Show HN: Harvester – Shop small stores near you (opens in new tab)

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3 pointsevansjp3y ago8 comments

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Cool. Might want to add box to enter a zip code for people who don't want to share their location via their browser.

Yep you're right on there. That's been the most popular complaint--working to add that right now!

Very nice! My initial thought is to specialize by solving a material sourcing problem for a niche industry and not general consumer.

evansjpOP3y ago

Damn that's an awesome idea! Writing that down... Thanks!

evansjpOP3y ago

I'm actually looking for any way to improve Harvester. Finding product-market fit is SO hard, so please let me know what you hate, love, would love to see.

gitgud3y ago

> Finding product-market fit is SO hard

It's been notoriously hard to get people to use "localised recommendation apps" like this. People often just go to Google/Maps and look at what's around. Sorry to link this, but it reminds me of [1] this YouTube video by YCombinator warning about these kinds of apps.

Anyway, I do love the original style used on the site, and it's obvious that you care about the product, so I wish you luck in finding product-market fit!

[1] https://youtu.be/GMIawSAygO4?t=946

evansjpOP3y ago

Thanks for the video--watched it. Dalton and Michael are definitely right that Discovery ideas are limited because their bound to finite discovery (only so many restaurants open tonight, etc). I'll start thinking of the optimal pivot from here, thanks again for the recommendation! Helped a lot.

evansjpOP3y ago

Also only available in US atm, so sorry to my fellas not in the States!

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bruceb3y ago

Cool. Might want to add box to enter a zip code for people who don't want to share their location via their browser.

evansjpOP3y ago

Yep you're right on there. That's been the most popular complaint--working to add that right now!

mapster3y ago

Very nice! My initial thought is to specialize by solving a material sourcing problem for a niche industry and not general consumer.

evansjpOP3y ago

Damn that's an awesome idea! Writing that down... Thanks!

evansjpOP3y ago

I'm actually looking for any way to improve Harvester. Finding product-market fit is SO hard, so please let me know what you hate, love, would love to see.

gitgud3y ago

> Finding product-market fit is SO hard

Anyway, I do love the original style used on the site, and it's obvious that you care about the product, so I wish you luck in finding product-market fit!

[1] https://youtu.be/GMIawSAygO4?t=946

evansjpOP3y ago

Also only available in US atm, so sorry to my fellas not in the States!

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