[orliesaurus]

Don't take this the wrong way, it must be scary to do a Show HN, so high5 to you, but...what's the appeal of this over a Carrrd, Wix or Squarespace which already has a good UI / drag and drop editor and has all the redundancy, SEO compliance and user access management in-built?

[noahbragg]

Hey! Thanks for the question. Potion is really for those that love Notion. Notion is really great for certain kinds of sites. A wiki, help center or those that just want to have their portfolio site through Notion. Pretty powerful to be able to edit your notes and site in the same place. Instead of going back to your website builder where you are rusty and haven't touched for a couple of months.

[jitl]

(I work at Notion, bias etc)

Think about how content of any kind ends up published:

1. Ideate - what do you want to make? Brainstorm, keep notes of ideas. Make plans.

2. Draft - put your ideas down in their native media. Write, paint, etc.

3. Revise, collaborate - polish things up, retouch photos, etc. Loop in your editor.

4. Distribute - publish your creation, so others can get it. Transform it into a form that's sharable. Focus on reach.

A product like like Squarespace is really only concerned with step (4) of the creative process - publishing to the web. So you'll need to do the rest of the steps with other tools; maybe just pencil and paper or maybe Google Docs, and then bring that content into Squarespace for distribution.

But, Notion does (at least a passible job at) all steps in this workflow, especially for text content. People use it for notes, then share privately to collaborate with comments. Publishing is a single switch to make a page public. We're not as fully-featured as a Wix; for example Notion doesn't offer analytics or advertising placement. But since we're pretty good at all the other stuff, it makes sense for people who like Notion to find a way to augment the publishing use-case with something like Potion.