What are the criteria to appear in "Top product launching today"
Matt El Mouktafi
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As PH is hiding the votes for the first few hours, I would have thought, for fairness, there would be some kind of rotation so users can discover all products on the home page on the morning before we have the upvote counts.
But it seems like only some products are promoted from the start of the day.
Do you know how PH is choosing which product to promote each day ?
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Luo Baishun@luobaishun
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To appear in "Top product launching today", your product must be selected by the Product Hunt team. With hundreds of new products submitted daily, only a few make it to the homepage.
To increase your chances, ensure your product follows the official guidelines:
https://help.producthunt.com/en/...
Make sure your product complies with the requirements, and reach out to their customer service if necessary.
Best of luck with your launch!
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Optim'i
@luobaishun Thanks for the link, I've missed this article. It's really insightful. So basically features launch are manually selected by the PH team.
I think it's a shame there's not a better rotation between all products that matches the criteria but at least it explains what we've noticed. I was wondering why we didn't appeared even when we got ~20 more upvotes and comments than some of the featured products
I hope we will manage to get featured with our next launch, I feel like our launch was a success (by our criteria) but mostly reached our existing community rather than showing our product to potential new users
Thanks again for the explanation 🙂
Getting featured as a 'Top product' on PH def boosts visibility. Focus on having a stellar landing page, clear value prop, and early user feedback/engagement to improve your odds. Grinding on those pre-launch essentials is key. Wishing you a dope launch!
Optim'i
Optimizing your product page is key! Make sure to craft a compelling tagline, upload high-quality images/video, and provide a detailed but concise description. Leveraging your existing audience by asking them to upvote can also help boost visibility. And don't forget to engage with the PH community by responding to comments and questions. A little hustle goes a long way in catching the PH team's attention!
Optim'i
@lucasdanielwright thanks for the advices 🙂
When you say to leverage your existing audience, do you mean that a launch that wasn’t featured but has great support can end up being featured ?
Ultimately it's up to the PH team's discretion, but having an innovative product, following their guidelines to a T, and being super responsive to any questions/feedback from their team will up your chances. Launching on a slower day (not Tuesday) could help too. Wishing you a 🚀 launch!