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That's a great question. It is not making anybody rich, but I cover my costs and make a few hundred extra a month. I think on the order of $500+ MRR.

Besides buying credits there is also a pro membership where people choose which demographics rank them (age, location, gender), can have more tests, larger test sizes and always be at the front of the queue for ranking.

We check to make certain people aren't ranking formulaically, and if they are we invalidate their votes and ban them automatically. We also check how close people's rankings are to the consensus retroactively and do some fancy anti cheating patterns there as well.

I've seen some pretty fun novel use cases, such as (multiple!) people using it to pick out glasses, wedding invites & so on.

I recently completed a leaderboard function that cross compares photos from different tests using Claude, which was really impressive and scared me for my day job..

I've seen some pretty fun novel use cases, such as (multiple!) people using it to pick out glasses, wedding invites & so on -- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rankpic-photo-ranking/id160299... (ios) -- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.rankpic.ra... (android)

The best ROI I have found is on Apple and Android app stores. I tried Facebook, Tiktok & others and have found them very expensive with little return (though I admit I'm not marketing expert).

As for Photofeeler.. I actually created this app because I found the way it rated me 1-10 fairly harmful to my mental health. RankPic has users rank your photos best to worst, so it's just against yourself. Additionally you can get more mileage out of each test as you can upload up to 6 photos at a time.

The app flow is fairly simple:

- upload up to 6 photos in a test

- pay other users in credits to get your photos ranked

- get credits by ranking other people's photos

I've seen some pretty fun novel use cases, such as (multiple!) people using it to pick out glasses, wedding invites & so on

-- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rankpic-photo-ranking/id160299... (ios)

-- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.rankpic.ra... (android)

It was discussed yesterday on the Ask HN thread (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42373343) that got a good amount of interest, and really blew up my website views (1126 in a day vs my normal 2-6). I realized I had never done a proper show HN so wanted to officially share!

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I also started things off with "fake" tests so that people had other people to rank at the beginning, otherwise folks would just see a dead app and drop off.

It was a really big moment 9 months in when someone's test completed entirely without me ranking. It was a lot of work & I'm really glad to be at a point now where I get to watch people rank each other without me.

The easiest way is to find a landing page you think looks good and use it as inspiration with your own colors, assets, etc.

Unfortunately it's what we're dealing with right now, and people need feedback to be able to play the game.

Additionally it allows users to get more mileage out of each test, when you can do 2-6 photos instead of just one at a time.

Anecdotally I've also heard it is a more fun experience for the rankers.

I've been building over the past 3 years & just recently monetized and crossed the $500/m mark through a Pro subscription. It's grown into a lovely community of people who help each other pick their best pictures for dating apps, professional photos etc.

I've seen some pretty fun novel use cases, such as (multiple!) people using it to pick out glasses, wedding invites & so on

-- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rankpic-photo-ranking/id160299... (ios)

-- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.rankpic.ra... (android)

App that lets you crowdsource people's opinions on your photos. Unlike other websites out there, it doesn't rate you 1-10 but instead ranks your photos against each other so you don't have to feel bad about yourself :). Very useful for dating apps and other social media, esp. if you don't have easy access to friends' opinions.

I've had lots of friends and users tell me it's super useful, but I'm in a slump on building it right now.

I don't know what to do, I wish they had someone to talk to. I pay them and can't even reach someone it's crazy, they're losing thousands of dollars a month from me and they can't even give me someone to talk to for 15 minutes and sort this out.