40K social views a day led to almost no app traffic
A firsthand solo app attempt started after a failed SaaS effort in 2025. The earlier mistake was spending too much energy on technical work and not enough on getting people to care. The new approach was to build a channel first, then post daily content generated by the app itself.
The social channel reached more than 40,000 views per day, but the showed only 1 to 4 website visits per day. App were even harder to get. More than 100 were created as a small test, but they produced only 6 clicks over 3 months.
The app is a B2C product with low AOV, so very low traffic makes it hard to turn the project into a working business.
Key points
- The first SaaS attempt failed after too much focus on technical work.
- The next attempt started with a channel and daily app-generated content.
- reached more than 40,000 views per day, but the website got only 1 to 4 visits per day.
- More than 100 brought only 6 clicks over 3 months.
- A B2C app with low AOV needs much stronger traffic or to work.