Q: Hey!
Welcome to AppSumo!
CloudApp is one of my favorite LTDs ever, and this seems like it could be a competitor. With that in mind, a couple of questions:
0. Please consider removing branding at 2-3 codes. Promise you this thing will barely sell with forced branding. That’s rule # 1 of AppSumo.
1. Will you support screenshots and annotations in the future?
2. Is there a shortcut key to quickly start a video?
3. Once down recording, does the upload start syncing automatically?
4. Does Vmaker automatically create a sharable link? That’s what I like about Cloudapp, shortcut key to record a video, it auto-uploads, and auto copies the link to my clipboard.
5. Do you have a roadmap?
6. What is the upload rate?
7. Can you tell us more about the team working on this product?
8. Can you give us more of a history of the product? Seems like you guys recently launched and don't have much of a digital footprint anywhere.
9. Do you currently have MRR?
Thanks!
Lakshmanan_Raman
May 14, 2024A: Hey Accelerant-Agency, thanks a lot for the welcome.
These are some great questions! Please find my answers below
Currently, the branding is visible only on the video URL and the player page logo. No watermark in the video. If you are embedding this to your website, no branding at all. The customization of URL and the brand logo is available only on our enterprise plan.
1. Screenshots will be added in the future. Freehand annotations are available now, we will be adding more shapes to the same
2. The shortcut key is available only to pause and stop recording. I will add this to my feature requests.
3. Yes, the upload begins automatically once you close the recording.
4. The link is generated automatically, but it is not auto-copied to your clipboard.
5. We do, but it is not public yet. Working as we talk to add it to our website soon.
6. What is the upload rate? - I didn't get this one (# videos or the upload speed limits?)
7. Vmaker is the latest product from Animaker a Video animation software with more than 10M users.
8. I think the above point should detail this out. Animaker is our parent firm and Vmaker is the latest product release from the house.
9. Yes
Accelerant-AgencyThanks for the quick reply, Lakshmanan!
Pass for me, as well as many others because of the forced branding. Just about every group I'm in discussing VMaker is shooting it down instantly because of forced branding. If that changes, please let us know!
Hey Accelerant-Agency
Even we are surprised by the number of requests on the custom branding part. We don't think the branding is an over-kill. But with the requests piling, it is something we will work in the future and let the community know.
Yeah, I've been on AppSumo a long-time. Forced branding is a major non-starter. You'll get very few sales if you don't quickly update the forced branding.
I don't think CNAME is 100% needed, but it'd be nice at 3+ codes. But there should be no forced branding. Otherwise, you should be paying us to advertise your product to our list, clients and potential clients.
ScrittiwolfPLUSThe excessive Vmaker Branding that appears when copy/pasting a sharable email link is brutal.
It's a deal killer unless you update your offer.
I'm certain I'm not the only one that feels this way.
Please reconsider.
Scrittiwolf, exactly what I've been saying here since the hour they dropped. This thing is getting dragged in groups because of this excessive forced branding. Hopefully, they're addressing this soon.
Message to future Saas founders -- If you want people to promote your product for you, pay them. If you want to attract paying LTD customers that may eventually convert to MRR, remove your giant branding that appears everywhere. We don't work for you, we want to work *with* you. =)
ChasebrosIt is super overkill, a tasteful logo in the footer of the page is one thing but there are 2 big bars on top and bottom and a chat bubble. Its a lot..
Hey Accelerant,
Great news!
After receiving numerous feedback on the custom branding and CNAME feature, we have added the same to the current deal.
Users of all tiers will now see a clear player page without any vmaker branding. We are also working on an option to add your own logo to the player page as well (this will be live in a couple of weeks)
The custom CNAME option is added to users of tier 5.
We hope with this Vmaker brings you unlimited 4K recording, unlimited cloud storage, custom branding and best-in-class support.
Do support us with your reviews and we are all ears for your feedback!
Hi Accelerant
The player page is now refined to remove the Vmaker branding. Also, we have added the option to customize CNAME on tier 5 plan. Thanks a lot for the feedback!
Do you have screenshots of the updates to see what it looks like?
Check it out here. https://app.vmaker.com/record/RwjVUaXP56VphdVj