What key lesson did you learn from your Product Hunt launch?

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Savian Boroanca · Accepted Answer

After receiving over 2,000 upvotes, 500 comments, and around 250 reviews, we can confidently say this experience was both intense and immensely rewarding. + a Golden Kitty Read all about it here: 👉 https://savianboroanca.com/essay...

hannah · Answer

Patiently waiting here for answers too in anticipation for my launch!

Viktor Surkov · Answer

Still preparing for it, but seems that the best way to succeed is to engage with community, engage with new products, share your honest opinions, build great product, and simply put a lot of work in preparation.

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I think Timing is crucial. Launching early in the day gave us better visibility and a higher chance of gaining traction on Product Hunt.

Savian Boroanca · Answer

@the_han_kim, we started the community on day one and launched after three months on PH. So we had some 500 people in our corner and they spread the word.

Rupal Saini · Answer

Hi @rafael_biasiolo, I see you already launched your product. I supported it—congrats on the launch!

To answer your question that may help when you plan to relaunch this product (which you can do after 6 months of initial launch), I would suggest you engage with the community here, support their product launches, and build your audience. This will help you on your launch day. All the people who follow you here will get notified about your launch so they can support you on your launch day. You can share details about your launch here in discussions so community members will be able to know about it and can support your launch.

Natalia Toth · Answer

@savian_boroanca Thank you for sharing!

pushpendra pal · Answer

Hey, I have launched on product hunt for the first time and here are some suggestions- 
- Don't upvote your product with user signed up on your launch day itself
- engage with community before even launching, so that on launch day you get genuine ph users

Han Kim · Answer

@savian_boroanca wow - 2000 upvotes 👀 did you do any marketing on PH before launch?

Rafael Biasiolo · Answer

@rupal_saini I'm glad with the answer. It was the kind of tip I needed. Thank you very much!

Rafael Biasiolo · Answer

I'm new here, I launched a product following the intuitive step by step. What preparation tips do you recommend? https://www.producthunt.com/post...

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From my experience Engaging with the community throughout the launch day was key. Responding to comments and feedback quickly helped maintain momentum and interest.

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Timing is everything for me. I launched too early and missed some key features.

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I underestimated the power of great visuals and branding. Also Feedback is gold for me! I learned so much from user comments.

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The importance of pre launch hype can't be overstated. Building a buzz and engaging with potential users before the launch made a huge difference.

What key lesson did you learn from your Product Hunt launch?

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