Yesterday I officially divorced Shopify. It was fun while it lasted 🤭 It started with one job: lock down a set of Prompt Generators. I learnt Liquid in a few weeks and cracked something even ChatGPT couldn't. Locked it down so hard that Pixi's Burrow was born out of it. I could have walked away right then. But then I noticed something. My Notion templates were getting recommended by ChatGPT and CoPilot, through Shopify. 🤔 And I was attached to my catalogue showing up on Pinterest. So I went and learnt what actually drives that. AEO, and what feeds it. A couple of months ago I learnt XML to build my own RSS feed. Turns out Pinterest accepts it too. That left one thing Shopify still did for me: storage and image delivery. Cloudinary and Cloudflare sorted that. So with a plan for every single box Shopify ticked, I got to work. Decided on the Tuesday. Pressed cancel on the Friday morning. Will I miss it? Nope, lol. My site is now a full standalone ecommerce app. The only subscriptions tied to it are the domain name and a Claude subscription. Definitely my kind of stack. What powers your website right now? Drop it in the comments, I want to see everyone's stack.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝗸𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 (𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀) Before I even say hello inside 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗼 𝗔𝗜, I had to do one thing first, test what people can actually see from the outside 🤭 This is not the official welcome post. This is me documenting my findings so future me does not forget. --- 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗼 𝗔𝗜 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 This public Skool community is being built as a multi-layered space for: * AI literacy education * A technical diary (real builds, real experiments) * An AI-powered newspaper * An idea hub for creators * Project walkthroughs and breakdowns But before building all that, I needed clarity on **visibility and SEO potential inside Skool**. --- 𝗦𝗸𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁: 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗧𝘆𝗽𝗲𝘀 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 I created one module for every access type and viewed the community from the outside. Here is exactly what happens: 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 The following module types are completely 𝗵𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: - Private - Level-based access - Buy Now (paid modules) - Time-dripped content - Private with Tier ➡️ These are perfect for: - Premium content - Courses and tutorials - Member-only resources - Structured learning paths --- 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 Only one module type is publicly accessible: - Open modules ➡️ These are critical for: - SEO content - Freebies and lead magnets - Affiliate links and offers - Welcome posts and onboarding - Community signposting --- 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝗸𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 If you are building a public Skool community and want to grow through search and discovery, the structure becomes very simple: - Use **Open modules** as your public-facing layer - Place all SEO content, value posts, and entry points here - Keep everything else gated inside locked modules This creates a clean funnel: ✨ Discover → Explore → Join → Unlock ✨ --- 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗜 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 If you are teaching AI, building tools, or documenting your workflow like I am inside Indigo AI, this setup lets you: