u/Checkimate

built a shopify app solo from scratch. no team, no investors, no cs degree. just me figuring it out. it’s live. it works. it solves a real problem i had myself.

reality check:

• zero real installs • zero revenue • zero page view data — flying completely blind • ranks top 10 for my keywords but no idea if anyone is even clicking

tried reddit, tiktok, cold email. get some eyes but nothing converts. and i refuse to spend money on ads when the app makes nothing — that math doesn’t work.

everybody posts their wins. nobody talks about being stuck at zero with no data, no feedback, and no idea what’s actually broken.

if you’ve actually been here — not the highlight reel version — what moved the needle for your first real installs? and if you want to look at my listing and tell me what you’d fix, i’d genuinely appreciate it.

built it from scratch, no team, just me. it solves a real problem — i had the problem myself so i built the thing i wished existed.

it’s live, it works, and i can see it showing up in search. but i have no idea if anyone is even clicking through to the listing. no page view data, no impressions, nothing. completely flying blind.

tried reddit, tiktok, cold email outreach. get some eyes here and there but nothing actually converting into installs.

and i’m not going to spend money on ads when the app is making zero — that just doesn’t make sense before i even know what’s broken.

not sure if it’s the screenshots, the description, no reviews yet, or just not enough volume to know anything. hard to diagnose with basically no data.

anyone been in this spot with a shopify app or any app store launch? what actually got you your first real installs? and if you want to look at the listing and tell me where you’d bounce, i’d take that over encouragement any day.