... Last week, @Kilo Code launched for the fourth time on Product Hunt, introducing a new VS

... teamed up with Vercel and we want you shipping this Friday. May 15 is Vercel Day. Launch your product on Product Hunt that day with the Vercel Day tag and you're on the official Vercel Day leaderboard alongside every other builder going live that day. Top launches

... teamed up with @Y Combinator or to give builders one more chance. Launch on Product Hunt this Friday, tag your post "YC application" @gustaf will personally review the top launches

... Just launch. The market will tell you what it wants." That advice sounds brave. It sounds like action. It is wrong. The market does tell you what it wants. It tells you by ignoring you. By not buying. By churning. By the time you hear that feedback, you have already spent months building, thousands of dollars, and a lot of goodwill with your team. The research backs this up. A study of over 80,000 new product introductions found that ... ... roughly one in four new products failed to survive one year after launch

... launched on Product Hunt on April 9, 2026. From this launch

... TwelveLabs just introduced Pegasus 1.5, their most significant leap in generative video AI, transforming video into a queryable, structured data asset. They're launching today on Product Hunt . Fun fact: This is their 2nd official launch

... side. More and more founders are building it now (sometimes even before the product is ready while it's still in development, before seed fundraising). The CEO builds their position so the product sells more easily at the official launch. But I have experience with people who built the product, scaled it, and only then did we discover who was behind it. Honestly, with the first approach, I'd be concerned that people invest more in me as a person ... ... Which opens the question: Which approach brings more advantages in your opinion? Comment from Marjorie Poon(@marjoriepoon): From my experience in PR and marketing for founders across different industries, it really depends on the type of product you are launching

... trying something new on Thursday: Alpha Day . The idea is simple. If this is the first time you re launching your product anywhere, you can tag it alpha and get a boost to your points (and land on a special leaderboard). This is for the genuinely fresh stuff. The products that are just getting out into the world. The ones that still need feedback, still have rough edges, and are way more interesting because of it. We re also putting ... ... more weight on comments. So if you try an Alpha product and leave a thoughtful comment, it matters more. And if you re a maker, jumping in and commenting on other Alpha launches

... Honestly launched this past Monday and we ended up Top 4 with 350+ upvotes and 40+ comments. It doesn t feel real, because: 1. The support we received from hundreds of strangers across the internet was incredible, and we are beyond grateful for it. 2. We didn t plan this launch

... Last month, I went down a rabbit hole. Product Hunt launches are every founder's obsession. Everyone wants to know the secret formula. So I used Rankfender to analyze 1,000 Product Hunt launches

... community. Yesterday we launched ClawSecure and landed #2 Product of the Day ClawSecure is the free security scanner for OpenClaw AI agent skills. But I'm not here to pitch. I just want to share real traffic numbers and what I actually learned from our Product Hunt launch

... missed one important thing. Our whole team is in one timezone . If you look at the Product of the Day race, it s basically a 24-hour marathon . If the same people handle it the entire time, competitors with better timezone coverage can move ahead in just a few hours. Right now we re #2 and pushing for #1 , so we re still very much in the race. That s basically how I look right now after 13+ hours ... ... launch

... could flip that entire process? What if customers committed their money first , and you only produced what was already sold? This isn't a fantasy; it's the modern blueprint for scaling ecommerce. You can orchestrate massive, community-driven launches directly from your own Shopify store allowing you to keep your brand equity, own your customer data, and protect your margins. The Problem Nobody Talks About Every Shopify store owner faces the same trap: You spend money before you make ... ... with 500 unsold units. You can't build hype. A static product page with an "Add to Cart" button doesn't create excitement. There's no urgency, no community, no momentum. This is why 9 out of 10 product launches

... still sitting on your launch, this is the push. YC made a special exception for this community: one or more companies that launch

... After launch day, something interesting happens. You start seeing clearly all the things you should have done before it. The most common regrets I hear: skipping the outreach entirely launching

... only a small number of users have tried the product so far. Because of that, we're not fully sure what the experience looks like from a user's perspective or what areas still need improvement. Before our official launch, we want to make sure the product delivers a good experience, so we'd really appreciate any feedback, suggestions, or ideas from the community. Overview: Understand Your Brand s AI Position in One Minute The Overview module has a very ... ... just exposure, but the degree to which AI treats your brand as a credible source . Share of Voice (SOV): Represents your brand s voice share within AI narratives the probability that AI mentions your brand rather than a competitor

... Your Next Store is back on @Product Hunt , launching their AI-first platform for ecom. Fun fact: This is their 3rd launch

... would say more like a medium/technique). But many have it like the whole strategy, and after not meeting the goal, they completely give it up. What are your realistic expectations for this platform, and how do you adapt the launch to this goal? + What are your results? (aka will it come true)? [question for those who already launched

... There are so many launches on Product Hunt every day. How do you decide which ones are worth clicking into? What s your #1 filter or shortcut? Is it: the name or tagline the thumbnail whether it s relevant to your work or just whether it feels instantly clear? ps1: Not sure? Open this week s PH leaderboard and see which launch

... recently saw a marketer with 10k+ followers launch and finish 6th with 348 upvotes. They followed a proper pre-launch

... Today I received a question about proper launch preparation: Nika, how long should this take us? And I didn t have a clear answer. Because I remember people who built a landing page five days before launch

... First of all, I want to thank you for voting for us in yesterday's launch - you still can, the week is not over. HERE Second thing, I summarised some things that I realised, reflected on, and maybe should have known sooner: There is still a large, strong supporting community in the first place. ( @marclou , who is widely known and has 263k followers on X, showed us this yesterday none of us had a chance) Asking for help ... ... Reddit didn't help that much. People in WA groups are supportive; they even respond by saying that they voted. It would definitely help if we had an external hunter (and not just me) It would help if we launched

... coding assistant @Kilo Code launched again. This was their 3rd launch

... getting ready for our second Product Hunt launch on Jan 31 , and a post by @busmark_w_nika got me thinking. What to do (that we didn't do the first time): Plan your launch

... know this topic has been here a million times (and people will still ask me a few more times after that). I personally see advantages in both cases, but maybe one more advantage when it comes to launching during the week. Very briefly: Launching