i start many projects by cloning the site of the closest competitor to what i want to achieve then start swapping out logos and copy and experiment / iterate. O

i start many projects by cloning the site of the closest competitor to what i want to achieve then start swapping out logos and copy and experiment / iterate. Of course that does not mean this will launch until there is a USP and all original code is replaced. Most of these projects look very different by that time or are just learnings that go into the next phase. Are you sure this is not a similar pre launch thing? Its good to have an eye on what links you get in but obsessing over these kind of things can be more hurtful than what you fear. also any reason to not share a link? these things are always super interesting to see. also if someone would contact my hoster without reaching out to me first i would be upset, i hope you tried that first? just one last anecdote: once i discovered the work to replicate the backend was far too high and i could not add enough value to justify a complete new product so i wrote up all my improvements and biz dev results for the company and just sent it to them to use as they wish, they liked it so much they implemented nearly everything. this is probably a rare case but example that not every cloning means evil intent. this is kind of what web development is about.