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Product Hunt Shop

Product Hunt Shop

A dedicated storefront connecting Product Hunt's community with carefully curated products worth buying

E-commerce·by Product Hunt, Inc.·Launched May 2016·0 upvotes
UNVERIFIEDlast checked never · Unverified
CohortClass of 2016

What it is

A dedicated storefront connecting Product Hunt's community with carefully curated products worth buying. Shop trending discoveries directly from the platform where new innovations are launched and validated by a global audience.

HTTP liveness

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Funding history

3 rounds
Total raised
$33.5M
Latest valuation
Stage
public
Lead investors: Andreessen Horowitz · Andreessen Horowitz · Andreessen Horowitz · AngelList · AngelList
Acquired
Dec 2016
AngelList
$20.0M
source
Seed
Oct 2014
investors undisclosed
$7.4M
SEC
Series A
Oct 2014
Andreessen Horowitz
$6.1M
source
Data from SEC EDGAR Form D filings and press coverage. Round labels for SEC filings are inferred from filing sequence and amount.

Moat

None apparent

The content discusses the importance of non-functional moats in the SaaS landscape but does not provide specific evidence of Product Hunt Shop having any of these advantages. Instead, it suggests that features are easily replicable, implying a lack of durable competitive advantage.

  • webFeatures, UI, interactions, backend — all commoditized, making it hard to establish a moat based on these elements. source
  • webBrand is important but the article does not assert that Product Hunt has a strong brand presence above competitors. source
  • webTrust and founder networks are critical resources, but the article does not provide evidence of Product Hunt’s network strength. source
  • webThe real moat is not code, but can’t find a specific argument stating that Product Hunt has developed any of these non-functional advantages. source
weak · 0.50 confidence · grounded in 4 sources
Website-grounded · May 2026

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Cohort survival · Class of 2016weekly

13,657 products launched in 2016 · 100% still active

13,633 active24 sunset
Still active
100%
Median lifespan
4.9y