Product Hunt VS Regular Launch
Sharon Cohen
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Hey guys!
I'm new here and still trying to figure out what's the benefit of launching on Product Hunt and not just approach micro influencers with free product and ask for a review. What are your thoughts? What's the benefit of PH?
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Gabe Perez@gabe
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Hi Sharon - welcome! Excited to have you join the community.👋🏻 We built Product Hunt to help Makers reach an audience for their product launches - whilst also helping early adopters and product lovers discover cool new things. Meaning you could find an audience ready and waiting to check our your product hunting it here. If you need help with your launch - feel free to reach out! The team is just behind the support bubble (this guide might also helpful). As folks are saying in the comments - why not try both?
We did ProductHhunt and TechCrunch today and honestly, we got most of our trailers from here.
Still trying to make it to Top 10!
Hey Sharon, could you explain to me what a regular launch is?
@timz_flowers Well it's funny because obviously there's no one answer to that. But I'd say the more "popular" ones, either just start with FB ads or market with IG influencers for example. There are probably more popular ways to launch, but until yesterday I haven't heard of Product Hunt so that's why I made the comparison 😊
@sharon_cohen2 ok, thank you.
They both give you traffic and potentially meet different purposes. @mariam_hakobyan5 posted a few days ago about what they got in terms of traffic and downloads from reaching #1 product of the day on PH here: https://www.softr.io/blog/produc... Maybe this gives you a bit more of an idea whether that could be helpful for you.
@samanthamerlivat @sharon @mariam_hakobyan5 Hi Mariam! well actually I'm about to launch soon, my first time on ProductHunt, any tips?
@samanthamerlivat Thanks Samantha! Will make sure to check it out 😁
@samanthamerlivat thanks for the mention! @Sharon let me know if I can help you in any way.
It's not a matter of exclusivity. Do it everywhere. Ask for review and opinion then respond and maintain engagement regardless of platform.
Why not do both?
@zerotousers haha that's a good point! Although I'm low on stock in the beginning 🤓 what are your thoughts?
@zerotousers I was just going to say, it's not an either or :)
Traffic is the main motive. I would pick and choose too, if the core users are not on one platform but might result in only traffic and no engagement then I would omit that platform. All traffic and no use will leave you more confused.