Turn NASA's photo of the day into ready-to-sell merchandise ideas

Turns NASA's daily space photo into a mocked-up product, checks the market, and sends you a profit-backed pitch to approve.

How the work actually flows

A straight line.

Pattern: Sequence (1)

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Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
File & Cloud Storage
Connects
OpenAISlackGoogle DriveNotion

The problem it solves

Coming up with new print-on-demand designs takes constant creative effort, and even good ideas can flop if you don't know what similar products already sell for. Researching competitors and running the numbers by hand slows down every new product decision.

Who it fits

A print-on-demand entrepreneur or e-commerce manager sourcing new product designs.

How it works

  1. NASA's photo of the day is pulled in automatically each run
  2. AI generates keywords and a mockup design based on the image
  3. Similar products are checked on Etsy to see current market prices
  4. Profit potential is calculated against your production cost
  5. A go or no-go recommendation is sent to Slack for your approval
What you get

Profit-backed product ideas pitched daily

You get a fresh, market-checked product idea delivered to Slack every day, ready for you to greenlight or skip.

What you get

A Slack proposal with a product mockup, market pricing, and a profit estimate, ready for your approval.

What you need

A NASA API key, an OpenAI account, a Cloudinary account, a web scraping subscription, Slack, Google Drive, and Notion.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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