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Intercom just launched their Messenger App Store, so you can bring dozens of apps inside Intercom's beloved chat widget:

🗓️ Upsell users natively with Stripe
💌 Grow your email lists with MailChimp's integration
🛍️ Send order updates through Shopify

Intercom just raised $125M to power 6 billion conversations every year.

Best part: with the new Product Hunt integration, you can drive traffic to your launches with every new conversation. 😻🚀


Everybody is lining up to build the messenger platform of the future: dozens of bot building platforms have launched for Facebook Messenger, and Slack just raised another $250M. They're even investing in startups that build Slackbots. 🤖

Is Intercom the next big apps platform? Add your thoughts here.

General Catalyst-backed Lululemon competitor Outdoor Voices just launched a shopping experience from the future.

It's like if Pokémon Go and Nike had a baby. 👟