... comments that need responding, your most notable voters, where your product ranks and how much time is left in the day. Fun fact: @Product Hunt launched this feature 6 years ago . /products/{yourProduct}/launch-day 01:01:AM:PST -- new milestone: 100 points Product Hunt is a great place for developer tools to launch -- a place where many dev-first, open-source products like @Kilo Code launched successfully: @Supabase (16 launches, 20 awards) @Langfuse (4 launches, 5 awards) or @Metabase ... ... launches, 2 awards) for example. 02:57:AM:PST -- new milestone

... people who have ever signed up. Below are a few approaches I ve seen work well, along with some that haven t been as effective. Whats Worked for Me Upgrade banners within the product Re-engagement emails for inactive users Milestone-based emails Short video demos Keeping active online communities What Hasn't Worked as Well Affiliate Links Overloading users with notifications Paywalls before getting meaningful usage Too many CTAs As I'm looking to keep my users engaged ... ... like the entire internet will become auto-attendants. My company One Pager is entirely based on putting the human first for better outreach and engagement of customer relationships, it may be helpful for your project as well. For milestone

... what I call "Shadow Admin": drafting manual contracts, compliance checks, and chasing invoices. The concept: I m building a platform (Laravel + Next.js) that syncs the legal contract directly with Stripe Connect. Ideally, it works like this: You set milestones. Client funds the project upfront. Money is routed automatically only when the milestone

... promotion through product hunt? Comment from Lera Leonteva(@lera_leonteva): @akarshjha03  thanks! Comment from Viktoriia (@virtualviki): Congrats! First 100 is huge - that's when it stops feeling like "maybe this works" and starts feeling real. Chasing the same milestone myself right now. The early feedback phase is exhausting but also the best part. Good luck with the next 100! Comment from Akarsh Jha(@akarshjha03): @virtualviki  Thank you so much! Totally agree, those first 100 change everything. Wishing ... ... same momentum for your milestone

... Trivia works because it: Forces active participation Provides instant feedback Feels lightweight instead of academic But trivia alone isn t enough. We structured quizzes so they: Escalate difficulty gradually Lock rewards behind fair session rules Tie achievements to real milestones, not spam attempts This prevented the repeat quiz for rewards loophole that kills most gamified apps. Reward Systems: Where Most Apps Get It Wrong One of the biggest mistakes in gamified platforms is reward inflation . If users can: Retry endlessly ... ... building anything habit-based, I strongly recommend thinking about offline-first flows early. Progress Tracking That Actually Motivates We didn t want dashboards full of numbers nobody understands. So we designed progress tracking around: Clear visual milestones

... deliver better ROI than paid search, which has become increasingly expensive and competitive. Trial Intelligence : We provide behavioral analytics you can't get from your own trial - comparative shopping patterns, feature prioritization across your category, and benchmarking against competitors. Think of us as a qualified pipeline channel, not a marketing expense. Q: How do you solve the cold start problem? Most marketplaces fail because they can't get critical mass on both sides. A: Our go-to-market strategy addresses ... ... entire trial lifecycle: Pre-trial: Intent verification and BANT qualification Use case mapping to ensure product-user fit Negotiated trial terms (extended periods, enterprise features) During trial: Guided onboarding paths based on user's stated goals Progress tracking and milestone

... Product Hunt I wanted to share a small milestone from SeaGames our ad-free browser games platform and say thanks to everyone here. In the last 30 days (GA4 screenshot above): 121K active users ( 39.6% vs

... everyone, I wanted to share a quick milestone for my Chrome extension Showesome Screen Recorder . Over the last 2 days, users grew from 19 59 . Not huge by some standards, but for a solo project, it s really encouraging. Here s what I ve learned so far: Constantly iterating and pushing updates keeps early users engaged. Sharing the extension in communities like IndieHackers, Reddit, Product Hunt, and X helps drive early traction. Clear messaging around privacy, simplicity, and no signup ...

... everyone, sharing a small but meaningful milestone. BeamUp finally got its first paid user , 5 months after launch. What made this really special is that the user came in organically , started using BeamUp with Google Drive, and upgraded on their own, without me reaching out or changing any messaging beforehand. BeamUp is a no-code upload portal that lets people receive large files directly into their cloud storage, no servers, no backend, no retention. Here s what surprised me: Even ... ... though someone understood BeamUp well enough to upgrade, I realized many visitors weren t actually understanding the core value from the landing page. The concept is simple once it clicks, but unfamiliar at first glance. So this milestone

... certain reminder of the people that aren't there anymore to enjoy it with us. These experiences led me to build AlwaysWith.us . Over the years of trying to honor and remember so many people I ve lost, and hitting milestone after milestone

... Meku just crossed 10,000 registered users, it's a big milestone for us and hits different The AI coding and dev tool space is loud and very competitive, but seeing so many people try Meku and actually stay shows we re building something that genuinely helps devs and teams ship faster and build better web apps Massive love to the Meku team for grinding and polishing every day, and heartfelt thanks to our early users for trusting what ... ... creating We re still early, moving fast, and this milestone

... read everything. Small reminder: The 25% OFF launch promo is still active until the end of November: PRODUCTHUNT25 - Dan Founder of BlogBowl Comment from Jo Rangel(@jo_rangel): Awesome! Great work. Getting feedback and finding bugs are big milestones. Keep it up. Comment from Daniil Poletaev(@danshipit): @jo_rangel  yeah, exactly, I m very happy to receive feedback, even ...

... first product @AI-Researched Social Media Post Ideas on Product Hunt! It's a first of its kind where it helps you bridge the gap between your posts and your niche audience. It helps you discover topics that your competitors haven't yet started to talk about. Post about what your audience wants to hear, not what you want to hear them. It s a huge milestone

... Fifteen years a major milestone and yet it has arrived so quickly. From the very beginning, Designmodo was rooted in the passion of an enthusiast determined to bring value to the digital world an idea that became a small blog featuring tutorials and design resources. Over time, step by step, it grew into a platform, then into a family of tools, and finally into a global team and community. And despite all these transformations and evolutions over ... ... those projects that wasn t on our roadmap five years ago but appeared naturally from our understanding of digital workflows. It was born from a simple observation: most existing monitoring tools were overpriced and overcomplicated. We built an alternative

... feel (smooth, immersive flow) or AI logic depth (smarter matching + personalization). For those who ve shipped vibe-heavy or AI-integrated products what worked better for you early on? Curious to hear how you approached this tradeoff: polish vs intelligence in early MVP stages. (Promise to share more once I hit the public milestone

... comments that need responding, your most notable voters, where your product ranks and how much time is left in the day. Fun fact: @Product Hunt launched this feature 6 years ago . /products/{yourProduct}/launch-day 01:11:AM:PST new milestone: 100 points Product Hunt is a great place for developer tools to launch a place where many dev-first products launched successfully: @Supabase , @Mintlify , and @Inngest , to name a few. It helps raise awareness, get feedback, and collect testimonials ... ... founder of Luden.io, for example. QA.tech is the first tool that has figured out how to test our video games by using WASD movement and performing in-game actions. Oleg Chumakov, CEO of Luden.io 01:35:AM:PST new milestone

... Today I celebrate a big milestone . 365 days in a row active on Product Hunt. Honestly, quite a number given how many things happened in my life this year, it feels like I could write a book about it. But consistency takes effort. Here are 3 things that helped me: 1.Make PH a daily habit. Have it both on your phone and computer/laptop. It should feel natural to open it every single day. 2. Be active in the forums/interact with ... ... best example. Why it s worth it? You meet incredible people. Founders with unique experiences. People with +999999 amount of knowledge and skills. You discover amazing products the moment they launch. You're one step ahead of every competitor

... wastes time for both sides. Buyers drop off. Sales reps chase leads that aren t ready. That frustration - for me, my teams, and my customers - became the spark for Qudemo. Our mission: make demos interactive, human, and memorable. Launch Milestone We launched Qudemo on Product Hunt, last Wednesday and we wrapped up the day as the #8 Product of the Day. For us, this was a huge milestone

... Ilai Szpiezak(@ilaiszp): @tetiana_hryshmanovska  Thank you so much! Hopefully this is only the beginning! Please go and give Pretty Prompt a go , open to any feedback! Comment from Andrei Tudor(@andreitudor14): Wow, congratulations - that's an amazing milestone after just 3 months! What's next for Pretty Prompt? Comment from Sheraz Abdul Hayee(@sheraz_abdul_hayee): @ilaiszp Thats a great milestone

... www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0ZkfAmZbyo When Apple introduced Accessibility Nutrition Labels in iOS 26, it marked an important milestone. These labels help users know if an app is inclusive - and one guideline that really stood out to me is Differentiate Without Color Alone. The idea is simple: apps shouldn t rely only on color to convey meaning. Red vs

... platforms after getting tired of juggling multiple billing portals and surprise charges from forgotten automations. We recently tried our first organic launch on PH a few days ago as well so thank you to everyone who upvoted and/or commented! Milestone Update: First Paying Subscribers! Just hit two major milestones

... thrilled to announce that PixelUnion.eu , our privacy-first photo startup from Europe, has reached an incredible milestone: 3,000 users! What makes this achievement even more special is that every single user joined organically without ads, outside funding, or even an official launch. This is a testament to the growing demand for tools that prioritize privacy and simplicity. PixelUnion.eu offers a clean, web-based alternative

... higher traffic and people are more active, so it s a good time to discuss more complex topics, product-related discussions, solving problems, and providing insights. Product Forums Any time there's a product launch, update, new feature, or milestone achieved (when the milestone

... when I spent 10 hours doing documentation?!" or "How did I not know about this my whole life?" Within a couple weeks of release, we saw blog posts about Scribe in eight different languages. Our small team would celebrate milestones like hitting 50,000 users "That's enough to fill a stadium!" we'd exclaim. "That's bigger than my hometown!" To those early adopters who stuck with us through our most raw and unpolished days: you are Hall ... ... Paul! (Yes, we keep doing that.) We no longer know every user by name, but each one of you has shaped Scribe into what it is today. In many ways, reaching four million feels the same as those early milestones

... that gap by: Natural-language blueprints Describe your app in plain English ( Build a social-media photo feed with React and Supabase ) and instantly get a structured backlog of epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria ([DEV Community][1]). Dynamic milestones & tasks Break down your blueprint into milestones