u/LIJI_Jordan

Hi everyone,

I recently launched my first Shopify app as an independent developer.

It’s built for B2B and wholesale stores. The idea is simple: many wholesale buyers already know the SKUs they want, or they keep order lists in Excel. Instead of browsing product pages one by one, they should be able to search by SKU, paste multiple SKU + quantity lines, save order lists, and add many items to cart quickly.

The technical part was challenging, but after launching I realized something obvious: building the app is only half of the work. Getting the first real users is much harder.

What I’ve tried so far:

- Improved the Shopify App Store listing

- Started looking for B2B / wholesale Shopify stores with large catalogs

- Tried joining Shopify-related communities

- Realized that direct promotion gets blocked or ignored very easily

- Started thinking more about talking to merchants manually

My current challenge is finding the first 5 to 10 merchants who actually feel this problem and are willing to try the app.

For people who have launched a Shopify app, SaaS product, or side project:

How did you get your first few real users?

Did you use cold email, communities, agencies, paid ads, or something else?

I’d really appreciate any feedback or advice.

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I launched my first Shopify app, but getting the first user is harder than building it

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