“Photography has nothing to do with cameras.” – Lucas Gentry
❓ What You’ll Learn
- How to build source photo guidelines?
- Who’s building AI headshots generators in public?
- Who’s on track to make $90,000 MRR with AI-generated headshots?
- How to build a strong moat?
- How to get positive word of mouth?
- Who generated 12,000,000 headshots for 60,000 customers?
- How to convert visitors to paid users?
- How to drive more traffic to your AI headshots generator?
- How to serve customers with bulk requests?
- How to generate animated AI headshots?
- How will AI headshots change the modeling industry?
- Why are people bad at picking their own photos?
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🔍 Problem
To get professional headshots, you need great lighting, a wardrobe and a skilled photographer.
💡 Solution
AI headshot generators give you studio-quality photos without a physical photo shoot.
🏁 Players
AI Headshot Generators
- HeadshotPro • Professional business headshots by Danny Postma
- Photo AI • Create beautiful AI photos without using a camera by Pieter Levels
- Secta AI • Turn selfies into professional headshots with AI
- Aragon AI • The most realistic AI headshot generator
- InstaHeadshots • Turn your selfies into professional business headshots by Magic Studio
- 1PhotoAI • Generate beautiful AI photos from one selfie by Ken
- Try it on AI • AI headshots for your LinkedIn, resume, social media and more
- Simplified • Generate professional headshots without breaking the bank
- BetterPic • Professional headshots with your phone selfies and everyday photos
- HeadshotsMaker • Professional headshots in 2 clicks by Vadym
🗺️ Roadmap
1️⃣ Build your app
- Train your own model to gain a competitive edge. More realistic and precise results will lead to positive word of mouth.
- Danny Postmaa built a custom Stable Diffusion model for HeadshotPro.
- Aragon AI says it uses a custom AI model to generate realistic headshots.
- Pieter Levels based Photo AI on custom Stable Diffusion models that he made for his Interior AI app.
- Lower the time to value. Let clients get their first results fast – without waiting for hours.
- Pica AI says you’ll get your headshots in seconds.
- AI Headshot Generator says it needs 1 selfie to generate 4 images in 10 seconds.
- Ken says he made $1,023 in 10 days with 1PhotoAI. His headshot generator needed 1 selfie and 10 seconds to generate images. While competitors needed 20+ photos and hours of waiting.
- Crowdsource challenges to solve problems. You’ll build faster with the help from the community.
- Pieter Levels asked his audience how to scale an SQL database.
- Danny Postma asked his audience how to lower Stripe disputes and solve technical challenges with his upscaler.
2️⃣ Pick your monetization strategy
- Charge a subscription to get predictable revenue.
- Photo AI costs $39 – $299 per month.
- Creative Studio by Try it on AI costs $19 per month.
- AIPassportPhotos has subscription plans for up to $69 per month.
- Charge per photo shoot to lower mental overhead.
- Bettershot costs $29 per person.
- Secta AI costs $49 per photo shoot.
- Try it on AI costs $21 per photo shoot.
3️⃣ Find your first customers
- Build in public to build trust, get early customers and feedback.
- Seb Lhomme shared photo examples and plans for PhotoAI.me (acquired) in public.
- Danny Postma shares revenue numbers and product updates for HeadshotPro in public.
- Pieter Levels shares revenue numbers and product updates for Photo AI in public. He’s on track to making $90,000 MRR.
- Use side project marketing to drive traffic to your paid AI headshot generator.
- Snap Headshots has a free profile pic generator.
- HeadshotsByAI has a free LinkedIn business card generator.
- Danny Postma made a free Profile Picture Generator. He wants to build more free apps to drive traffic to HeadshotPro.
4️⃣ Build trust
- Showcase social proof by sharing reviews from happy customers.
- Secta AI shares a wall of testimonials from happy customers.
- ProPhotos shares reviews from doctors, lawyers, real estate agents and more.
- HeadshotPro says it has served 60,000 customers and generated 12,000,000 headshots.
- Build trust by sharing sample images. This helps to convert visitors to paid users.
- InstaHeadshots shares sample AI headshots.
- HeadshotPro shares photos generated by real customers.
- Secta AI lets you view sample images from real customers.
5️⃣ Capture leads
- Make a demo video to show your app’s workflow before asking for payment.
- Creative Studio by Try it on AI has a video tutorial.
- Pieter Levels makes short-form videos with Photo AI’s features.
- InstaHeadshots has an explainer video that highlights its features.
- Use scarcity to boost conversion.
6️⃣ Boost brand awareness
- Use Programmatic SEO to rank higher in Google. Target long-tail keywords to reach a higher-intent audience.
- Pet Booth has pages with popular dog and cat breeds.
- Aragon AI has headshot pages based on your profession. Such as students, lawyers, sales and more.
- 1PhotoAI has pages with different style keywords. Such as headshots for passports, weddings, Halloween and more.
- HeadshotPro has on-site keywords for different clothing options. Plus pages with headshot types and locations. They show their app among headshot studios in a specific city.
- Use affiliate marketing to scale your marketing efforts.
- AI Pet Photos pays 10-20% commissions for each paid customer you refer.
- Aragon AI pays a 20% commission to affiliates. They’ve paid $100,000 in commissions.
- HeadshotPro pays 30% commissions on all sales. It also offered a $1,000 bonus to 3 people reaching 100,000 views on TikTok.
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