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Ben Tossell
@bentossell · Community Lead, Product Hunt
Personally I see a few red flags here
There is no detailed information on what you actually do for startups?
I see this:
http://i.imgur.com/XZOZC8H.png
First point grammatically needs amending and what makes it 'premium directory'?
Second point mentions being discovered by using growth hacking. In my experience 'growth hacking' comes across as spammy an… See more
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Melissa Monte
@melissamonteee · Director of Media & Startup Growth
I feel like starting out with some sort of free model would not only help your case (with ProductHunters and everyone else), but also allow you to build a large enough base that people may see the value more clearly.
Also, you mentioned you just checked the numbers, and submitted startups are getting 200-300 hits through your site. I'm assuming these number… See more
Thanasis
@tnsrig · UI/UX @travelplanet24 @airtickets_gr
I think that everybody is being a bit hostile to this product! And I also think that product hunt is not a place of hatred,of course I am with you guys that it feels a bit weird and I am not getting why someone would pay to just add a startup on there site when you can give product hunt a go and if you get fetured you will get much more bigger exposure! My p… See more
Ross Blankenship
@rossblankenship · AngelKings.com, CEO and Partner
I agree. There needs to be a clear value proposition to the end user. Also, there are no Terms of Services, which detail the use of the startup's information, i.e. email, names, URLs.
When I clicked the Privacy and Policy page, I'm taken to a vague resources link. Explain.
Taylor Cheng
@taylordcheng · Founder
Seems very similar to ProductHunt itself. And from what @bentossell gathered, the value prop is the same as well: submit to the site for exposure/traffic? Or am I missing something