Boost App Social · B2C · Instagram growth app
Add features beyond the core tool so people stay and pay more
Founder credits it, with Meta ads, for $100K MRR; no split given
Workedfeature-developmentpricing
What they did
Beyond hashtags, added fonts, video editing and photo editing for Instagram growth, so users saw more value, stuck around longer and would pay more than the ~$40-100/year a hashtag-only app commanded.
What happened
Part of the mix that reached $100K MRR.
This shipped together with other changes, so the result can't be credited to this alone.
In their words
The Superwall Podcast · Alex Vech - Copy This Facebook Ads Strategy, It'll Blow Up Your SaaS“And the 100k MRR was a mix between adding interesting features that might help other than the hashtags themselves, so that people would see more value and would stick more, and would be willing to pay more”
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- Boost App Social: Buy lifetime rights to every creator video, including the right to edit itNo renegotiating when ads won; ~300 creatives and contracts transferred in the sale
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- Boost App Social: Cut each creator's 5 videos into about 15 ads, mixing screen and in-hand shotsMore variety to feed Meta's algorithm; founder says don't overdo it
- Boost App Social: Test many UGC ads on Meta, knowing about 1 in 85 will get the spendScaled to $10K/day and $100K MRR; ~$800K of ~$1.5-1.8M spend wasted
- Boost App Social: Fight every Meta ad account ban until you win it backRecovered from 6-8 bans, including permanent ones; later got a Meta rep
- Boost App Social: Rebuild your web tool as an iPhone app when people use it on their phoneGuest calls it the right move; led to $100K MRR
- Boost App Social: Sell to an unknown buyer through escrow, with a strong lawyer and seller referencesClosed a seven-figure sale after a 4-5 month negotiation