Just want to share many failed projects that I did over last 10-15 years

[thesongbird98]

The full list is here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IQ86eno-8X2NgWkupg27lRVdAc1AET1BzJZe9Lw-ztU/edit?usp=sharing

One of my favorites are

• Real movie spoilers
  • Description: Record videos or write real movie spoilers that spoil the very core of the movie like: Thanos is killed by Tony Stark
  • Pros and Cons: are obvious
  • Why it failed: I didn’t start it because TikTok and YouTube always pushed me to my country and I wanted to record in English. Also I would have to watch a lot of movies and it takes time. I could use VPN but at if I login without VPN it detects me and pushes back to my country
• Hate comment removal
  • Description: Removing hate comments on YT
  • Pros: It’s obvious. Good business model
  • Cons: No idea how to get YouTubers who want that because hate comments might boost algorithm
  • Why it failed: I could not find YouTubers who want to try it
• 3Gaysketeers
  • Description: Gay dating app where pic of dick/ass is mandatory. Meaning that profile pic is mandatory and it has to be dick/ass so there are no empty profile. Each pic is verified by writing your username on a paper and take a pic
  • Pros: builds more trust in gay community, you see exactly what dick/ass looks like, speeds up the process of hookup
  • Cons: geobased so hard to promote
  • Why it failed: it was super hard to promote because it has to be promoted city by city
• Would you do it for a dollar?
  • Description: Let’s say Fiverr but for social stuff. For example people can ask someone: Would you drink a milk, run a mile, yell something… for X dollars. If you do it you get paid
  • Pros: There is business model, it’s interesting
  • Cons: It might go dark very fast
  • Why it failed: Too afraid to launch
• News summary
  • Description: A bot that will scrape news portals, create a summary in 3-5 sentences of an article and post on the website
  • Pros: Very useful because articles are often big and written for SEO so they have a lot of unnecessary data
  • Cons: There is no way to monetize except for ads. It doesn’t make sense to have paywall
  • Why it failed: I started it but I didn’t have enough money to promote it and get back return on investment

 

[claireu1111]

@thesongbird98 Kudos for the courage to share your journey!

 

[thesongbird98]

@claireu1111 Thanks

 

[dave68]

@thesongbird98 3GaySkeeters is such a funny concept to me.

Profile creation steps:

1. Set username and password.
2. Verify via email.
3. Spread them cheeks.

 

[jimthebob]

@dave68 I lolllled on that shit...

 

[krogerdude1]

@thesongbird98 I laughed out loud at your description of 3GaySketeers
The concept is simply crazy!

 

[bren0628]

@krogerdude1 Also the why it failed is hilarious. Yeah it's totally not because people aren't comfortable immediately sending nudes to a random app.

 

[krogerdude1]

@bren0628 Nude, which must also be the profile picture
I'd love to see what an ad for this app might look like lol

 

[thesongbird98]

@bren0628 Untrue, you don't understand gay community

 

[knowhisjoy77]

@thesongbird98 This is awesome! Thank you for posting!

 

[joyfulboy]

@thesongbird98 CherryClique works in my country, name is https://www.kalhotkomat.cz/

Name comes from Japanese urban legend about vending machines with used(?) girls underwear

 

[thesongbird98]

@joyfulboy Nice

 

[praisehim13820]

@thesongbird98

Would you do it for a dollar?

Where would you get customers?

 

[thecrab]

@praisehim13820 Ask them if they would sign up to this website for a dollar

 

[anonymitycodeboanerges]

@thecrab That’s a quantum IQ move. Then get them to ask other people to do for a dollar. A reverse pyramid of sorts.

 

[annap16]

@thesongbird98

Gay dating app where pic of dick/ass is mandatory. Meaning that profile pic is mandatory and it has to be dick/ass so there are no empty profile. Each pic is verified by writing your username on a paper and take a pic

I like the idea but I am not sure if Apple and Google would allow this app on the app store?

 

[thesongbird98]

@annap16 The don't allow

 

[kay_asmith]

@thesongbird98 Alright, real question here:

What did you do with all those domains?

I assume you bought a separate domain for each business...22 projects x $12/yr = $264 minimum spent. Some domains might be more expensive and you might have renewed domains.

I feel like letting them just expire is so unsatisfying. It'd be awesome if I can sell domains of failed businesses, but selling a domain also takes effort and luck and time, and I'd have to keep renewing the domain while waiting.

 

[thesongbird98]

@kay_asmith Domains went to trash

 

[lawrenceryan]

@thesongbird98 what stack or stacks did you use to build all those apps?