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I built a screenshot app for macOS and made ~$3k/mo from it :) https://xnapper.com https://xnapper.com People like the app for its ability to turn a normal bor

I built a screenshot app for macOS and made ~$3k/mo from it :) https://xnapper.com https://xnapper.com People like the app for its ability to turn a normal boring screenshot into a beautiful one that they can share on social media instantly.

booi 4y ago
Brilliant
- trungdq88 4y ago
  thanks!
nicbou 4y ago
This is an excellent landing page. They rarely explain what a product does this well and this fast. How to you keep those mini videos up to date?
- trungdq88 4y ago
  Thank you! It's a pain in the ass, I have to re-record the videos every time. But I think it's worth it. Usually I only update the videos if the app UI get too much different than the current version, which happens once every few months.
  - nicbou 4y ago
    Someone made something precisely for that and posted it here last week. I forgot the name unfortunately, but I share the pain.
    - jedberg 4y ago
      Plus. Self updating screenshots: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34416386 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34416386
jerrygoyal 4y ago
what a beautiful landing page. From where do you get most of your users?
- xuki 4y ago
  GP has ten of thousand of followers on Twitter.
- trungdq88 4y ago
  Mostly from my Twitter. I grew my account to ~70K followers by building this app and other products in public over the last 2 years.
rymawby 4y ago
I love this app and use it daily. (I think I got it through setapp). Awesome work.
- trungdq88 4y ago
  I'm happy to hear that! Thank you!
rrishi 4y ago
I really like the design of your website. If you don't mind me asking, any tips on how did you create it?
- trungdq88 4y ago
  I mostly use the premade components from Tailwind UI.
tmaly 4y ago
wow, that is really nice. How long did it take you to develop the app to where it is today?
- trungdq88 4y ago
  I've been working on it on and off since July 2022.
wingerlang 4y ago
Wow this is interesting, you write "read like snapper" on the homepage. I made a screenshot tool for iOS which is actually called Snapper. I have been working on/maintaining it since 2014! https://www.idownloadblog.com/2016/01/22/snapper-2-screenshot/ https://www.idownloadblog.com/2016/01/22/snapper-2-screensho... - video
- trungdq88 4y ago
  Interesting! I guess "snap" is quite a desirable verb for a screenshot tool name, haha. I couldn't get snapper.com, so I replace "s" with "x" instead. One thing I didn't know is that people tend to read it like "ex-snapper" or "znapper", which is unexpected to me (English is not my first language)
  - wingerlang 4y ago
    Yes definitely, over the years I've seen a few names with 'snap' as a base. It makes sense. I also tried to get snapper.com some times (although in my niche audience a website is not required at all). For the name, I think read it as ex-napper.
dbancajas 4y ago
What is the tech stack for this? I really want to build small apps like this and have a diversified portfolio but don't know where to start. Are you still earning 3K/month from this and what kind of on-going marketing are you doing?
egorfine 4y ago
It's so good! How did you market this app? How did you get the traction?
adepressedthrow 4y ago
You might want to play around with the encoding on your videos. On a Windows machine with a i7-8770k (and dedicated GPU) with Firefox latest, the page was spiking up to 100% GPU usage, causing the browsing experience to slow to a crawl. It may be related due to me having a Twitch stream up on a second display. Probably a Firefox bug, but it's preventing me from looking at this landing page that every one else seems to like :P
fnands 4y ago
I really like your pricing model (i.e. use forever + 1 year of support).

booi 4y ago

Brilliant

trungdq88 4y ago
thanks!

nicbou 4y ago

This is an excellent landing page. They rarely explain what a product does this well and this fast. How to you keep those mini videos up to date?

trungdq88 4y ago
Thank you! It's a pain in the ass, I have to re-record the videos every time. But I think it's worth it. Usually I only update the videos if the app UI get too much different than the current version, which happens once every few months.
- nicbou 4y ago
  Someone made something precisely for that and posted it here last week. I forgot the name unfortunately, but I share the pain.
  - jedberg 4y ago
    Plus. Self updating screenshots: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34416386 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34416386

jerrygoyal 4y ago

what a beautiful landing page. From where do you get most of your users?

xuki 4y ago
GP has ten of thousand of followers on Twitter.
trungdq88 4y ago
Mostly from my Twitter. I grew my account to ~70K followers by building this app and other products in public over the last 2 years.

rymawby 4y ago

I love this app and use it daily. (I think I got it through setapp). Awesome work.

trungdq88 4y ago
I'm happy to hear that! Thank you!

rrishi 4y ago

I really like the design of your website. If you don't mind me asking, any tips on how did you create it?

trungdq88 4y ago
I mostly use the premade components from Tailwind UI.

tmaly 4y ago

wow, that is really nice. How long did it take you to develop the app to where it is today?

trungdq88 4y ago
I've been working on it on and off since July 2022.

wingerlang 4y ago

Wow this is interesting, you write "read like snapper" on the homepage. I made a screenshot tool for iOS which is actually called Snapper. I have been working on/maintaining it since 2014! https://www.idownloadblog.com/2016/01/22/snapper-2-screenshot/ https://www.idownloadblog.com/2016/01/22/snapper-2-screensho... - video

trungdq88 4y ago
Interesting! I guess "snap" is quite a desirable verb for a screenshot tool name, haha. I couldn't get snapper.com, so I replace "s" with "x" instead. One thing I didn't know is that people tend to read it like "ex-snapper" or "znapper", which is unexpected to me (English is not my first language)
- wingerlang 4y ago
  Yes definitely, over the years I've seen a few names with 'snap' as a base. It makes sense. I also tried to get snapper.com some times (although in my niche audience a website is not required at all). For the name, I think read it as ex-napper.

dbancajas 4y ago

What is the tech stack for this? I really want to build small apps like this and have a diversified portfolio but don't know where to start. Are you still earning 3K/month from this and what kind of on-going marketing are you doing?

egorfine 4y ago

It's so good! How did you market this app? How did you get the traction?

adepressedthrow 4y ago

You might want to play around with the encoding on your videos. On a Windows machine with a i7-8770k (and dedicated GPU) with Firefox latest, the page was spiking up to 100% GPU usage, causing the browsing experience to slow to a crawl. It may be related due to me having a Twitch stream up on a second display. Probably a Firefox bug, but it's preventing me from looking at this landing page that every one else seems to like :P

fnands 4y ago

I really like your pricing model (i.e. use forever + 1 year of support).