If one wants to start a service like Instagram for creative agencies, they can purchase AppDupe’s turnkey script and start tomorrow. Similarly, if they want to launch a Snapchat-like privacy-focused chat app for Private Investigator Companies, they can do so tomorrow. Alternatively, if they are impressed with the success of Tinder/Swoon in the US & Europe, they can buy AppDupe’s mobile dating app script, customize it for China, and capture the largest dating market in the world – in days. RocketInternet follows a similar approach, implementing a clone of a successful business in one part of the world and marketing it to a different region or targeting a niche. The reason they receive heavy funding is that the idea does not need rigorous testing and numerous pivots to attain the perfect business flow. It is already available somewhere; they just need to copy a working startup or company. AppDupe follows the same strategy with the most popular web and mobile apps. They have some awesome apps in their arsenal now, but in a few months’ time, anyone will be able to buy a turnkey AppDupe script and launch any of the most successful mobile apps out there, exactly like RocketInternet, and make millions. It is not even a low-hanging fruit; someone has already plucked it, washed, and sliced it for them. Trying to raise funding for that venture is like a walk in the park.
