Is AppSumo a natural next step after Product Hunt for early-stage SaaS products?

@neri_zavadil We only recently started using AppSumo as a marketing channel, so we still do not have enough data to make a strong comparison.

In general, I feel Product Hunt users can be very valuable long term because the community has a lot of founders, operators, and experienced business people. The feedback there is often more strategic and business oriented.

For AppSumo, what we heard from people who recommended it to us is that it can be very useful for testing the product, infrastructure, onboarding, and core features at a larger scale.

So I see them as different audiences, but both can be valuable in different ways.

@drew_dunham I think it's a mix of both.

There will always be a lot deal hunters on AppSumo, but I also see it as a chance to reach a much larger audience than most early stage startups could on their own. If your product solves a real problem and you continue improving it, some of those users naturally become if they see enough value in the platform and eventually decide they need the full feature set..

We've actually just started using AppSumo as a promotion channel, so we don't have enough data yet to judge retention or conversion. But so far, we see it as a great opportunity to get our product in front of people who might never have discovered us otherwise

@manjesh_yadav1 That was one of the things we thought about very carefully before launching the lifetime deal.

We designed the AppSumo tiers in a way that keeps the product sustainable long term, especially because we do not expect large infrastructure costs from those accounts in the future. We also separated the AppSumo tiers and regular plans clearly, so both sides make sense.

At the same time, all updates that improve the general platform experience and everyday usage will be available to all users, including AppSumo customers. The goal is to respect early supporters, but still keep the business healthy enough to keep building.

Hi @jordan_bulk !
Honestly, it is still too early for us to say.

Revenue is okay, but you also have to wait around 60 days, so if someone is doing AppSumo only for quick revenue, I am not sure that is the best angle.

For us, the bigger goal is to get real users who will actually use the platform, test it, and give feedback. From what I heard from other founders, some AppSumo users can later convert into regular plans, but time will show how that works for us.

Hi@twagiramungu_yves! We already had a pretty clear roadmap, so AppSumo did not completely change our direction.

But even after our Product Hunt launch, users pointed out a few features we had underestimated or placed lower on the priority list. A good example is n8n integration. It was already on our roadmap, but after seeing the demand from users, we decided to prioritize it much earlier.

So I would say the feedback is mostly aligned with our original vision, but it helps us understand what should come first.