Aman Vikar

Aman Vikar

Dev-rel @flexprice
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When you launched on Product Hunt, how did you pick your category?

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

Can Product Hunt actually bring in customers after launch day?

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

Why does Cursor keep winning on Product Hunt?

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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