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Jean-Patrick Labouyrie

PodLink - Easily share your favorite podcasts with anyone

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Grab a handy link to your favorite podcast with easy buttons to subscribe in all the major podcast apps. If you want an easy-to-read URL, claim a vanity link for your show. Use the code PRODUCTHUNT at checkout for 50% off.

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Nathan Gathright
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Hi ProductHunt, I really love listening to podcasts. But I've noticed most podcast hosts don't know what they need to do to grow their audience. I hear so many hosts recommend listeners subscriber "wherever you download podcasts" without giving the listener a clear path forward. Hopefully this little side project will make that a bit easier.
Chris Messina
@nathang really well done and simple. Love the design and simple checkout process! What tech did you use to build it?
Nathan Gathright
Maker
@chrismessina Thanks! The checkout is all handled with Chargebee on top of Stripe. (It was initially Plasso till they shut down) The rest of the app is written in Vue.js on the Nuxt framework. All the data is from the iTunes lookup API or pulled straight from the podcast's feed!
Jonathan Baillie Strong
Pretty neat, there's definitely a need for this! Any chance you could also include Soundcloud links eventually? Another thing you could consider is including the words 'for free' - as in 'subscribe for free'. New podcast listeners often still don't realize that they are free h/t https://twitter.com/MattCundill/...
Nathan Gathright
Maker
@jonbstrong If there's an API I can hit to get the SoundCloud URL, then I could probably figure it out. Otherwise, it would have to be a premium feature for shows that claim a custom URL. (That's on my current roadmap for platforms like Spotify and Stitcher)
Ryan Hoover
Nice work, @nathang. The search is super responsive. Are you using Algolia by chance? Unfortunately I searched for Product Hunt Radio (we're rebooting it soon!), This Week in Startups, and a few other podcasts I love and none are showing up.
Nathan Gathright
Maker
@rrhoover Hey there, I'm actually hitting the iTunes lookup API with every keystroke. Sometimes that causes a jamup. The path of my URL is the the iTunes ID. So you can reverse engineer any of my pages. Here's the ones you mentioned: https://pod.link/862714883 https://pod.link/315114957
Andreas Pizsa
@nathang > I'm actually hitting the iTunes lookup API with every keystroke. Sometimes that causes a jamup. Every keystroke may be a little bit too much. `debounce` can help with this, see https://stackoverflow.com/a/3504...
Nathan Gathright
Maker
@andreaspizsa Thanks, I'll get that implemented!
Harry Raymond
This is very cool @Nathang. I always send my parents Breaker podcast links and they never listen to them because they are Android people. Do you have plans to do search / sharing for individual episodes? Great product!
Nathan Gathright
Maker
@harryraymond Thanks! I'm looking into it, but haven't quite figured out how to implement it.
Keir Williams
Song.link resolves share links which are appended at the end of their domain. Any plans to do something like this for pod.link?
Nathan Gathright
Maker
@keirwilliams That's something I need to look into. It's an "all rectangles aren't squares" problem. I know I can provide valid links if I key off the iTunesID, but not necessarily if I key off the feed URL.
Marwan
"Never again say 'Find us wherever you download podcasts'". I love this line 👌
Nathan Gathright
Maker
@marawan_1997 It's the woooooorst
María Fernanda Rocha Ángeles
I can not see the Spotify icon.
Nathan Gathright
Maker
@maria_fernanda_rocha_angeles Unfortunately Spotify doesn't provide an API for me to fetch the URLs for shows. However, I have user-submitted Spotify links on my roadmap.
Krishna De
Excellent resource - thank you! Would love it if you could add Spreaker and iHeartRadio
Nathan Gathright
Maker
@krishnade Thanks for the suggestion. I'll look into it.
Maximilien Tyc
Love the idea, it’s indeed a pain to share podcasts with friends 😕 not knowing which player they are using. Thanks ! 👌
Roland Clifford
usually you can have more bad idea
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