A new marketplace for makers

Today’s newsletter was crafted by us and sponsored by our friends at AppSumo Marketplace.

There’s nothing quite like the feeling of launching a product.

The Product Hunt community is always on the lookout for additional channels to increase their users, subscribers, and downloads. AppSumo recently launched Marketplace, a community where creators can sell their products to help fellow entrepreneurs succeed.

Noah Kagan (aka Chief Sumo) explained AppSumo Marketplace in the launch:

“This year, millions of individuals are starting their own businesses. The Marketplace helps those creators expand their audience of potential customers and get valuable user feedback from a trusted network of fellow business owners.”

Some early adopters from the community had this to say on launch day:

“I love Marketplace—it gives me time to create things and not to market them for sales [all day and night.]” - Martin Tonev

“It introduced me to [a] few great courses and apps already! At the same time, AppSumo Marketplace is a great space for creators and business owners to expand, get serious feedback from a great community, and gain new customers as well.” - Rami Amin

“There's a community of power users who'll give you instant feedback, and they're used to working with early startups. Many of our recent features came directly from AppSumo users who ended up purchasing after the updates.” - Rohan Arun

According to Noah and team, here’s what you can expect:

🔍 Get discovered by entrepreneurs in Marketplace
🗣️ Get feedback and discover what features customers want
💸 Quickly boost your income
🏃 Fast track your growth goals
➕ Gain some extra clout by listing your product

As a thanks to the Product Hunt community, AppSumo is giving a $500 bonus to makers who have sold their product to 10 new buyers by June 30th, 2021. Just submit your product by 11:59 p.m. CST on March 31st, 2021 and you’ll be set up to take advantage of the deal.

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Grow your app with Setapp: revenue, users, & AI

You shipped the app. Now comes the part nobody warns you about.

Billing across dozens of countries. Licensing agreements. Tax compliance. Customer support for users you haven't met yet. And if your app does anything with AI, add provider management and infrastructure costs to the pile. None of that is why you started building — but all of it is now your problem.

Setapp is trying to take it off your plate.

You probably know Setapp as the subscription marketplace — one monthly price, hundreds of Mac apps. On May 21st, they turned toward developers. The pitch is simple: list your app, reach users who are already looking, and let Setapp handle the business layer.