Is launching on Product Hunt worth it?
Yehoshua Zlotogorski
112 replies
There's so much out there on HOW to launch here on PH, but not so much of a discussion on whether it's worth the effort.
After our launch where we took #1 product of the day, I sat down to run an analysis on whether it was worth it or not. Put all our findings here:
https://www.alpeaudio.com/post/is-launching-on-product-hunt-worth-it-and-how-to-do-it
Curious to hear your thoughts on this topic!
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Miriam Dorsett@miriamdorsett
Entre
Great question and roundup. Will share in my PH South Florida NL next month!
https://producthuntsouthflorida....
Thank you for sharing!
Share
Thanks for sharing your experience!
You're saying launching multiple times would create a community on product hunt and ease future launches. How so? I don't think I get updates when a maker I upvoted in the past launch a new product... 🤔
@benoit_collet Over time I've connected with more people on PH - we've supported each others launches, met on Twitter or in forums like this :-) i,e if we connect, I'm happy to check out your launch and same other way around!
PH community ppl are much higher quality "upvotes" than my early adopters because they know PH and spend time here.
YC Application Optimizer
Thanks for sharing your insight @yehoshua_zlotogorski Many interesting resources.
@jgrenzemann by the way if you’ve found this helpful please feel free to upvote here and/or on Reddit 🙏🏻😊
@jgrenzemann thanks! Hope it helps
Great job, congrats!
@ostap_yaroshevych by the way if you’ve found this helpful please feel free to upvote here and/or on Reddit 🙏🏻😊
@ostap_yaroshevych Thanks!
Thank you for sharing the story with all the details, tips, numbers, and conclusions! I find it very useful, especially for those who want to launch on Product Hunt for the first time.
@vladislav_zhuravlev With pleasure, glad it helped!
LLC Toolkit
Nice breakdown. We did a launch last Thursday, and more reflections to come. Loved the part about value vs expectations.
@eugenehp @tasha_dziatkovskaya good luck! by the way if you’ve found this helpful please feel free to upvote here and/or on Reddit 🙏🏻😊
teQatlas
LLC Toolkit
@tasha_dziatkovskaya go go go 🚀
Splendidly written. A landmark contribution to launching on Product Hunt.
Before I read your article I was under the impression that unless you already have a huge community of followers, getting on top of Product Hunt will be a constant battle.
Thanks for clearing the mist.
Neuton AutoML
We are launching tomorrow! I believe it will worth the effort.
@ahmedj @inna_proshkina upvoted!! by the way if you’ve found this helpful please feel free to upvote here and/or on Reddit 🙏🏻😊
@inna_proshkina Good luck on your launch!
@inna_proshkina @ahmedj good luck with the launch! Feel free to share so we can support
Neuton AutoML
@ahmedj @yehoshua_zlotogorski Will do tomorrow. Many thanks ))
Neuton AutoML
@ahmedj @yehoshua_zlotogorski we launched today. Please check us out!
This is like a goldmine of launch strategies! Thanks for the bigger picture :)
@siddhesh_lokare1 with pleasure! Glad it’s helping :-)
Definitely worth it
I believe product Hunt can give you great exposure, if you can get your launch just right !
@wael_khattar1 agreed, although as a first timer it was less than I had hoped
Great writeup. To be honest, the video was the best part and made it all worth it.
@liz_cohen Where's can I find the video? I can't seem to see any when I click on the link.
@avidnote took a sec but I found it ;) https://www.producthunt.com/post...
@liz_cohen @tasha_dziatkovskaya by the way if you’ve found this helpful please feel free to upvote here and/or on Reddit 🙏🏻😊
@liz_cohen it’s also the part that was hardest to do 😅
teQatlas
@liz_cohen video is to format of the content!
Thanks for sharing this experience, @yehoshua_zlotogorski ! I'll definitely try those tips for the next launch. A real shame that you cannot re-launch the product again, as we've done it very spontaneously with the team and certainly didn't get the whole launch effect. Do you know what can be done in order to get more engagement post-launch?
@weronika_spaleniak Thanks! Glad it’s helping. you actually can “re launch” by simply launching a slightly different variation or feature. If you search for “Descript “ they have several different launches. Figma launches features fairly often as well. Even Spotify launched podcasts :-)
So definitely can launch again and double down.
In fact I’ve found that engaging with the PH community Long term is beneficial far more than a “one and done” since you
Gain followers after each launch etc
@yehoshua_zlotogorski thanks a lot! We're going to re-launch then. And yeah, I've already started to engage in the community. So many cool topics and people there!
@weronika_spaleniak amazing
CoinGate
Thank you for sharing a nice wrap-up with valuable tips from your experiences! I wish I have read your tips before launching products on PH! :)
PH is worth it if you work hard on the engagement before/after the launch and attract recognized hunters from the community. Most importantly, you need to have people from the product/company/project team eager to join discussions and engage with comments!
I have found the PH as a helpful community, but it hasn't significantly impacted traffic/conversions. For sure, CoinGate cryptocurrency payment processing/trading products aren't for the general public, but our brand recognition can be affected with the proper engagement.
@linda_liepa by the way if you’ve found this helpful please feel free to upvote here and/or on Reddit 🙏🏻😊
@linda_liepa Great feedback Linda! Would love to hear more about what you are working on, and connect you with my web3 community. I'm sure they would be interested in CoinGate if they don't already know what it is.
@linda_liepa 💯 with what you wrote
Super interesting and inspiring! Thank you for your consideration and analysis!
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@swan_bella thanks! by the way if you’ve found this helpful please feel free to upvote here and/or on Reddit 🙏🏻😊
Sleek Pay
Awesome post, thanks for sharing! Really great insights
@daniel_baum thanks Daniel!
Neuton AutoML
Thanks for bringing this topic to discussion and sharing your experience! I believe that the launch on PH definitely worth it. We've launched our AI solution today and already experienced greater attention to our product and new subscribers.
@alex_miller11 that’s amazing to hear! Good luck with the launch
Neuton AutoML
@yehoshua_zlotogorski thank you!
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Curatora
Thanks for asking this question for me. Even I was trying to figure out this before I launch on @producthunt
@producthunt @imtiyaz922 by the way if you’ve found this helpful please feel free to upvote here and/or on Reddit 🙏🏻😊
@producthunt @imtiyaz922 ageeed, unfortunately it’s not something I found any resources on before we launched