Inspiration

I got inspiration from this while doing keyword research for my app Divine Diary, which helps people decode the personalised meanings of angel numbers. I found there are resources, but they're either incomplete or share the same meanings. Since I have seen the impact of angel numbers in my life, I had to build it.

What it does

Angel Numbers Site is a complete resource library for people to understand the meanings of angel numbers. From spiritual meanings, to guides, to calculators, to videos, it has everything that a user needs to learn about numerology and angel numbers.

How we built it

Honestly, building this was tough. I had to figure out Astro.build since it's great for static sites. It took me almost 7 days to go from idea to product. Here is how I build it step by step:

  1. Claude for PRD
  2. Bolt.new for MVP and debugging
  3. Google Sheets as my data source (I built this right after creating the PRD)
  4. Gemini for prompting and planning the project and fixing some connection issues
  5. Cursor for actually connecting the website to the datasource.
  6. Connected to GitHub
  7. Deployed on Netlify

Challenges we ran into

This was one of the most challenging projects for me. Here are the challenges I faced:

  1. Figuring out how to build a static directory with Astro, since I don't understand code, was a challenge
  2. The biggest challenge was connecting and syncing the data source; it took me 3 days to figure that out
  3. At one point, I had to scrape the design I initially created with Bolt just to fix the connection
  4. I was trying to connect with Google Sheets API, but that didn't seem to be working for me, so I created it using other methods like push to web.
  5. I never used Cursor before, so I had a challenge learning that..

Accomplishments that we're proud of

There are a few achievements that I'm proud of:

  1. I got the approval from the community before creating the directory
  2. I created the resource file of 120 rows in just 1 hour
  3. I fixed all the bugs and improved the design before shipping
  4. Already pushed the website for Index, it should start getting traction in the next few days.

What we learned

From the project building perspective: The first thing I learned was connecting Cursor with GitHub, and GitHub with Bolt. Secondly, I figured connection between my directory and the data source. Then I learned Astro needs various packages to get deployed on Netlify, so I asked Bolt to install them Later, I found that one of the most important things, my index page, was not working and was giving a 404 error, so I fixed that.

From a marketing perspective: Spiritual seekers are looking for answers, but they are not finding them, so that's why they are searching all over the internet in random forums about their problems.

Another thing I observed was that all angel numbers related keywords are searched over 2.5 million times per month, as per the latest data from SEMrush in the US alone.

In my directory, I am only targeting those that are easy to rank, and I am making sure all the necessary SEO requirements are fulfilled.

What's next for Angel Numbers Site

The Angel Numbers Site will continue to act as a resource hub for the angel numbers. The goal with this is simple, once it gets traffic will start running ads on the site, and once it crosses 1000 visitors per month, I will add a section for the top numerologist according to users' area.

Will promote online numerologists and their free reading. It will continue to act as my traffic source for my saas Divine Diary

Built With

  • astro
  • bolt
  • cursor
  • netlify
  • sheets
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