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Sélim Benayat

Bento - A link in bio, but rich and beautiful

Your personal page to show everything you are, create, and sell. Bento makes it fun and delightful to tell your story by beautifully displaying all your content and links. Show the world who you are and start your journey today.

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Sélim Benayat
Hey Product Hunt, I’m Sélim, co-founder and CEO at Bento. Today, we are super excited to launch Bento, your personal page to show everything you are, create, and sell. 🍱 ✨ We’ve worked on it for the past few months in close collaboration with the early Bento community, and now we feel ready to show it to all of you! For the next 48h we are thrilled to onboard the product hunt community. 🥳 Use the Invite Code: PHXBENTO23 ..and be quick -the good user names are still up for grabs ... also, the code has a finite counter 🤫 🍱 The main idea At Bento, we believe everyone deserves a beautiful personal page to showcase themselves in the best light – everything they are, create, and sell. We see you and your content as the star, and Bento is the stage. You perform, and Bento sets the lights and pulls the curtain. We help the internet focus on what matters – you. ✨ With that – let’s talk about your audience, the spectators. We feel strongly about helping you build, grow, and connect with your audience and peers. We do that by helping you tell a differentiated, inspiring, and coherent story – this helps create delightful viewing experiences and more engaging communication with your audiences and peers. In that sense, Bento helps to establish context around you, your work, your socials, and all other relevant content you decide to show. Ultimately, our vision is to deliver more communication and social features to make Bento the stage you deserve and help you get all the exposure . 🐥 🍱 The Bento Experience Bento’s design helps in creating beautiful and consistent viewing experiences and at the same time makes it fun and delightful to create. Simply drag-and-drop photos, videos, products, or socials links. 🧙 Start dragging, resizing, or showing your links and content in rich detail. With Bento, your links become much more than line items; they are beautiful and can have deep platform integrations to help you show your personality at one glance. Also, we believe it’s fun – as hobby game developers, we paid particular attention to physics and making movement of objects as smooth as possible. 🎮 🍱 What sets Bento apart We focus on personalization and customizability while keeping a consistent appearance for the viewer. You can add: 🪄 any links you like. Literally. Not just platforms – anything. Be creative. 🤳 any pictures, videos, or gifs. - even as avatars. Try it. 🎨 fully customizable link previews. 🤯 smart widgets for several different platforms, such as: Tweet embeds, subscribe for Substack, or show the latest videos for YouTube, or a quick upvote for ProductHunt ;) And the best part – it’s all free. 🍱 What’s to come In line with helping anyone have a beautiful and consistent personal page to show how they are and their work we will focus on audience and social-focused features next. Bento 1.0 was all about profile creation and curation. Bento 2.0 will be all about audience engagement and networking. 👨🏻‍💻 People have been saying we ship fast – stay tuned, we’re not going to slow down!
Madeleine Debney
@drmanhatta love this product, congrats and keep the features rollinggggg
Sélim Benayat
@madeleine_debney thanks so much!!🥰🥹 You bet - we're on it!! 🧙
Valerie Krämer
@drmanhatta @nalden cheers!!!! ✨
Paolo De Giglio 🚀
Congrats on the launch of Bento on Product Hunt! 🙌 It looks like a great way to help create beautiful, consistent viewing experiences for people everywhere. 🤩 I'm excited to see what use cases you come up with for this new platform! Are there any features or details you'd like to share that really set it apart from other platforms? 🤔 Your mission to make the internet focus on what matters — you — is an important one, and I'm excited to see what new possibilities Bento brings to the table! 💯 Keep up the amazing work! 🤩
Eike Drescher
@paolo_degiglio Your support means a lot, Paolo! We just launched rich integrations for the most popular platforms such as Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube today 😊
Paolo De Giglio 🚀
@eikedrescher I LOVE IT, you can find me on Bento BTW 🚀
Valerie Krämer
@paolo_degiglio Thank you 💜
Valerie Krämer
@eikedrescher @paolo_degiglio what's your Bento URL? 😻
Denis Galka
Hey there! Congrats on the recent launch of Bento on the Product Hunt! 🎉 Looks very interesting. I decided to try. But I faced an issue. On the "Now, create your account" screen there is an error message "Invite code cannot be redeemed." displays when you filed all necessary fields and try to proceed. I used the PHXBENTO23 invite code. Please fix it
Valerie Krämer
@denis_galka Oh no, thanks for reporting and sorry about that! We're looking into it right now so that you can get a taste of Bento as soon as possible 💜✨
Denis Galka
@valerie_kramer It's ok, no worries. Things happen. Just let me know when you'll fix it.
Valerie Krämer
@denis_galka will do!
Valerie Krämer
@denis_galka Fixed! Go to bento.me/signup?ref=producthunt and try again :) let me know if you need any further help.
Valerie Krämer
@denis_galka Great to hear! 💜
Timofey Shmatovich
I think this "shelf concept" is the future of all apps! Congrats on the launch! 👍
Eike Drescher
@ultrablaster We see big potential here! Thank you for being a part of the journey, Timofey :)
Sélim Benayat
@ultrablaster Timofey, love the framing!
Dmitry Pavlov
Hi! Congrats on the launch! Is it possible to use Bento as a portfolio page?
Eike Drescher
@pavlin Thanks a ton, Dmitry! It's definitely possible to use Bento as a portfolio page, and lots of people already do! You can find some of the coolest ones on https://bento.me/explore in the section "Inspiring Portfolios" 😊 Any specific features you can think of that you would want so that bento can become your portfolio? :)
Raph Grieco
I have been using BENTO for several weeks as my catch-all linkinbio and I love the look and feel, you can check it out: https://bento.me/rphgrc. Congrats to the team ! Keep pushing and shipping like crazy
Valerie Krämer
@rphgrc you and your Bento are stars, Raph!! Thanks for all your amazing support ❤️‍🔥 Check out bento.me/rphgrc ✨
Eike Drescher
@rphgrc Thanks for your support, Raph! Your Bento looks sick 👌
Yash Banka
I have been following the team's progress with great interest, and I am impressed by their ability to build both a great product and a highly engaged community from the very beginning. Their willingness to listen to feedback and their quick implementation of good ideas demonstrate their commitment to their users. Kudos to @drmanhatta @valerie_kramer @gumbee @eikedrescher for their excellent work. In the past, I have been skeptical of using link-in-bio tools because they can dilute the user experience. However, Bento is a welcome exception to this rule. The clean and straightforward layout places the most important content front and center, creating a streamlined and enjoyable experience for the visitor. I highly recommend giving it a try.
Valerie Krämer
@yash_banka wow, Yash!!! Speechless right now 🥹🫶🏼 Thanks for all your support and such wonderful words. We love your Bento ❤️‍🔥 bento.me/yashbanka
Sélim Benayat
@yash_banka Yash - thanks so so much for taking the time and write such a nice note about Bento. 🥰 As you mentioned - we try to make Bento as delightful, fun, and beautiful as possible so that your content can shine and get noticed. Super happy that people agree with this approach and understand its value 🥳
Umar | SaaS Guy
Impressive launch - this looks like a great way to showcase yourself and your work. I'm curious, what was the impetus behind making Bento free? What is the long-term plan for monetization?
Sélim Benayat
@heyumarkhan Hey there - thanks for the question. One of our product principles we're following is to allow anyone to have a beautiful and delightful personal page! We can't do that if we start charging for that. So what we are currently thinking is to take a small fee for transactions that might start happening on Bento. Meaning if we help our users make more money, it feels fair to take a small commission from that :)
Greg Gotsis
@heyumarkhan @drmanhatta How have you thought about the payments space? What commerce experiences do you think would be valued in Bento? Shopify comes to mind :)
Vova Zhadanov
Amazing project! I realy like this block system, similar to iOS widgets)
Eike Drescher
@capitan_kakao it is similar in that sense for sure! We actually looked at the iOS grid behaviour while building ours from scratch, but think we came up with something easier to use 😊 Thanks for your support!
Tatiana Voronkina
Congratulations on the launch! How cool a personal page looks, bright and individual. The page doesn't look like boring tables. Also page is dynamic and mobile. So nice
Eike Drescher
@tatiankav Means a lot, Tatiana! That's exactly what we wanted to achieve, and we have so much more planned :)
Sélim Benayat
@tatiankav Tatiana - exactly!! We want to keep it modern, fresh, fun, and elegant! So happy you like it :D
Alyssa Chua
Congrats on the launch! Totally recommending Bento to everyone!
Sélim Benayat
@thewriterlyz wow, Alyssa - means the world to us!! Thanks so much for your support 🥹🥰
Valerie Krämer
@thewriterlyz Your so kind, Alyssa!!! Thank you 💜 Your Bento looks lovely ✨
Anton Shakirov
I have been thinking of creating my own website for these purposes for a long time, but you have solved all my problems at once. Thank you, a very cool product! https://bento.me/antonshakirov
Valerie Krämer
@antonshakirov wow, so happy to hear, Anton!!! Feel free to share your Bento here once finished. Would love to see it 😻
Mugeeb Hassan
@antonshakirov Wow love to hear that! Looking forward to seeing your awesome personal page on Bento! 😊🍱
Anton Shakirov
@gumbee To start, we made a page for our design studio Method Zero 🤗 https://bento.me/methodzero
Mugeeb Hassan
@antonshakirov Nice!! Lovely illustrations! 🎨
flo merian
seems like Bento has the potential to succeed where about.me, bio link and others failed -- showcasing your best online profiles in an elegant, delightful way. congrats on the launch, @drmanhatta, @valerie_kramer and team. keep up your great work 👏👏
Sélim Benayat
@valerie_kramer @fmerian Thanks so much for the kind note, Flo. We'll keep on shipping in that direction!! ✨
Valerie Krämer
@drmanhatta @fmerian Let's make it happen!!! Appreciate your support, Flo 🔥
Harshit Khemani
Congratulations on the launch 🔥
Eike Drescher
@harshitkhemani Thank you, Harshit! Did you see we also launched rich information for Twitter, YouTube, Github, and Instagram links today? 😊
Valerie Krämer
@harshitkhemani thank you so so much, Harshit!! Gotta love your Bento, Harshit! ❤️‍🔥 🫶🏼 https://bento.me/harshitkhemani
Majdi Rabia
I love the flexibility and UX it provides to showcase one's personal brand across multiple channels ! Is it possible to add a LinkedIn follow button like you did for Github and Instagram for instance ? https://bento.me/majdi-rabia Awesome job :)
Sélim Benayat
@majdi_rabia Majdi, awesome to have you on, Bento! Yes, we are working on that .. turns out LinkedIn is not as easy to implement as we thought haha 🤓 👨🏻‍💻
Valerie Krämer
@majdi_rabia Love your Bento, Majdi!!
Catalina Melnic
Congratulations on your launch on Product Hunt! 😍 I an a big fan of Bento and I hope more people will discover your amazing product 🤩
Eike Drescher
@catalina_melnic Means so much to the whole team, thank you Catalina! 😊🙏
Mugeeb Hassan
@catalina_melnic Thank you Catalina! Love your awesome Bento! 🔥 http://bento.me/data
Valerie Krämer
@catalina_melnic Your Bento is just mindblowing, Catalina!!! Thanks for supporting us 😻🫶🏼
Thilo Konzok
Congrats on the launch :)
Valerie Krämer
@thilokonzok Thanks for all your amazing support from Day 1, Thilo!!! ❤️‍🔥
Mubeen Masudi
Congratulations on the launch. Such a beautiful product. Signed up and started using it right-away. Such an improvement over existing link in bios which seem to be optimized for Only Fans :-D Would recommend 10/10
Valerie Krämer
@mubeen woooow, means a lot to our small team to hear 🥹💜
Victor Gorovoy
It can be used as interactive CV. Great idea, guys. Wish you best luck on the way 🚀 🚀 🚀 Also, very clean design which is a big plus ✨ Be waiting for updates.
Valerie Krämer
@victor_gorovoy yessss, absolutely!!! Tons of different use cases already, here's some more inspiration: bento.me/explore
Isaac Murasaki
Congrats on the launch! First impression, it looks beautiful. Other link in bio platforms have subpar desktop experience, but Bento’s really nice. Excited to see Bento part 2.
Sélim Benayat
@isaacmurasaki Isaac - we're so happy you like Bento's desktop experience! We've put in a lot of love when crafting it as we believe the details matter 🥰
Valerie Krämer
@isaacmurasaki thanks so much, Isaac!! we'll keep shipping! 🚢🚢🚢