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I ran a small validation sprint for a $49/month Chrome extension opportunity brief. The first public post got basically no signal: no comments and no subscriptions.

The lesson was pretty obvious in hindsight: "weekly ideas" is too abstract. Builders don't need another list as much as they need help getting through the commercial wrapper around an extension.

So I narrowed the offer into a $19 MV3 paid-extension starter kit.

It covers:

• recommended v1 architecture
• Manifest V3 template
• permission rationale
• Stripe/payment-link access patterns
• manual vs. license-key vs. companion-app entitlement options
• privacy-policy skeleton
• Chrome Web Store listing fields
• validation script
• kill criteria before overbuilding

The recurring brief still exists, but the starter kit is now the front door. If people will not buy the concrete artifact, they almost certainly will not subscribe to a recurring research product.

I'm looking for blunt feedback from people who have built or considered building paid extensions:

• Is $19 the right test price for this?
• What is missing from the starter kit?
• Would you rather buy this as a one-off artifact or as part of a recurring builder brief?

Link: https://www.perplexity.ai/computer/a/extension-radar-0Jrxrxi5RnCGjTZY_.O6Wg

Full disclosure: this is my project.

I'm testing a small paid research product for builders who like Chrome extension ideas but don't want generic idea lists. Before talking about the paid thing, I made a free checklist for paid MV3 extensions that covers scope, permissions, Stripe/payment access patterns, privacy, store listing prep, and validation.

The reason I made it: the first research issue pointed to a recurring problem around MV3 setup and paid-extension plumbing. A lot of builders can make the feature, but the surrounding pieces create friction.

The paid concept is a weekly brief with five scored extension opportunities and one deeper build breakdown. Each idea gets scored on painful problem, reachable user, buildability, validation speed, and low operating cost. The deeper brief includes the likely MVP, permissions, validation path, and risks.

The thing I'm trying to avoid is hype. No "this will make money" claims, no fake traction, and no cold outreach. The goal is just to help builders make a better decision about what is worth validating.

I'm mainly looking for feedback on the checklist and whether the research-brief format would actually help before choosing what to build.

For people who build extensions or small SaaS products: what is missing from this checklist, and what evidence would make an opportunity brief trustworthy enough to act on?

Link: https://www.perplexity.ai/computer/a/extension-radar-0Jrxrxi5RnCGjTZY_.O6Wg