What is your #1 learning from launching on Product Hunt?
Sveta Bay
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We launched 4 times with MakerBox products and our #1 learning - don't plan anything on the launch day (except the launch haha).
- you'll constantly monitor the situation
- you'll talk about your launch a lot (social networks, current users, friends). It takes a lot of time
- you won't be able to think about anything else 😅
Also, we wrote an article about our launch experience https://blog.makerbox.club/how-t...
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Michael Sieb@michael_sieb
I wrote down our experience from over 10 launches.👇
It is also ranked #1 among Indie Hackers in the Product Hunt category 🥳
https://www.typestudio.co/blog/p...
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@michael_sieb Wish I had this yesterday! ParagraphAI just launched today and are trending on the home page, check us out!
After launching Collabwriting last Friday, I'd say I agree entirely with your number 1 learning 😄
The entire day was just go-go-go and it went by so fast.
Learning right now! ParagraphAI just launched today and we're trending on the home page, check us out!
TL;DR - Product Hunt is a mirror — not a door.
The biggest thing to remember about launching here - or anywhere - is that a launch here is a reflection of your current trajectory — it will NOT alter it.
For that reason; preparation is everything.
If you’re on an upwards trajectory, you have an engaged audience, enthusiasm and an exciting story to tell about a product that get’s people’s attention you will succeed here.
If your product, its audience, its founders and its persona are shy, quiet and retiring or if your growth is stagnating then that will reflect here and your launch will be anaemic and you’ll fail to hit the top 3.
I’ve tried twice in quite quick succession - with twiDAQ and with Charlie … and the outcome was extraordinarily different.
twiDAQ had no prep, has been languishing as a game for years (so had little active audience) and gained only low-level interest.
Charlie is a cute, novel idea and had the benefit of OneSub’s (its parent’s) active, engaged audience to give it a kick. As a result ProductHunt still delivers Charlie a few new users every day - months after the launch.
So remember - make sure you know it’s going to be a success before you try your luck here. You only get one chance so it pays to make it count.
Good luck!
I didn't know that the ranking really depends on your upvotes coming from existing users. I wish I knew that beforehand. I have a lot of votes but my product ranked lower than others with fewer votes because most of my voters are new to PH :( i did a ton of research before launching and hadnt come across this fact til today! check it out
https://www.producthunt.com/post...
I would say that product hunt has a community that supports your product and give an honest review, I had done two-time launch I am saying this from that perspective
Build community first!
I am preparing for a launch at the moment, and I realized that you should be consistently active on Product Hunt even months before your launch. It takes time to build a network and reach out to the right people but it worths. 🚀
Hi, congratulations on your product launch. If you want me to review your product, ping me- thesoftwareguy1994 at gmail.com