Product Haunts
A graveyard for discontinued projects and failed startups
Product Haunts Overview
Product Haunts is a unique digital graveyard that memorializes discontinued projects, failed startups, and abandoned ideas. This platform serves as both a historical archive and a learning resource for entrepreneurs, product developers, and innovators. The website documents various projects across different categories (AI, E-commerce, Productivity, etc.), showing what they were, why they failed, and who created them. It provides valuable insights into the competitive landscape and common pitfalls in product development. The site offers a sobering yet educational look at the reality of product failures in the tech and business world.
Product Haunts Screenshot
Product Haunts Official screenshot of the tool interface
Product Haunts Core Features
Project Memorials
Detailed listings of discontinued projects including their original purpose, creation date, creator information, and cause of failure. Each entry serves as a complete case study of a product that didn't make it.
Failure Analysis
Each project includes a 'Cause of Death' section that explains why the product failed or was discontinued. This provides valuable learning opportunities for other entrepreneurs.
Emotional Reactions
Visitors can react to each project with emotional responses like RIP, Sad, Shocked, LOL, Confused, or Respect, creating a community response to each failure.
Project Filtering
The platform allows filtering projects by various criteria including date, category (AI, E-commerce, etc.), and status (Discontinued, Abandoned).
Original Links
Where available, the site provides links to the original project websites or demos, allowing visitors to see remnants of the failed projects.
Product Haunts Use Cases
Entrepreneurial Research
Aspiring entrepreneurs can study past failures to understand common pitfalls and avoid making similar mistakes in their own ventures.
Product Development Learning
Product managers and developers can analyze why certain products failed despite their innovative concepts, helping them make better decisions in their current projects.
Market Analysis
Business analysts can use the graveyard to identify saturated markets or concepts that have repeatedly failed, helping guide investment decisions.
Educational Resource
Business professors can use real-world examples from Product Haunts to teach students about product lifecycles and failure modes.
How to Use Product Haunts
Browse through the graveyard of projects displayed in reverse chronological order of their discontinuation.
Read the project description to understand what the product was intended to do and who created it.
Examine the 'Cause of Death' to learn why the project failed or was abandoned.
Click 'Visit Website' if you want to explore any remaining traces of the original project.
Leave an emotional reaction (RIP, Sad, Shocked, etc.) to share your feelings about the project's demise.