What to expect from launching on Product Hunt?
Hello everyone,
We are launching our beloved product this week, and I was wondering if you could shed some light on what to expect.
How much traffic and how many questions should we prepare to receive?
The majority of Product Hunt user is from which country? Any specific time of the day that we should see a spike in requests?
How important is it to land in the top 3 products of the day?
If we're able to reach the top, what happens afterward? And if we don't?
Last but not least, what does the Product Hunt community expect from a new product? Are coupons and discounts important?
Looking forward to reading your comments,
Ervin
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I will add somme comments as I know.
How important is it to land in the top 3 products of the day?
It is very important most of PH users don't go down, they are checking the first 3 product. I'm also doing the same. I have learned this information from a Podcast about product hunt.
If we're able to reach the top, what happens afterward? And if we don't?
You will get organic traffic, and you will continue to get it in the next days. My friend experienced it.
Last but not least, what does the Product Hunt community expect from a new product? Are coupons and discounts important?
I think no, the community is chasing new products. As a PH user, I'm upvoting the idea, not the coupon code.
Hi Ervin,
We previously launched two products on Product Hunt.
Both of our products entered the top five. You can view our products from the link below.
Designer.tips; https://www.producthunt.com/products/designer-tips#designer-tips
Product Doctor; https://www.producthunt.com/products/product-doctor#product-doctor
1- Interaction
At each launch, three of our team members came online to answer questions and we quickly responded to comments and questions.
At the same time, we announced that we would launch our product on platforms such as slack, twitter and LinkedIn. We were also online on these platforms on the day of launch.
2-Timing
We conducted both launches at 07:00 UTC. We confirmed this decision with our launch results. We also recommend it to you.
3-Coupons
Generating coupons for Product Hunt is a gift for hunters who visit you at launch. It makes it easier for them to bond with your product. It's also illegal to ask for a 'upvote' when promoting your launch. But you could call it a specially defined 'discount coupon' visit. ;)
4- Audit
If you've reviewed the products we launched during the product hunt, it means you've met Product Doctor. 🙂 With Product Doctor, we ensure that products are tested before they are released to the market. By checking a Free Audit, you can learn about and correct suggestions about your product in advance.
Good luck on the launch!
Thank you @Eylul, this was very helpful.
Is it okay if I also share your answers to my PH discussion? Feel free to do so on your own:
https://www.producthunt.com/discussions/what-to-expect-from-launching-on-product-hunt
Our Hunter also recommended 07:00 UTC, so that's the one we're using.
I just made the 'discount coupon' visits on your launches ;) But I will most likely come back after our launch as I'm a little distracted now.
Cheers,
Ervin
Of course, I also commented on product hunt.
Do you have a launch date?
Before launch, what did you think about trying Audit? :)
We're launching this Thursday. That's why I didn't have the chance to spend too much time on Audit.
We launched a new mini product today, we are waiting for your support. :)
https://www.producthunt.com/posts/prompt-cafe
Hi Ervin,
This is Leon, I launched my product AudaOS on ProdutHunt before. You can get more information after entering the Link:https://www.producthunt.com/products/audaos
In my mind, if u can get 150+ upvotes after ur first launch without robot help, that will be a good grade for u. Now, on ProductHunt, a new and normal one launched will get about 50+ upvotes. That's my prediction.
As for the top 3, that will give u so much exposure. Because everybody will click the top 3 on PH, you can get more users from it.