I was really proud of myself yesterday, having created my first face with a working action. I got some positive feedback on the design, but after more or less 24 hours on Facer, it’s received one like (yay), but wait for it, ZERO syncs. I mean, it’s not a colour I would wear, but I didn’t think it would be that unpopular. Any critique (be as brutal as you like) welcome. I’d love to know why it receives an award for the most unpopular face I have on Facer.
I go through that all the time. Some faces are run away hits and others sit for a long time without likes or syncs. I have one that’s almost 2 years old and still hasn’t gotten the first sync or like. For what it’s worth, I think you have a nice design there. I like the dark one best, but the light color is also nice. Just hang in there, the right ones haven’t found it yet.
Thanks. I feel that if you don’t get traction right at the start, you’re never going to get it, because unless your tags are a pretty specific match to what someone is looking for, they’re just never going to find it. I guess I need to be more patient and look over the longer term. Hoping I’ll nail down some tactics for success.
I was in the same spot you are at the beginning. Then one day the @Facer_Official crew spotted one of my faces and highlighted it in their Big & Bold section of the app. From that point on it took off like crazy. I started in June of 2019 and now after that I have over 3,700 followers and my most popular watch face has over 9,000 syncs. Designing on Facer is 50% talent and the rest is pure luck. With over 20,000 designers and over 70,000 faces on this platform it’s hard to get noticed at first.
Yep, visibility is key. I don’t have a lot of time, so when my first published watch face got featured, it got a lot of syncs, but it took me so long to publish a second one, the momentum was lost.
In the end, I just make what I like, and I enjoy helping people on the forums and slack.
Sorry to join in so late but I love the Humility of this topic.
I find it very interesting that the Faces I actually like creep slowly to the top of the list . But some I was really pleased with because I thought they were Clever are Dead Ducks.
I think if you set an AI up to establish the most Popular Faces they would have Zero Style and Personality.
Be Lucky.
I agree with @ThaMattie
I do what i like. Why? Because I’m having fun. if i have no syncs or very few, for me is the same. I don’t hunt for syncs but amusement
Nice thread, in my little experience here (oct 2020) i can say that analog faces that required alot of work have the lowest sync here, seems ppl isn’t able to read them so if you want sync you have to go digital, but if you want have fun analog is better
For sure, the community’s taste is not the same as mine, even when they are readable.
I think Facer’s incentive model to produce is fundamentally flawed, but I understand they are a business and have to make money or at least break even if its that kind of a product.