Product Hunt Challenge - Launch your product vol.1
Hi, fellow indie hackers. It's me manyTomas, and I have thought about another hacking session that we can do together. But this time it will take a little more effort to win.
The goal is to launch your product on Product Hunt and get some traction by supporting each other on the launch day with upvotes.
The challenge is the path. If you join this hacking challenge, you will have 30 days to prepare your project/service/application for the launch day.
While you will be preparing your app for launch, you should share your progress with other members of the challenge as well as other indie hackers so if they will like what you are doing; they can support you too.
Other than sharing your progress, you should also ask the questions when you need help and also provide feedback to other members if they need it.
I will be pleased if some indie hackers who already made a successful launch on Product Hunt will become the mentors to members of the challenge, and so they will increase the plausibility of a successful launch.
After 30 days, your app will be launched by hunter on Product Hunt and get support from other participants as well as indie hackers.
Bullet points:
- Goal: Launch your product on Product Hunt and get some traction by supporting each other on the launch day with upvotes
- Timespan: 30 days
- Get ready your app and share your progress
- Ask for feedback, learn, get better
- Help other participants
- Mentors help
I will take care of all administration here > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bkjkk0s1hvAWZju8X0VuOKWm0_wBj4mlnyYsXJY6oEI/edit?usp=sharing.
Write down do comments your product name, description, URL link if it's online and start working!
If you want to become a mentor, sign in with a comment.
Who's in?
Product name: ManyLetter
Description: Get email newsletters under your control.
URL: https://manyletter.com
Online status: Initial early access version online.
I am curious. I never really paid attention to product hunt.
I have a project in very specific domain - math education. Does it even fit into product hunt?
Second question: what conditions a product needs to satisfy to be considered "ready" for product hunt?
it doesn't matter the domain..
i've posted a project with a niche audience and got it featured in their newsletter. Even if it didn't went that well (130 upvotes till now), I had been doing zero marketing and preparations. However it tooks some months to be featured. I simply forgot I've submitted the site there.
This is the project -> https://www.producthunt.com/posts/mowned
Well, that's what I wanted to ask. Should I do some "special" preparations, or just continue working on my website and post it there in 1 month?
@manyTomas ?
I think that you should continue working on your project to get it ready. I don't know in what state your project is. If it's a blank website with no content or functions,, then it is not ready for launch yet I would say :D
Here's the link to the newsletter where the project has been featured.
https://www.producthunt.com/newsletter/3040
I like your project!
I am not personally interested in it, but I know many phone hobbyists.
I love projects that target really exotic niches. :)
Thank you! :)
Personally i didn't and had no network to help me with upvoting / reaching higher.
It was not a successful "launch", maybe because of niche, maybe because of the project itself, maybe because lack of reach (because had no help). But somehow the guys from PH liked the idea, otherwise why I've been featured there? :P
I just made sure to pick some nice screenshoots and to write a decent text. Then it all went natural...
Then again, i am no expert, and not a fan of "hacking x scheme". I prefer "organic" versus "artificial".. but that's just me.
Hi. Yes, why not? Look here, for example, https://www.producthunt.com/search?q=math. People launch there almost everything that has potential to grow and make money.
Wow, you blew my mind.
I was so sure that math would not fit on product hunt, that I did not even bother to check, lol.
Thanks!
Hah ... you are welcome ... i just enter "math" to the product hunt search ;)
We actually just launched our product today
Maybe we could do a relaunch?
Yes, why not. How was the launch?
Lets do it!
We're actually doing the launch right now (it's going well but waiting to hopefully get featured).
Inform me then if you will relaunch. And by the way, your experiences will be helpful for indie hackers in this challenge.
Let's do this!
Product name: Conversation
Description: A new way to get early feedback on products
URL: None yet!
Welcome onboard.
Is the hacking challenge still active?
How are you doing guys?
Nice initiative @manyTomas
I made a PH campaign without any plan earlier, keen to know your feedback https://www.producthunt.com/posts/ventureslist
I'm in the middle of preparing the version 2 of my side project, will launch a serious campaign later :)
I am in Tomas!
Product name: Bannerium
Description: Photoshop plugin for generating ad banners
URL: www.bannerium.com
Online status: Ready to launch
Nice. I have added you to the challenger list. If you are ready to launch what are you going to do the next 30 days? :)
There are less, right? :)) 25 I guess .
I planned to launch on Product Hunt, but I can wait, if I can get better traction.
It's up to you. I would not last another 25 days, and I would not rely on better traction from this initiative. If the product is good, people will upvote it. And the truth is that you can relaunch the product several times and not rely on just one launch. Therefore, just do it. Please let me know I will upvote it for sure.
Tomas, do you have any idea how to maximize the possibility of got better visibility? Do you think I should find some hunter?
Take a look at these resources:
https://medium.com/swlh/product-hunt-101-how-to-launch-your-product-from-early-idea-to-revenue-c3f01864cdde
https://producthunt.taskablehq.com/Checklist-for-Launching-on-Product-Hunt-c282188c52474d0d9d8c0ffb7e26de64
Count me in!
Product name: Journey
Description: Social network to push you toward your goals
URL: https://startyourjourney.io
Online status: Live on Android and iOS, I will use this to launch the web version.
I got you covered! Welcome
Awesome idea @manyTomas !
We've launched our alpha on PH last September (2nd of the day), had some great feedback and a great number of alpha tester!
We made a post on IH about this: https://www.indiehackers.com/product/abyssale/1700-alpha-subscribers--LoZhiwPKiu_v5jZRMAq
I'm available to "mentor" you guys, hit me up on twitter for any questions, advice, ... will try my best to help you out :)
Great! I Have added you to the list of mentors on the google doc. We should also create some chat channel where we can discuss and push forward together + organise ourself if needed.
Sure! Discord or slack would be perfect
Let's do this!
Product name: endorse.fyi
Description: Platform to match colleagues affected by COVID-19 layoffs with mentors who can assist with resume reviews, mock interviews, or mentorship.
URL: https://endorse.fyi/
Online Status: live MVP; looking for beta users
Product name: AnyForm
Description: Google forms as a form backend
URL: https://anyform.co/
Product name: Prezelive
Description: Increase activity of your students using smart interactions and gamification.
URL: prezelive.com
I'm in 🙂
Welcome onboard.
@manyTomas I think this is a great idea and I'd love to be a part of it.
Product Name: Open Source Capital
Description: A community built around sovereignty and taking your projects to the next level.
URL: Opensourcecapital.co
Online Status: Initial MVP site is live and now open for feedback
Is there any actions I need to take for next steps :)
Hi. Sure! You should work for 30 days now and document what are you doing ideally here on indiehackers.com. Ask if you have any questions, help others if you can.
That is great thanks @manyTomas. Looking forward to the next 30 days.
Product name: Tranzlate
Description: Website/app translations management.
URL: https://tranzlate.io
Online status: Initial beta version online.
Hi @pseudo, welcome on board.
Product name: SEOwl
Description : SEO Analytics & Performance reporting solution
URL : https://www.seowl.co
Online status : Getting the landing page rebuilt, then some beta testing then ready for PH launch
Great. Welcome to the challenge!
Sounds good.
Product name: CodeStash
Description: Premium resources for developers.
URL: codestash.co
Online status: Initial test version is online
@jakeprins. Welcome!
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Hello @botvader. It doesn't matter how long you have been working on your project. The important thing is that you want to push it further and help other indie hackers with their launch. Welcome on board.
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