A platform or tool designed for Midjourney users to visually explore, discover, curate, and potentially share or sell unique style reference (SREF) codes and 'aesthetic recipes'. It addresses the challenge of moving beyond text prompts to control Midjourney's aesthetic output.
Opportunity8.2
Why now
Midjourney's evolution beyond simple text prompting, introduction of SREF codes and personalization, and the growing demand for more sophisticated aesthetic control and unique visual identities in AI art.
Market gap
A centralized, visual, and user-friendly platform for exploring, organizing, and potentially trading Midjourney SREF codes and personalized style sets.
Business fit
Type
SaaS/Marketplace/Tool
Target
Midjourney users seeking advanced aesthetic control, curating unique styles, or monetizing their creative prompts.
AI artists, UI/UX designers, developers with expertise in generative AI
Scores
Problem
9.0
Feasibility
7.0
Why now
9.0
Go-to-market
8.0
Confidence
9.0
Proof signals
Nick St. Pierre built and uses such a tool ('style reference explorer').
Nick mentions: 'People are starting to kind of do that. They're putting together um like their own style reference books'.
The increasing complexity and power of Midjourney's 'style space' features.
The 'slot machine' problem mentioned by Greg, indicating user frustration with unpredictable results.
Keyword demand
Keyword
Volume
Growth
Midjourney
301,000/mo
0% YoY
AI art
49,500/mo
-55% YoY
SREF codes
170/mo
-58% YoY
US English Google Ads volume from DataForSEO; growth uses returned monthly search history.
Source episode
The ULTIMATE guide to Midjourney (AI Design Tutorial)36:03
Dude, you know what also got me thinking too is like in the future MidJourney should create a marketplace where you can sell your personalization. People are starting to kind of do that.