HKTDC Marketplace
34
Quality Score
Emerging
✍️ bumetric analysis
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HKTDC Marketplace is an iOS app from Hong Kong Trade Development Council in the Business category, currently rated 2.9★ across 13 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 34: Emerging (early traction worth watching). For a Business app, that means early traction worth watching. The full BU Investment Matrix below scores 8 dimensions including monetisation, growth, and operational risk.
Track changes month-over-month in the Performance section below: live snapshot history and revenue forecast included.
💰 Monthly revenue · now vs forecast
● Right now
$5.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.2K – $10.8K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$6.4K – $19.2K
per month
MID tier
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- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
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📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
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Rating
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Reviews
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Forecast Revenue / mo
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Snapshots tracked
0
since first record
🤖Also on Android
$114/mo · 1K ratings · 3.7★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$130K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $100K – $175K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Slow ROI — current MRR is well below build cost
Synthetic estimate. Inputs: category complexity, file size, screen count, monetization layer, platform reach, age × team-size proxy. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-agency rate surveys. Full math + source list on /methodology.
Where the money goes
| 🧱 MVP baseline (design + 1-store ship) | +$28K |
| 📱 5 unique screens × $4.5K | +$22K |
| 📦 Asset bundle (137 MB) | +$34K |
| ⚙ Business complexity ×1.50 | +$42K |
Total estimate
$130K
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How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$5.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
Direction
Headwinds: rating drift may slow acquisition
6 months
$4.7K – $7.9K
12 months
$5.2K – $10.8K
24 months
$6.4K – $19.2K
Compound growth at +4.0% MoM (tier baseline for MID). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±25% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
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BU Investment Matrix
Below median · 43/100MID TIERunderperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
4.8
Product Quality
2.3
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
7.5
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
8.0
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 2.85★ across 13 reviews — weak — significant quality concerns.
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Moderate — no material risk signals detected.
🎯 For competitors: Mixed picture. Worth competing if you have a clear UX or pricing edge — otherwise crowded segment.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $90K-$160K.
Composite of 8 dimensions computed deterministically from public signals — no LLM, every score traces back to a measurable input. Default weights shown; "compete" / "acquire" / "invest" lenses re-weight without re-fetching.
Range:
💰 Forecast Revenue / mo
MODELRevenue forecast computed from BU's 234 trigger model on each snapshot. Calibrated against ground-truth from 58 verified-revenue apps.
🔬Forecast Breakdown — Why This Estimate?Top 5 of 5 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Below-average rating (2.9★)METRIC | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (15y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Pre-traction phase (13 ratings)METRIC | −$300 |
METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)
📈 Reviews Growth
LIVECumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.
⭐ Rating Trend
LIVEAverage rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.
🆕 What's New · v30.2
HKTDC Marketplace App helps you explore HKTDC’s exhibitions and events in a handier way.
• During the event period, you can now set the app to automatically add exhibitors to your favourites right after scanning an exhibitor's QR code, making it easier to manage your scan… Full release notes →
• During the event period, you can now set the app to automatically add exhibitors to your favourites right after scanning an exhibitor's QR code, making it easier to manage your scan… Full release notes →
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- HKTDC Marketplace
- Developer
- Hong Kong Trade Development Council
- Bundle ID
- com.hktdc.magazineportal
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Business
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN, ZH, ZH
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Today
- Description
- Find apps and games for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and more on the App Store.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Available
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $82/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Business
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
Founder data not yet collected for this app.
Funding
Funding data not yet collected for this app.
Press & Links
Press & Links data not yet collected for this app.
Contacts & Socials
Contacts & Socials data not yet collected for this app.
📈Ratings growth13 ratings+1200% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (9 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Geographic ReachNot ranked
This app is currently outside the top 100 grossing in all 9 countries we monitor (US, UK, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN). Niche or new apps often launch this way — popularity rankings appear once daily revenue clears the regional threshold.
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter2 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline2 releases tracked
Profile is built from iTunes Lookup + developer site scrape + ML revenue model. Empty fields show "Not found" — additional sources (Crunchbase, X, IndieHackers, Acquire.com) coming.
📝 About this app
HKTDC Marketplace – Your Smart Sourcing Companion
From connecting exhibitors, sourcing new products to gathering market intelligence in 30+ HKTDC exhibitions, the HKTDC Marketplace App is the perfect partner of your sourcing trips to Hong Kong! It offers various powerful, yet user-friendly features and functions:
- One-time, simple registration for accessing multiple HKTDC platforms
- Search for products, locate exhibitors and plan your visit ahead of our trade fairs
- Fast check-in with contactless, seamless and NFC enabled e-Badge… View full description on the official store →
From connecting exhibitors, sourcing new products to gathering market intelligence in 30+ HKTDC exhibitions, the HKTDC Marketplace App is the perfect partner of your sourcing trips to Hong Kong! It offers various powerful, yet user-friendly features and functions:
- One-time, simple registration for accessing multiple HKTDC platforms
- Search for products, locate exhibitors and plan your visit ahead of our trade fairs
- Fast check-in with contactless, seamless and NFC enabled e-Badge… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 137 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.6+🔖 v30.2🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN, ZH, ZH📂 Business💰 Free
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
7 EVENTS TRACKEDDetected changes in this app over its tracked lifetime — each event links cause (what changed) to effect (what moved). Sorted newest first.See full history →Version history →
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v30.1 → v30.2
2026-06
🔄
Monetization changed: freemium → free
2026-06
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 3.83 → 3.00 (dropped 0.83★)
2019-04
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.40 → 3.83 (dropped 0.57★)
2019-02
⭐
Rating ↓ 5.00 → 4.40 (dropped 0.60★)
→ 30 days after: rating −0.57★ high confidence
2011-02
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
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Tech & Domain Intel — hktdc.com
- Mail provider
- Microsoft 365
- Tech stack
- Google Workspace · Microsoft 365
Derived from public RDAP + DNS TXT records (no scraping, no login).
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Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 3.33333★ | 9 | 3.33333★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 3.5★ | 2 | 3.5★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 3.5★ | 4 | 3.5★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 2.125★ | 8 | 2.125★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 2.75★ | 4 | 2.75★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 2.71429★ | 7 | 2.71429★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.09091★ | 22 | 4.09091★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 3.5★ | 4 | 3.5★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 2.84615★ | 13 | 2.84615★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
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About this analysis
Why low confidence: only 13 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only) · revenue figure is directional only.
📌 Final verdict — read this before you trust the numbers above
HKTDC Marketplace is a early-stage iOS app in the business space with weak public traction — only 13 ratings, no founder-verified MRR, and not ranked in any monitored grossing chart. The app appears to be monetised, but public signals are too sparse for a precise revenue estimate.
Bottom line: treat all revenue, audience and acquisition-value numbers on this page as directional only — not founder-verified facts.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does HKTDC Marketplace make per month?▴
Our model estimates HKTDC Marketplace earns roughly $82/mo, but with only 13 ratings the confidence interval is wide. No founder-verified MRR is available for this app, so this is a model output calibrated against comparable apps in the same category. See methodology for the formula.
What apps are like HKTDC Marketplace?▴
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Who makes HKTDC Marketplace?▴
HKTDC Marketplace is published by Hong Kong Trade Development Council on the Apple App Store. See the full publisher portfolio (other apps by the same developer) via the More by developer block on the product page above.
What is HKTDC Marketplace's BU Score?▴
HKTDC Marketplace has a BU Score of 34/100 (Emerging). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.