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Our ultra-fast Daily: Three takes on new products. Yesterday’s top ten launches. That’s it.
Instagram is the new mall
Instagram just launched Instagram Shop, adding another string to Facebooks e-commerce bow. Users in the US will now be able to shop directly inside Instagram Explore, with other countries rolling out in the coming weeks.
The intention is to make it easier for users to shop from brands and creators through personalized recommendations and trending topics, as well as access exclusive launches all within the app. This seems to be a natural extension to Shopping on Instagram that launched on Product Hunt 4 years ago.
To make purchases and donations at the checkout, customers can use Facebook Pay which was announced last year and will be launching in the US this week.
E-commerce is a booming business and several companies – big and small – are exploring new approaches to product discovery.
Just recently, Google introduced ShopLoop, offering an alternative online shopping experience with TikTok-like videos mostly focused on beauty products (so far).
In May we spoke in more detail about the rise of Shopify and the launch of its app, Shop. Since then its stock price has increased another 23%, a reflection of the company’s execution and the market’s confidence in ecommerce in general.
Other creative approaches to product curation and commerce from emerging startups (some of which are no longer around... RIP): YEAY, 8TV, Unboxed, Kit, Thingtesting, and Down to Shop. Everyone’s trying to reinvent the mall, online.
The intention is to make it easier for users to shop from brands and creators through personalized recommendations and trending topics, as well as access exclusive launches all within the app. This seems to be a natural extension to Shopping on Instagram that launched on Product Hunt 4 years ago.
To make purchases and donations at the checkout, customers can use Facebook Pay which was announced last year and will be launching in the US this week.
E-commerce is a booming business and several companies – big and small – are exploring new approaches to product discovery.
Just recently, Google introduced ShopLoop, offering an alternative online shopping experience with TikTok-like videos mostly focused on beauty products (so far).
In May we spoke in more detail about the rise of Shopify and the launch of its app, Shop. Since then its stock price has increased another 23%, a reflection of the company’s execution and the market’s confidence in ecommerce in general.
Other creative approaches to product curation and commerce from emerging startups (some of which are no longer around... RIP): YEAY, 8TV, Unboxed, Kit, Thingtesting, and Down to Shop. Everyone’s trying to reinvent the mall, online.
Zoom's new product for remote teams
Zoom just launched its version of the Facebook Portal for business in partnership with DTEN. They’re calling the product
Zoom for Home - DETN ME.
The DETN ME is a 27 inch touchscreen for video and audio calls through Zoom (of course), collaborative whiteboarding, and document annotation. It is meant to allow for seamless and easy remote calls and sharing, an always-available addition to your work from home setup.
It’s available for preorder for $599, shipping in the US this August. No word on international shipping just yet, so for global teams, we’ll have to make do without for just now.
As remote working and WFH continue to rise, we’re seeing more products emerge to make collaborating remotely better and more seamless with new hardware:
Facebook Portal initially launched with a focus on family communications but has since added language around team collaborations in more recent months.
Meeting Owl Pro is a 360° smart video conferencing camera designed to be set up on the go to make any space a video conferencing room.
Video Window is an immersive always-on video conferencing portal for teams.
SideKick connects colleagues 1-to-1 on a small video screen, especially useful for Executive Assistance and Chief Of Staff roles where constant connection to one other is more valuable than to the whole team.
The DETN ME is a 27 inch touchscreen for video and audio calls through Zoom (of course), collaborative whiteboarding, and document annotation. It is meant to allow for seamless and easy remote calls and sharing, an always-available addition to your work from home setup.
It’s available for preorder for $599, shipping in the US this August. No word on international shipping just yet, so for global teams, we’ll have to make do without for just now.
As remote working and WFH continue to rise, we’re seeing more products emerge to make collaborating remotely better and more seamless with new hardware:
Facebook Portal initially launched with a focus on family communications but has since added language around team collaborations in more recent months.
Meeting Owl Pro is a 360° smart video conferencing camera designed to be set up on the go to make any space a video conferencing room.
Video Window is an immersive always-on video conferencing portal for teams.
SideKick connects colleagues 1-to-1 on a small video screen, especially useful for Executive Assistance and Chief Of Staff roles where constant connection to one other is more valuable than to the whole team.
LEGO and Nintendo’s epic collab
LEGO and Nintendo have joined forces to offer us some light relief and nostalgia in the form of the Nintendo Entertainment System LEGO kit. Currently pre-launch and hitting shelves on August 1st, we know how we’ll be spending some of our socially distanced summer hours.
Other Makers have also brought us joy through these challenging months with their creative product launches:
Invite Rick injected some short-lived joy into our Zoom calls. Unfortunately it violated Zoom’s TOS and quickly shut down 24 hours later. Rick's rolling was just too pure for this world.
Elon Musk Name Generator allowed us all to discover what we would have been called had Elon been our dad.
Goat 2 Meeting invites a farmyard animal to your video meetings. You can even choose between a llama or a goat. Lol.
Bye is an email service that automatically responds with an insult, then deletes every email sent to you. No more inbox zero anxiety.
Zoom Exotic brings Joe Exotic an Carole Baskin to your Zoom backgrounds. Remember when we were all obsessed with Tiger King? 🤪
Proud mom of a CEO Newsletter will email you encouraging notes every weekday. Because, “We believe in you sweetie, you got this!”
PastaDrop allowed us to send a random pasta care package to unsuspecting friends letting them know we were thinking of them.
We’re thankful for the positivity and fun these products, along with many others, have brought us.
Other Makers have also brought us joy through these challenging months with their creative product launches:
Invite Rick injected some short-lived joy into our Zoom calls. Unfortunately it violated Zoom’s TOS and quickly shut down 24 hours later. Rick's rolling was just too pure for this world.
Elon Musk Name Generator allowed us all to discover what we would have been called had Elon been our dad.
Goat 2 Meeting invites a farmyard animal to your video meetings. You can even choose between a llama or a goat. Lol.
Bye is an email service that automatically responds with an insult, then deletes every email sent to you. No more inbox zero anxiety.
Zoom Exotic brings Joe Exotic an Carole Baskin to your Zoom backgrounds. Remember when we were all obsessed with Tiger King? 🤪
Proud mom of a CEO Newsletter will email you encouraging notes every weekday. Because, “We believe in you sweetie, you got this!”
PastaDrop allowed us to send a random pasta care package to unsuspecting friends letting them know we were thinking of them.
We’re thankful for the positivity and fun these products, along with many others, have brought us.
Robinhood’s big raise 💰
Yesterday, Robinhood announced another $320M in funding, valuing the company at 8.6 unicorns. 🦄
Robinhood first launched on Product Hunt 6 years ago allowing users to invest in individual stocks with $0% commission. Many community members called for more international options:
“Germany is calling for Robinhood, too!”- Patrick
“Is there any chance that Robinhood will be available in the UK?”- James
Since then, Robinhood has expanded its empire and is now available in the UK as well as the US.
There are of course lots of ways to invest online. Here are some alternatives that have launched on Product Hunt over the years:
Ellevest is an investing platform specifically designed for women.
Rally Rd allows you to trade shares in classic cars, just like the stock market.
MoneyMade compares investment opportunities from real estate, farmland, stocks and more.
Selma personalizes investments based on your internet browsing history.
Richie Invest allows you to invest with a group of friends.
Investors Club gives you private access to buy proven and growing online businesses that aren’t listed anywhere else.
Public.com is a direct competitor to Robinhood with its commission-free trading.
Human IPO is a marketplace to invest directly in people.
Republic allows anyone to be an angel investor from as little as $10, no accreditation needed.
If you’re new to investing, don’t bet the farm and do your research in advance. 🙂
Robinhood first launched on Product Hunt 6 years ago allowing users to invest in individual stocks with $0% commission. Many community members called for more international options:
“Germany is calling for Robinhood, too!”- Patrick
“Is there any chance that Robinhood will be available in the UK?”- James
Since then, Robinhood has expanded its empire and is now available in the UK as well as the US.
There are of course lots of ways to invest online. Here are some alternatives that have launched on Product Hunt over the years:
Ellevest is an investing platform specifically designed for women.
Rally Rd allows you to trade shares in classic cars, just like the stock market.
MoneyMade compares investment opportunities from real estate, farmland, stocks and more.
Selma personalizes investments based on your internet browsing history.
Richie Invest allows you to invest with a group of friends.
Investors Club gives you private access to buy proven and growing online businesses that aren’t listed anywhere else.
Public.com is a direct competitor to Robinhood with its commission-free trading.
Human IPO is a marketplace to invest directly in people.
Republic allows anyone to be an angel investor from as little as $10, no accreditation needed.
If you’re new to investing, don’t bet the farm and do your research in advance. 🙂
Robot Music Videos
Syqel launched over the weekend to bring your music to life visually. Simply open your browser to Syqel and start playing music (or sing into your mic). The results can be hypnotic.
The community’s sentiment was overall positive:
“This is going to make DJ streams so much better” - David
“We're about to have a virtual happy hour next week and this is exactly what we need!" - Jun
“I just streamed this to my TV - the 4K visuals really stand out” - Ramero
We’ve seen a number of creative, music products launch on Product Hunt over the years:
Thundr syncs your Spotify music to LIFX LED Wi-Fi lights. The lights change color to the beat of the music.
Cmd fm is radio for geeks, controlled via a command line interface
Graphic Foundry iis similar to Syqel but built for artists to be shared on YouTube.
Song Reader makes it easy to create short music visuals to share on social media.
Cyanite visualizes the emotions in music using AI so you can choose a playlist to match your mood.
Lalal AI splits any song into vocal and instrumental tracks.
JazzKeys is a writing tool that turns your words into jazz music (we know... weird).
The community’s sentiment was overall positive:
“This is going to make DJ streams so much better” - David
“We're about to have a virtual happy hour next week and this is exactly what we need!" - Jun
“I just streamed this to my TV - the 4K visuals really stand out” - Ramero
We’ve seen a number of creative, music products launch on Product Hunt over the years:
Thundr syncs your Spotify music to LIFX LED Wi-Fi lights. The lights change color to the beat of the music.
Cmd fm is radio for geeks, controlled via a command line interface
Graphic Foundry iis similar to Syqel but built for artists to be shared on YouTube.
Song Reader makes it easy to create short music visuals to share on social media.
Cyanite visualizes the emotions in music using AI so you can choose a playlist to match your mood.
Lalal AI splits any song into vocal and instrumental tracks.
JazzKeys is a writing tool that turns your words into jazz music (we know... weird).
Watch Netflix, save the planet
It would be nice if there really was a team of pollution busting superheroes with magical rings saving the rainforests and oceans. Sadly we don’t have a real-life Captain Planet, but climate change is a real-life issue. We’ve seen Makers with heroic intentions launch products designed to help in the fight against Climate Change.
Here are some environmentally friendly products designed to help in the ongoing battle to save our planet launched over the last year:
Plantyflix plants trees for every hour you binge on Netflix.
Joro is Fitbit for your carbon footprint. Connect your bank and Joro will automatically track your emissions.
Neutral helps to offset your carbon emissions from your shopping cart.
Wren aims to help you live a carbon neutral life by offsetting your carbon footprint through a monthly subscription, funding climate positive projects and causes.
Just One Earth offers visual representations of how everyday choices impact the environment.
Climatebase is a platform for climate actions, education and impact. You can look for climate related jobs, events and organizations in one place.
5 Vegan calculates how much water, grain, forest and CO2 you could save living a vegan lifestyle.
Carbon Removal Market by Nori helps you to calculate your own carbon footprint, then balance this out through purchasing carbon removals.
Reel offers environmentally friendly toilet paper made from bamboo instead of trees.
If you want to help the save the planet one product at a time...
Here are some environmentally friendly products designed to help in the ongoing battle to save our planet launched over the last year:
Plantyflix plants trees for every hour you binge on Netflix.
Joro is Fitbit for your carbon footprint. Connect your bank and Joro will automatically track your emissions.
Neutral helps to offset your carbon emissions from your shopping cart.
Wren aims to help you live a carbon neutral life by offsetting your carbon footprint through a monthly subscription, funding climate positive projects and causes.
Just One Earth offers visual representations of how everyday choices impact the environment.
Climatebase is a platform for climate actions, education and impact. You can look for climate related jobs, events and organizations in one place.
5 Vegan calculates how much water, grain, forest and CO2 you could save living a vegan lifestyle.
Carbon Removal Market by Nori helps you to calculate your own carbon footprint, then balance this out through purchasing carbon removals.
Reel offers environmentally friendly toilet paper made from bamboo instead of trees.
If you want to help the save the planet one product at a time...
Want to talk to an expert?
Superpeer launched on Product Hunt in March as a way to book 1 on 1 meetings with experts.
Early feedback from the community was positive;
“Congrats on the launch, Devrim. This is such a cool idea. Can't wait to jam with people using it!” – Pablo
“This will definitely change how consultants work” – Fatih
Chris Messina even asked the question, “I'm thinking of adding video consulting to my Product Hunting offerings via Superpeer... what do you guys think?”
Well, we thought it was a pretty good idea and are proud to announce the launch of the Product Hunt Mentors Network in partnership with Superpeer. This network includes experts from product building, social media, PR, design, engineering and more.
We’re launching with 10 awesome mentors to start with; Matt Navara, Chris Messina, Lolita Taub, Justin Mitchell, Sarah Evans, Pablo Stanley, Ryan Hoover, Caro Griffin, Hiten Shah and Mubashar Iqbal, with more fantastic folks yet to be announced.
How it works: Read more about each mentor in their short bios, then click "Book a Call" to select a time. Each mentor sets their own fee and Product Hunt takes a small percentage.
If you are interested in launching your own network, you can read more about Superpeer Brand Networks here.
“Now, everyone around the world will have access to the best product minds in the world. They will be able to build products on par with everybody else and build their networks - like they’re in Silicon Valley.“ - Devrim, Superpeer cofounder
If you’d like to become a mentor yourself, please apply here. Or if you’d like to book a session with an expert mentor, you can...
Superpeer launched on Product Hunt in March as a way to book 1 on 1 meetings with experts.
Early feedback from the community was positive;
“Congrats on the launch, Devrim. This is such a cool idea. Can't wait to jam with people using it!” – Pablo
“This will definitely change how consultants work” – Fatih
Chris Messina even asked the question, “I'm thinking of adding video consulting to my Product Hunting offerings via Superpeer... what do you guys think?”
Well, we thought it was a pretty good idea and are proud to announce the launch of the Product Hunt Mentors Network in partnership with Superpeer. This network includes experts from product building, social media, PR, design, engineering and more.
We’re launching with 10 awesome mentors to start with; Matt Navara, Chris Messina, Lolita Taub, Justin Mitchell, Sarah Evans, Pablo Stanley, Ryan Hoover, Caro Griffin, Hiten Shah and Mubashar Iqbal, with more fantastic folks yet to be announced.
How it works: Read more about each mentor in their short bios, then click "Book a Call" to select a time. Each mentor sets their own fee and Product Hunt takes a small percentage.
If you are interested in launching your own network, you can read more about Superpeer Brand Networks here.
“Now, everyone around the world will have access to the best product minds in the world. They will be able to build products on par with everybody else and build their networks - like they’re in Silicon Valley.“ - Devrim, Superpeer cofounder
If you’d like to become a mentor yourself, please apply here. Or if you’d like to book a session with an expert mentor, you can...
Video calls will never be the same
In one of the best product explainer videos we’ve seen in a while, Phil Libin of Evernote fame, introduced his latest project, mmhmm. The name is cool but more importantly: it could be a game changer for video calls and presentations.
Here are some initial reactions from the community:
“That's an impressive innovation in a cluttered field.”- Guillaume
“Congrats on the launch! Love the 'daily show' format. Excited to try this out.” - Paul
“I can think of dozens of use-cases for myself, but I’m really excited to see this used in educational contexts.” - Lucas
Of course, there are many options to host your video calls right now, including Zoom, Slack, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Around, Tandem, Remotion, Brave Together, Pragli, and even Facebook (among many others). But mmhmm is unique, focused on making presentations more engaging. There will be no Zoom fatigue on your next company all-hands.
How it works: Select a room with a virtual background to set the tone for your meeting. Then project a screen to host your presentation inline, similar to old fashioned news anchors reviewing the weather forecast. The app also supports “Jedi-Ghost mode” (see the video) and on-screen floating.
With so many competing technologies hoping to make our remote work-life more interactive (looking at you, Snap Camera), working from home in our new normal could become more engaging and connected than ever before.
In one of the best product explainer videos we’ve seen in a while, Phil Libin of Evernote fame, introduced his latest project, mmhmm. The name is cool but more importantly: it could be a game changer for video calls and presentations.
Here are some initial reactions from the community:
“That's an impressive innovation in a cluttered field.”- Guillaume
“Congrats on the launch! Love the 'daily show' format. Excited to try this out.” - Paul
“I can think of dozens of use-cases for myself, but I’m really excited to see this used in educational contexts.” - Lucas
Of course, there are many options to host your video calls right now, including Zoom, Slack, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Around, Tandem, Remotion, Brave Together, Pragli, and even Facebook (among many others). But mmhmm is unique, focused on making presentations more engaging. There will be no Zoom fatigue on your next company all-hands.
How it works: Select a room with a virtual background to set the tone for your meeting. Then project a screen to host your presentation inline, similar to old fashioned news anchors reviewing the weather forecast. The app also supports “Jedi-Ghost mode” (see the video) and on-screen floating.
With so many competing technologies hoping to make our remote work-life more interactive (looking at you, Snap Camera), working from home in our new normal could become more engaging and connected than ever before.
Are you team real or fake plants? 🌱
We’re talking houseplants. 🌱
With shelter-in-place a central theme of 2020 so far, we’ve all spent a lot of time at home. It shouldn’t come as a surprise then to discover new houseplant products piquing the interest of the community.
Showcasing your work from home station is the new MTV Cribs, and no self-respecting WFH setup is complete without a plant or two to set the ambience.
Terraplater is an inside-out planter for growing plants indoors. You can see the plant growing on the outside of the planter, which holds water on the inside. Looks pretty cute.
Choose your plant is a community dedicated to indoor plant fans. Talk with fellow plant lovers and discover what plant is best suited to your indoor environment.
Pico is a self-illuminating, self-watering, mini-farm, helping you to grow plants and herbs with minimal effort.
Click and Grow, a smart planter for herbs and spices, is still going strong 5 years after its launch on Product Hunt.
For those of you on team fake plants, check out the ever so real looking, but water-not-required, Slightly Browning Fake Plants.
We’re talking houseplants. 🌱
With shelter-in-place a central theme of 2020 so far, we’ve all spent a lot of time at home. It shouldn’t come as a surprise then to discover new houseplant products piquing the interest of the community.
Showcasing your work from home station is the new MTV Cribs, and no self-respecting WFH setup is complete without a plant or two to set the ambience.
Terraplater is an inside-out planter for growing plants indoors. You can see the plant growing on the outside of the planter, which holds water on the inside. Looks pretty cute.
Choose your plant is a community dedicated to indoor plant fans. Talk with fellow plant lovers and discover what plant is best suited to your indoor environment.
Pico is a self-illuminating, self-watering, mini-farm, helping you to grow plants and herbs with minimal effort.
Click and Grow, a smart planter for herbs and spices, is still going strong 5 years after its launch on Product Hunt.
For those of you on team fake plants, check out the ever so real looking, but water-not-required, Slightly Browning Fake Plants.
Uber's $2.65B purchase 🍕
Today Uber announced it’s acquiring Postmates, the SF based food delivery startup, for $2.65B in an all stock deal.
Postmates first launched on Product Hunt 6 years ago and according to cofounder, Bastian Lehman, the app was already soliciting addictive behaviour from its users even then:
“Food has a long tail just like books or music. In other words, everyone has a favorite restaurant and if you give them the ability to order from that place, they will. We have done deliveries from over 25,000 places. The more often you use Postmates, the more often you keep using it. For example, if you have used Postmates five times, you will (on average) continue to use it at least once per week.“
This is big news in the battle of the food delivery giants, with Uber having missed out on acquiring GrubHub earlier in the year to JustEat for $7.3B. JustEat is one of the biggest companies in Europe in this space, competing directly with Deliveroo and UberEats.
The food delivery industry is big business with a couple of dominant players emerging after a few key acquisitions. We saw DoorDash acquire Square-owned Caviar just last year for a reported $410M. Amazon even tried to get in on the game with Amazon Restaurants a few years back, although has since removed this from its online shopping empire.
Meanwhile, we’ve seen a rise in home cooking as people shelter in place. It might be a good time to invest in some Our Place kitchenware or buy a fancy June Oven. Or you could just...
Today Uber announced it’s acquiring Postmates, the SF based food delivery startup, for $2.65B in an all stock deal.
Postmates first launched on Product Hunt 6 years ago and according to cofounder, Bastian Lehman, the app was already soliciting addictive behaviour from its users even then:
“Food has a long tail just like books or music. In other words, everyone has a favorite restaurant and if you give them the ability to order from that place, they will. We have done deliveries from over 25,000 places. The more often you use Postmates, the more often you keep using it. For example, if you have used Postmates five times, you will (on average) continue to use it at least once per week.“
This is big news in the battle of the food delivery giants, with Uber having missed out on acquiring GrubHub earlier in the year to JustEat for $7.3B. JustEat is one of the biggest companies in Europe in this space, competing directly with Deliveroo and UberEats.
The food delivery industry is big business with a couple of dominant players emerging after a few key acquisitions. We saw DoorDash acquire Square-owned Caviar just last year for a reported $410M. Amazon even tried to get in on the game with Amazon Restaurants a few years back, although has since removed this from its online shopping empire.
Meanwhile, we’ve seen a rise in home cooking as people shelter in place. It might be a good time to invest in some Our Place kitchenware or buy a fancy June Oven. Or you could just...
