r/appsumo

Curious if any founders here have tried selling their lifetime deal through cold outreach instead of relying only on AppSumo traffic.

Things I’d love to know:

• Did cold emailing actually convert for LTDs?
• What kind of messaging worked best?
• Did you target existing SaaS users, agencies, Shopify brands, creators, etc.?
• Was the CAC worth it considering LTDs are one-time purchases?
• Did people respond differently to LTD offers compared to normal SaaS subscriptions?

And if you decided NOT to do cold outreach for your LTD, what was the reason?

Would love to hear real experiences — both successes and failures.

I’m considering launching an AI-enabled SaaS on AppSumo, but I’m struggling to understand the economics long term.

Unlike traditional SaaS, AI products have ongoing costs (OpenAI/Claude APIs, GPU compute, etc.), so how do founders make lifetime deals sustainable?

A few things I’m curious about:

• Do most LTD users eventually become inactive/light users?
• Is AppSumo mainly treated as a customer acquisition channel?
• Do founders rely on upsells/add-on credits later?
• Are many tools using cheaper/open-source models behind the scenes?

Also, I’ve noticed many AI/video generation tools offer very hard limits — sometimes just 5–10 generations/month.

As a founder, I understand the cost issue. But as a buyer, those limits feel very restrictive.

So why do users still buy these deals, and how do founders decide the “right” limits?

Would love to hear real experiences from founders who’ve launched AI products on AppSumo.

Reviews posted on an Appsumo deal page that contain links to "reviews" on affiliate review sites — full of Appsumo affiliate links — should not be allowed, because they erode trust and cheapen the whole ecosystem.

Agree? Disagree? What are your thoughts?

(I'm seeing a lot of "read my full review here..." links and they are affiliates, with tracking links back to Appsumo, which means the review is likely biased.)

I've been exploring tools that give AI persistent memory across conversations, and I built across something called AI Context Flow. Wanted to get some honest takes from this community.

The core idea:

• You save ongoing context about what you're working on (projects, ideas, decisions) into organized "memory buckets" that your AI can pull from.
• Instead of re-explaining everything each session, the AI already has the background and gives way more useful responses.
• You can share that same context with other people or AI agents, so collaborators see the reasoning and progress behind something, not just the end result.
• MCP can connect tools like OpenClaw to the same context layer too.

It basically turns AI from a stateless tool into something closer to a teammate with actual memory. And because the context is portable, it works across different AI workflows and not locked into one app.

Kind of like going from one-off conversations → a shared workspace of thoughts + reasoning.

We are now looking to expand the team features and was curious what you guys think.

• Would you actually use something like this?
• Where would it add the most value for you — personal productivity, team collaboration, agent workflows or creative projects?
• What's the biggest blocker in AI Context you feel right now?

What's the difference between Select vs Launchpad vs 'regular' offers? Is Marketplace still a thing? Or is the old 'Marketplace' the new 'unbranded' offer?

The focus of my question is: are the revenue shares different? Does a founder get any say in which category they are placed? Do different categories represent different degrees of vetting, or a different level of faith Appsumo has in the offer?

I'm interested in the details other than the "We've Got Your Back" guarantee.

Thank you

I am looking for an SEO suite of tools - keyword research, rank tracking, AI seo, etc. I did by BiQ years ago but when I tried to log in now, I can't get keyword search results to load.

Is anyone using any of the current SEO offers on App Sumo? If so, how do you like it? Thanks,

Offering monthly AI credits for life just doesn't work.
The cost is too high.
How do founders launching on AppSumo make this work?

Hi, i am going to launch my website on Appsumo. First I have made it for Indian users (razorpay integration). So basically it's an marketing voiceover tool. Where you upload images - the tool extracts the context - generates a marketing script - provides an AI voiceover. I wanted to understand if the website has the potential to generate meaningful revenue.

Been building two SAAS, one helps devs to convert their sites into PWA in a minute by just installing a script, and it offers metrics for how many people installed your site on their devices (mobile or desktop).
The one is an email verification system.
Which one would you recommend I take to appsumo?
Will appreciate your feedback.

I regularly see lot of chrome extensions being launched on appsumo. I have tried to rebuild them using plugthis.ai and have been successful, dint face any major challenges.

I have been regularly posting rebuild videos on Youtube and X dog fooding, the app rebuilding existing extensions.

I want feedback on the landing page and product offering. Is something on not clear, how can I make this tool, more valuable to users. Please share your thoughts.

For quite some time i have been working on a social media scheduling tool. I use it for my business purposes on regular basis.

Apart from regular social media scheduling, i am offering rss autmation (fetches optimised images for each platform) and API scheduling.

I dont know what else to provide to appsumo team to get on appsumo.

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Can we find a solution with this? After buying a tier 4, now I need to pay 450$/month to get the same features someone is paying 6$/month for.
With my actual setup: 10 accounts I 402$ extra by using my Appsumo account that I already payed for compared to a new account I create.

I’m currently in the waiting room for AppSumo Select (submitted my application recently) and wanted to get some honest feedback from this group of veteran Sumo-lings.

The Product: A profit logic tool for Shopify store owners built via Google App Script.

The Goal: To give sellers a dashboard inside their spreadsheet that tracks:

Real-time SKU profitability

Refund impact on actual health/margins

Store health status (identifying losses before they stack up)

Why I’m posting: I know the Select team has a high bar for UI and scalability. Since mine is App Script-based, I'm wondering:

As a buyer, do you prefer a dedicated SaaS UI, or is the convenience of having it in a Google Sheet/Excel environment a plus for you?

Does Profit Logic/Refund Tracking feel like a big enough pain point for you to grab a Lifetime Deal (LTD)?

If you saw this on AppSumo, what would be the deal-breaker for you?

I’ve had some good feedback on Reddit so far, but I want the Sumo-ling perspective on whether this feels like a Select caliber tool or if I should just self-list on the Marketplace and keep moving.

Be as brutal as you need to be! Thanks.

There is a interesting notetaker on AppSumo that will end in 10 days, FYI.

They have 10 x 5 tacos out of 11, works great, it needs a bit help with navigation and UX/UI, but the insights might be interesting for you to check.

Definitely more precise than others I tried.

Took a look at the Discord and it looks bleak. Curious how long the community thinks Straico has.

Since appsumo made the effort to include Sendapp on an add targeting me, some observations:

-positively glowing ai summary despite 1/8 comments being positive

-hasn't answered questions that are months old

-actively being sold and featured in ads, despite various reviews of causing users' accounts being banned.

It's giving severe mistrust signals.

I've bought a lot of great apps on appsumo.. I'm surprised the platform would risk its reputation with apps like this when there are good apps on the platform.

There's a large amount of very low or 1 previous purchase buyers on products recently.. Has AS looked into them? It's kinda obvious it's from the teams themselves.

So many times they have said they are on top of it..

It’s been two weeks since i applied to appsumo to list my saas smallforcehq dot com. How much time does it usually take?