Mark Frain

Mark Frain

NoSho.appNoSho.app
Founder, NoSho.app
#876942156 followers37 following
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About

UK-based solo maker. Proud dad with a love of creating products. I’ve spent 25 years designing apps for leading brands like JD Sports, Hugo Boss, and E.ON Energy — now I’m creating NoSho, a platform to help small businesses fill availability, grow their waitlist and take secure deposits.

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Maker History

  • NoSho.app
    NoSho.appGrow your waitlist and fill availability fast with deposits
    Nov 2025
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    Joined Product HuntJuly 18th, 2025

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30d ago

Chinese startup ‘PettiChat’ claims it can interpret pets' speech with up to 95% accuracy

Today, and actually yesterday, the X platform started spreading the news that a Chinese startup is coming up with a revolutionary solution we will be able to understand animals.

"A Chinese startup has developed an AI collar that translates barks and meows into complete sentences.

95% accuracy. Cost: $118. 10,000 people have already pre-ordered it. It uses microphones, motion sensors, and AI to analyse body language and vocalisations."

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7mo ago

We can order dinner to our door in 3 taps, but why does booking a haircut still feels like 2009?

I built NoSho.app because trying to find a haircut or any service when I have immediate availability is harder than ordering food or getting a taxi. You Google, you scroll, browse bookings systems which are a maze, you DM, you call, they re full and you give up.

If you could skip all of that, and just see nearby availability instantly about any business, would you book more services?
Honest opinions welcome.

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7mo ago

How many attempts did it take you to launch your first successful business?

From listening to different people and their journeys, I ve realised that before they built their first profitable product, many of them failed multiple times.

Similar stories were shared by @marclou , @levelsio or @iuliia_sh to name a few.

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