What is the 'secret of success' that the creator of the iPhone icon set who earned over 10 million yen in 6 days talks about?



iOS 14 was released in September 2020, allowing you to customize your home screen on your iPhone. Creator Traf, who sold 3626 customizable icon sets to the iPhone in 6 days and earned a total of $ 101,528, said, 'It looks like a temporary success, but it actually takes years. It's been about seven years, 'he said on his website, telling the story and secrets of his success.

Six Figures in 6 Days
https://tr.af/6

According to Traf, around 2013, when iOS jailbreak began in earnest, he was inspired by other people to start selling his work on Cydia , a platform for buying and selling content that runs on jailbroken iPhones. The sales of the icon set created for the first time were about 17 dollars (about 1700 yen).

With the advent of iOS 14 in 2020 and the freedom to customize the icon design of the home screen, Traf also created an icon set for regular iOS instead of jailbreak. The following is an image of the icon actually created by Mr. Traf. The price is 28 dollars (about 2900 yen).



There are 60 types of icons for each of black and white.



When I shared the image of the icon set created by Mr. Traf on Twitter, there was a considerable response and many questions were asked. Traf immediately started selling icon sets on the payment service

Gumroad . It took about 2 hours from posting on Twitter to the start of sales. Traf's icon set was featured not only on Twitter, but also on tech news sites, and sales quickly reached $ 6,000, Traf said.

After that, Mr. Traf's icon set was featured in the movie of Mr. MKBHD , a popular YouTuber, and the popularity and number of sales of the icon set further increased. The following is the actual movie, which was played more than 4.63 million times at the time of writing the article.

The Ultimate iOS 14 Homescreen Setup Guide! --YouTube


It is a movie that explains the icon change procedure in iOS 14, and Mr. Traf's work was used as an icon set for change. If you actually customize the iPhone with Mr. Traf's icon set, it will be as follows.



Compared to the default state (left), Mr. Traf's icon set (right) has a simple and stylish impression.



The day after MKBHD's movie was posted, the sales of the icon set jumped from $ 6,000 to about $ 40,000 (about 4.22 million yen). 'Posting the right content at the right time can produce unimaginable results,' Traf said. 'I think there are many other factors that can make this successful, but I think. I have some important insights that I think, 'he said, saying the secret to success in spreading content to the world:

◆ Publish frequently
'There is a limit to what you can do after you bring something out, but in many cases, it increases the chances that someone will find you.' Fortune favors the bold. ' As the saying goes, a bold person in the Internet age is 'a person who is not afraid to publish his work to the world.' The Internet is a never-ending stream of content and annoying. The idea of being too appealing is just an excuse to stop sharing, 'Traf said, arguing the importance of publishing a lot of his work.

◆ Act immediately
When Traf posted an icon set for iOS 14 on Twitter, he said it was easy to ignore user requests such as 'I want to buy an icon' or to direct him to an existing jailbreak icon set. .. 'If you were doing that, you would have missed an opportunity. It's important to act quickly to ride the waves,' Traf said.

◆ Have a clear schedule
A schedule that allows quick and flexible action is also important in relation to 'act immediately'. 'I understand that not everyone has the privilege of a flexible schedule, but if you really need it, almost anyone can move towards their goals. I have an inspiration because of the flexible schedule. As soon as I visited, I was able to take action. Inspiration is productive, but it's fragile, so act quickly, 'Traf said.

◆ Be transparent
In the following tweet, Traf discloses the number of people who visited the web page that publishes the icon set, what he did to sell the icon set, and the sales. It is said that this tweet caused further response and the sales of the icon set also increased. As you can see, 'transparency in sharing what worked and what didn't work is important,' Traf commented.



'I'm sure it wouldn't have worked this much if I had done it just to make money. People everywhere aim for a second loach, but most won't. I wrote this article. The reason is not to teach you how to hear the next big trend from the shadows. I wanted to teach you how to keep what you enjoy, share it with the world, and encourage others to leave it to the internet. That's what Traf said.

The icon set created by Mr. Traf can be purchased from the following page.

Traf --iOS 14 Icons
https://icons.tr.af/

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