My day-distraction-project Profile Banner went viral a couple weeks ago (even though I got no love from HN!).
http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=117320678334654<p>I'm getting 200k impressions per day, but I don't want to put skeezy ads all over the place to pay for the servers I need to buy (or lease or whatever).<p>I was thinking that I could sell a really simple graphics app. I get quite a few requests for recommendations. My users want something easy to make the banner of their dreams.<p>I sent Pixelmator (http://www.pixelmator.com) an inquirey (a few minutes ago), but I thought I'd ask here for recommendations. My users are young, international, and a little silly.<p>I'd love to find something that feels more like an iPhone app than a desktop one. I think $20 would be a good price point, hopefully with at least a $5 referral payout.<p>Any suggestions. I'd also be curious about open source ones (but REALLY simple), and other suggestions for monetizing. I am working on a system where users can pay to get their banners featured so they get more downloads. But who knows if that will work out.
Here's another possibility: Sketch [1] (by the makers of Fontcase), which seems simple enough also. Incidentally, they also have an iPad app, called SketchPad [2].<p>For open source, there's an app I've tried a few times called Drawberry [3], which looks something like Pixelmator, but is for vector drawing.<p>[1] <a href="http://www.bohemiancoding.com/sketch/overview/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bohemiancoding.com/sketch/overview/</a>
[2] <a href="http://www.bohemiancoding.com/sketchpad" rel="nofollow">http://www.bohemiancoding.com/sketchpad</a>
[3] <a href="http://raphaelbost.free.fr/DrawBerry.html" rel="nofollow">http://raphaelbost.free.fr/DrawBerry.html</a>
Pixelmator is great but I'd also highly recommend Acorn[1] (for Mac users).<p>[1]: <a href="http://flyingmeat.com/acorn/" rel="nofollow">http://flyingmeat.com/acorn/</a>