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Is this the next Patreon?
Last week Cent launched a Patreon competitor to support not only creators but also early backers.
Today creators have so many ways to make money on the internet, but it's still very hard. Artists have been shapeshifting to adjust to new platforms and scale up their audiences to monetize their content.
With Cent, the creator and their work is at the forefront. The system is designed to provide income for both the creator and the fan through two mechanisms:
1. ‘Seed a Creator’ and get rewarded
2. ‘Spot’ a post, and show you like it.
By backing creators early on, fans can also “earn” in their eventual upside. That incentivizes fans to become evangelists, meaning everyone wins in the production of new creative work.
The PH community certainly seems intrigued:
“This is the most interesting thing on Product Hunt today, imo" - Ryan
“I've seeded five creators and got seeded by five users, so far so good.” - Samuel
“Cent has one of the coolest concepts I've come across recently. It's like Patreon on-the-go where you can support your favorite creators.” - Hady
It’s early days for Cent, and we’ll be watching to see how their beta is received, but it’s a promising step towards funding the arts in a sustainable way.
“Many creators not only share their final work, but document the steps that went into creating it. Fans seem to really connect with creators more as they learn more about their process, and it's also the perfect way for aspiring creators to learn. I think this is missing on other platforms,” Pavan, the maker said.
Last week Cent launched a Patreon competitor to support not only creators but also early backers.
Today creators have so many ways to make money on the internet, but it's still very hard. Artists have been shapeshifting to adjust to new platforms and scale up their audiences to monetize their content.
With Cent, the creator and their work is at the forefront. The system is designed to provide income for both the creator and the fan through two mechanisms:
1. ‘Seed a Creator’ and get rewarded
2. ‘Spot’ a post, and show you like it.
By backing creators early on, fans can also “earn” in their eventual upside. That incentivizes fans to become evangelists, meaning everyone wins in the production of new creative work.
The PH community certainly seems intrigued:
“This is the most interesting thing on Product Hunt today, imo" - Ryan
“I've seeded five creators and got seeded by five users, so far so good.” - Samuel
“Cent has one of the coolest concepts I've come across recently. It's like Patreon on-the-go where you can support your favorite creators.” - Hady
It’s early days for Cent, and we’ll be watching to see how their beta is received, but it’s a promising step towards funding the arts in a sustainable way.
“Many creators not only share their final work, but document the steps that went into creating it. Fans seem to really connect with creators more as they learn more about their process, and it's also the perfect way for aspiring creators to learn. I think this is missing on other platforms,” Pavan, the maker said.
And the winner is... 🥁
It’s time to announce the winner of Maker Fest WFH edition and the recipient of a highly coveted Silver Kitty trophy. 😻🏆
The theme for this festival was products that focus on relief efforts (in any form) for the COVID-19 pandemic. Let’s break down the numbers, first:
• Over 500 makers participated, submitting more than 90 products
• More than 1700 upvotes helped determine the winner
After an impressive response to the challenge, we’re happy to announce the winner is Charlie Holtz of Goodnight Zoom! 😴
Goodnight Zoom enables remote story time with an isolated senior. To connect as many people as possible, it was launched as a free product and was inspired by the creators own experience during quarantine.
"While we've all been isolated, my grandparents have started to read stories to my younger cousins via video chat, which has been a great way for my grandparents to feel connected and loved," says the maker Charlie Holtz. “Many of our seniors are especially isolated right now, so I thought it would be nice to connect them to kids all across the US for a remote storytime.”
Here’s what PH had to say about it:
“Wholesome product of the day!” - Arin
“This is the most heartwarming idea I have ever seen! I This is such a uniting platform - in current times more that ever.” - Anastasia
Let’s celebrate the runners up of Makers Fest too 👏
• Salut, created by Matthew DiPietro, let’s you find free virtual fitness classes and trainers, and you can donate to the trainer directly in the app
• DIY Face Shield, created by Fajar Siddiq, helps you make your own PPE out of a laptop cover
• Yuzoo.me, created by Csongor Bókay and Jeremiah Smith let’s you start Zoom meetings on the fly from any tab, browser of app for free
Congrats to all the makers who spent time and energy developing products for a noble cause. 🏆
The theme for this festival was products that focus on relief efforts (in any form) for the COVID-19 pandemic. Let’s break down the numbers, first:
• Over 500 makers participated, submitting more than 90 products
• More than 1700 upvotes helped determine the winner
After an impressive response to the challenge, we’re happy to announce the winner is Charlie Holtz of Goodnight Zoom! 😴
Goodnight Zoom enables remote story time with an isolated senior. To connect as many people as possible, it was launched as a free product and was inspired by the creators own experience during quarantine.
"While we've all been isolated, my grandparents have started to read stories to my younger cousins via video chat, which has been a great way for my grandparents to feel connected and loved," says the maker Charlie Holtz. “Many of our seniors are especially isolated right now, so I thought it would be nice to connect them to kids all across the US for a remote storytime.”
Here’s what PH had to say about it:
“Wholesome product of the day!” - Arin
“This is the most heartwarming idea I have ever seen! I This is such a uniting platform - in current times more that ever.” - Anastasia
Let’s celebrate the runners up of Makers Fest too 👏
• Salut, created by Matthew DiPietro, let’s you find free virtual fitness classes and trainers, and you can donate to the trainer directly in the app
• DIY Face Shield, created by Fajar Siddiq, helps you make your own PPE out of a laptop cover
• Yuzoo.me, created by Csongor Bókay and Jeremiah Smith let’s you start Zoom meetings on the fly from any tab, browser of app for free
Congrats to all the makers who spent time and energy developing products for a noble cause. 🏆
Facebook is taking on Zoom and Houseparty
It’s no secret that Houseparty and Zoom have seen unprecedented growth because of the pandemic, and Facebook has been taking notes.
On a livestream announcement this past Friday, Facebook announced that Messenger Rooms, a new drop-in video chat room for up to 50 people, will be launching globally and rolling out over the next few weeks.
Taking aim at Zoom, they will be introducing Messenger Rooms with no time limit and a low barrier to entry to join. Anyone with a Facebook account can create and share a room, and those joining the chat don’t need a Facebook account to access it. Facebook also has plans to bring rooms to Instagram Direct, WhatsApp and Portal.
With Messenger Rooms, you can choose if you want to make the room open or keep it locked and share out links to invite people to join in directly, or post the link to groups or event pages.
The interface looks a bit like Houseparty, where you pop in and out of rooms that your friends are in a bit less formally than a Zoom call. If you have the Messenger app, you’ll also be able to use all the AR effects, plus some new AI-powered features like mood lighting and dynamic 360 degree backgrounds.
This isn’t Facebook’s first attempt at cloning Houseparty, they launched Bonfire in September 2017 and later shut it down in May 2019.
If you’re looking for a casual way to hang out with friends or coworkers while working from home, Chatparty launched recently with a different spin, casual video chats with no audio.
On a livestream announcement this past Friday, Facebook announced that Messenger Rooms, a new drop-in video chat room for up to 50 people, will be launching globally and rolling out over the next few weeks.
Taking aim at Zoom, they will be introducing Messenger Rooms with no time limit and a low barrier to entry to join. Anyone with a Facebook account can create and share a room, and those joining the chat don’t need a Facebook account to access it. Facebook also has plans to bring rooms to Instagram Direct, WhatsApp and Portal.
With Messenger Rooms, you can choose if you want to make the room open or keep it locked and share out links to invite people to join in directly, or post the link to groups or event pages.
The interface looks a bit like Houseparty, where you pop in and out of rooms that your friends are in a bit less formally than a Zoom call. If you have the Messenger app, you’ll also be able to use all the AR effects, plus some new AI-powered features like mood lighting and dynamic 360 degree backgrounds.
This isn’t Facebook’s first attempt at cloning Houseparty, they launched Bonfire in September 2017 and later shut it down in May 2019.
If you’re looking for a casual way to hang out with friends or coworkers while working from home, Chatparty launched recently with a different spin, casual video chats with no audio.
The future of home fitness: VR?
Are summer bodies built in spring quarantines? We sure hope so. 💪
The only problem is, after a few weeks of the stay at home fitness regime, the Zoom workouts are starting to lose their shine. Luckily for us, there’s a new game in town.
Supernatural just launched on Oculus Quest and was made by kinesiologists and game designers to make sure maxing out your workout feels more like an adventure than a chore. It’s like a HIIT class hidden inside a level of your favorite game, with an expansive music catalogue. It pairs with your smartphone and heart rate monitor to become like a coach in your pocket.
Supernatural was created by Chris Milk, the co-founder and CEO of Within. Milk started his career directing music videos for artists. As time went on, he became interested in VR and started blending together his past experiences in media and music. With Supernatural, the aim was to make working out feel more like an escape from the ordinary.
“Virtual reality allows us to make home exercise fundamentally fun,” says Milk.
The PH community seems on board for it, too.
“I'm not a gamer so I've had no reason to purchase VR devices, even though I find it interesting from a tech POV. But this is clearly a use case I can get into for VR.” - Lonny
Although VR workouts are on the rise, a lot of traditional VR games also make you work up a sweat. 😅
You can use YUR to track your VR movement data on any device, on any game you’re playing. YUR will give you calorie estimates, let you track fitness goals and see how far you’ve come with historical tracking.
Are summer bodies built in spring quarantines? We sure hope so. 💪
The only problem is, after a few weeks of the stay at home fitness regime, the Zoom workouts are starting to lose their shine. Luckily for us, there’s a new game in town.
Supernatural just launched on Oculus Quest and was made by kinesiologists and game designers to make sure maxing out your workout feels more like an adventure than a chore. It’s like a HIIT class hidden inside a level of your favorite game, with an expansive music catalogue. It pairs with your smartphone and heart rate monitor to become like a coach in your pocket.
Supernatural was created by Chris Milk, the co-founder and CEO of Within. Milk started his career directing music videos for artists. As time went on, he became interested in VR and started blending together his past experiences in media and music. With Supernatural, the aim was to make working out feel more like an escape from the ordinary.
“Virtual reality allows us to make home exercise fundamentally fun,” says Milk.
The PH community seems on board for it, too.
“I'm not a gamer so I've had no reason to purchase VR devices, even though I find it interesting from a tech POV. But this is clearly a use case I can get into for VR.” - Lonny
Although VR workouts are on the rise, a lot of traditional VR games also make you work up a sweat. 😅
You can use YUR to track your VR movement data on any device, on any game you’re playing. YUR will give you calorie estimates, let you track fitness goals and see how far you’ve come with historical tracking.
The crystal ball of e-comm trends 🔮
Today’s Daily Digest was crafted by Product Hunt and sponsored by our friends at within.co.
There’s never been a better time to launch an e-commerce venture, but it’s hard to predict what businesses are actually thriving in the wake of COVID-19.
Our friends at WITHIN are experts at seeing the future when it comes to e-commerce and retail, and they created a dashboard based on real-time industry data.
WITHIN is a performance branding company that’s worked with brands like Nike, Budweiser and Spanx. They source revenue, ad spend and conversion data from their client roster anonymously to identify trends and set founders up to succeed.
Since advertising is critical to early success, founders can also claim a Google and Facebook ad account audit to make sure your budget is driving results.
If you’re not as into dashboards, you can join the WITHIN team for free to get the insights directly. They host a live show twice a week. Drop in and find out how COVID19 will impact your business, plus get a sense of what’s happening in retail, fashion and omni-channel e-commerce.
There’s never been a better time to launch an e-commerce venture, but it’s hard to predict what businesses are actually thriving in the wake of COVID-19.
Our friends at WITHIN are experts at seeing the future when it comes to e-commerce and retail, and they created a dashboard based on real-time industry data.
WITHIN is a performance branding company that’s worked with brands like Nike, Budweiser and Spanx. They source revenue, ad spend and conversion data from their client roster anonymously to identify trends and set founders up to succeed.
Since advertising is critical to early success, founders can also claim a Google and Facebook ad account audit to make sure your budget is driving results.
If you’re not as into dashboards, you can join the WITHIN team for free to get the insights directly. They host a live show twice a week. Drop in and find out how COVID19 will impact your business, plus get a sense of what’s happening in retail, fashion and omni-channel e-commerce.
Cast your vote for Makers Festival
It’s time to cast your vote for Makers Festival WFH edition. 😻
Over the past few years, we’ve hosted festivals to encourage makers to build and launch products in a sprint. It’s a bit like a hackathon, but 100% online and open to everyone in the world, not just engineers. The theme for this WFH edition was work that focuses on relief efforts (in any form) for the COVID-19 pandemic.
Surprising no one, the PH community pulled through with some amazing products. We received over 90 submissions, with more than 500 makers participating in this round. Vote for your favorites before April 24th at 11pm PST.
Here’s a little sample of some the launches you can vote for:
📚 Goodnight Zoom is connecting isolated seniors with children for remote storytime
🚫 Cancel Corona is collecting donations for 5 critical areas to support the relief effort
😊 Quarantine Together helps you create community and meet new people virtually
📱 The Awareness Chatbot is a COVID-19 chatbot for self-assessment and testing info
🙊 Chat Party let’s you host video chat parties without audio
There are many more creative products to choose from, so take a look and support a maker with your vote.
Over the past few years, we’ve hosted festivals to encourage makers to build and launch products in a sprint. It’s a bit like a hackathon, but 100% online and open to everyone in the world, not just engineers. The theme for this WFH edition was work that focuses on relief efforts (in any form) for the COVID-19 pandemic.
Surprising no one, the PH community pulled through with some amazing products. We received over 90 submissions, with more than 500 makers participating in this round. Vote for your favorites before April 24th at 11pm PST.
Here’s a little sample of some the launches you can vote for:
📚 Goodnight Zoom is connecting isolated seniors with children for remote storytime
🚫 Cancel Corona is collecting donations for 5 critical areas to support the relief effort
😊 Quarantine Together helps you create community and meet new people virtually
📱 The Awareness Chatbot is a COVID-19 chatbot for self-assessment and testing info
🙊 Chat Party let’s you host video chat parties without audio
There are many more creative products to choose from, so take a look and support a maker with your vote.
The tooth fairy goes tech
Pearlii — a medtech startup that uses AI image processing to scan photos of your teeth — launched last weekend with the mission of making basic dental care available to all.
Pearlii founder, Dr Kyle Turner, was born in rural Australia, and grew up with “shocking” teeth. He actually used another “s” word to describe them, but you get the picture. 💩
“We were very poor, and when you’re fighting to get food on the table, dental checks are a pretty low priority,” Kyle said.
The improvements in phone cameras have made teledentistry viable as diagnostic tool to flag dental problems. Users are asked to open wide and take 5 photos, and Pearlii’s AI tech scans the pics to find abnormalities and make recommendations.
Currently in beta, Pearlii aims to provide everyone who needs it with a free, fast dental check-up at home. Rather than charging for the dental checkups, the revenue comes through referrals, like booking your dental appointment through the app.
Pearlii isn’t the only tooth fairy in the PH community either.
Toothpic app let’s you check your smile with a dentist by taking a few selfies, and Lumio recently launched a retractable, virus killing, electric toothbrush on Kickstarter.
Pearlii founder, Dr Kyle Turner, was born in rural Australia, and grew up with “shocking” teeth. He actually used another “s” word to describe them, but you get the picture. 💩
“We were very poor, and when you’re fighting to get food on the table, dental checks are a pretty low priority,” Kyle said.
The improvements in phone cameras have made teledentistry viable as diagnostic tool to flag dental problems. Users are asked to open wide and take 5 photos, and Pearlii’s AI tech scans the pics to find abnormalities and make recommendations.
Currently in beta, Pearlii aims to provide everyone who needs it with a free, fast dental check-up at home. Rather than charging for the dental checkups, the revenue comes through referrals, like booking your dental appointment through the app.
Pearlii isn’t the only tooth fairy in the PH community either.
Toothpic app let’s you check your smile with a dentist by taking a few selfies, and Lumio recently launched a retractable, virus killing, electric toothbrush on Kickstarter.
New from the co-founders of Instagram
Instagram founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger have reunited for their first launch since leaving Facebook, and they are coding for a cause.
Rt.live is a COVID19 tracker, focused on measuring a key statistic about how fast the virus is growing.
The value they track, Rt, is the average number of people infected by someone carrying the virus. If the Rt number is above 1 in any particular state, community spread is active and accelerating fast, so extra precautions are needed. If the number is below 1, it’s a positive sign that transmission is down and aggressive measures are starting to curb the growth.
You can see the state by state curves over a monthly timeline to help visualize the spread and get a more accurate picture on where things stand today.
Right now, Georgia has the highest Rt in the U.S. at a 1.5, whereas New York has dropped down to a 0.54 with a previous peak at 4.47. This data is extremely useful in understanding if stay-at-home orders are having an impact, and help inspire people to do their part.
As per TechCrunch, “Kevin has been writing and publishing open-source data analysis notebooks on how to calculate Rt on a daily basis. We wanted to take that work and visualize it so anyone can see how their state is doing at curbing the spread,” says founder, Krieger. You can check out their Rt.live modeling on Github.
This launch is quite a departure from the founders’ photography roots, but the virality they experienced at Instagram inspired them to apply concepts from growth modeling to the cause.
“As states decide whether and how to open back up, they’ll have to manage their infection rate carefully, and we hope dashboards like rt.live will be helpful in doing so” Krieger says. From
From symptom trackers, to trend watching, to crowdsourcing for a cure, we’ve seen some incredible products launch in the wake of COVID19.
Rt.live is a COVID19 tracker, focused on measuring a key statistic about how fast the virus is growing.
The value they track, Rt, is the average number of people infected by someone carrying the virus. If the Rt number is above 1 in any particular state, community spread is active and accelerating fast, so extra precautions are needed. If the number is below 1, it’s a positive sign that transmission is down and aggressive measures are starting to curb the growth.
You can see the state by state curves over a monthly timeline to help visualize the spread and get a more accurate picture on where things stand today.
Right now, Georgia has the highest Rt in the U.S. at a 1.5, whereas New York has dropped down to a 0.54 with a previous peak at 4.47. This data is extremely useful in understanding if stay-at-home orders are having an impact, and help inspire people to do their part.
As per TechCrunch, “Kevin has been writing and publishing open-source data analysis notebooks on how to calculate Rt on a daily basis. We wanted to take that work and visualize it so anyone can see how their state is doing at curbing the spread,” says founder, Krieger. You can check out their Rt.live modeling on Github.
This launch is quite a departure from the founders’ photography roots, but the virality they experienced at Instagram inspired them to apply concepts from growth modeling to the cause.
“As states decide whether and how to open back up, they’ll have to manage their infection rate carefully, and we hope dashboards like rt.live will be helpful in doing so” Krieger says. From
From symptom trackers, to trend watching, to crowdsourcing for a cure, we’ve seen some incredible products launch in the wake of COVID19.
Creative ways to cure remoteliness
Feeling pretty lonely these days, hbu? Lucky for us, makers have been tackling the biggest downside to remote work.
Pragli created a virtual office, where you can customize your own avatar and interact with your colleagues. You can use your avatar to give visual cues about what you’re up to through the day. If you’re at your desk, in a meeting, in the zone, or taking a break, it gives your team a better understanding of how to interact with you.
Here’s what the PH community thinks so far:
“These avatars seem like a great way to indicate that you're around, without having to be on camera all day.” - Ramy
“Only complaint is that I can't make my avatar look more like Joe Exotic - it's close though.” - Timothy
If you’re less into offices and more into making avatars that look like Joe, check out Facemoji Camera.
Another launch that hit our radar is Moodline. You can use the app to track your moods over time so you can manage them better. Find patterns in your moods, and use data to improve 💪
“It's an important time to learn how to manage our moods as humans” - Tristan
“Really useful and I enjoy the soft appearance” - Margaret
If you’re missing your colleagues, why not plan something creative to do together?
You could host an art party where you can draw with your team! NYC Draws just launched free virtual drawing lessons and coloring pages.
How have you been feeling about working remotely lately? Share your thoughts will fellow makers.
Pragli created a virtual office, where you can customize your own avatar and interact with your colleagues. You can use your avatar to give visual cues about what you’re up to through the day. If you’re at your desk, in a meeting, in the zone, or taking a break, it gives your team a better understanding of how to interact with you.
Here’s what the PH community thinks so far:
“These avatars seem like a great way to indicate that you're around, without having to be on camera all day.” - Ramy
“Only complaint is that I can't make my avatar look more like Joe Exotic - it's close though.” - Timothy
If you’re less into offices and more into making avatars that look like Joe, check out Facemoji Camera.
Another launch that hit our radar is Moodline. You can use the app to track your moods over time so you can manage them better. Find patterns in your moods, and use data to improve 💪
“It's an important time to learn how to manage our moods as humans” - Tristan
“Really useful and I enjoy the soft appearance” - Margaret
If you’re missing your colleagues, why not plan something creative to do together?
You could host an art party where you can draw with your team! NYC Draws just launched free virtual drawing lessons and coloring pages.
How have you been feeling about working remotely lately? Share your thoughts will fellow makers.
New iPhone, who dis 🤔
Apple just announced the release of a bargain bin iPhone you may actually want. Why? The compelling $399 price tag for the iPhone SE 2nd Gen is backed by a boatload of features normally reserved for a numbered launch.
This successor to the iPhone SE is actually long overdue, the first version launched back in 2016 and was later discontinued. The iPhone SE 2nd Gen signals a big move by Apple to offer more accessible products.
Let’s talk about what’s under the hood:
📱Same A13 Bionic Chip as the iPhone 11 and 11 Pro
🤳Portrait mode enabled
📸Standard 12-megapixel wide camera
🙅♀️No night mode on this camera
🔋Same battery life as the iPhone 8
👖Pocket-sized
👆Touch ID
🔋Wireless charging
Pre-orders for the 2nd Gen start this Friday, April 17th. Here’s what the PH community is saying so far:
“Have been looking forward to this for a while. Essentially 80% of 11 pro quality at 40% of price. However, it's still a phablet.” - Robert Loustau
“For this price, go for a used iPhone X” - Ruben
“I like the small screen for privacy, battery life and video 4k” - Fajar
Not an iPhone fan but want a phone on a budget? Check out Light Phone II. More into the throwback phones? The "matrix phone" by Nokia might curb your interest 🍌
We want your thoughts on the iPhone SE 2nd Gen.
This successor to the iPhone SE is actually long overdue, the first version launched back in 2016 and was later discontinued. The iPhone SE 2nd Gen signals a big move by Apple to offer more accessible products.
Let’s talk about what’s under the hood:
📱Same A13 Bionic Chip as the iPhone 11 and 11 Pro
🤳Portrait mode enabled
📸Standard 12-megapixel wide camera
🙅♀️No night mode on this camera
🔋Same battery life as the iPhone 8
👖Pocket-sized
👆Touch ID
🔋Wireless charging
Pre-orders for the 2nd Gen start this Friday, April 17th. Here’s what the PH community is saying so far:
“Have been looking forward to this for a while. Essentially 80% of 11 pro quality at 40% of price. However, it's still a phablet.” - Robert Loustau
“For this price, go for a used iPhone X” - Ruben
“I like the small screen for privacy, battery life and video 4k” - Fajar
Not an iPhone fan but want a phone on a budget? Check out Light Phone II. More into the throwback phones? The "matrix phone" by Nokia might curb your interest 🍌
We want your thoughts on the iPhone SE 2nd Gen.
