Paid apps struggle to earn early reviews in app marketplaces
A Shopify app developer describes their paid app sitting at zero reviews for three weeks, illustrating the cold-start problem where new paid listings cannot gain traction without social proof. They resorted to making the app free to break the cycle.
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