Ask HN: How to check pre-existing products based on your idea?

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Hey everyone, When working on something new that you think could benefit others along with you. How do you make sure that there's no such already existing product?

extension: suppose you find something similar but not the same, do you build it?

Please mention how you inspect this so I can filter out the ideas to work on.

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Looking for pre-existing products doesn't make your work better because it is not working on your product. If your product is useful then it doesn't matter if there is something else. If your product isn't useful, working on it is the only thing that might make it useful.

Looking for existing products is an excuse to quit. If you find something you can say, "My idea isn't worth working on because it already exists." If you don't find anything, you can say "My idea isn't worth working on because there is no market." Both of these are easier than work. Good luck.

True!

I decided to work on it for the sake of myself.

when it comes to checking if it exists, sites like producthunt, g2 could come in handy. i personally like to 'reverse search' my ideas on twitter, reddit and hn.

about building it fi it exists, if i can see any clear major differanciator i'd build it anyway.

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