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Thanks for the kind words. We honestly would rather people's emails then any money at all. We're working really hard to make good design more accessible, and monetization will certainly come down the line! Plus we already make a bit of money with our other tool listed on the website :)


Love the instant download as well (and everything else). One suggestion though - avoid using "download.zip" for the file name... that gets easily lost in a sea of downloads. Maybe use launchaco_template.zip or if they enter a company name, maybe something like launchaco_<company name>.


Kudos, brilliant idea and great execution! Perfect for those "blitzkrieg" sites. I love it how the page is easily entered, works fast, is small and is still nice looking.

I tried using it now and there are a few suggestions I have:

1) clicking "Let's do it" does nothing, if you are already on the "Build a website" page and the content is empty - it would be better if top <div> hid itself at least partially, or if bottom content animated itself into existance (replayed animation or sth. like that).

2) it would be nice to have an option to clean the page and start with new one (by the way, where do you save the data? I tried deleting everything I could think of and you still presented me the same page I entered... :) )

3) once the page is finished, I would like to share it with people from marketing - it would be nice if you offered a way to share the page through a randomized link

4) great work on emojis, though the selection is somewhat limited. You could probably reach a deal with flaticon.com to allow adding their icons. You could even get a referral fee for the subscriptions if someone wanted to get rid of the copyright statement.

5) selecting text with mouse doesn't work, which is a bit annoying (FF)

6) images are scrollable on lower resolutions instead of being downsized (is this on purpose?)

7) editing. I know, probably not doable, just saying...

But feel free to ignore any of the suggestions, I like the site the way it is too. :)


It doesn't have to be an either/or thing, especially if it's presented as an option to tip rather than to purchase!


Exactly. I'm a web designer/developer and even I could use something like this as a shortcut for a job. If it saves me a few hours of stuffing around, then $20-100 as a voluntary tip is an easy decision. Still free for third world businesses or students or tightarses, but at least gives people an option of saying "Thanks, this was worth it."

And while I can grab the files and set up my own hosting, being able to hit a button, enter card details and have everything done automatically would be powerful. Every web developer inevitably does quick jobs on the sides for friends and family, and making that process pain-free would be useful.


Agreed. I may use your other products, but I WILL use this and I amp happy to throw $10-$50 at you for it. Incredible work.




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