Day 5: Launched on Product Hunt today. Still 0 paying users. Here's what I'm actually tracking.
Today FindAlert went live on Product Hunt.
I don't know what will happen. I've never launched there before.
What I do know: the metrics I'm watching aren't upvotes. They're conversations. Did anyone click through and actually search for something? Did anyone ask a real question in the comments?
The 0-user problem isn't a Product Hunt problem. It's a distribution problem I'm solving one channel at a time.
This week:
Product Hunt launch (today)
First Reddit comment in r/vinyl coming this week
Bonanza API integration in progress
The gap between "built it" and "people know it exists" turns out to be the whole game.
If you hunt rare items across borders — records, cameras, watches, cards — I'd love to know what you're currently using (if anything) to track listings.
→ https://findalert.app
The "gap between built it and people know it exists" line is the whole game. Most founders treat launch day as the finish line when it's actually day one of the real work. The fact that you're already planning your Reddit and Bonanza channels instead of refreshing your PH stats says you understand that.
One channel at a time is the right approach too. Spreading across five channels means you're mediocre at all of them. Going deep on one — learning what language resonates, what threads convert, what timing works — gives you a repeatable playbook before you move to the next.
That's the frame I needed. One channel, one playbook, then move. r/vinyl is first. Everything else waits until I know what works there.