We just launched DiscountHub on Product Hunt — after rebuilding it into a real web product
Hey Indie Hackers 👋
Quick update from my DiscountHub journey: our new Product Hunt launch is now live.
Since the first version, DiscountHub has changed a lot. It’s no longer just an app idea — we now have:
– a full web version
– iOS app
– promo codes
– partner offers
– store pages
– more deal sources
– better browsing and filtering
The goal is simple: help people find real discounts, promo codes and partner offers in one place, without jumping between many random coupon sites.
One thing I learned while building this: the hardest part is not only collecting offers, but making the product feel trustworthy and useful from the first few seconds.
I’d really appreciate honest feedback from other makers:
What would make a discount platform more useful for you?
– verified deal badges?
– price/drop alerts?
– better store pages?
– browser extension?
– more partner offers from indie makers?
Here is the Product Hunt launch:
https://www.producthunt.com/products/discounthub?utm_source=other&utm_medium=social
Web sayt: https://discounthub.uz/
Thanks to everyone who has already given feedback on Indie Hackers. A lot of the recent improvements came directly from comments here.
That's insane. Currently building an extension of my own, hoping to get it out there
Verified deal badges beat everything else on your list because your category has a built-in trust deficit, dead coupons killed user faith in coupon sites years ago. I'd show when each code was last tested and its success rate before building alerts or extensions. In this business trust is the product, the deals are just inventory.
Trust is probably the hardest part for deal sites. Verified offers and clear expiry dates would make me come back.
This is awesome!! how are you handling the data and data spikes for activity?
To be honest, we haven't hit a peak in activity yet; we currently have around 300 unique users daily. As for checking promo codes and discounts, that is an automated process.
I think you could pull a honey. The reason honey got so popular (putting all the controversy aside) is because they collaborated with so many creators. Obviously that takes a lot of money, but UGC and collabing with small creators for marketing is still worth looking into.
I agree that collaborating with smaller creators on marketing is necessary, but how do you find and contact them?
If you're just starting out you look for small creators who are in the niche of your product, and you dm them offering them either upfront payment, or a percentage of revenue over the next month or something (given they hit a view goal you decide). This is what i've heard.
I'll think about it.
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Congrats on the Product Hunt launch, going to check it out and leave a comment
To answer your question, verified deal badges and a browser extension would probably matter most to me personally, verified badges solve the trust problem you mentioned right away, and a browser extension removes the friction of having to remember to check the app before buying something
Good luck today, I'm launching Reportify on Product Hunt on July 15, will keep this thread in mind when that day comes
Congrats on the relaunch! Curious what specifically made you decide to rebuild from scratch instead of iterating on the previous version? I'm early in my indie hacker journey and facing similar "rebuild vs. tweak" decisions.
There were two reasons: Google Play rejected the production version after the closed beta, and there was user feedback. I think moving to a website was the right decision; the daily flow of unique users is now over 300.
For me price drop alerts would be massive. Capital one used to have something like that (they might still but I removed it because it was so inconsistent) and it was one of my most used features.
Congrats on the ProductHunt launch! Just checked it out and the page looks great. I'm preparing for a ProductHunt launch in the next few days for DeerDawn and I'm wondering what sort of traffic you've seen over the last few days.
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Congrats on the PH launch! Rebuilding from an app idea into a full web product with an iOS app alongside it is a big jump — that's a lot of surface area to maintain solo.
On your question: I'd rank price/drop alerts highest of your list. That's the feature that turns a one-time visit into a reason to come back — without it, a discount site competes with just googling "X coupon code" in the moment. Verified deal badges matter too, but mostly for trust on first visit; alerts are what drives retention.
I'm building Actually Done (a life-admin app — bills, docs, passwords, health records in one place) solo on mobile with no coding background, so I get the "make it feel trustworthy in the first few seconds" problem — for us that's meant leaning hard on things users can verify immediately, like showing exactly what data leaves the device vs. what stays local. Curious whether you're taking the same approach with the partner offers, i.e., transparency into how deals are vetted before they show up in the feed?
Love the transparency here. Rebuilding into a full web product is the right call for legitimacy and scale. The fact that you're shipping store pages and better filtering shows you're listening to real user needs, not just chasing features. Curious how the partner offers network compares to Honey's in terms of ROI for users?
Of your list, the browser extension is the only one that changes your position in the market. A destination site depends on users remembering you exist, but an extension shows up at checkout, the exact second intent peaks, which is how Honey earned its $4B exit. I would ship a rough extension before adding any more content surface area.
Thanks for the advice; I’ll think about it. Also, what do you think is the minimum number of unique visits needed before creating an extension?
Don't gate it on a visitor number. The extension isn't a scaling feature, it's a distribution channel, and channels are worth testing at any size. I'd build the roughest version that works on your top 10 stores and put it in front of your existing daily users; their install rate will tell you more than any traffic threshold.
Okay, I'll try to add it soon.
The feature list is tempting, but I’d first separate “specific intent” from “browse intent.”
If someone arrives thinking “I need a working code for this exact store right now,” a no-result search or a dead-looking result damages trust much more than missing alerts or partner offers. If people mostly browse categories, then alerts and discovery features probably matter more.
Are you logging no-result searches or searches that get a click but no repeat visit? That could show which stores/categories need deeper verification before adding more surface area.
That really should be added. It will be a huge help once there are a lot of users.
That makes sense. I’d still start logging it now, even before volume is high, because failed intent is hard to reconstruct later. A simple weekly view — top no-result store searches, searches with a click but no repeat visit, and stores with unusually high exits — could tell you where verification work should go before adding more deal sources.
Nice
Strong shift from a simple aggregator to a real product, especially the focus on trust early on. Any plans for personalization or indie maker partnerships?
Of course, that is exactly what we are doing today.
Well Deal
On trust from the first few seconds: the thing that kills every coupon site is dead codes. So of your list, verified badges matter most, but only if 'verified' means 'last confirmed working 3 hours ago' rather than a static tick. People have been burned too often to trust a badge that never moves. One bigger question though: a discount aggregator is intensely local, deals only matter where the user can redeem them. If the Product Hunt spike sent you a global crowd but the deals are region-specific, the drop-off isn't trust or features, it's relevance. Which market are the deals actually for right now?
That’s a very valid point regarding the market. To be honest, yes, some discounts are targeted at specific regions—mainly the UK—but the majority work globally. That’s why the filter includes options like Alibaba UK and Alibaba EU, or Geekbuying DE and Geekbuying FR. But generally speaking, everything works globally.
Glad the region filters are there. The one I'd still watch is the first point: "works globally" and "this code still works today" are different promises, and it's the second that decides whether people come back. A "last checked 3h ago" timestamp on each code beats any static badge, because that's exactly the thing coupon-site users have learned to distrust. If you're already re-checking codes to expire them, surfacing when you last checked is the cheap win.
You can try the promo code section specifically; the codes work 100% of the time, and you won't find a single one that doesn't work. )
Ohh thats seems nice, gotta check it out!
Definitely check it out! )
Fantastic, as long as it works. What really differentiates Discount Hub from other similar online platforms that usually don't work and only make us waste time and patience?
You can try all the promo codes; they work. They disappear as soon as they expire.
Really impressed by how much this has evolved. It feels like a real product now instead of just another coupon site. I like the focus on verified deals and a cleaner browsing experience. Wishing you a successful Product Hunt launch—looking forward to seeing how DiscountHub grows!
Thank you—it’s precisely because of people like you that I didn’t abandon this project.
its a great news for me and friends
Thank you for your trust; we will do our utmost to live up to it.
Really interesting positioning — the trust problem you mentioned is exactly what kills most discount platforms early on. Users don’t come back if they click 3 dead links in a row.
The verified deal badges idea is probably your highest-leverage move for retention. Even a simple “last checked X hours ago” timestamp would go a long way.
Curious — are you handling the deal verification manually right now or do you have something automated checking link validity?
An automatic three-layer filtration system is in place here, and I can say with 100% certainty that all the promo codes are valid.
Thanks. And yes, I think the "confirmed offer" icons for the website will be ready today, and the ones for the app in a couple of days.
That's great to hear. I think those confirmed offer icons will make a noticeable difference, especially for first-time users. Trust is hard to build with deal sites, so even small signals like that can go a long way. Looking forward to seeing how people respond once they're live.
Hi, congrats on the launch going from an app idea to web + iOS + promo codes + partner offers is real progress, especially rebuilt on user feedback.
On your question: verified deal badges first trust is the hardest part, like you said, and badges solve it in the first few seconds. Price/drop alerts second, since that's what brings people back.
One thing I'd flag: sourcing and managing partner offers is its own ongoing BD job, and it tends to become the bottleneck as these platforms scale. I run NORSE, we are embed BD execution into businesses that need that pipeline built and managed .
Would really love to have a conversation about how we scale your product.
Good luck with the launch btw!
Thanks, of course—write to me, and we’ll discuss it.
Congrats on the launch! 🚀 The platform looks like it has come a long way.
By the way, I'd love to propose a small partnership. Would you be interested in adding a 50% coupon code for OWL Transfer (https://owltransfer.com) to DiscountHub? I think it could be a nice exclusive deal for your users, and I'd be happy to support the community.
Wishing you the best for the launch!
I’d certainly be happy to—let’s discuss this via private message. Here is my Discord: (suggestion05763). Send me a message.
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Congrats on the launch! I like how you've evolved the product from a simple app into a complete platform. I think verified deals and browser extensions could become strong differentiators. Wishing you lots of success on Product Hunt! 🚀
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