HelloShop - AI Shop Builder

Scan any location. See real gaps. Build the right shop.

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Scan any location. See real gaps. Build the right shop.

7 followers

Thinking about starting a shop but unsure what or where? HelloShop turns guesswork into a data-backed decision. Pick any location and it scans real nearby businesses using live map data — not guesses. See how saturated each category is, spot the gaps, and get shop ideas ranked by opportunity, competition, and your budget. Ask the built-in AI advisor for a grounded playbook — stock, pricing, marketing — tailored to your exact spot.

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Launch tags:Android•Productivity•Artificial Intelligence

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Hey Product Hunt 👋 I built HelloShop because I kept seeing the same question from friends: "I want to start a shop, but what should I open, and where?" Nobody had a good way to answer that beyond gut feeling. HelloShop scans real businesses around any location using live map data, shows you exactly how saturated each category is, and ranks shop ideas by real opportunity — not vibes. Set your budget and it filters ideas you can actually afford. There's also a built-in AI advisor if you want a deeper playbook for a specific idea. I'm a solo dev, so this was built end-to-end by me — architecture, data pipeline, and the whole ranking engine. Would love your feedback, especially from anyone who's actually opened a small business and knows what real signals matter. Happy to answer anything in the comments today!

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2mo ago

Plugged in my neighborhood and was surprised how honest it felt about the oversaturated coffee spots nearby instead of pushing me to open one anyway. The budget filter actually narrows the ideas down to stuff that makes sense.

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2mo ago

Maker

@morcant_lim Really glad that landed — the honesty part matters a lot to us. It would've been easy to make every idea look promising, but if we did that, we'd just be another hype generator instead of something people can actually trust with their savings. If the data says an area's oversaturated, we say so, even if it's not what someone wants to hear in the moment.

And yeah, the budget filter came from watching too many "great idea, wrong for your wallet" moments — glad it's actually doing its job for you 🙏

Curious — did you end up finding anything in your neighborhood that surprised you, gap-wise?

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2mo ago

Maker

@morcant_lim Thank you so much for taking your time to reach me out. Im looking for advertising the app early business audience. Is there a platform we could connect?
I have attached my linkedin
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pravin-velmurugan-4b8755365/

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1mo ago

Pazi

Such a promising launch—congrats on HelloShop - AI Shop Builder! Scan any location. See real gaps. Build the right shop. is a clever idea. Wishing you a strong Product Hunt day! 🚀

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1mo ago

Maker

@zvonimir_sabljic1 Thank you so much for taking your time to reach me out. Im looking for advertising the app early business audience. Is there a platform we could connect?
I have attached my linkedin
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pravin-velmurugan-4b8755365/

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1mo ago

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2mo ago

What's the #1 reason new shops fail in your city — bad location, or bad idea?

I've been building HelloShop (an app that scans real map data to show shop owners exactly where the competition and gaps are before they sign a lease), and one thing keeps coming up in conversations with small business owners here in India: most people pick their shop idea first, then hunt for a location instead of the other way around.

Curious what others here have seen is it usually the wrong location, the wrong idea, or something else entirely (timing, pricing, execution) that sinks a new local business in your experience?

Would genuinely love to hear how founders in other countries think about this is location-first vs. idea-first a universal problem, or is it more specific to dense urban markets like India?

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Curious what others here have seen is it usually the wrong location, the wrong idea, or something else entirely (timing, pricing, execution) that sinks a new local business in your experience?

Would genuinely love to hear how founders in other countries think about this is location-first vs. idea-first a universal problem, or is it more specific to dense urban markets like India?