Software product · Acquisition

Halo

Mac app Halo gets its first MacBase-channel sale via ChatGPT

The author's Mac app Halo got its first sale from the macbase.app channel, $6.49 (source ChatGPT → macbase.app), plus a $9.99 sale via ChatGPT the same day. The screenshot shows 113 all-time sales totalling $916.40, so this is a first channel sale, not the product's first sale. The bare $ currency is unconfirmed.

The story

The author wrote that people hearing about their app from AI feels incredible, and that the author had just made their first sale from macbase.app. The expanded link is MacBase, a free directory for listing Mac apps, not the app being sold.

The product in the main post's screenshot (media 3_2118967204766965760) is Halo. The first notification reads Halo · $6.49, source ChatGPT → macbase.app, with a Dutch flag; Today 1 · $6.49 and All time 112 · $906.41. The second notification reads Halo · $9.99, source ChatGPT, with a Canadian flag; Today 2 · $16.48 and All time 113 · $916.40. There is also a Halo entry reading “Heard on ChatGPT or another AI”.

So “first sale from macbase.app” should be read as the directory channel's first sale, not Halo's first sale ever: after this $6.49 sale the screenshot already shows 112 all-time sales. The sources do not say whether the product itself sells AI features; in this post AI is first of all a discovery channel. Other amounts in the author's bio were not used.

In the thread, when someone suggested tracking which AI users come from, the author replied “yeah i'm doing that”, without disclosing more amounts or describing Halo's features.

Source excerpt

people hearing my app from ai feels incredible 🔥 btw, first sale from https://t.co/1cmPMHH1gF @attacomsian https://t.co/StRdRRXkbl 补充来源:

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What was delivered

A Mac app (Halo) discovered by people through ChatGPT and other AI tools and the MacBase directory.

Lessons and acquisition

Recommendations from ChatGPT and other AI tools; one sale is labelled ChatGPT → macbase.app (MacBase is a free Mac app directory).

Costs, risks and open questions

Whether Halo itself has AI features is not stated; AI appears here as a discovery channel. Buyer identity is undisclosed. Editorial inference: this is a first channel sale, since the screenshot already shows 112 all-time sales.

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