Most software gets launched the same way. A blog post that opens with "we are thrilled to announce," followed by 600 words of mission statement and team backstory, then a button that says "Sign up."
I'm doing this differently. Before opening PromoOS to every Shopify merchant who could use it, I want to work with 5 of you.
What PromoOS is
PromoOS is for the Shopify merchants who actually run promos for a living. You pick a discount type, set start and end dates on a calendar, add a homepage banner if you want shoppers to see the sale, and set a revenue target. Then it runs on its own. The discount activates on schedule. Banners come down when the sale ends. Orders attribute to the right promo in real time, so you know by Tuesday whether your weekend flash sale is underperforming, not on Wednesday.
The full breakdown of what's in v1 lives on the design partner page. The short version: it does what you'd do by hand on a Sunday night at 11pm, except it doesn't forget.
Why I'm doing this with 5 stores instead of 5,000
Two reasons.
First: I'd rather find out what's broken from 5 merchants who'll text me when they hit a snag than from 500 who silently uninstall. The product gets better faster when feedback is fast and unfiltered.
Second: there's a class of decisions I can't make from my desk. Which discount types matter most. Whether the calendar view should default to month or week. Whether the revenue-target nudge should fire at 50% or 70% of the goal. Those answers come from watching merchants actually use the tool, not from spec docs.
The deal
90 days of PromoOS Pro, free. A 30-minute call with me every two weeks. You tell me what's broken, I fix it. After 90 days, your subscription continues at $49 a month (the standard Pro rate), same as a normal Shopify trial ending. Cancel any time before then if it isn't working. Either way, you keep what you've already set up.
No equity. No contract. No invoice in 91 days if you've cancelled by then.
Who I'm looking for
A Shopify merchant doing $500K to $5M a year, running at least one promo a month, on a single primary storefront. You're the person who actually runs the promos (founder, marketing manager, or ecommerce manager), not a junior assistant. You're willing to tell me when I'm wrong about something.
If that sounds like your store, apply here. It's a 10-question form, about 5 minutes. The most important question asks you to tell me about the last promo that went sideways, so come ready to be specific.
I batch-review applications every Friday afternoon. You'll hear back within 7 days either way.