1mo ago
Most founders treat categories like labels.Product Hunt treats them like distribution.
Categories weren t added to classify products.They were added because one global feed stopped working.Too much noise. Too little intent.
Your category decides:
who sees you
how you re evaluated
the quality of feedback you get
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It did for us.3 customers came to @Flexprice last week. No ads, no cold DMs. Just conversations.
Most people treat Product Hunt as a one-day spike. I treat it like a community of builders.
We launched Flexprice last year and learned (the hard way) what works here and what doesn t.So now I keep it simple:
I support makers launching on Product Hunt for free I give honest product feedback as a real user I help with launch strategy when useful
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2mo ago
I looked into a few of their launches and what stood out wasn t a secret hack.It was how little they tried to launch.
Their tagline isn t hype.It s literal. Write, edit, and chat about your code with AI.
No buzzwords. No promises. Just what it does.
The pattern is simple:
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