(Free to use SaaS) Launching our product this weekend after 100+ hours
Hey everyone! 👋
Excited to finally introduce myself here! I'm Alex. I’ve been following along for a while, and it’s amazing to see how many of you are shipping products so quickly. Seriously, how do you do it?! 😅
This weekend, I’m launching my first product on Product Hunt: Flare. It solves a small but incredibly frustrating problem—links opening in the wrong place. You know when you tap a link on Instagram, and instead of opening in your browser or the YouTube app, it gets stuck in an in-app browser? Flare fixes that by ensuring every link opens exactly where it should.
I’ve spent over 100+ hours building this, even though it currently has just one core feature. The reason? Bypassing in-app browsers is way more complex than it seems—social media apps are designed to keep users inside their ecosystem. Making sure Flare seamlessly redirects users without friction took a lot of problem-solving, testing, and fine-tuning.
Flare isn’t just a URL shortener—it’s a smart redirector that ensures a smooth experience for your audience. Plus, it comes with built-in analytics, so you can track device types and locations for every link you share.
This is my first product. It is completely free. And this is just the beginning—next up is Persona AI, an AI-powered tool that helps refine social media campaigns with AI-driven feedback.
Excited (and a little nervous) for the launch! If you check it out, I’d love to hear what you think.
The website is: https://flareb2b.com
Looking forward to learning from and growing with this awesome community! 🚀
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Tab Slayer
Congrats on building and shipping!! it seems like the testimonials on your page are probably fake? if they aren't fake maybe you can come up with a way to make them look more authentic? otherwise I would probably just remove them. Your landing page does look super nice, so imo it's not worth the lost credibility!
Happy launching regardless, hope it goes well for you!
Flare
@catt_marroll Hey Matt! Great catch, and I really appreciate the honest feedback! The testimonials were actually part of a template, and I completely forgot to remove them before launch. Definitely not my intention to mislead anyone—I’ll fix that right away. Glad you liked the landing page! 😊 And thank you so much for your support!
Tab Slayer
Congrats on the launch btw, looks like you totally crushed it. you should post up how the launch went in terms of conversion to users / exposure. congrats on launch @alexmccain !!
Flare
@catt_marroll Hey Matt! Thanks so much! 😊 It was definitely an exciting ride.
When we launched on Product Hunt, I was hoping to get maybe 10-20 users. just enough to gather some feedback and improve. But what actually happened blew my expectations out of the water. We went from just 8 users to 107 users in two days! It was amazing watching the numbers climb, and the amount of feedback we received was incredible. We’re already working on improving Flare based on what people have shared.
We are now setting up a a Discord community and start with our social media marketing. This will let us interact more personally with our users, understand their needs better, and build a space where they can share feedback and ideas directly. I kept reading that you need a big community before launching, but in the end, just putting the product out there made all the difference. It showed me that if you’re solving a real problem, people will notice and support you.
I honestly never expected this kind of response, and it just reinforced the idea that you don’t have to wait for everything to be perfect before launching. If you believe in what you’re building, put it out there and let the world decide. And if it’s not perfect, you can always rebuild it after getting real feedback 🚀
Tab Slayer
@alexmccain thats awesome to hear!! You should check out the product forum for Flare (https://www.producthunt.com/p/flare-5). in some ways i think using that for community could help with discoverability -- you get both more exposure on PH thought the homepage side + forums themselves, the information should be more searchable, and there is likely a much larger contribution to your SEO footprint if you don't have the content locked into discord.
either way, congrats on the launch and im psyched people resonated with your tool!!
Flare
@catt_marroll That’s a great suggestion! Thanks for sharing. I’ll definitely check out the forum. Having community discussions there could help with both discoverability and SEO, which makes a lot of sense. Discord is great for direct engagement, but having a more open, searchable space for discussions could be really valuable.
Appreciate the insight, and thanks again for the support! Excited to keep building and improving Flare. 🚀😊
Flare solves something I didn't even realize annoyed me this much. Excited to see it in action
Flare
@hazel_mathew Hey Hazel, really appreciate that! 😊 It’s surprising how often we put up with little annoyances like this, right? Flare is live now at https://flareb2b.com , would love for you to try it out! Hope it makes your marketing workflow smoother!
Flare
Please do try our product and give us your suggestions. And please feel free to ask us any queries, I would be more than happy to answer your queries!