<p><b>Startup Description</b></p><p>The website and the iOS app is a comprehensive gamified cybersecurity training platform that transforms traditional certification exam preparation into an engaging, interactive experience. Released April 6th 2025, The platform helps IT professionals master CompTIA, ISC2, and AWS certifications through gamified learning methods that increase motivation and retention.</p><p>I'm selling my product ($1,500-3,000) due to a pressing personal situation that requires immediate funds. This creates an exceptional opportunity for buyers.</p><p>The platform is fully operational with minimal running costs (~$50-$80/month) and  has paying subscribers. At $9.99/monthly subscription with opportunities for yearly or lifetime subscription able to be implemented.</p><p><b>Key highlights:</b></p><ul><li>180+ users and 15 paying subscribers in 30 days.</li><li>Zero marketing: Growth achieved purely through word of mouth.</li><li>Annual first year revenue potential: $5000-7,500+ if marketed.</li><li>Annual profit potential: $4000-6000+.</li><li>Business margin: 75-90% (extremely high due to digital product nature and codebase optimizations).</li><li>Positive user feedback.</li><li>Free-to-paid conversion: 10% of free users converting to premium WITHOUT optimization.</li></ul><p><b>Team</b></p><p>Currently a solo operation with myself handling:</p><ul><li>Full-stack development</li><li>Research</li><li>Customer support</li><li>Product design and UX</li><li>Business operations</li></ul><p>This lean structure allows for extremely high margins and creates an opportunity for a new owner to maintain the solo approach or expand the team for accelerated growth.</p><p><b>Tech Stack</b></p><ul><li>Frontend: React 18.3.1 for web, React Native for iOS application</li><li>State Management: Redux Toolkit for consistent state across platforms</li><li>Backend: Flask 3.1.1 API with uWSGI server</li><li>Database: MongoDB Atlas</li><li>AI Integration: OpenAI GPT-4o and Google Gemini Pro APIs for interactive tools</li><li>Infrastructure: Docker containerization with NGINX reverse proxy</li><li>Authentication: JWT + OAuth 2.0 (Google and Apple, and Github)</li><li>DevOps: GitHub Actions for CI/CD, automated testing with Jest/PyTest</li></ul><p>The codebase is well-organized with modular architecture, making it easily maintainable and extensible. Requires very minimal overhead.</p><p><b>Marketing and growth</b></p><p>The most exciting aspect of my product is what has NOT been done yet:</p><ul><li>ZERO marketing: Current growth is 100% organic</li><li>Sub Par App store and Web SEO optimization: Massive opportunity for more keyword targeting</li><li>No content marketing: YouTube, or training webinars untapped</li><li>No partnerships: Industry connections and certification providers untapped</li><li>No email marketing: No nurture sequences or conversion optimization</li></ul><p>This represents an unprecedented opportunity for a buyer to implement even basic marketing strategies and see exponential growth compared to the current baseline.</p><p><b>Revenue and profit</b></p><ul><li>Current MRR: $150 (from 15 paid subscribers at $9.99/month)</li><li>Projected Year 1 ARR (with marketing): $5,000-$10,000</li><li>Gross margin: 75-90%</li><li>Total users: 180+ (15 paid, 150+ free tier) in 30 days</li><li>Cost structure: Fixed ~$50-$100/month below 2000-5000 active users.</li><li>Scalability: Capacity for 2000-5000 users with no additional infrastructure cost</li></ul><p>The subscription model creates predictable, recurring revenue with minimal ongoing costs, resulting in an exceptionally profitable operation with virtually unlimited upside.</p><p><b>Return on investment</b></p><ul><li>Payback period: 12-24 months at current growth (faster with marketing)</li><li>Conservative growth projection: 100-150 paid subscribers within 6 months with minimal marketing effort</li><li>Aggressive growth projection: 500+ paid subscribers within 12 months with proper marketing investment</li><li>Multiplication effect: Every marketing dollar invested can yield 2-5x return due to subscription model</li></ul><p><b>Buyers can accelerate ROI through:</b></p><ul><li>Implementing basic paid acquisition (Facebook, Google, LinkedIn)</li><li>Creating content marketing for SEO and organic growth</li><li>Setting up email nurture campaigns for free users</li><li>Optimizing the registration-to-paid conversion funnel</li><li>Implementing more subscription models (e.g Yearly, Lifetime etc)</li></ul><p><b>Startup assets</b></p><p>The sale includes everything needed to operate and grow the business:</p><ul><li>Complete codebase (frontend, backend, and iOS app)</li><li>MongoDB database with 180+ registered users</li><li>Domain name and hosting configuration</li><li>Social media accounts ready for growth</li><li>Premium API integrations with OpenAI and Google</li><li>Content library with 13,000+ practice questions across 12 certification paths</li><li>10+ Custom-built game and simulation modules</li><li>Automatic Portfolio Website Generator feature</li><li>Custom built comprehensive admin panel</li></ul><p><b>Risks</b></p><p>Potential risks and mitigation strategies:</p><ul><li>Competition: The certification market has established players - my platform's unique gamification approach provides differentiation</li><li>Content updates: Certification requirements change - the modular content system makes updates straightforward</li><li>Technical maintenance: The containerized architecture minimizes maintenance needs</li><li>Scaling costs: The cloud infrastructure is designed to handle 2,000-5,000 users without significant cost increases</li></ul><p><b>Summary</b></p><p>My product represents an exceptional acquisition opportunity for several compelling reasons:</p><ul><li>Product-market fit: 180+ users and 15 paying subscribers in the first 30 days with no marketing investment.</li><li>Unlimited growth potential: Even the most basic acquisition strategies could yield 5-10x growth within months.</li><li>Completed product: The hard part is done - a fully functional platform with an iOS app, web interface, 13,000+ questions, and 10+ interactive tools is ready to scale.</li><li>Technical excellence: The modern, containerized architecture makes the platform stable, secure, and easy to maintain with minimal technical debt.</li><li>Remarkable ROI potential: The combination of recurring revenue, 75-90% margins, and fixed infrastructure costs creates extraordinary profit potential.</li></ul><p>At the asking price, this is essentially acquiring a business with demonstrated traction at a fraction of development costs. A similar platform would cost $10,000-$20,000 to build from scratch, with 2000+ hours spent developing this, not including the thousands of hours of content creation.</p><p>This is a rare opportunity to acquire a promising startup at the beginning of its growth curve, with all the hard work of product development already complete.</p></br>✅ $150 in ARR✅ 15 customers✅ Business model: SaaS✅ Built with&nbsp;React Native, Cloudflare, Flask