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Solo developer's OpenRouter-style gateway for Chinese open-weight LLMs draws 500 signups but few paying users

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A developer built A2Agent, a pay-as-you-go LLM API gateway similar to OpenRouter but centered on Chinese open-weight models such as DeepSeek, GLM, Kimi, Qwen, and MiniMax. The platform has attracted about 500 registered users, yet very few have made paid usage. The developer suspects the audience may be mismatched, since many users seem to want models like GPT and Claude, which the service does not offer. The post invites candid feedback from the community on the product's market fit and the reasons for low conversion.

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