🍀Do you plan to hunt your own product or you are going with hunter?

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hey sis, often, choosing a hunter is about leveraging reach and credibility. a well-known hunter brings along an audience that trusts their finds, instantly giving your product a seal of approval and wider visibility. it’s not merely about notifications but also tapping into established credibility and network effects. yet, hunting your product allows for controlled storytelling and direct engagement. both paths have merits, always weigh them against your product's unique needs. cheers, K.

It depends on how big is the product or release. If its a small free tool I prefer to hunt it myself. If it's something I really want to get most eyeballs on I would recommend a Hunter. But having a Hunter does makes a huge difference.

Based on my experience on PH so far, I'm more likely to be interested in a product launched by the maker than the hunter.

For those planning their launch, here's some advice: Hunt yourself versus orchestrating the hunt via a hunter. If you wish to really leverage the role of the hunter, get a hunter that offers at least one or more of these: — Product Feedback — Novel Launch Tips — Shares launch on their social and community — Makes a genuine endorsement of the product in a category they have some expertise in There's no guarantee of the notifications. Especially from accounts of those hunters who are hunting hundreds of products. Most likely when Hunters hunt, an in-app notification is triggered. However, if the Hunter creates a Discussion Post then the notifications are sent to their followers via email. They can mention the product link in the Discussion Post. Hope this helps. :)

I'm hunting my own product. mDash, my AI-powered project management tool built specifically for web development, is launching to open beta here on PH soon, and I'm super proud to say that myself and my team are doing it all ourselves for our first ever launch! If anyone is interested in mDash or would like to support our launch, I encourage you to please check out our Coming Soon page!

We're going with a hunter this time, to get as much reach and visibility as we possibly can!

This question is being asked very often in the forum. Hunters don't do much anymore, and they charge exorbitantly for various services (often under the guise of "Buy me a coffee!" which leads to expensive consultations). Also, they don't know your product like you do. On top of it all, they're often oversubscribed and don't give your emails, concerns, product, and launch the attention it deserves, and are loathe to spread the word about your launch to their networks, as they do not want to spam others and lose followers themselves. Product Hunt actually no longer recommends hunters, as nearly 80% of successful launches were self-launched. Follow the breadcrumb here to the longer article: https://www.producthunt.com/ques...

Hunt by myself :)

So hunter's followers don't get notified? Well then unless the hunter's really involved or really believes in your project - it will make no difference. But I too would love to hear the community experience.

"Followers of hunters do not receive notifications when a product is launched." - I did not know this. In that case, it is a very valid question. If there are no notifications, what other benefits do people get when their product is posted by a hunter? When I check out a product, I usually don't pay attention to who submitted it. I just look at the story of the maker/author/founder.

We're going on our own

why not through?

I will try to go with a hunter with my next launch, I think that is a better way to reach people!

Hopefully the hunter also puts in an effort to share your product on their channels if they are willing to hunt your product for PH. If not then there is probably more flexibility in hunting your product.