6 free tools on the first page of Google that give me a transcript and summary
Thanks Ben ! I appreciate the honest feedback. I do need to figure out a way to showcase the value better. Right now, I was trying to avoid allowing people to process videos without signing up to save on API costs. But i have a few ideas in mind
Congrats on the launch!
Messaging is pretty clear. However, I do think if you bother to have a CTA like "paste any yt link in here" right on the homepage, you gotta give them something beyond just a login. Maybe a basic summary with a "register to see full summary" or something like that. Right now, it seems a bit counter-productive.
Thank you Nikita 🙏. I do need to improve the “value upfront” aspect, I agree. I’m going to work on this! I appreciate you taking a look
Good luck! I'm a Youtuber myself (and working on a YT project on the side) so going to be watching this one :)
oh sweet! I just took a look, very cool 👌. However, you are missing one of my favorite docs of all time :) "Life in a Day 2010 Film"
Ooooh good one thanks! I'll add it
I've tested it out and:
- clean, straightforward dashboard
- no WOW effect after the summary has been created
- download only in PNG, no PDF?
- what about summary with several pages 1/3 when exporting I only see one page?
- you may suggest paid plans in the settings instead of waiting for 3 free trials cause some users want full access right away and ready to pay (“No billing information found. Please subscribe first to access billing portal.”)
- for paid plans, I’d add more premium features like color personalization for social sharing, other export files, delete the brand tinyformat.com, etc.
Hey @maxarca -- amazing, thanks for giving it a go 🙏
For download options, it's on the pipeline -- I will add DOCX and PDF shortly
Were you on mobile? the export triggers one page after another. Not sure if there is a way for me to do it all at once? I'll have to take a look. For now, its an annoying 2-3 file download, and each has its own popup
Good catch ; I just updated the sidebar to suggest paid plans to users if they happen to run out of credits
Those are good options for the paid plans, I like it