Gumshoe is the world's first pair of shoes made with 100% recycled chewing gum. The soles of these shoes are made from recycled chewing gum from the streets of Amsterdam. In the Netherlands 1.5 million kilos of gum ends up on the street every year. By buying these shoes you contribute to the solution, by wearing them you show your support.
About Gumshoe on Product Hunt
“The first shoe made from chewing gum”
Gumshoe launched on Product Hunt on April 27th, 2018 and earned 306 upvotes and 25 comments, earning #1 Product of the Day. Gumshoe is the world's first pair of shoes made with 100% recycled chewing gum. The soles of these shoes are made from recycled chewing gum from the streets of Amsterdam. In the Netherlands 1.5 million kilos of gum ends up on the street every year. By buying these shoes you contribute to the solution, by wearing them you show your support.
On the analytics side, Gumshoe competes within Fashion, Climate Tech and Tech — topics that collectively have 660.9k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Gumshoe performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Gumshoe?
Gumshoe was hunted by Raz Karmi. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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