Hello everyone! I am Anthony, the founder of Pokecut.com.
Pokecut is an AI photo editor that integrates many free, easy-to-use and user-friendly AI photo editing functions. It integrates many of our self-developed technologies. We have website online tools, and we have also launched iOS and Android. I believe that many people will have corresponding needs, and we hope to help solve everyone's needs.
Builders, for those of you who have launched on Producthunt or actively engage in comment sections; What is the ROI here? As a new user and builder myself, how do you get the most value out of this platform?
For those who've launched: How many people are actually following through with feedback, beta testing, or staying in contact long term? Are those 10-20% of people worth it? For those active in threads: How do you get value? How often does the scratch my back and I'll scratch yours exchange actually take place/help? Are you just here to scroll? If you come here looking for an answer, how much time do you spend looking for it before you go to the next platform? Is reddit the alternative? If you have any good strategies, let me know!! Would love to learn more.
These days, almost every product that launches comes with some form of AI. It's become the default AI for this, AI for that. And honestly, most of them don t really need it. The result? Everything starts to feel the same. The only real selling point becomes we use AI.
That s exactly why I started building @HumanEye because not every problem should be solved by AI. Some things, like resume reviews and career guidance, still deserve the human touch. Real feedback, from real people.
Would love to hear your thoughts:
Are we overusing AI just for the sake of hype?
Have you come across products that felt forced because of their AI features?
What are some areas where human input still matters most?
In SaaS, early user acquisition can be a major hurdle, and sometimes traditional marketing channels like ads or SEO aren t enough or cost-effective. I ve seen products like Notion leverage community-driven growth, or Airtable use referral programs deeply integrated into their onboarding to scale users organically. Similarly, Calendly grew through partnerships and embedding itself into workflows users already had.
I m curious beyond classic marketing, what s one unconventional user acquisition strategy that worked surprisingly well for your product in its early days?
Were you targeting a niche audience or solving a very specific pain point?
How did you implement and measure the success of that strategy?
Did it help you attract engaged, long-term users rather than just volume?
How did that approach evolve as your product scaled?
Would love to hear detailed examples and lessons learned from your own journeys!
I'm seeing more products launch on Product Hunt that require payment to actually use any features. No free trial, no freemium tier, just a download that leads straight to a paywall.
Part of me thinks this makes sense. If your product has real value, why give it away? People on Product Hunt understand they're looking at premium tools. Plus offering free access can attract users who will never pay anyway.
But I also see the argument for temporary free access during launch. Product Hunt users want to actually try what they're upvoting. How can they give meaningful feedback or become advocates if they hit a paywall immediately?
Tons of great products that we know and use everyday are the result of pivots. You know, sometimes the original idea just isn't working and you have to find a new niche and quick, other times you stumble on a use case that changes the whole game.
Have you ever pivoted? What's the story behind it? How successful was the pivot? I'd love to hear your stories, and potentially feature them in our newsletters!
Tons of great products that we know and use everyday are the result of pivots. You know, sometimes the original idea just isn't working and you have to find a new niche and quick, other times you stumble on a use case that changes the whole game.
Have you ever pivoted? What's the story behind it? How successful was the pivot? I'd love to hear your stories, and potentially feature them in our newsletters!
I m currently in beta with my product, and it s already evolving faster than I expected, already so many UI changes to features we thought were essential but ended up removing or altering them.
I'd love to know, for those of you who ve already launched your v1.0 or beyond...
I've been using AI tools for everything lately; writing, coding, design, research. On paper, they should be massive productivity boosters. Instead of spending hours on tasks, I can get decent results in minutes.
But I'm starting to notice a weird pattern. I spend way too much time tweaking prompts, trying different AI tools for the same task, and comparing outputs. Sometimes I'll spend 30 minutes getting the "perfect" AI generated result when I could've just done it myself in 20 minutes.
A few days ago, I read a Pinterest report stating that more and more people are searching for topics related to digital detox on the platform. I realised that I have never used this one platform as a marketing channel, there is a huge target audience from the US, and it has around 480 million monthly active users so possibly good for the digital detox app I collaborate with.
Another client wanted to promote on Tinder (tho I wasn't very convinced with such a suggestion as it was not related to the product so much).
I've been wondering is there a way to interact with people who followed your product on PH, and just noticed that every product has its own forum now. What are your experiences with this feature? Do you find it useful to remind people about your product? Did you get more active users that way?
Today s outages (Firebase, GCP, AWS, Cloudflare, etc.) weren t just isolated blips, they exposed how deeply interdependent our tools and infra have become.
When core providers stumble, the ripple effect crushes hundreds of products instantly. No deploys, no logins, no analytics, no tests just waiting.
Curious how you all think about this:
- Are you actively building for redundancy or just hoping these giants hold?
I'm planning my Product Hunt launch and getting conflicting advice. Some people say to do a soft launch first to test the waters, get initial feedback, and learn the platform. Others say you only get one shot at the spotlight, so you should wait until everything is perfect and go all-in.
The soft launch camp argues you can iterate based on feedback and launch again later with a better strategy. The all-in camp says featured products get 90% of the attention, and if you don't get featured on your main launch, you've basically wasted your shot.
