BetaPage vs ProductHunt, community-wise
Several weeks ago I submitted TimeTurtle to BetaPage. I felt uncomfortable with the paid option they offered, so I accepted the 40 days it takes to review my submission. Then 1.5 weeks ago I got notified that TimeTurtle would be featured on the next day, so I quickly polished the landing page, made some screenshots, and hoped for the best. Basically nothing happened …
Yesterday I launched on ProductHunt, and the result is much better. TimeTurtle even made it to the front page.
Ok, I was better prepared this time, but I also get the impression that ProductHunt is much more a community of tech lovers, resulting in a more fair system, whereas BetaPage feels more like an … advertisement company: you can submit for free, but if you want to have a chance at reaching the front page, you need to pay.
What are your thoughts and/or experiences? How do you feel about paying for BetaPage? And also for alternatives like BetaList, which seems to adopt a similar modal as BetaPage.
Congrats on the launch 🎉 and cool project! What was your process for launching on product hunt? I feel like everything I ever try to post to PH gets buried immediately..
I briefly described my process here: https://www.indiehackers.com/product/timeturtle/-LnMN6sG5rwJuIGbGj6R
I think it helps to put a banner linking to your PH launch page on your website. Then any additional traffic you can get to your website may also help get upvotes on PH. On launch day I also emailed current subscribers, send out a tweet, and posted on LinkedIn. I don't think these've helped significantly though. But there was quite some additional traffic from IH, probably from above-mentioned post, and from another IH post. Assuming some IH's are also active on PH, that might have helped.
Congrats!
Well, about BetaPage, literally nothing happened...as you said.
When I posted on PH , my product, colorsandfonts.com,was featured on 9th place with 1200 + visits
SideList. Even Tweeted about it...
Then I got featured on Muzli Magazine by InVision a week ago and I am getting around 500 users daily...
I have probably submitted in 30 + places...but nothing like Ph.
Edit:
Som more places to list it.
https://github.com/michael-andreuzza/PlacesToPostYourStartup
Wow, nice to hear launching on ProductHunt can make such a big difference. I've seen that link, I plan on submitting in more places, but indeed, I don't expect as much response as from PH.
and apart from those 2, are there any other similar platforms?
There's a lot, see the link menioned in Michaels's post :)
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Any specific experience to support this? My feeling is that it's more the other way around: it's only worth it if you pay. But then you have to be willing to pay.
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