How to get a great launch on Product hunt?
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I've been lurking on Product Hunt for a while before launching my own app today.
One pattern I keep noticing: products with bigger teams — or at least teams that look bigger — tend to dominate the leaderboard.
More makers = more built-in upvoters on day one.
EDIT: THIS IS FROM A SOLO DEV :(
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As a solo maker i really feel this. building the product is one thing getting people to notice it is another.
the first few hours seem really important. a bigger team can create that early push more easily.
A bigger team usually means a bigger network to activate from day one. If several people are sharing the launch on LinkedIn, X, Slack groups, communities, or directly reaching out to people they already know, the distribution compounds pretty quickly.
For a solo developer, one person has to build the product, prepare the launch, post everywhere, reply to comments, reach out to people, and keep the momentum going at the same time.
So yeah, I think what you’re seeing might partly just be the natural result of how resources and attention get distributed. In those crucial first few hours, bigger teams can spread the launch workload across more people, while solo makers have to do everything themselves.
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