Launching on Producthunt, what do people experience?
I heard from various sources that you need to launch on product hunt for some initial traffic. People should schedule and launch their products on producthunt while engaging their audience for getting upvotes on the platform.
But what about those founders, who do not have an audience or a small audience, how do they get the most of it? Producthunt has several products everyday which do not have even 15-20 upvotes, what results do they achieve while launching there?
Launching my product, Listifying on producthunt on 18 august. What do you suggest?
Launched with a tiny audience before. Under 20 upvotes is still worth it — not for traffic, for the snapshot. It forces a one-line pitch, a demo, a page a stranger gets in five seconds. Treat the count as a measurement, not a verdict. The real return is the few who actually try it and tell you things analytics never will.
Did you have any signup or something? Just want to set realistic expectations. And what was the aftermath of your launch?
Signups on the actual day were close to zero — the spike graph looked great and the funnel was empty. The aftermath was the real part: a few people who actually used the thing came back with questions, and those replies did more than the launch traffic. Set your expectation to that: launch day is a photograph, not a pipeline.
Empty funnel was my main area of concern. I thought you atleast get a few signup launching on that big platform meant good for everyone. That information is helpful.