I hunted my product on Product Hunt and here’s what I learned
My product’s just been launched today and only now, I have time to share my experience for this launching with you.
- How did I prepare for the launch?
Actually, there’re lots of tasks to do before the launching day and I have to admit that I hadn’t prepared for it well enough. I wrote down a checklist of Hunters and only reached them in 3 days before the launch. And probably, that’s why some of them couldn’t read my messages and some did not have time to support me.
A little disappointed as I still think it’s better to have a Hunter shoutout to my product. Definitely, I will improve my pitching skill the next time.
- How did I reach the first 100 upvotes?
I asked all of my connections on Twitter, Slack, and Facebook to support me on this!
I’d suggest you prepare the list in advance so that once you launch, all you need to do is implementing what you’ve planned and listed (if you're interested, please ping me via Twitter & I'll send you the list)
This is a bit time-consuming but worked for me so you can totally test it out.
- Hunt by yourself or ask for a hunter?
Well, I hunted by myself.
As I mentioned in question 1, I think it’s better to have a top hunter posting my product. Can’t deny that the influence of a hunter on your product is quite good.
So, if you plan to have a hunter:
- Find a hunter that relates to your niche
- Check their previous hunted products to see if they’ve received positive results or not.
- Make a list and reach them at least 1 week in advance (I think Twitter is a great place to reach)
But what if you also can’t find one like myself?
Don’t worry! As long as you’re confident with your product, you can totally post it yourself!
It may take more time to get upvotes so there’s one tip for you: post your product as soon as possible and try to avoid mid-week if you want a product badge. Why? You can take a look at the homepage, there is a huge competition there!
It'd be great if you can check our Flowio now and share your thoughts: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/flowio
