I have made at least three of these myself. No judgment, but learn from mine.

- Paying for features you never touch. - Ignoring your operating system until install day. - Assuming every editor opens your RAW files. - Forgetting export formats until a client asks for something specific. - Chasing AI features from the marketing page and never touching them. - Skipping the free options entirely. - Buying before checking whether your computer can run the thing without crying.

The pattern is shopping by reputation instead of requirements. A wedding photographer and a meme page admin do not need the same tool. Write down what you actually do first: price, platform, format support. That filter beats fifty sponsored reviews. And PicConvert covers the small stuff free forever: JPG, PNG, WebP, and PDF conversions with compression.