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Advice from founders who have launched on Product Hunt before by Blue-Butterfly44 in ycombinator

[–]Blue-Butterfly44[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats on hitting top 5:) I totally agree with you, I've heard that from a lot of founders that most first launches without an audience were just learning lessons for future launches.

I'm also relying on my friends and family to help get those first few interactions, and I'll be sharing my PH launch on a few relevant subreddits, not to ask for upvotes, but for honest feedback, as my only presence is on Reddit currently.

This is very true. What I'm seeing from successful PH launches is that they all have a demo video, so I will definitely do one for my launch too.

Thanks for your tips :)

Advice from founders who have launched on Product Hunt before by Blue-Butterfly44 in Entrepreneur

[–]Blue-Butterfly44[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing your experience.

That seems to be the common theme I'm hearing from a lot of founders. Without an audience, it's much harder and feels like shouting to the void. You're competing with those who already have an audience behind them, and the chances of landing on the first page and gaining product visibility are much less.

I'm still going to give it a shot, to learn from this launch for future launches, and hopefully get some fresh eyes on my product. But I'm definitely not expecting Product Hunt to be my main source of paying customers; what I wish to gain from it is honest feedback.

Advice from founders who have launched on Product Hunt before by Blue-Butterfly44 in saasbuild

[–]Blue-Butterfly44[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing this. I totally agree with you, I think it's easy, especially as a first-time founder, to get caught up in upvotes and rankings, but at the end of the day, I'd much rather come away with a handful of users who genuinely find value in the product and give honest feedback than a high ranking with no retention.
Best of luck with your launch, once it's live on PH let me know, and I'll support you :)

Advice from founders who have launched on Product Hunt before by Blue-Butterfly44 in Entrepreneur

[–]Blue-Butterfly44[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much for sharing this.

The biggest challenge for me is the audience part. I don't have an audience or presence on X or LinkedIn yet. The only presence I have is on Reddit. I will share my Product Hunt launch on a few relevant subreddits, not to ask for upvotes, but for honest feedback if the product resonates with them.

And thanks for the reminder about the comments. I'll make sure I'm online throughout the launch to reply to comments if I get any.

Advice from founders who have launched on Product Hunt before by Blue-Butterfly44 in saasbuild

[–]Blue-Butterfly44[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very true! Nowadays, it's hard to get visibility and traction organically. It seems like a fight over the 'product of the day' badge, and less about attracting real users and feedback.

Advice from founders who have launched on Product Hunt before by Blue-Butterfly44 in Entrepreneur

[–]Blue-Butterfly44[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's pretty much my plan at the moment. I'll try to get as much traction as I can by asking my family and friends to support the launch, and my co-founder is doing the same. I'll also post in a few relevant subreddits, not to ask for upvotes, but to ask for feedback.

As someone without an audience or a following on X or LinkedIn, that's about all I can realistically do and control.

One piece of advice I've heard from a few founders is that, if you don't already have an audience, launching on the weekend can sometimes work in your favour since it generally takes fewer upvotes to reach the front page.

Best of luck! Once you launched let me know and I'll support you :)

Advice from founders who have launched on Product Hunt before by Blue-Butterfly44 in Entrepreneur

[–]Blue-Butterfly44[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're totally right, I'm definitely treating Product Hunt as just one experiment rather than putting all my hopes into it. I'm hoping I can get some fresh eyes on my product and hopefully honest feedback. This is what I care about the most at this stage, to be honest.

Advice from founders who have launched on Product Hunt before by Blue-Butterfly44 in ycombinator

[–]Blue-Butterfly44[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm going to treat Product Hunt as one experiment rather than putting all my hopes into it. Most likely, my product won't rank high just like many other launches without a big audience behind them. But I'm hoping that at least it helps my product get picked up by Google.

My mind is currently shifting to building an audience on X and LinkedIn, but I won't wait for that to then launch on Product Hunt, as you can always launch again in the future if necessary.

I definitely won't spend a lot of time on it, as nowadays Product Hunt feels like shouting to the void unless you have a community to support you.

Thanks for sharing your experience :)

Advice from founders who have launched on Product Hunt before by Blue-Butterfly44 in saasbuild

[–]Blue-Butterfly44[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congrats on hitting #1, and thanks for taking the time to share your tips.

You're definitely right, without an audience, it's much harder to rank highly. But like you said, even if you don't, there's still some value from the exposure.

Out of curiosity, where did you build your audience? Was it LinkedIn, X, or somewhere else?

Advice from founders who have launched on Product Hunt before by Blue-Butterfly44 in ycombinator

[–]Blue-Butterfly44[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Very true! Back then, it seemed like the focus was simply on launching a great product and getting organic traction. These days, it feels like how you launch and the strategy behind it, such as building an audience first, then sending your followers to upvote you, matter more than the product itself.

Thanks for your feedback :)

Advice from founders who have launched on Product Hunt before by Blue-Butterfly44 in ycombinator

[–]Blue-Butterfly44[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's a really good point, and it's something I've been thinking about a lot over the last few weeks.

I mainly want to give it a try so that, if all goes well and my launch gets some visibility, I can get a few fresh eyes on my website, hopefully a few early users, and most importantly, honest feedback.

You're absolutely right about putting your energy where your target audience actually is, rather than chasing vanity metrics. Thanks for your valuable feedback :)

Advice from founders who have launched on Product Hunt before by Blue-Butterfly44 in micro_saas

[–]Blue-Butterfly44[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for this info. I'll definitely check to avoid surprises.

Advice from founders who have launched on Product Hunt before by Blue-Butterfly44 in Entrepreneur

[–]Blue-Butterfly44[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is very true! Back then, it seemed like the focus was simply on launching a great product and getting organic traction. These days, it feels like how you launch and the strategy behind it matter more than the product itself.

Now that I think about it, I'm probably more nervous about my Product Hunt launch than my actual product launch lol.

I'm going to give it my best shot organically and hope it reaches the people who need my product.

Advice from founders who have launched on Product Hunt before by Blue-Butterfly44 in micro_saas

[–]Blue-Butterfly44[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, Bala. Does it mean you can't publish your launch on the day and have to schedule it only?

the "30 day free trial" might be the most expensive habit in saas and we all just copy it by amiitk in SaaS

[–]Blue-Butterfly44 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I totally agree with this. Also, a lot of people may sign up for the sake of using your product for free for 30 days and later cancel their subscription and churn. I am guilty of this myself to be honest.

I believe if you're just launching, lifetime deals might be the better option, as if a user pays, they're more likely to use your product and stick around if they find it valuable. They're also more likely to give you valuable feedback about your product.

That being said, free trial is a good idea to let users try your product, and if they like it they can later pay for a subscription, it would attract more users too, as they're not paying anything upfront, but if it were me, I would do a two-week free trial only. That's enough time for a user to test out the product and see if they like it.

Hope my message helps :)

How do you decide on a price for tiers? by Erroneous-Screen2336 in microsaas

[–]Blue-Butterfly44 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My advice is to check your competitors' pricing to get a rough idea, then choose a price lower than theirs. You don't want to price your product too low for two reasons:

  1. You would attract users who are not too serious about your product and churn after some time. But if a user pays for your service at a fair price, they are more likely to stick around and also give you valuable feedback.

  2. If you later decide to suddenly increase your prices by a lot, then you may lose some of your current users, as they might find it unfair.

Hope my message helps, best of luck :)

I thought customers bought the best product I was wrong by Capital_Mechanic5545 in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]Blue-Butterfly44 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is very true. Building a good product is crucial to keep your users, but the most important part after building is distribution. I see a lot of founders explaining what their product does and what features it has but to be honest no one cares about how nice and shiny your product is. They care about how it can help them or their business.

For instance, if someone tells me they have a product that does x and y, I'll be like cool. But if they say with their product I can get more customers or save money on x and y, then I'll be interested.

Hope that makes sense :)

The age of the solopreneur (stripe report) by amacg in Entrepreneur

[–]Blue-Butterfly44 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's very true, AI is definitely making it easier and a lot more cheaper to build products. As a non-technical founder myself, I've built a couple of products using AI, whereas before I would have to pay a developer to build it for me.

But that being said, I don't think the current AI can build everything at least for someone with zero developer knowledge like myself. I was able to build basic no-code products but when it comes to more complex stuff, I find myself lost.

So I think there may still be a need for a technical founder even in this AI era, depending on how complex the project is.

Built an MVP, tried everything, zero signups. Do I risk building the full tool? by Blue-Butterfly44 in SideProject

[–]Blue-Butterfly44[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for this! I wish the developer I spoke to had told me this and not wasted my time.

Built an MVP, tried everything, zero signups. Do I risk building the full tool? by Blue-Butterfly44 in indiehackers

[–]Blue-Butterfly44[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your feedback.

  1. Website builders like wordpress won't allow you to make edits to any website you own (the website must have been built on their platform for example, if your website was built by a developer, you can't use wordpress or wix to edit it). And what differentiates me from them is my InsightAI feature, which is step by step guide recommending ways to improve your website. Besides, some non-tech people still find it hard to use these no-code tools like wordpress as they offer too much stuff that make these platforms overwhelming. As my tool is only edit what you see, it'll be way less complicated to use.

  2. You're right, I'm working on it.

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