What are the most remarkable outcomes when being present on Product Hunt?
I remember the era when people on X started gossiping that this platform is dead. (IMO, they were just angry that some rules had changed and they weren't featured.)
I can speak for myself that, being here for more than 3 years, I have had many opportunities:
got free access to many tools or were sent physical products
had calls and touch with the members of the community and also the internal team, including the CEO
was encouraged to create a hackathon (last year)
recongition
there were also many missed opportunities from my side to hunt products
featuring in newsletter with 140k+ recipients ā strengthening my personal brand position
What outcomes have you experienced from being on Product Hunt?
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Scarlett.
Product Hunt has also brought me a lot of value over the years Nika!
Most importantly, access to people.
It gave me the chance to build an incredible network, work with ambitious founders and talented teams, become more recognizable in the tech community (plus appearing on several podcasts talking about Product Hunt), and constantly discover and test new products.
But the people are still the most valuable part for me.
The community is full of incredibly smart, ambitious, and inspiring makers/builders /, founders.Many of the best opportunities, collaborations, and relationships I have today started here.
Still pretty new here but already the most valuable thing has been real conversations with builders who actually engage. Way better than shouting into the void on other platforms.
Got genuine replies, upvotes from people I didn't know, and feedback that actually helped. For auriko.pro it's been the best place to show up consistently and let the product speak for itself rather than feeling like I'm spamming.
The community here actually reads what you write which is rare š
mine's less glamorous but the daily habit of leaving real comments on launches has made me a much better at asking specific questions instead of generic praise - forces you to actually read what the maker built instead of skimming the tagline. the compounding thing for me has been small technical exchanges with makers that turn into an actual conversation days later, way more useful than the initial comment itself.
So far I am on PH for 1 month, I am observing a lot on this platform. People are open minded, feedback is useful and a lot of engaging and interesting discussions with people from my field. I love this community and it is a pity I have not noticed this platform earlier.
I'm new here so still early, but launching Fluxerv this week already brought in conversations I wouldn't have had otherwise. A few thoughtful comments on the launch page, some connections on LinkedIn and Twitter, and honestly just the discipline of having a real deadline to ship something publicly.
The outcome I didn't expect: the community engagement here feels more genuine than most platforms. People actually read what you're building.
I am really new to this platform but still feeling that this platform does have some serious value
Getting to know people like you :)
Free access and hackathon? Awesome.
One thing that's stood out to me is how much easier it becomes to connect with other builders. Even if a launch isn't a massive hit, the conversations, feedback, and relationships often end up being more valuable than the upvotes themselves. I've also discovered tools and collaborators I probably wouldn't have found otherwise. For me, Product Hunt has been more about the community than just launch day metrics.
Twelve days in, so here is the newcomer data point. I came to warm up a fresh account before my first launch (it is this Wednesday) and expected a checkbox exercise. What actually happened: two founders whose launches I commented on came back with long, serious replies, one of them turned our exchange into two new forum threads, and a handful of those conversations taught me more about my own product's positioning than the previous month of building did. And an honest share of it started in YOUR threads, which is its own outcome: this place has connectors who compound everyone else's presence. Ask me again after Wednesday for the launch-side answer.