u/Mammoth-Ad-2074

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.

I recently launched a pricing system for freelancers (Cozyworkflow) and faced a choice: spend $500 on cold Facebook ads or put that budget back into the community.

I decided to go with a 50% commission model ($20 per sale).

My logic is that a freelancer or marketer who actually understands the 'undercharging' pain point will be 10x more effective at explaining the value than a generic ad. However, I'm finding that recruiting 'quality' partners is much harder than just flipping an ad switch.

For those of you who manage digital products:

Is 50% high enough to attract serious marketers, or is the $40 price point too low to be worth their time?

I’m committed to this 'community-first' growth model, but I’d love to hear from anyone who has successfully scaled an affiliate-only launch.

Note: Not looking to spam links here, just looking for advice on the scaling strategy itself.

I wanted to build a SaaS-lite solution for Shopify profit auditing without the overhead of a full web app stack. I’m currently using a Brain/Body architecture: a centralized Google Apps Script library (the Brain) that handles the logic, pushed out to client-side Dashboard sheets.

The Problem: Shopify’s native reporting doesn't attribute Dead Losses (Shipping, COGS, non-refundable fees) back to the SKU level during a refund.

The Stack:

Logic Engine: Google Apps Script Library (Centralized for instant version control across all users).

Database/UI: Google Sheets (Fastest way to get a functional dashboard into a user's hands).

Key Feature: Proportional refund attribution (splitting shipping/fees across SKU units automatically).

The Pivot: I’m moving away from selling templates and toward this agency-style Managed Automation. It allows me to update the math for every client instantly by just pushing a new version to the library.

Would love to hear from anyone else building unconventional SaaS tools or using Sheets as a frontend. Is the Headless Library approach viable long-term for a $1k/mo micro-SaaS?