ProductHunt seems to have more black magic than most social link sites. How do I get commenting access? How can I submit products? Why do the products I submit never hit the site? (or do they? Should I get notified?). How does the rating work? What products get included in the daily email? When is the cut-off?
What happens if your product was submitted early and it wasn't quite ready? ;-)
It certainly sounds like a manual might be required!
@ideasasylum thanks! Yes, the idea was to provide readers with three things:
1. Lessons from Product Hunt’s history (how you can create better products).
2. How to effectively use Product Hunt as a user.
3. How to launch your own product on the platform successfully.
@ideasasylum yeah; you're right that there's quite a lot that's blackboxed 1) you get commenting access by someone else inviting you. 2) you can submit products by getting an extra layer of access, by a producthunt employee inviting you I guess; 3) "Why do the products I submit never hit the site?" - because you don't have access to post products.
@nathanbarry thought I'd announce it here first!
The first version of the Product Hunt Handbook is SHIPPED!
It includes:
- the full PDF ebook (37 pages)
- full video interview with Ryan Hoover (streamable + downloadable)
- written transcript of the video interview
Coming soon:
- another case study (based on @adriangrant's request below)
- a separate bundle that will include The Hacker News Handbook
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