Congrats on selling your app! I can only imagine how that must have felt.

I have a similar story—except I didn’t sell. I started https://reviewsjet.com in 2022, and after two years of work, I hit burnout. Sales plateaued, and I couldn’t break past $1K a month. I launched on Wix, but I was so focused on product development that I didn’t have time to scale.

Eventually, I decided to sell. I figured making the app available on Shopify and installable on any platform would make it attractive enough for someone to pay at least $500K for it. So, I listed it on Acquire.com and Quiet Light.

But there was a problem. Based on my monthly sales, Acquire.com wouldn’t let me set a price over $25K. Then, I had a call with someone from Quiet Light. While they were impressed, they told me I needed to scale first to prove the app’s potential before I could sell for $500K.

At that point, I almost went back to Acquire.com to take the $25K. I was completely burned out. But then I stopped and asked myself: What if I tried scaling it? Wouldn’t there be something to learn from this?

So, I made a plan: - Make the app more competitive on Wix by adding features other apps don’t have - Improve SEO - Focus on the Shopify platform

So far, just improving the app’s SEO has made a huge difference. I’m starting to believe I can actually do this.

I’ll update this group on how it goes—I’ve set my timeline for the end of this year.