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CREATOR CorroboratedEvidence tiers: Early signal = 1 uncorroborated request — treat as radar, not a validated opportunity · Corroborated = 2-3 requests · Validated = 4+ requests from 2+ different people. Every count appears exactly once, in the fact bar below — each traces to a real source post.

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2
builder posts asking
latest ask seen 5w ago
+5 product posts seen in community
see the posts →
2
different people asking
across 1 platform
who →
1
rival shipping · named rivals
see prices →
$9
cheapest rival / mo
range →

In their words

"I've been writing on Substack consistently for the past couple of months and currently have around 230 subscribers" — a builder, verbatim · sign in free to trace the source ↗

What they tried & dropped

Extracted word-for-word from the evidence posts below — every item is quoted verbatim from a real builder.

Substack — "growth feels really slow" verbatimsign in to trace ↗

Pain, in numbers

Quantified only where a builder stated a real figure — no LLM estimates.

growth stalled after 2 months“had great growth the first month or two. It’s completely stalled the past several weeks”

Competitor pricing

Named rivals & real prices 🔒
Rivals charge $9/mo · names — log in ↗
Open-source check · GitHub · 2026-07-13
⚠️ Established open-source player: cporter202/ai-growth-stack ⭐167 — A curated collection of my top AI-powered APIs for website optimization, SEO, conversions, and social media growth. This

How we checked

Where we searched
3 sources · GitHub (open-source check) · App Store · SaaS marketplaces
Verification funnel
20 raw matches scanned, then AI-de-duped · see the breakdown below
Last scan
18d ago · auto-refreshed every 30 days

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Every source post · named rivals with real prices · what builders tried & dropped · quantified pain — all traceable to the original posts

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What the numbers suggest

1 rival shipping (fact bar) see prices → competition is thin; attack the weaknesses builders quote above.
2 builder posts asking · 2 different people (fact bar) see posts → demand is independently reported, not one person repeating themselves.
2 demand signals vs 1 shipping rival → demand and supply are balanced — differentiation decides.
0 willingness-to-pay quotes yetno one has named a price — validate pricing before building.

Signal history

5 tracked posts (2 asks · 3 product/news) first post Jun 2026 0 in the last 30 days
2026-06-12 · +1 post · 1 on record2026-06-16 · +1 post · 2 on record2026-06-17 · +1 post · 3 on record2026-06-24 · +1 post · 4 on record2026-07-10 · +1 post · 5 on record 5 0 Jun 2026 today

Cumulative tracked posts (asks + products + news) by original post date · GapMine tracked communities — not search volume · every step traces to a real post in the evidence record (sign in to read them).

Evidence pool

3 source posts on record — each insight links back to a real one.

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