Understood and a failure??? Oh hell no brother.
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Just hoped it would become self sustainingā¦ wasnāt expecting extraā¦just hoped for enough sales to cover costsā¦looking into switching the charts to something by me free then.
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I sincerely wish you luck and tons of success and sales. I know me saying that doesnāt make it happen but prayers do get answered just not the way we hope or plan. Something is going to happen for you I can feel it. Keep positive my brother looking how far youāve already come. Just hurdles you will get past them Iām absolutely sure of it.
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Well, I did it.
I am bummedā¦I removed the Ai apps temporarily until I can resolve the google app requirement issues and finish the Ai model building and training. I probably rushed the first but I had to start somewhere.
They will be backā¦they will beā¦
version 24 update will be out to people on Beta testing soon. If there are no issues, I will quickly send it out to Production for everyone.
I also added the donation button to the first page and the support pages. Itās all powered by GoDaddy; none of the info gets sent to me other than the receipts without card or account info. I hate to put it on, but until the sales pick up I must. The donations will solely be going towards the $500/yr chart and graph addin Anychartā¦ anychart.com
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Version 24 is now live in beta.
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Forgot to mentionā¦so far from doing hour consultation meetings with Google about their new soon to come Ai website. My Hortus Savings account has about $175 in itā¦including the 7 app sales. I am waiting on two payments from them totaling $125.
At the end of my last consultation with Googles team on Wednesday, I asked for a job at google. Itās obvious they want my advice as I am the only consult they are using and I could use the work.
So I am doing what I can to get the funds. I will be suspending the Google Ads campaignā¦they are just taking my money with nothing to show for it. I have been paying out of pocket for thatā¦ itās just not sustainable without actually getting app purchases from it. As you can see belowā¦they arenāt even sending traffic any longerā¦what bs.
I will be trying to find an Anychart free replacement; to reduce costs. The Heatmap chart for VPD will be the hardestā¦even though itās an addinā¦I still had to write the codeā¦just using their API.
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Getting the ball rolling is the hardest part of trying to create something useful for people, your hard work, and frustration will pay off, sometimes it takes longer than you would like but people who put in the foot work seem to always get there moment, hang in there. Stepping back and reevaluating is a must at times, back to the drawing board but if it something you are passionate about ( which it seems you are) you will be on top.
Have a great blessed day. These are stepping stones not setbacks. 
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Thank you @Lightbrightt2010
I appreciate it.
The Ai stuff is a lot of work, it helped to add the calendar to the notes app to get me in better spirits. Thatās my thought in thisā¦ figure out how to recode to a different chart system or create my own API. Using others Apis gets you going quicker but when they want $$$$ it just hurts more than helping. However, I want to replicate it exactly as I currently have it; or better somehow.
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As the saying goesā¦you gotta spend money to make money.
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I truly believe in thatā¦but Google ads kept saying āhey youāll get purchases if you double your budgetā which I did four timesā¦as you can see on the chartā¦it went in an opposite direction as far as them exposing it to people. What they donāt tell usā¦there is some way to bid against places with ads likeā¦ McDonaldās, custom ink, etcā¦but again itās closed bidding. I have been using YouTube with another account religiously and have not came across my ads yet.
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Time to old school it, flyers and put them at dispensary and vape shops, word of mouth.
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Thereās a couple of grow shops around the stateā¦one, something like āgarden supply guyāā¦already had showed interest before I had the charts completed. However, I cannot get a hold of him nowā¦he started a professional CBD thca grow, which is huge, but takes a lot of his time with regulations and what not in this state.
Edit: Iāve left him messages but havenāt heard back yetā¦in factā¦ Iām going to try calling today.
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Good morningā¦still never got a hold of that guy.
Howeverā¦
I sent this to Anychart support:
Got this awesome reply:
Soooo freaking happy.
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moving forward 
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Closed mouth doesnāt get fed. Look at you!
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You working on some app maintenance @Growmoredank ??
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Yes @Grimman78
There was a notification that I needed to change my apps to the new 16kb standard or get pulledā¦
Since I am already in the process of upgrading the AIs to object detection from image detectionā¦and the old AIs were pulling in the old standard filesā¦ It is just easier to pull them now to stay on Google and reintroduce the AIs as they are each finishedā¦ itās taking a bit longer than expected, but it is a learning experienceā¦my aim is to have the next gen ai up and running at production level quality accuracy then releasing each one at a timeā¦so each has the same level of accuracy and detailā¦
Last I worked on them they were getting close:
Still getting the boxes to line up correctly.
On another note I have received word from Anychart, my chart addin API company I pay for, and they are going to work with me on costā¦after first year itās supposed to go from $99 to $500ā¦but due to low sales they are going to extend my $99 cost per year another year or two.
I had added a donation button into the website to try to help with costs as that $500/yr plus time in ai development gets to be a bit much.
My hope was to have yearly app sales that would pay for chartsā¦ hadnāt expected to get richā¦so this two years will allow for a bigger following or to reprogram the charts in a different way, without losing feature, but free.
Sorry for the inconvenienceā¦if you are interested in testing the ai apps before I reintroduce them into the Hortus appā¦let me know by emailing me at support@hortusgrowapp.com with your: ilgm username, real name, and android phone numberā¦ Iāll text out new files to installā¦ @Bentstick and @SausageMahoney have both helped in this way in the past. I do my best to not text too much and respect the privilege of having your info.
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Cool nice thanks.
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Just emailed you my information good sir! Glad the app is coming along. Every once in awhile I turn it on when Iām hanging with the gals just to fiddle around with it.
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Iāll be on the lookout for itā¦thank you for your help @Grimman78
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