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Commissiontrac

Tracking commissions, losing the race.

marketfitSilent Shutdown

Quiet closure with no public announcement · Fatal mistake: Entered a niche real estate SaaS market without sufficient distribution leverage or a champion customer base to drive organic adoption.

Founded	2015
Closed	2017
Country	USA
Sector	Saas

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Key Events Timeline

2015-01

FOUNDING

Commissiontrac founded to build commission-tracking SaaS for real estate brokers.

2015-06

FUNDING

Raised $300K seed round, the company's only external financing.

2016-08

PRODUCT LAUNCH

Launched core commission-tracking product but struggled to build a paying customer base.

2017-06

SHUTDOWN

Commissiontrac shut down after exhausting its seed capital with insufficient recurring revenue.

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Documented cause

Commissiontrac built a commission-tracking SaaS platform targeting real estate brokers but failed to achieve sustainable growth. The startup raised only $300K in initial funding with no follow-on investment, se...

verely limiting its ability to scale operations and marketing efforts. The real estate technology market proved highly fragmented and dominated by entrenched legacy tools with strong customer lock-in,

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€1.5M

Peak valuation

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Commissiontrac raised €0.3M before entered a niche real estate saas market without sufficient distribution leverage or a champion customer base to drive organic adoption. ended it. See the documented cause, verified lesson and all failure signals.

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