A file-selling App that does not do marketing, how did it earn $340,000, and why did it drop by 90% in one month?
Headline cites the Historical Research Snapshot. KPI strip is the Latest Revenue Snapshot.
Product at a glance
- what is it
- A mobile app that sells digital files: sellers upload photos, videos, music or source files (single maximum 10GB), set their own prices, send private payment links to buyers, and buyers can download after paying.
- who is it for
- Photographers, video creators, musicians and small businesses that sell their works directly to their own clients.
- how does it charge
- Account opening is 100% free, no monthly fee; a commission of 10% is deducted for each sale, and the seller takes 90%. Sellers with large sales volumes can negotiate a lower fee rate.
- business model
- Transaction commission: no subscription fee is charged, only 10% is deducted from each transaction, and the money is paid to the seller through Stripe.
- Cumulative revenue
- $343K
- Revenue over the past 12 months
- $153K
- Highest month
- $36.3K
- Revenue for the past 30 days
- $364
Publicly verified
Open evidenceFact · as of 2026-11-04
Evidence type: Fact
Source: Latest Revenue Snapshot · provider payment sync
as of: 2026-11-04
Provider-verified revenue signal ≠ audited company financials.
MRR is shown as '-' (no valid subscription) · No subscription sales
Open evidenceFact · as of 2026-11-04
Evidence type: Fact
Source: Latest Revenue Snapshot · provider payment sync
as of: 2026-11-04
Provider-verified revenue signal ≠ audited company financials.
January 2026
44.3% less than the previous 30 days
Open evidenceFact · as of 2026-11-04
Evidence type: Fact
Source: Latest Revenue Snapshot · provider payment sync
as of: 2026-11-04
Provider-verified revenue signal ≠ audited company financials.
MRR = current monthly recurring run rate · 30-Day revenue = what the provider recorded in the trailing 30 days. Timing, not extra revenue, is why a ratio can exceed 100%.
Summary
What kind of business is this
Visit site stashed.appPeople who want to sell a few files do not want to open an online store and pay a monthly fee, Stashed allows them to upload, price, and send links to collect money on their mobile phones. Most new buyers are brought in by sellers sending links, the official website is mainly responsible for guiding downloads of the App; the platform does not charge a fixed fee, but only takes a commission from each transaction.
- form
- Mobile app + web page
- customers
- Digital content sellers
- charging
- Transaction fee of 10%
- Starting price
- Free account opening
- established
- 2022-11
- entity
- Stashed, LLC (United States)
Core growth findings
Findings may cite earlier snapshots; header KPIs carry Fact and a revenue as-of date. Revenue as of 2026-11-04.
- 01
The seller is its sales team
Each seller sends the payment link to private messages, group chats, and buyers click to access Stashed. Direct access is the largest source of traffic, accounting for 39.2%.
- 02
No monthly fee + 10% commission, low threshold but income depends on the seller
One-time sellers do not need to pay first, so it is easy to attract new sellers; but it has no subscription income, and when a large seller leaves, the income immediately follows.
- 03
From $13,599 to $876, it only took one month
From April 2026 to May 2026, income decreased by 94%, and then it never recovered. The timeline puts the peak and cliff together.
- Number tags
- FactStraight from the source
- DerivedCalculated from facts
- ClaimedSelf-reported, unverified
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- ?How did a file-selling app with no marketing earn $342k, and why did it lose 90% in a month?
- ?With almost no marketing, where does its traffic come from?
- ?What drove its growth, and can you copy it?
- 01The business
- 02Where customers come from
- 03Growth plays
- 04Social & community
- 05Timeline
- 06What to copy
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