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Alex is your AI shopping friend who searches across Amazon, Walmart, Target, Sephora, and more. Unlike other shopping tools: ✅ Asks about your problem before recommending ✅ Searches all stores (not locked to one) ✅ Has a face and voice (feels like a real friend) ✅ Follows up to see if it helped Perfect for back pain, party planning, home decor, makeup matching, or any shopping problem. Built with Claude API + ElevenLabs voice. Try it: getdealfriend.com
Hey Product Hunt! 👋
I built DealFriend after a frustrating experience: I spent $89 on an "ergonomic" chair from Amazon that made my back pain WORSE.
The problem? Amazon showed me what THEY wanted to sell, not what I NEEDED.
So I built Alex - your AI shopping friend who actually cares about solving your problem.
🔍 How it's different:
1️⃣ Problem-first approach
Alex asks: "Why does your back hurt? How long do you sit? What's your budget?"
THEN recommends products.
2️⃣ Cross-store search
Searches Amazon, Walmart, Target, Sephora, Home Depot, and more.
Not locked to one store's biased results.
3️⃣ Human personality
Alex has a photorealistic face and ElevenLabs voice.
Feels like talking to a real shopping friend, not a chatbot.
4️⃣ Outcome tracking (the moat)
Alex follows up: "Did it help?"
This builds a dataset NO competitor has - which products actually solve which problems.
💬 Early feedback:
"Your interface is much better than ShopStyle. None of my shopping apps have this, not even Zara or H&M." — Harshita (former personal shopper)
"Quickly recommended the right product and link" — Giri
Word of mouth is organically spreading across family groups in India, UAE, and the US.
🛠️ Tech stack:
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 (conversation + problem diagnosis)
- ElevenLabs (voice)
- Next.js + TypeScript
- Supabase (auth + outcome tracking)
- SerpAPI (cross-store product search)
🎯 Try it for:
- Back pain from sitting
- Planning birthday parties
- Redecorating your home
- Finding makeup that matches your skin
- Any shopping problem you're solving
I'm here all day to answer questions!
What problem should Alex help you solve? 🛍️
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P.S. The shopping bag icon you see when images fail to load? That's actually a bug I'm fixing today. Real product photos coming soon! 😅
Any questions about the build? Happy to dive into details!
Update: 4 hours in! 🎉 📊 Stats so far:
- 59 visitors from 5 countries (US, India, Pakistan, Sweden, Singapore) - 14% sign-up conversion rate
- Most surprising: Facebook driving MORE traffic than Product Hunt!
The organic word-of-mouth spread is incredible.
People are sharing DealFriend with family/friends across continents. If you've tried it, drop your thoughts below
- what worked? What didn't? Still here answering questions all day! 🛍️
Quick question for the community:
What's the worst online purchase you've made because the product description was misleading?
For me, it was that $89 chair that made my back pain WORSE.
That's why I built DealFriend - to ask about YOUR problem before recommending anything. What would you want an AI shopping friend to help you with?
About DealFriend — Personal Shopping Companion on Product Hunt
“AI shopping agent that solves problems, not sells”
DealFriend — Personal Shopping Companion was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 4 upvotes and 7 comments, placing #92 on the daily leaderboard. Alex is your AI shopping friend who searches across Amazon, Walmart, Target, Sephora, and more. Unlike other shopping tools: ✅ Asks about your problem before recommending ✅ Searches all stores (not locked to one) ✅ Has a face and voice (feels like a real friend) ✅ Follows up to see if it helped Perfect for back pain, party planning, home decor, makeup matching, or any shopping problem. Built with Claude API + ElevenLabs voice. Try it: getdealfriend.com
DealFriend — Personal Shopping Companion was featured in Artificial Intelligence (466.4k followers), E-Commerce (41.4k followers) and Shopping (1.5k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 104.5k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted DealFriend — Personal Shopping Companion?
DealFriend — Personal Shopping Companion was hunted by Ravi Yalamanchili. 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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