We got #2 product of the day as a bootstrapped startup - thank you PH community!!!
What a day!
Yesterday, Honestly launched on Product Hunt and finished with 480 upvotes and 130 comments, placing us among the top products of the day.
We ultimately finished 2nd and, more importantly, we had the opportunity to share our vision with thousands of founders, marketers, and product builders who believe customer feedback should be honest and accessible.
We are thankful beyond words for the support we received
To everyone who supported us—thank you.
Whether you upvoted, commented, shared our launch, tested the product, or introduced us to someone, your support meant everything. The Product Hunt community welcomed us with incredible encouragement, thoughtful feedback, and valuable conversations that will help shape our future.
What's Next: Top 3 Product of the Week!
While launch day is over, our Product Hunt journey isn't.
Our next goal is earning a spot as a Top 3 Product of the Week.
We'll continue connecting with Product Hunt members, gathering feedback, and sharing our story. Every bit of support helps!
Follow the Journey
For those who want to keep up with what Honestly does next, follow our socials below:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/usehonestly/
X: https://x.com/usehonestly?s=20
Website: usehonestly.com
Thank you again to everyone who made this launch possible - we are just getting started!
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For anyone with additional questions about our next steps with Honestly, my team & I are more than happy to answer them here!
Congratulations from one bootstrapped founder to another! 🎉
I know how challenging it is to build and grow something from scratch. Reaching #2 Product of the Day is an incredible achievement. Wishing you and the team continued success!
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@harithavijayakumar Thank you Haritha! The bootstrapped life is definitely a different kind of game but can still be won. Wishing you success with WorkZo AI and congratulations on your launch yesterday as well!
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Congratulations! :)
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@busmark_w_nika Thank you Nika! Appreciate your support and will keep it up with the New Order songs for future launches haha!
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@scott_davidson_jr 😂 Just use good music and I will find you! :D
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@busmark_w_nika Done!
Upstream
Congrats Scott and team!
You made it a real fight yesterday, and honestly, that made the whole day way more exciting. Huge respect for what you pulled off as a bootstrapped startup.
Wishing you the best for Product of the Week, you definitely earned the momentum (and my follow)!
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@skwph It was great ! 🚀 btw our co-founder / CTO is french and we both met at a lycée, if you’re team is in SF would love to have a coffee with y’all 😎 I’ll connect on LinkedIn!
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@skwph Thanks Benjamin! The whole team at Upstream had an incredible launch and are putting a great product out into the market. Congrats to you both and wishing you great success going forward!
I'm happy for your success, keep it up! :))
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@andrasczeizel Thanks so much for all the support and engagement Andras! Truly appreciate it
That's great! congratulation Scott.
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@bartosz__strickland Thank you Bartosz! Really appreciate all of the support.
Huge congratulations on making it to the top 3 product of the day as a bootstrapped start-up! Launching today (bootstrapped, solo founder with fractional dev support) and already so many learnings. If you have any last minute tipps for today, please let me know.
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@jens_thena Thank you so much! For last minute tips, I say advertise on social media - Reddit, LinkedIn, & X primarily. Also be sure to make use of your personal networks in tech. I imagine you might cold ask for support as well, and if you do that always lead with support/value first and then frame your product so that it is one worth supporting.
#2 as a bootstrapped team is a massive achievement, congrats! What stood out to me is the 480 upvotes + 130 comments — that engagement level tells me people actually care about the problem you're solving, not just the launch. Good luck going for top 3 product of the week, rooting for you!
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@doganakbulut Thank you Dogan! Can't thank you enough for the engagement & support you provided yesterday. Appreciate the encouragement for Top 3, it's a big goal but we're making our way to that spot!
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Congrats on the launch!! 🎉 130 comments is especially impressive. Wish you the best for the product of the week ranking!
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@hosseinyazdi Thank you very much Hossein! We will keep it up and aim for top 3 of the week.
ZeroHuman.
Great launch guys!
Happy to see what's coming next for Honestly!
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@byalexai Same here Alex! Glad we were part of this journey together.