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This is what I did with Tweet Photo [1] — It automatically tweets your instagram photos.

It started out as a Medium post[2] describing how to set this up with Zapier. Seeing how much traffic it got even years after publishing it, I decided it was worth turning into a standalone service.

While the post helped me validate there was demand for such a service. I didn’t validate people were willing to pay for it. So user growth has been good [3], revenue not so much. (less than $1k MRR)

Something to keep in mind when you go this route. Be sure to validate people are willing to pay for a solution. Building something aimed at businesses is probably a good idea.

[1] https://tweet.photo

[2] https://medium.com/@marckohlbrugge/a-better-way-to-post-your...

[3] https://tweet.photo/open



I have created almost the opposite. A service that screenshots tweets so that you can share them on other platforms. Instagram is not directly supported, but you can use Buffer or other similar services.

[1] https://pikaso.me

[2] https://zapier.com/apps/pikaso


Now all I want to do is create a zap between your two services and loop a share.


Now that I will pay for ;)




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