looks like simptoms of no market. maybe you were solving a problem already solved by amazon ? most shops on shopify also use amazon
Still, there were problems with our solution that if addressed may have provided a better market fit. If we had had more runway, we would have worked to address them, but that simply wasn't in the cards.
On the plus side, though, if you had the skills to build that platform, you certainly have the skill to build a more profitable and easier to monetize platform.
FAANGS get around this by creating problems that they will offer to solve.
That's an opportunity, I guess.