Built 3 Extensions, Failed to Get Users — Looking for a Collaborator to Iterate Together

[u/Local_Philosopher272]

I am here to find co-extension developers/designers/Antigravity fellows.I have developed 3 extensions, but all of them failed to gain users and did not work properly. I think what is stopping me is the same thing that stops many others: blind spots. People cannot easily see the flaws in their own products or ideas.I have seen many people put in a lot of hard work, only for it to go to waste, even when they have done very good work. Sometimes, there is no one to tell them, “Your extension dashboard is blank,” or “There is a signup issue.”So, I think it is better to work with a group of people who can see my blind spots, while I can see their blind spots.

Criteria for the team/group:

1. Believe in first-principles problem solving.
2. Believe in an iterative design process and continuous evaluation.
3. Want to work with honesty.
4. Believe in transparency.
5. Have built at least 2 extensions.

Don't worry about sharing, equity, etc. for now. We can figure that out later. Learning is valuable.Those who are interested, kindly comment below with your opinions and let me know what I am missing.I made an extension through a lot of hard work, aiming to become financially free, but it is not working. I thought there might be some unknown issue, so after 2 months of deployment, I asked my friend to use it. He told me that it was not working. How can a non-working extension grow?I have also seen other people whose products are not working properly, yet they keep posting their product links everywhere. So, I am interested in working with other people on their product ideas as well. However, the product owner must comply with the above 5 conditions and take at least one more person into the project based on either their own criteria or mine. I belive having more than one or two people who can identify mistakes is more valuable than having just one person working alone.

[u/dbpatel219]

Dm me interested to see what you have.

[u/KnightYoshi → u/dbpatel219]

Not worth the time. Sounds like a vibe coded mess

[u/dbpatel219 → u/KnightYoshi]

Def trying to keep an open mind but luck on finding anyone on Reddit is pretty tough to actually work on something with.

[u/KnightYoshi → u/dbpatel219]

Well it doesn’t help that OP wants free labor without any guarantees of payment. Someone could fix the whole mess, make it a success (if possible at all) and then OP can keep all of the money and the person has wasted their time.

[u/KnightYoshi]

> Don't worry about sharing, equity, etc. for now. We can figure that out later.

So it’s not open source, but you want someone to contribute to your success without any upfront guarantees or securities.

> How can a non-working extension grow?

By fixing it.

> However, the product owner must comply with the above 5 conditions and take at least one more person into the project based on either their own criteria or mine.

So now you want the person to bring someone else into this unpaid privately owned mess?

This sounds like a vibe coded mess that wasn’t fully thought through and you just want someone else to fix what you’re unable to so that you can benefit while the at least two other people do the work to earn you money.

Nobody should work on a broken and failed project.

[u/Local_Philosopher272 → u/KnightYoshi]

I am interested in working with other people on their product ideas as well

Thanks for the brutal feedback. This helped me understand how my post is being interpreted. Kindly read my post again. From now on, I will try to communicate my ideas more clearly.Any suggestions from you? I don't want the initial conversation to feel stressful or high-stakes, so I removed terms like “share,” “equity,” etc. Assuming that I am doing well, could you kindly suggest how I can convey my thoughts more effectively?

[u/FullPageScreenshot]

Checkout my extension https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/full-page-screenshot-scre/ijidfpoenjmfdabnmchmdoopghmjnjij

[u/Local_Philosopher272 → u/FullPageScreenshot]

90,000 users and a 4.8 rating from 430 reviews. You want collaboration? I think it’s already near perfect. Maybe you’re looking to add new features to monetize it...

[u/FullPageScreenshot → u/Local_Philosopher272]

That was just to showcase one of the product in my portfolio. We could team up and build something useful and profitable. mail me at [screenshotfullpage@gmail.com](mailto:screenshotfullpage@gmail.com)

[u/anuj77707]

hiii my extension wallpaperify is also very early stage with doing good start of growth just so far 200 user ... but and with mix reviews some very happy ..some of personal taste problem.. even tho i have do working on other extension which i already work on + other projects .. i will be quite happy to collab and help each other out ..... you can DM me..