Three weeks ago, I tweeted about whether building a competitor to AppSumo would be a good idea.
https://twitter.com/Pauline_Cx/status/1809233782525878742
If you're not familiar with the site, AppSumo is a website where you can buy software tools for your business at very low prices.
According to recent reports, AppSumo has over 1 million users. These users are primarily entrepreneurs, small business owners, and professionals looking for affordable software solutions.
Now, let’s return to the post.
As you may know, AppSumo takes a huge commission, about 70%, on each sale made.
70 percent! 🤯🤯🤯
A product is the result of a creator's hard work and dedication. They’ve worked really hard to build it, and when they finally launch it, they receive just 30% of the revenue?
Creators be like:
This seems very low, especially with all the context as they offered a big discount to their SaaS. Then it’s way less than 30% than their regular prices they earn.