Finished #18 at ProductHunt with B2B product
Sergey Kornilov
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Not exactly a success story but a positive outcome and lots of experience.
1. Stats first:
190+ upvotes, 50+ comments and reviews
300 visits to our website
two sales ($1,400 total) which is surprising. Our products are expensive and not the impulse kind of buy. I guess the coupon helped.
2. ProductHunt and B2B products are not the best fit. Something that targets indie makers/founders has a better chance of success. The product that we launched was PHPRunner: https://xlinesoft.com/phprunner/index.htm
3. It is a great way to connect with your community and customers. Most of the support came from likely-minded Twitter followers. I expect our existing customers to chime in more but it was a big ask. Customers left amazing reviews though that is a huge plus.
4. It was a great learning experience. I have learned that I need a much bigger network of makers/founders who are familiar with ProductHunt and what kind of value it offers. Something to work on.
5. I launched on Wednesday, a busy day. The winner had 600+ upvotes. If you are aiming for a badge, launch on weekend.
6. There is a bunch of ProductHunt checklists that are available. I liked this one the most: https://lucarestagno.notion.site/lucarestagno/Launching-on-Product-Hunt-A-Practical-Guide-7020d2deb472459dac6e97a49a0424ec#085f1be81ec14627809b3fb7a8336009
Happy hunting!
You can connect with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/phprunner
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Fabian Maume@fabian_maume
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B2B products can perform quite well on Product hunt. Wednesday is however a really high competition day, so I recommend not to go for it if you have less than 500 users to ask for support.
Launching on Friday can however give good results even for early-stage B2B product: https://www.producthunt.com/post...
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PHPRunner
@fabian_maume #5 is totally not bad for a B2B product. I honestly didn't know what to expect and launched it in the hard mode.
First of all, amazing stats - especially on a weekday. I would say that item #3, connecting with community and customers is especially important and a Product Hunt launch is sometimes the impetus for doing that essential outreach. Thank you for sharing.!
PHPRunner
@albert_lin1 I agree. This is not the last launch we are doing and it helps to go through the whole routine.
@sergey_kornilov1 thanks for sharing. It's a good perspective!
How you know , till you there, so far so good. Ни пу́ха, ни пера́
PHPRunner
@rizwan_hassan Спасибо, брат!