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Kevin William David

MakeStories - Create visual stories for web quickly and beautifully!

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What if stories can come out of the closed ecosystem into the open web? Yes! We make it possible. Use MakeStories and build great, engaging stories that stay on the web forever. Check http://bit.ly/2UZyVkO to see how UN build a story on Sahel region.

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Pratik Ghela
Maker
Hey guys, I am Pratik and I lead the Product Management at MakeStories. Me and @chintan_palan1 have been working on MakeStories since March 2018. I will be happy to reply to your questions, suggestions and improvements or your feedback.
Steve Benjamins
@chintan_palan1 @pratik_ghela How do you make sure the file size of the embedded videos aren't too large? Do you compress them?
Pratik Ghela
Maker
Hey @stevebenjamins , we compress images as soon as you upload them. For videos, we are planning to restrict the file size. But, plans are in place to compress or convert the uploaded videos in the backend once you upload them.
Pratik Ghadge
Using MakeStories for more than 7 months now. I love the way you can just drag drop and get the stories. They also provide an option to upload to a short domain which I often use. The collection of Royalty free images and the illustration is just great.
Pratik Ghela
Maker
@pratik_ghadge Thanks. Mind sharing the link of the story you created ? Will love to see what you've built.
Pratik Ghadge
@pratik_ghela Here you go! https://onl.st/buzzfeed-story. Just tried creating a story version of the article at https://www.buzzfeed.com/bekocon... .
Pratik Ghela
Maker
@pratik_ghadge Love how the tappable content takes the lead on scroll one.
Svend Court-Payen
Great work guys! I'm working on something really similar but with a focus on embedded interactive elements (sliders, polls, free text inputs,...) - I understand your focus is to make stories more visual & beautiful & I'm curious: what are the main use cases behind this focus?
Pratik Ghela
Maker
@svend_court_payen Our focus is to support every feature that AMP Stories comes up with. So, anything that AMP Stories will have, we will have it soon
Kevin Mullett
"Get started for free", but no indication of pricing. Instantly assume it is expensive and can't share it with clients or conference audiences that may like it.
Pratik Ghela
Maker
@kmullett the software is free to use till April 2020. Post that we might charge, but no policy decision has been made yet.
Pratik Ghela
Maker
@kmullett @arunpattnaik Thanks Arun. But I won't consider this a UX Mistake 101. We don't have a clear picture on the pricing and we have outlined a detailed blog post about the same for our users in a medium article.
Pratik Ghela
Maker
@kmullett @felipeveiga Thanks Felipe for your criticism. I believe you should motivate people for their hardwork. But, no worries! World won't be complete without trollers like yourself :)
Kevin Mullett
@pratik_ghela stating that clearly and upfront would go a long way to assuage the FUDs of your important early adopters who also frequently have a higher proclivity for sharing new and interesting tools/services. Thanks for the response.
Pratik Ghela
Maker
@kmullett agreed 100%. We are working on the new site and will have more info over there
Tan Nhat Nguyen
We've been using MakeStories for the last 3 month, and it was very helpful and easy to understand. Pratik always had an open ear for some ideas to improve the app. Looking foward for new features!
Pratik Ghela
Maker
@tann Excited to see your stories go live. Love the stories too ;)
Leo Martinez
Great work both of you! It has been great to get to know this product all the way through. Excited to continue building strong AMP Stories!
Pratik Ghela
Maker
@leomartinez Thanks Leo. Love all of your stories
Stapp.app
Im Roberto from Stapp. Great tool. For me the best drag and drop tool to make Amp Stories. Success!!
Pratik Ghela
Maker
@comercial_storiefi - Hey Roberto, thanks for the encouragement. We love Stapp as much :)
Dmitry Drobyshev
A really hot product! I have made stories in ten minutes
Dmitry Begovatov
Great idea =)
Kane Murphy
Have been using MakerStories for 6+ months now. Love Pratik's product !
Pratik Ghela
Maker
@kane_murphy Thanks Kane! Will love to the stories you guys create. :)
Donut Tim
looks awesome!
Sujal Sujal
Great product!
Pooja Shelke
I have built a couple of stories using MakeStories. I use the WordPress plugin to upload the stories created to my WordPress website. This is a great feature which needs improvement but it does the work for now. The support team is great too and @pratik_ghela is always available for support
Pratik Ghela
Maker
@pooja_shelke We are working on improving the WordPress publishing experience. Expect an update soon.
Ajeet RG
I personally know the guys at MakeStories. @pratik_ghela, @chintan_palan1 & the whole team is highly motivated & are working hard towards building their product. I have used the product myself, loved it, got connected and now helping them design for version 2.0. Believe me, these guys deserve it. Super talented folks! Cheers!
Pratik Ghela
Maker
@ajitrg - Your insights are really useful and has helped us take MakeStories to a next level
Nirvi Gala
Great Product with Great Support. I tried recreating the Time 100 story and was able to do so in just 20 mins. You can check it out at https://onl.st/t100/
Pratik Ghela
Maker
@lucy_heartfilia - That's good to know. Thanks for sharing the link.
A V
Amazing product with easy drag n drop
Girdharee Saran
Cool. Will surely check it out.
Pratik Ghela
Maker
@giri Please check it out Girdharee and let us know.
Girdharee Saran
@pratik_ghela I have a feedback about the sign up flow. When you get someone to sign up using their google account, verifying the email is an unnecessary step. If I signed up with my Google account, it means I am a verified owner of the account.
Pratik Ghela
Maker
@giri As much as I know, you don't have to verify if you login from your Google account. You verify only if you sign up using email. If you have a use case, please mail it to us -> support@makestories.io
Girdharee Saran
@makestories @pratik_ghela I signed up using my Google account and also got a verification email. I was unable to proceed before I verified my email. Kindly check and fix.
Chintan Palan
Maker
@giri Thanks for bringing that to our notice, we will find and fix the issue. Thanks for your patience with it
Damien Anderson
Super easy to use and get results. Great team behind it.
Jouvan
I made stories using MakeStories. The UI and UX are very fun and easy to use. Many templates available and complete export options. Drag and Drop is the main attraction for creating stories using MakeStories. All the best for MakeStories!
Pratik Ghela
Maker
@jouvanms Hey Jouvan, thanks for using MakeStories. Your stories are really meaningful. Do you mind sharing them here?
Samuel Schmitt
Great tool, really easy to create AMP Stories and publish it on your website !!!