We'll be launching CollabClub soon and one of the decisions we have to make is which day of the week to launch the product.
Just wondering this:
What day did you launch and why?
We haven't launched yet and are going through a lot of the same considerations - I'd personally prioritize users over position so I'm leaning towards Wednesday.
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@paul_vanzandt It's a good idea to focus on the product priorities rather than the prestige 😀
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and the busy days where you will get a lot of traffic. Then weekends are less busy, but then again you might make it to top 5 because less busy also means, less competition.
Thursday, because there is supposed to be most traffic. We are currently on #6 so I don’t feel it was 100% worth it. Goal was definitely twofold as well. But pulling it off in a little more than a week from idea too launch was too quick in the end.
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@jan_beisheim A week does sound a little short but well done on the #6 position!
The right day depends on your goal
• Tue-Thu are high traffic, high competition days on PH
• M, F, Sa, and Sun are lower traffic, and easier to make it to the top of the leaderboard
Our goal was Top Product, so we launched on Monday… and it worked!!
https://www.producthunt.com/post...
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@samdebrule I loved your launch. Yeah we're launching a two sided marketplace so a high traffic day would be good for the product more than anything else...
If your goal is to get product of the day then the day is not too important. If it is too get product of the week or month then posting on Tuesday/wednesday/thursday are your best bets as there is more traffic. So you are at an advantage against those who post on other days.
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@pablo_fatas Thanks for sharing, hadn't really thought about the product of the week/month - something else to bear in mind
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@maxwellcdavis No problem. One thing to consider is that if your goal is Product of the Day that might be a bit easier on the other days as some of the big hitters or good products hoping to aim high might be on the higher traffic days :)
If I am done with the project, the next thing I do is to fill up the launch form and simply launch.
Why wait? For what?
I launch 16 tools and because they are useful
If we assess last month's data,
Thursday was the most engaging day.
Thursday had,
- ~32887 votes (at least 10k votes ahead of second-most engaging Tuesday),
- ~154 posts,
- ~6452k comments in the discussion.
Also, the majority of the products are launched early in the morning
You can see more of these trends on https://statsph.com/
I bet for Sunday as a safer option: I'm not outstandingly good at building up votes, so I looked for milder competition, when every product on the home page rather speaks for itself.
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@philippkaretov Yeah the appeal of getting product of the day is very tempting!
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