SellerPulse

ShipScore = the CENTS composite. C = control vs gatekeepers · E = barriers (high is good) · N = proven demand · T = income detached from hours · S = reach

At $29/mo (assumed category price), you need 2,874 subscribers for a $1M/yr pace.

Nearest tracked rivals on that curve:

• Peekaboo — Verified $43k MRR proves the category works — and that a funded-by-revenue incumbent already owns mindshare.
• RealCPA — $7k verified MRR on ad-profit attribution; overlaps directly with your fee/ads margin pitch.
• Mergoio (TikTok Shop Profit Analysis) — $0 MRR is the cautionary rival: same product shape, different platform, zero traction — shows distribution, not features, decides.

• Peekaboo at verified $43k MRR shows sellers do pay recurring for profit analytics.
• RealCPA at $7k MRR confirms a second paying pocket around ad-cost/profit attribution.
• Mergoio at $0k MRR — 1 of 3 tracked similars stalled under $2k, so the category is not a free ride.
• Zero Reddit demand signals for these keywords: no organic complaint volume found to validate the specific Etsy/Amazon framing.

• Amazon SP-API and Etsy Open API are the entire product; both are rented, rate-limited and revocable.
• Sellerboard, Helium 10 and Jungle Scout already bundle profit dashboards at $19-50/mo, compressing your price ceiling.
• Flat monthly pricing on per-seller API/data cost means heavy sellers can be gross-margin negative.
• No demand signal found means you'd be paying for cold outbound to a channel-fatigued seller audience.

• Amazon SP-API developer approval / policy — Amazon revokes or restricts your app's data roles and the Amazon half of the product goes dark overnight.
• Etsy Open API v3 access review — Etsy tightens commercial app approval or rate limits and the Etsy wedge — your only differentiator — disappears.
• Incumbent bundling — Helium 10 or Sellerboard ships full Etsy support in one release and your entire positioning evaporates.

• Cannot tell whether Etsy sellers' margins are large enough to justify a $29/mo analytics line item at their typical revenue.
• Cannot verify current Amazon SP-API approval difficulty or per-call cost for your specific data roles.
• Cannot see churn or CAC behind Peekaboo's $43k MRR — the number may hide a brutal retention curve.

Scores judge the market and business model — not your ability to execute. Verified MRR = independently tracked revenue; reviews/upvotes = platform-reported. Judged 2026-08-02.

Etsy-first: incumbents are Amazon-obsessed, so own Etsy fee/ads/returns true-profit and treat Amazon as an upsell, not the pitch.

Cheapest next step: Post a plain-language 'what your Etsy order actually netted after fees, ads and returns' teardown of 10 real sellers' data in Etsy seller forums/Discords this week and count who asks for it monthly.

Business-model variations of this idea, engineered to beat 5.2 — different vertical, audience, model, or wedge. Same harsh scale.

App Radar scans TrustMRR, Product Hunt, AppSumo, the App Store, Reddit and X daily — momentum, beatable apps, funding heat.