Which Glide apps make the most cash?

[mpl]

Interested to know who’s managed to monetize any of their projects?

[nathanaelb]

Hi @mpl, if you are looking for ideas, have you had a look at the topic “How to monetize Glideapp”?

How to monetize glideapp

Hi @Wire_of_news_WON, welcome to the Glide community forum. There are a few threads already around this topic, but off the top of my head, there are a few ways you can monetize your apps or skills using Glide: Create Glide templates and sell them in the template store. Create your own e-commerce app and sell via your app. Create a freemium app where users need to pay to access your app or premium content or features within your app. Become skilled at Glide and build apps for companies for a …

[mpl]

Thanks - I’m looking for examples of those that have done it successfully, rather than looking for ideas myself.

[erwblo]

There will be a lot bigger successes, but I’ll give you a small example. My children are in a band and have members that pay monthly for special content. They make their first 600 euro p/m now and growing.

[mpl]

Thats nice - is the link shared on here? Would like to check it out.

[erwblo]

PIP BLOM BACKSTAGE

You can become a free member here.
Weekly new stuff for free members and extra’s for premium and deluxe members.

[nathanaelb]

My 2 cents: to me Glide is more suited to build “internal business apps” (apps used internally by businesses) rather than “consumer apps” (typically apps we all find in the app stores and on our phones, other than a few business apps )

In the current state of Glide, it seems to me it would be difficult to build a Trello or Evernote or Calendar (not that you would want to anyway) or business apps of that nature. To me, the idea rather is to build internal business apps that are bespoke, tailor-fitted to the internal needs of a business.

So my best guess is that those who monetize Glide the most successfully are those who are building Glide apps for other businesses, rather than monetizing an app directly.

Based on @erwblo’s story and his children’s band, my assessment is probably wrong . Congrats with that, Erwin!

[erwblo]

Trello or Evernote are something completely different than a content app. With content you differ with the stories, not with the technique. And in this case the power of Glide is that it is easy and cheap to make changes in the app.

[nathanaelb]

Damn it Erwin, that documentary “Pip Blom: The Road” is interesting. I’m not supposed to be watching it!

[nathanaelb]

Spotify instead so I continue to focus.

[erwblo]

Lol

[nathanaelb]

The Glide Team is very present in the forum and @david was very involved in addressing concerns with the new pricing.

That being said, let’s take a step back: if you’re Adobe building Photoshop in the early 90’s, are you more concerned about the needs of designers who are going to sell their design skills to companies, or are you more concerned about selling Photoshop licenses to companies directly so their full-time employees can use the software?

If I were a SaaS company which Glide is, I’d want to do the latter and sell licenses to businesses. I feel like the Glide Team is striking a healthy balance.

[mpl]

It’s a funny story behind my discovery and continued frustration with Glide. I was, unfortunately too quick to switch from my existing no-code platform to Glide when someone incorrectly advised me that Glide was the answer to all my problems. I aborted one project and moved over to glide without the necessary due diligence and realised that over half of my planned features were not possible with Glide. I accept that we are not on the most suitable platform, but I am too lazy to switch back and it is easier to blame glide.

[david]

We built the Experts program to let people building apps with Glide make money: https://www.glideapps.com/experts

So, yes, it crosses our mind.

[mpl]

Can you tell us what the top 5 performing buy buttons generate per month?

[nathanaelb]

@mpl If you’re sure you cannot achieve what you’re looking for with Glide, you might have to switch to another solution.

You could also wait a little until the features you need are available. The platform is evolving very quickly.

If you haven’t already done so, I would also recommend you try the following:

• Go to Glideapps Learn, you might find what you’re looking for.
• Go to the Glide Library, a great source to learn.
• Go see if a Glide Template can help you.
• Search the Community Forum (where we are chatting) to finds answers to your problems.
• If you are willing to invest a little to cut corners and get some dedicated help, ask a Glide Expert for some help.

[Manan_Mehta]

You are right on point. Internal business apps can be easily created for plenty of businesses because usually they are already using excels and spreadsheets. This is what I am doing with Glide to monetize apps.

And I have an app similar to Trello for project management. (Been my best selling app too)

White Label Project Management like Trello using Glide

Created a comprehensive tool to manage projects. Something that can potentially replace tools like Trello or Asana for organisations who want more customized solutions. With the new fullscreen option in Glide, it makes the user experience even better. Users can create Projects add a project head and add team members in the project. Then the Project Admin can create multiple Milestones in each project. A milestone is like a level which has to be completed in order to move to the next level. Ea…