Marcus Freeland

Marcus Freeland

I market products & build web apps!

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Product Huntp/producthuntAaron O'Leary•

1mo ago

🔥 Drop your tagline and I'll try to guess what your product is

A tagline is the first piece of content a user will see about your product on the leaderboard. It's so important that you get it right. You should be able to get a really solid idea of what your product is just by reading a handful of words.

In the spirit of forever optimising our taglines, I wanted to do a little experiment:

Product Huntp/producthuntAaron O'Leary•

1mo ago

🔥 Drop your tagline and I'll try to guess what your product is

A tagline is the first piece of content a user will see about your product on the leaderboard. It's so important that you get it right. You should be able to get a really solid idea of what your product is just by reading a handful of words.

In the spirit of forever optimising our taglines, I wanted to do a little experiment:

Building a b2c product is the worst decision a founder can make 🫠🔫

Hi hunters! Let me share my thoughts about the most debatable startup topic.

Why b2c sucks:

1. Individuals pay little money (most paid iOS apps cost <$2).

Y Combinatorp/ycJosh•

5mo ago

YC founders, would you trust AI to handle 90% of your support chats?

me and my co-founder are building an AI agent because at our last startup we just couldn t keep up with support.

we tried every chatbot out there. they all felt robotic. customers hated it.

hiring more people was too slow + too $$$

so we put together this ai chatbot (think intercom fin but deeper) that trains on your old tickets, learns your tone, doesn t hallucinate, and can actually answer stuff like a real support rep.

Michal Balšianka•

5mo ago

Why are simple online tools so bloated these days?

Ever tried to format JSON or count words, and ended up stuck on some page filled with ads, popups, cookie banners, or premium only buttons? Somehow even the most basic utilities like case converters, color pickers, or timestamp converters have become exhausting to use. Well, here s a free suite of tiny, no-nonsense tools: https://copyber.com/tools Feels like how the internet used to be, right?You re welcome.
Kerem Can•

5mo ago

As a first time founder, what are some things I should know?

Hey PH, I m Kerem, and I recently started building my first startup. Only 2 months in, but it s already clear: the startup world demands an entirely different set of skills than anything I ve done before.

I ve realized I m pretty decent at building, product, design, backend, but when it comes to marketing, outreach, and getting real traction... I feel way out of league.

luis varona gomez•

5mo ago

Are we overusing AI in startups to the point of creating fake problems?

Everyone s building AI-powered everything ; pitch decks, recipe generators, inbox summarizers, self-coaching apps, dog emotion detectors (okay, maybe not that one yet).

But how much of this actually solves a real problem?

It feels like we re entering a phase where startups throw AI at any idea just to look innovative, not necessarily useful. Sometimes it feels like we're creating problems just so we can solve them with AI. And ironically, this overuse might hurt the tech itself ; people start seeing AI as gimmicky or useless, when in fact it s incredibly powerful if used right.

Product Huntp/producthuntAaron O'Leary•

6mo ago

✅ POLL: Do you buy the domain first or build the product first?

Let s settle this once and for all.

Do you spend 3 hours trying to find a clever .com before writing a single line of code? Or do you ship the MVP and slap on whatever domain wasn t taken at the time?

Cast your vote and tell us why.

Product Huntp/producthuntAaron O'Leary•

6mo ago

✅ POLL: Do you buy the domain first or build the product first?

Let s settle this once and for all.

Do you spend 3 hours trying to find a clever .com before writing a single line of code? Or do you ship the MVP and slap on whatever domain wasn t taken at the time?

Cast your vote and tell us why.

Marcus Freeland•

5mo ago

Quick Guides - Create free How-to Guides from your browser as you click

Create step-by-step guides on the fly! Quick Guides turns your on-screen actions into a written guide with Highlights + Screenshots. Add the Extension to Google Chrome and record your clicks to make Guides. Unlimited Guides to share or embed for free!
Marcus Freeland•

6mo ago

Are you launching soon? Do you have Customer Support figured out?

A few inquiries and observations for those launching products or setting up Customer Support... Looking across the web, not all websites have Help Centers or support at all. I noticed that most sites simply throw a Chatbot on to handle some inquiries, but I've also been told that most of them give inaccurate responses and quite frankly sound robotic (like a chatbot). In short, website visitors don't really feel assisted, they feel like they get lazy customer service.

Where do you post information to guide customers?

Srinidhi Murali•

6mo ago

AgenticLib: Simplifying your AI agent discovery journey.

Hi everyone,

I recently launched a website called AgenticLib, a curated directory of AI agents to help makers, developers, and businesses find the best AI tools.

I built it because keeping track of all the new AI agents and autonomous chatbots out there has become overwhelming. There s no single place where you can easily discover, compare, and explore them without losing track of the work you are doing.

Marcus Freeland•

6mo ago

Desk.Help AI - Free AI Customer Support tool that creates FAQs for you

Free AI Customer Support that creates FAQ content and assists customers for you! Launch a branded AI Chat Assistant and Customer Help Center in minutes. All of your FAQs, Documentation, Guides, Videos and more in one place.
Nika•

7mo ago

What was the very first project you vibecoded with AI?

On Product Hunt, I can see many people launching their products using "vibe-coding tools" like @Lovable , @bolt.new , or@Replit

I reckon many people who created something with them are usually developers who didn't have enough time for building a side idea before, but with AI, they could make it happen.

Elena Mira•

10mo ago

Do You Validate Your Business Ideas Before Creating an App?

Hey Product Hunters!

I ve seen a lot of people jump straight into building an app without validating the idea first. Some succeed, but many end up realizing too late that there s little demand for their product.

Johnson Delight•

11mo ago

Help center expert / writer here!

Hi founders! I help early-stage SaaS startups set up their entire Help Center and knowledge base before launch so users can find answers on their own without needing to contact support.

Don't be most founders who think they don't need a Help Center until they have:
100s of customers
Too many support tickets or just...
A full customer support team
As a startup founder, your Help Center isn't something you set up when things are getting bad. You should take the preventive route and set one up even before you launch to make sure things scale smoothly from Day 1.
A simple Knowledge Base with:
Basic 'Getting Started' Guides
Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions
How-to articles for your key features
...can reduce 50-66% of customer support tickets before they even reach your inbox. Insane right?!
I'll help you with that. Let's chat!

Marcus Freeland•

12mo ago

First Launch Tuesday 🚀 I Probably won’t sleep will I 🤔😄?

I m launching tomorrow and it s really just hitting me. This is so exciting because I had the idea for a product hunt back in 2008 and I started a blog called MyBizToolz, but unfortunately I didn t have the skills to build this myself at the time and not enough money to pay someone to do it. A few years later I find PH and was like this is it! (just insert Leonardo Dicaprio pointing at TV meme) I was so excited, I said great, one day I m going to have the skills to build my own stuff. Well, I ve built some stuff and done some things since then, but this will be my first SaaS and I couldn t be happier than to release it here on PH! Check it out on launch Tuesday
Ben Griese•

12mo ago

What are you all building?

Happy Monday from Product Hunt! Kicking off this week strong, what are you all building or working on refining? What kind of blockers are you running into?
Aish from WorkSaga•

12mo ago

Which Everyday Tech Problem Annoys You the Most?

With all the innovation in tech, some of the most basic and recurring problems remain unsolved or are just ignored.