Ask the PH team anything: Launching on PH

Ashley Higgins
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Hi everyone!! In case you haven't heard, in a couple of weeks we're trying something new: hosting an event to share everything you need to know about how to launch on Product Hunt. We'd also like to incorporate answers to the most common questions from the community, so here's your open call to ask us anything in the comments below! To join the event on August 16 at 9am PDT, go ahead and register here: https://events.producthunt.com/events/details/product-hunt-product-hunt-worldwide-presents-how-to-launch-on-product-hunt/)

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Benoit COLLET
What's the vision for future regarding ship feature and product pages? I explain: Product Hunt evolved from a hunter hunting<>maker launching to a place where makers have a nice shiny product pages where you can see launches, jobs, etc. but also ship pages which are like a side project I would say... What's your vision about all that? There's so much potential here to smooth the way it work and build better communities around the makers! 😻
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What are some successful traits & commonalities among the most successful launches?
Aditya
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@gabe you HAVE to be a part of the event. We've researched a lot to dig some really cool stats - excited for the event!
Sivan Baram
This is awesome. We are just about to launch on product hunt and would love any help we can get.
Stas Voronov
How does a boosted profile affect product ranking algorithms?
Aditya
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Product Hunt
Hey @stas_voronov - what do you mean by boosted profile? Like some popular figure?
Stas Voronov
Hey @adityavsc, I mean is it a big difference if you publish a product from the almost new profile (with 10-20 points) or if you post from a profile with >200 points?
Prashant Mahajan
Hey, this is amazing.
Sharath Kuruganty
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I love this Ashley and team! What's one message you want to give to the makers who are on the edge of launching their products but hold back due to some limiting beliefs they face?
Aditya
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@5harath IMO Makers should read some amazing Launch Tips by the community (https://www.producthunt.com/disc...) and just SHIP IT :) In case they still hold back, they should just reach out to us. Our team is super friendly and very approachable. Always happy to help :)
Tavis Lochhead
@5harath Just ship it 🚒
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@5harath ship fast but have a working MVP.
Dorian
Hey Ashley, logging into that page doesn't seem to work :(
Cristina Bunea
@dorian_grolaux hey Dorian! can you please let me know what error you're getting? what did you use to log in?
Dorian
@cristinaibunea I can't really even login, if I just press the login button on that page it immediately shows an error message (which I cannot seem to share as a screenshot here 😬) But it says: ERROR Sorry, an error occurred. We're aware of the issue and working on getting it resolved. Please refresh this page to try again. if I try to reload the page, I then get: We’re having a problem logging you in. Please refresh the page, and then try again.
Aditya
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@cristinaibunea @dorian_grolaux seems like I've figured it out. Is this also your account ? https://www.producthunt.com/@mrs... If yes, I can go ahead and merge your accounts which will resolve this :) You can also reach out to our team on Intercom. We will be more than happy to help :)
Dorian
@cristinaibunea /@mrskwiggs /@mrs @adityavsc Yes that's also my account. Interesting! Yes go ahead for merging :) Thanks all πŸ™
Aditya
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@dorian_grolaux I've merged the accounts. You should be fine to login now. If you still face some issues, do let us know!
Jesse Jensen
When will you fix searching for products so we can see them by most recent? So far the only options are Product and People. Also if I type like a particular subject, for example, I am looking for alternative web browsers that I saw a few days ago on product hunt and I can't remember the name, and I type in browsers and it shows me everything but what was recent.
Ismail Egilmez
Looking forward to the event!
Armen Margarian
Make it so that people, other than those who have 1000+ hunts, can stand a chance when hunting a product! :-)
Alan Gabriel
When will dark mode be released in PH?
Niko Dovidija
Great idea from the Product Hunt team! Will definitely be joining the event.
Ankit Sharma
awesome, I am ready for it 🀩🀩🀩
Aditya
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@ankitsharmaofficial ABSOLUTELY, Ankit!
Paul Rusyn
LogoliveryAI
Looking forward to the event! Great work!
Aditya
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Product Hunt
Thanks, @pavell2l :)
Naomi Chao
Oo nice timing, thanks! What tools do makers use to track their launches and what data should they be tracking?
Aditya
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Product Hunt
Hey @naomichao! I saw Gamma's Upcoming Page and also spoke to Grant. Super excited to know about Gamma. Every launch post has a 'Launch Day' dashboard. You can keep referring to this dashboard to track the launch progress. I hope it helps :) For example, you can check Highlight's dashboard here: https://www.producthunt.com/post...
Thanks for the great work! We are launching Trickle this week. Itβ€˜s perfect opportunity to do a review by join the event. πŸš€ πŸ’—
Aditya
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Product Hunt
@ming_xu1 Exciting!
dhanilan m.s.
looking forward for it.
Ann Ezexel
Pepper.Partners
Pepper.Partners
Support our chat with skin cancer survivors?) you wrote yourself that you can ask any question:)
Chris Messina
Nice! Will the event be recorded and shared afterwards?
Sergei Petrov
@chrismessina also concerned about this. Would like to see a recording if I can't visit.