

Ultimately the community upvotes products they like and find useful, so it’s far more important to build something awesome and clearly communicate its value to the world.”ĭuring the lead-up to our Product Hunt launch, we saw several products launch without a professional hunter and still ended up Product of the Day. According to Product Hunt: “You don’t need to reach out to ‘top hunters’ or influencers to get your product hunted. Quick note: we’re working on a new app, and we’d love for you to give it a try 🤗įinding a hunter to hunt your product on Product Hunt falls into the “optional” category when planning a Product Hunt launch. Once we had formed a bond with a maker, we usually gave them a follow and got a follow back in return (and sometimes connected with them on LinkedIn and Twitter), which came in handy later on (more on that later). Instead, we spent a few hours each week forming meaningful connections with makers-providing thoughtful feedback on products, contributing to conversations, and hosting AMAs in the Discussions section of the site. (In Product Hunt, having followers is beneficial because when you’re listed as a maker and launch a product, they’ll get a notification and hopefully check out and upvote your product on launch day.) Some people approach this in a pretty half-assed way, simply saying “Congrats!” on every product and hoping to get a follow back from makers and commenters.

We began re-engaging with the community by checking out products, providing feedback, and commenting on discussions daily.

Caption: That’s me if you want to be buds.
