Building an MCP server is one thing. Getting developers to discover and use it is another. BuyWhere — a product search MCP server that lets AI agents search 11M+ products across Singapore, SEA, and US markets — hit 2,184 weekly npm downloads with zero paid distribution, zero Twitter threads, and zero cold outreach. Here is what we learned. The Package npx -y @buywhere/mcp-server Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode BuyWhere gives AI agents 6 MCP tools: Tool What it does search_products Search by keyword, category, price, region get_product Full product details by ID compare_prices Side-by-side of 2-5 products get_price Current prices across all merchants get_affiliate_link Click-tracked affiliate URL get_catalog Product category taxonomy Works with Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline, Windsurf, OpenCode, Codex, Continue.dev — any MCP-compatible client. What Drove Growth (Without Distribution) 1.…