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by starrhorne 4719 days ago
You are giving up too early. You can make money on this product, but you just have to be willing to spend time learning to market it.

And by market I don't mean advertise. I mean, finding a group of people who really need inventory management and then tailoring your app to their specific needs.

For example, how many $1000s of dollars a year do restaurants lose from inventory spoilage? How does that compare with the cost of paying someone to enter all that data into your system?

Because, as a business owner, I only care about how your app is going to make or save me money.

One more thing. Not every type of business does well with a no-touch sales process. I suspect that with something like inventory management, you'll want to focus on an industry, go to trade shows, and really insert yourself into that world. Bizdev is really underrated in this self-serve world.