🔥 Get more points by launching on Alpha Day
We’re trying something new on Thursday: Alpha Day.
The idea is simple. If this is the first time you’re launching your product anywhere, you can tag it alpha and get a boost to your points (and land on a special leaderboard).
This is for the genuinely fresh stuff. The products that are just getting out into the world. The ones that still need feedback, still have rough edges, and are way more interesting because of it.
We’re also putting more weight on comments. So if you try an Alpha product and leave a thoughtful comment, it matters more. And if you’re a maker, jumping in and commenting on other Alpha launches can help you too.
Basically: launch something new, try other new things, leave real feedback, and make each other’s day.
If that sounds like your kind of chaos, get your launch in by tomorrow midnight PST.
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Scarlett.
Super cool. I can’t wait to see what products we’ll have tomorrow and how launch day is actually going to play out.
Also, is there any chance we could do some kind of special vote at the end of the month or year for all the winners?Maybe even a forum poll: out of all X new Alpha Day winners, which one’s your favorite? Or some kind of equivalent to March Madness?
Product Hunt
@byalexai Oh that's a fun idea!!
@byalexai We just launched!! Would love any reviews or thoughts. Our flagship product is YourLume! Also trying to know how exactly to get votes and like go up in the rankings. We are so new to this and happened to launch on Alpha Day, but still trying to navigate Product Hunt. Would appreciate any feedback whatsoever.
Mailwarm
I love this, hopefully everyday will be an Alpha Day.
Recently, with big companies launching new features daily, I felt that we daily see Google and Claude in the top, I don't know if I am the only one that it bothers, but it obviously feels like CR7 playing in football school tournament.
While I believe somehow we should have space to allow everyone to compete, and I love discovering Big tech new features. There is probably some solutions to explore, and Alpha Day seems like a great initiative in that direction.
As a feedback, I support that direction, I was planning to launch Prodshort the weekend, but I m considering changing it to Alpha Day :)
@bengeekly Loved the sports analogy and I feel the same. I'm definitely playing ABall while it seems most are in the Majors already!!!
Product Hunt
@bengeekly Launch on Alpha Day!
Mailwarm
@aaronoleary The video demo was missing but we just added it. So we are IN for tomorrow.
Mailwarm
@aaronoleary I'm here to give my feedback because we launched and loved Alpha Day.
We are 2nd, we got 500 visits and 20 sign ups, and a ton of valuable feedback.
Yesterday all the products were new discoveries, with Founders sharing their own experience, it pushed me to comment multiple other products and everyone of them answered.
Today, two Top spot are Google and Anthropic, and while I love and respect these companies, they are already famous, everyone already knows about them, and will hear about the feature in every other social media if he is interested anyway.
And we can't interact with any founders, and they are not interacting to take our feedback, so it looses all the authenticity.
While I criticize this part, this is definitely a Love messages toward what Producthunt core is.
Love this idea. My launch is tomorrow, can I still qualify for Alpha Day on Thursday and tag you on the day?
Product Hunt
@findfeny Yeah! Just add the alpha tag in the launch edit screen!
@findfeny @aaronoleary I tried to tag Alpha Day but it won't pop up. There's another "Alpha" that pops up. Is that the tag?
My Financé
@findfeny @aaronoleary @ssagario41
this should be the tag i believe.
@aaronoleary @ssagario41 @catt_marroll thanks Matt!
git-fire
@findfeny @aaronoleary
My launch is on Wednesday, and I've added the alpha tag. Looking forward to sharing my product with the world!
@aaronoleary @bschellenberger2600 nice one Ben, thanks for letting us know. Launching today as well!
git-fire
@aaronoleary @findfeny You're welcome; nice to meet you! Good luck with your launch!!!!
Product Hunt
Not me scrambling to get one of my apps ready for this
@gabe let me know when it's ready and I will come and support!
@gabe @findfeny Just launched. How do I tag it alpha though?
@gabe @dua_khan7 this feature will be available on Thursday. You simply tag it like you would on social media.
@gabe @findfeny alright, thanks!
@gabe Same my goodness. Was rushing as soon as I saw it pop up
Ovren
Thanks @aaronoleary Feels like a strong direction for genuinely early products that still need real user feedback, not just polished launch-day optics.
We’re launching Ovren on Thursday, and Alpha Day feels like a very natural fit.
With comments weighted more, do you expect products that create more discussion and thoughtful replies to benefit more than products optimized mostly for clicks and upvotes?
@apoorv_shankar See you on the leaderboard on Thursday. Rooting for you! :)
@aaronoleary Appreciate that makers and community members are encouraged to try products and leave feedback. That's truly the core value of a community like Product Hunt.
Dune
Kilo Code
Fun fact: @Supabase first launched on Product Hunt as an alpha version. They're now in the Top 0.1% most loved products.
The next Supabase might launch today 👀
@fmerian Good to know! New goal unlocked for @Clickport ;)
Kilo Code
@davidkarpik haha rooting for you!
Love this idea. Giving first-time launches a dedicated space makes so much sense — the biggest challenge for new products isn't the product itself, it's getting seen on a day crowded with established players. I'm launching NexClip AI on April 14 (first topic-based video editor for macOS), so I'll miss this Thursday's Alpha Day, but I'll be checking in to try and comment on Alpha products. Great initiative.
I thought I couldn't do it, but I attended all the alpha launches - and you know, it's cool!
I spent a year building my product and the most surprising part has been how difficult getting the word out about it has been. So, thanks for doing this!!!