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I’ve built a pretty polished cross platform desktop app as a side project. It it small (has a few hundred users) and is new. Since I want to focus on other projects and schoolwork, is there anywhere I can go to sell this? Or find partners to handle growth while I focus on tech?

If it helps, the app in question is at https://parallelsocial.net. Thank you for your help & advice!

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primitivesuave
I can personally relate to your situation from a decade ago when I was in university. A decade of entrepreneurship, a few ups and many downs later, I'd say that generally any serious participant is looking to buy a business, not just the technology. Maybe find someone at your university to work with on that aspect?

In any case you have an excellent resume item - showing an idea that you've taken to completion is a meaningful signal to employers, investors, and a generally useful mentality to have in this industry.

pull_my_finger
I have 0 experience with this space, but I've seen microacquire come up here on HN a few times. Maybe other users that actually used it or competitors could provide more insight, but there is at least 1 option for this.

[1]: https://microacquire.com/

barbarbar
I think the sum of apps on play and app store shows that it is not super easy to sell apps. Probably even more difficult for desktop apps.
quickthrower2
I have recently put together a list places to buy an app, mostly sourced from [1]

    https://microacquire.com/
    https://flippa.com 
    https://www.motioninvest.com/
    https://investors.club
    https://indiemaker.co
    https://feinternational.com/sell-your-website/
    https://empireflippers.com/
    https://exchangemarketplace.com/
    https://helloexit.com/
    https://www.microacquisitions.com/
    https://www.bizbuysell.com/
    https://www.sideprojectors.com/
    https://onfolio.co/
    https://zeroacquire.com
    https://arraycapital.com
    Microns.io
    Duuce.com
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/flippingwebsites/
    northboundgroup.com
    websiteclosers.com
    https://nanoacquire.vercel.app/
    https://www.bitsfordigits.com/ 
    https://acquirebase.com/
As a buyer, most of these are not so good, and I am only using microacquire. (reasons: too few listings / all listings are just Amazon affiliates / buggy / no one replying).

Not sure on the seller side, but I think microaquire + indiemaker + sideprojectors would be a good combination of places to list.

[1] https://www.indiehackers.com/group/business-for-sale

Also unsolicited advice: you app looks cool, but I only saw it in the wiki! Put a big wide hero style screenshot on the home page.