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Show HN: Viib – Generate production ready static ads from a single URL

viib.co
2 points·by travelhead·4 mesi fa·1 comments

How do I fight 250 duplicate Amazon listings with fake reviews?

travelhead.medium.com
4 points·by travelhead·6 mesi fa·1 comments

Show HN: Guess the Move Chess App

guessthemove.app
2 points·by travelhead·6 mesi fa·0 comments

Grok3 Launch [video]

x.com
632 points·by travelhead·anno scorso·1,354 comments

Show HN: Hopify – AI domain name generator and trademark search

ai.hopify.com
1 points·by travelhead·3 anni fa·0 comments

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travelhead
·4 mesi fa·discuss
Viib is a static ad generation platform that turns a single website URL into production ready ad creatives.

The core idea came from a simple frustration. Generating ads is repetitive, but the input data is usually already structured on the site itself. Brand colors, value props, product hierarchy, reviews, pricing language, hero images. Most ad tools ignore that structure and start from a blank prompt.

The focus is static ads because they are still the workhorse of performance marketing. Faster to test, cheaper to iterate, easier to scale.

Right now the system generates three ads on signup so people can see output quality immediately. No long onboarding.

Happy to answer technical or product questions.
travelhead
·6 mesi fa·discuss
After 5 years building BeltBro with 5 patents and 3 million customers, I watched my Amazon sales collapse overnight.

The reason? 250+ duplicate listings from Chinese sellers flooding my category—all selling the identical product under fake brand names with manipulated (fake) reviews.

I investigated and found that 42 of the top 100 "New Releases" in Men's Belts are duplicate listings by the same seller network. Same 5.9" x 1.5" dimensions. Copy-paste descriptions. Identical videos. Coordinated launches.

They aren't just dominating organic searches on Amazon, but they also use Amazon ads to drive tens of thousands of sales per month to their infringing products.

When I tried to report patent infringement through Amazon's APEX program, they limit me to 10 reports per month. Meanwhile, 100+ new infringing listings appear in the same timeframe.

Amazon's response when I asked for more reporting capacity? "We are unable to discuss this criteria."

This isn't just my problem. Chinese networks control 63% of Amazon's third-party marketplace—$35 billion annually—using shell brands to dominate search results and destroy American small businesses that actually innovate and hold patents.

I've documented the full investigation with evidence in the HN link above.

If you work at Amazon, represent government, work in media, or have connections that can help—please share this. Small businesses deserve a marketplace that rewards innovation instead of manipulation.
travelhead
·2 anni fa·discuss
The “invisible hand” of HN
travelhead
·3 anni fa·discuss
No options. It’s secondary equity from EquityZen.
travelhead
·3 anni fa·discuss
EquityZen
travelhead
·3 anni fa·discuss
I invested $25,000 into buying secondary equity shares of Evernote about 1.5 years ago. In January, I got an exit check back for $120 bucks after the sale to Bending Spoon :/