# Dumbing down my templates **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [May 21, 2021, 11:43am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/dumbing-down-my-templates/27060 "2021-05-21T11:43:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![erwblo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/erwblo/32/75_2.png) [@erwblo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/erwblo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 11:43am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/dumbing-down-my-templates/27060/1 "2021-05-21T11:43:09Z")
As Iโ€™ve told you before I am working on Apps for Artists, tools that help musicians save time, make money and grow their audience. I decided recently to do this: - Make basic templates for free (no barrier and free marketing) - Let people pay if they want support. They pay and get a year support and a kickoff explain session. - Or let them pay for a course if they want to learn to build tools themselves. So if you choose the free version you get no support. If you want support you need to pay. But โ€ฆ Then an app needs to be self explanatory. That made me look totally different at the apps. I looked at my apps from the perspective of a Glide novice. And started to dumbing down the apps. Skip all the fancy stuff that can lead to mistakes and / or questions. Of course there will always be questions, but I wanted to minimize that. It gives you an interesting perspective: what will the novice do? The paying customers will get the fancy stuff ๐Ÿ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Rosewebstudio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/rosewebstudio/32/12261_2.png) [@Rosewebstudio](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Rosewebstudio)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 11:54am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/dumbing-down-my-templates/27060/2 "2021-05-21T11:54:54Z")
Very interesting and insightful post. Like your thinking ๐Ÿค” ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Pires](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/lucas_pires/32/64863_2.png) [@Lucas\_Pires](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Lucas_Pires)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/dumbing-down-my-templates/27060/3 "2021-05-21T15:47:03Z")
YES! I try to do this constantly too, always looking at the perspective of someone who is moving for the first time; is that person familiar with this type of technology? Are seniors going to use your app? Are they low-income people and / or donโ€™t know how to read completely? All of this influences how you will organize your app. This image below sums it up a lot. > [@gem UX UI Design Tips](https://community.glideapps.com/t/ux-ui-design-tips/23637/13): > > To start our week well upside_down_face Have a great week you whoโ€™s reading this! ---
**Author:** ![Wiz.Wazeer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/wiz.wazeer/32/72423_2.png) [@Wiz.Wazeer](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Wiz.Wazeer)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/dumbing-down-my-templates/27060/4 "2021-05-21T16:09:37Z")
The first part of your support structure is Glide like. Lets gain and not lose customers. ๐Ÿ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![erwblo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/erwblo/32/75_2.png) [@erwblo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/erwblo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/dumbing-down-my-templates/27060/5 "2021-05-21T16:23:16Z")
๐Ÿ˜‰ I am full time Glide promotor, but donโ€™t wanna be a fulltime support desk ๐Ÿ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Pires](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/lucas_pires/32/64863_2.png) [@Lucas\_Pires](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Lucas_Pires)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/dumbing-down-my-templates/27060/6 "2021-05-21T16:49:49Z")
Exactly