Launched on PH and got no Attentions, where is the problem?
https://www.producthunt.com/posts/vote-learn?utm_source=badge-featured&utm_medium=badge&utm_souce=badge-vote-learn
I launched product today on product hunt with the name of Vote Learn and No one Cares 😓😓
I just need to know, is the problem with the idea or what? Thanks
I agree with the feedback others have left, but would also add that ProductHunt launches are pretty unpredictable. You shouldn't ever rely on PH as your only or main marketing channel since it's such a one time thing. Think about other places you could market more consistently like reddit for example.
I am in agreeance that your name doesn't help. The first impression: It looks like SO, but for tutorials.
The design is good, the logo needs to be changed. I kept thinking that it was going to hide the navigation bar.
Have you tested the waters regarding this product? A lot of this stuff is easily found via search, rather than heading to another website to look for random tutorials.
Also. Saturday and you said you posted it at midnight.
Not necessarily true. I made it to the frontpage multiple times without an audience. Just having a small handful of people who will support you early is good enough.
When was this?
I didn't have an audience, I just knew places I could get upvotes if I asked for feedback.
But without that initial help you aren't going anywhere.
He had 6 upvotes so he got some help. 6 upvotes won't get you to the front page where you can start getting votes from the community.
https://www.producthunt.com/posts/simpleform got 3rd product of the day a few weeks ago without an audience. I have literally 3 friends to help upvote when I launch. Plus maybe a few people who follow me on PH that I don't ask at all.
It may be an outlier, and it is less likely, but possible. That being said, of course try to take any advantage you can get.
Looks like it was built on blockstack did they tweet about it?
If not seems like an outlier, there have been 100s of posts on IH about people who didn't get upvoted when they posted with a few friends.
Blockstack didn't tweet about it, but PH did, as they do for many products.
Maybe it is an outlier, but my understanding of PH at this point is that most of it is up to chance.
If the market likes it, you're good, otherwise there's not much that will help you. Of course, having an audience would help.
Could be wrong but that's just the way I look at it.
Thanks for your reply...
The name from the idea (find the best resources to learn Upvoted by others).
But the rules of product hunt disallow asking people for Upvote :/
I post it in 00:01 San Francisco time.
What do you think about the idea?
Not sure on the idea of learning, for learning I would want curated lists.
Being candid, the current idea looks like a less useful Reddit. Not sure if there is a way you can add some uniqueness to the product.
They do, but you can interpret that more as: "Don't ask everyone for upvotes".
Basically everyone with a successful PH launch "asks for upvotes" one way or another.
Asking 2 friends to upvote you isn't a problem. Going on twitter and saying "PLEASE UPVOTE MY PRODUCT" is going to get you in trouble.
Let me turn this around...
Why should people care?
And, more importantly, who should care?
Are those people on PH?
And did you make it super obvious to them why they should care?
take into account that is also saturday......
I agree with the others who have said that having a few supporters to vote for you helps. For our launch, the initial team members supplied the first votes. We also let our users/colleagues know we were on PH and ask them to visit our launch.
To get an idea of what kind of maker's statement you should make, look at some of the products that have made it to the front page recently. Your descriptions, makers, statement, etc. should be written to engage and interest readers.
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