I was stuck at $100 for 2 years until I made one change. Now my app makes $10K/month

V1 was a node-based editor like ComfyUI (upload image -> node, connect nodes, write prompt, many parameters). After users said it was too hard, rebuilt as a ChatGPT-style chat: user uploads sketch/model and types a plain request; an AI assistant ('Vizzy') asks follow-up questions, presents a plan with selectable options (materials, lighting e.g. 'raw concrete', 'blue hour'), builds the prompt, and sends it to image-generation services. Also produces videos.

Alongside the UI pivot, moved from one-time payments to monthly recurring plans: 7-day free trial, then $35/month or $80/month depending on render volume. One-time payments still exist and add to revenue.

When AI image generation emerged, avoided a generic AI toy and targeted architects and interior designers who need client-ready photoreal renders from sketches or models.

Kept the product alive through two flat years because competitors in the same space had many customers, reasoning the problem was his execution rather than demand.