TrustMRR platform help — Marc Lou's verified-revenue startup database and acquisition marketplace with live Stripe/LemonSqueezy/Polar/Paddle/DodoPayment/RevenueCat/Superwall/Creem API revenue verification (hourly-updated), APA-only lump-sum escrow via Escrow.com (no earnouts or installments), free directory listing + marketplace tiers Starter $29 / Growth $199 / Scale $499, 3% marketplace fee plus Escrow.com fees split 50/50 buyer/seller (combined 5.60% ≤$5K down to 3.70% $10M+), $199/yr buyer alerts, stealth mode, public REST API with tmrr_* Bearer 20 req/min. Use when listing a bootstrapped or indie SaaS for sale with verified revenue, picking between Starter/Growth/Scale boost tiers, auditing a TrustMRR listing before an offer, connecting a payment provider for verification, querying the TrustMRR API, comparing TrustMRR against Acquire.com or Microns, or setting up a verified-revenue badge. Do NOT use for cross-marketplace valuation strategy (use /sales-side-project-valuation).
Helps the user with TrustMRR — from listing a verified-revenue startup and picking boost tiers to querying the API or running due diligence on a listing.
If references/learnings.md exists, read it first for accumulated knowledge.
Ask the user:
What do you need help with?
If seller — what's your asking price range?
What's your payment provider?
If the user's prompt already provides enough context, skip directly to the relevant step. Lead with your best-effort answer and ask only the most critical 1-2 clarifying questions.
If the request maps to another skill, route with an explicit command:
| User's problem | Route to |
|---|---|
| Choosing which marketplace to list on (not TrustMRR-specific) | /sales-side-project-valuation {user's question} |
| Valuing the business (revenue multiples, pricing strategy) | /sales-side-project-valuation {user's question} |
| Selling on Acquire.com or Flippa instead | /sales-acquire {user's question} or /sales-flippa {user's question} |
| Showcasing a side project without selling | /sales-sideprojectors {user's question} |
Otherwise, answer from platform knowledge below.
Read references/platform-guide.md for the full platform reference — payment provider integrations, listing tiers, fee structure, deal flow, API details, stealth mode.
For API-specific questions (endpoints, parameters, responses), also read references/trustmrr-api-reference.md.
Answer the user's question using only the relevant section — don't dump the whole reference.
You no longer need the platform guide — focus on the user's specific situation.
tmrr_* prefix, 20 req/min hard limit. All monetary values in USD cents. Slug is the primary key — fetch list first, then drill into specific startups by slug.If you discover a gotcha, workaround, or tip not covered in references/learnings.md, append it there with today's date.
Best-effort from research — review these, especially items about listing tiers and fee structure that may be outdated.
/sales-side-project-valuation — Side project valuation strategy — pricing, revenue multiples, deal structuring, and comparing TrustMRR against Acquire.com, Flippa, Empire Flippers, Microns, Little Exits/sales-acquire — Acquire.com platform help (curated SaaS marketplace, NDA-gated listings, supports earnouts)/sales-flippa — Flippa platform help (largest open marketplace, broader asset types, auction format)/sales-sideprojectors — SideProjectors platform help (free peer-to-peer showcase for non-revenue projects)/sales-startupage — StartuPage platform help (founder-ecosystem with verified MRR leaderboard + 4-track Opportunities marketplace where acquisition is one of four post types)/sales-arrfounder — Arrfounder platform help (social-proof founder-revenue directory pulling MRR/ARR from Twitter/X bios — lighter-weight alternative to TrustMRR for passive discoverability, but not API-verified)/sales-do — Not sure which skill to use? The router matches any sales objective to the right skill. Install:
npx skills add sales-skills/sales --skill sales-doUser says: "I have a $3K/mo MRR SaaS verified on TrustMRR and want to list it for ~$40K. Which tier should I pick — Starter, Growth, or Scale?" Skill does:
User says: "I'm looking at a TrustMRR listing showing $5K/mo MRR, $150K asking price. What should I verify?" Skill does:
revenue.total vs revenue.last30Days to estimate history), platform riskUser says: "My SaaS is at ~$20K/mo MRR, ~$250K valuation. TrustMRR or Acquire.com?" Skill does:
Symptom: Connected Stripe/LemonSqueezy/etc. but revenue not appearing or showing $0 Cause: Usually a permissions issue with the read-only API key — some providers scope keys narrowly, or the account has no historical transactions Solution: Regenerate the read-only API key with full read permissions for charges, subscriptions, and customers. For Stripe: use a "Restricted" key with read access on Balance, Charges, Subscriptions, and Customers. Wait up to 1 hour for initial sync — revenue syncs typically run hourly. If still $0 after 2 hours, open support from the dashboard. If your account has no revenue yet (truly pre-revenue), TrustMRR displays $0 as verified — this is expected, not an error.
Symptom: Listed on TrustMRR at Growth or Scale tier but no serious offers Cause: Price-to-multiple mismatch (your asking price shows a multiple that's out of line with comparable startups) or the listing lacks a compelling seller message Solution: Check your multiple vs comparable listings — TrustMRR displays this publicly, so buyers will skip if your multiple is 5x when similar startups list at 2x. Drop asking price 10%+ to trigger price-drop email notifications to everyone who saved your listing. Rewrite the seller message with concrete growth story, customer acquisition channels, and why you're selling (buyers distrust "moving on to new projects"). Consider Scale tier ($499) if you're not there yet — buyer matching specifically targets saved-interest buyers.
Symptom: Uploaded signed APA to Escrow.com; they rejected it with "insufficient asset details"
Cause: APA contains vague asset descriptions like "the codebase" or "the domain" without URLs, repo links, or specific identifiers
Solution: Regenerate the APA (TrustMRR has a legal-docs generator) and list every asset with a verifiable identifier: exact domain names (e.g., example.com), GitHub repo URLs, Stripe account email, hosting provider account ID, social account handles, database hosting provider and instance name. Escrow.com's compliance review requires they be able to verify each asset exists and is transferable. Re-upload and resubmit — usually clears on second attempt.