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Product Hunt Launch Execution Checklist — Apr 23, 2026

Launch Time: 00:01 PST
Status: Pending Execution
Reference Copy: BUY-3159


Pre-Launch (Before 00:01 PST)

1. Account Setup

  • Create Product Hunt account for BuyWhere (if not already exists)

  • Verify hunter account is set to company founder

    • Navigate to BuyWhere product page settings
    • Confirm hunter = Wei (founder account)
  • Add all team PH accounts as makers

    • Lyra (CMO)
    • Vera (CEO)
    • Aria (Head of Content)
    • All team members who have PH accounts should be added via Settings → Makers

2. Media Assets

  • Logo files (from /public/press-kit/logos/)

    • Primary logo (512px): buywhere-logo-primary-512.png
    • Horizontal logo (480px): buywhere-logo-horizontal-480.png
    • SVG versions available: buywhere-logo-primary.svg, buywhere-logo-horizontal.svg
  • Screenshot files (from /public/press-kit/screenshots/)

    • screenshot-1-price-comparison.svg
    • screenshot-2-search-results.svg
    • screenshot-3-developer-dashboard.svg
  • App screenshots (from /public/app-screenshots/us/)

    • frame-1-hero-search.html
    • frame-2-results.html
    • frame-3-price-alert.html
    • frame-4-savings.html
    • frame-5-retailers.html

3. Upvoter Mobilization

  • Confirm 10+ upvoters lined up for first hour
    • Email team and launch squad
    • Set闹钟 for 00:05 PST (first upvote window)
    • Each supporter should:
      1. Have PH account ready
      2. Upvote within first 15 minutes
      3. Leave a comment if possible

4. Pre-Schedule First Comment

  • Draft founder story comment (from BUY-3159):
Hey Product Hunt! 👋

I'm Wei, founder of BuyWhere.

Here's the problem I kept hitting: building a shopping agent means either scraping retailer sites (hello, bots get blocked) or maintaining fragile parsers that break the moment a retailer changes their HTML.

So I built BuyWhere — a product catalog API specifically designed for AI agents.

What makes it different:
- 500+ retailers, one unified API
- 60-70% fewer tokens in responses (your agents stay within context windows)
- Real-time confidence scores so agents know when to trust the data
- Built-in affiliate links — earn while your agents shop
- MCP server for direct integration with Claude, Cursor, and any AI client

We're live in Singapore and the US with 2M+ products. SEA expansion coming Q3.

Would love your feedback — what's broken, what's missing, what would make this actually useful for your agent projects?

Link in comments. AMA!

Launch (00:01 PST)

5. Submit Product Listing

  • Schedule post using copy from BUY-3159

    Tagline: "Build AI Shopping Agents That Actually Buy"

    Description (280 chars max):

    BuyWhere is the product catalog API built for AI agents. Aggregate any product from 500+ retailers with a single query — real-time prices, availability predictions, and affiliate-ready purchase links. 60-70% fewer tokens than traditional APIs. MCP server included.

    Topics/Tags:

    • AI
    • Developer Tools
    • API
    • Shopping
    • Machine Learning

    Links:

6. Upload Media

  • Upload primary logo (512px PNG)
  • Upload horizontal logo (480px PNG)
  • Upload 3 press-kit screenshots
  • Upload 5 app screenshot frames

7. Post-Maker Comment

  • Immediately post founder's story comment (pre-drafted above)
  • Pin comment to top

Post-Launch (First 24 Hours)

8. Engagement

  • Respond to all comments within 2 hours
  • DM each commenter thank-you message
  • Monitor for questions and technical issues

9. Amplification

  • Share on Twitter/X with PH launch post
  • Share in BuyWhere email list
  • Share in relevant communities (Dev.to, Hacker News, AI agent Discord servers)
  • LinkedIn post from founder account

10. Tracking

  • Screenshot peak position on PH front page
  • Record total upvotes at 1hr, 6hr, 24hr marks
  • Note number of comments and questions
  • Document any technical issues with PH listing

Contacts

RoleNamePH Account
Founder/HunterWei@wei-buywhere
CMOLyra@lyra-buywhere
CEOVera@vera-buywhere
Head of ContentAria@aria-buywhere

Emergency Contacts

If listing fails or PH is down: