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Ashley Higgins
Ask the PH team anything: Launching on PH
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Hi everyone!! In case you haven't heard, in a couple of weeks we're trying something new: hosting an event to share everything you need to know about how to launch on Product Hunt. We'd also like to incorporate answers to the most common questions from the community, so here's your open call to ask us anything in the comments below! To join the event on August 16 at 9am PDT, go ahead and register here: https://events.producthunt.com/e...)
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Sharath Kuruganty
I love this Ashley and team! What's one message you want to give to the makers who are on the edge of launching their products but hold back due to some limiting beliefs they face?
Aditya
@5harath IMO Makers should read some amazing Launch Tips by the community (https://www.producthunt.com/disc...) and just SHIP IT :) In case they still hold back, they should just reach out to us. Our team is super friendly and very approachable. Always happy to help :)
Sveta Bay
Ashley, that's a fantastic idea! I have sooo many questions and finally will be able to find answers not only in Twitter threads 😅 1. How do you track fake upvotes (bots, new users, etc.?). When is it checked? Sometimes I see that product gets #1, but on the next day, it has significantly fewer upvotes than product #2. 2. Sometimes I see in real-time that product #1 has fewer upvotes than #2 or even #3. Why does it happen?
Aditya
@basv Great questions! Our team is very excited to answer questions from the community! Do join :)
Thanks for the great work! We are launching Trickle this week. It‘s perfect opportunity to do a review by join the event. 🚀 💗
Aditya
@ming_xu1 Exciting!
Tapos Ovi
Thanks @ahiggz for the opportunity. Can't wait to join the event. 🙌 Highly appreciate it and was much needed. Hopefully, this will be a useful resource for the people like me who are planning to launch soon. Just asking 😬 - Is there any secret sauce only PH team knows about to have a successful launch that most people don't know?
Aditya
@ahiggz @tapos_ovi IMO, there is only one secret sauce I know of - GREAT PRODUCT!! Great products, irrespective of anything, will connect with the PH community. Prepare well for the launch by keeping all assets ready, and be active. Launch day energy is CONTAGIOUS :)
Naomi Chao
Oo nice timing, thanks! What tools do makers use to track their launches and what data should they be tracking?
Aditya
Hey @naomichao! I saw Gamma's Upcoming Page and also spoke to Grant. Super excited to know about Gamma. Every launch post has a 'Launch Day' dashboard. You can keep referring to this dashboard to track the launch progress. I hope it helps :) For example, you can check Highlight's dashboard here: https://www.producthunt.com/post...
Simon
I liked Dru's tip buried in one of his replies in his recent AMA...launch early in the month. Seems a fundamental trick that is at the same time unfair as not everyone can launch on early days of the month. So my question would be what does PH do to prevent gaming generally to keep this amazing resource pure (as can be)?
Aditya
@simon_s_j Really nice question. Looking forward to your participation :)
Sergei Petrov
Oh, we're only planning to launch here. And this is exactly what we need - a great opportunity to learn more about the platform and mechanics. And that's what I want to ask. How does a successful launch at PH affect the future of the project? Are there any statistics and correlation? 😉 Thanks guys!
Benoit COLLET
What's the vision for future regarding ship feature and product pages? I explain: Product Hunt evolved from a hunter hunting<>maker launching to a place where makers have a nice shiny product pages where you can see launches, jobs, etc. but also ship pages which are like a side project I would say... What's your vision about all that? There's so much potential here to smooth the way it work and build better communities around the makers! 😻
Daniel Burns
Thank you for this wonderful opportunity @ahiggz, can't wait to attend this event! As someone who recently found out about the Product Hunt, I'm curious to explore all the possibilities within the platform
Aditya
@ahiggz @testifi I think we can call it ~Daniel's Product Hunt Onboarding Event~ hehe 🙃
Daniel Burns
@ahiggz @adityavsc That'd be a great title to start with ;)
Gabe Perez
What are some successful traits & commonalities among the most successful launches?
Aditya
@gabe you HAVE to be a part of the event. We've researched a lot to dig some really cool stats - excited for the event!
Daphna Tsachor
Can't wait for the event! just in time for me as I'm quite new in this community and loving it so far :D A question for you: Do you have any stats about the success rate on PH vs real life? For example - how many of the products that were on your top 5 actually reached their goals (be it fund raising; lead gen; growth; etc)? Is there a type of company that is more likely to benefit from a PH launch?
Aditya
@daphna_tsachor Great questions, Daphna. We have quite a number of success stories :)
Jesse Jensen
When will you fix searching for products so we can see them by most recent? So far the only options are Product and People. Also if I type like a particular subject, for example, I am looking for alternative web browsers that I saw a few days ago on product hunt and I can't remember the name, and I type in browsers and it shows me everything but what was recent.
Chris Messina
Top Hunter
Nice! Will the event be recorded and shared afterwards?
Jimmy Spikes
Very new to this process can you go over the difference between shipping and launching and the benefits of each and maybe both together
Mehmet Yitmen
Thanks for the great work! One thing that I have in my mind is that, tips to get as much as feedback for a mvp from the community...Looking forward to the event...
Aditya
@mehmet_yitmen Sure thing, Mehmet! For MVP sort of products, you can also try Ship (https://www.producthunt.com/ship...) to build a community of early users and make changes to your product through community feedback. You can also brainstorm ideas here in discussions :)
Mehmet Yitmen
@adityavsc thanks alot!
Stas Voronov
How does a boosted profile affect product ranking algorithms?
Aditya
Hey @stas_voronov - what do you mean by boosted profile? Like some popular figure?
Stas Voronov
Hey @adityavsc, I mean is it a big difference if you publish a product from the almost new profile (with 10-20 points) or if you post from a profile with >200 points?
Ankit Sharma
awesome, I am ready for it 🤩🤩🤩
Aditya
@ankitsharmaofficial ABSOLUTELY, Ankit!
Philippe Denier
Hi @ahiggz What were some examples of Hunts that launched a previously unknown Product from 0 to Hero that stuck with you? And what do you think made them so successful?
Aditya
@ahiggz @philippe_denier There are SOO many of them! Do join the event :)
Bertha Kgokong
Looking forward to it, great work
Gaurav Goyal
Looking forward to the event.
Aditya
@gauravgoyal_gg 🙏 When can we expect Scalenut on Product Hunt? 😉