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Product Hunt Blog
blog.producthunt.com · Company blog · on HN since 2015
The official blog of Product Hunt, covering product launches, maker stories, hackathons, and startup advice from the site's team.
What HN saysHN links it for launch advice, side project idea guidance from founder Ryan Hoover, and announcements like its badges feature and global hackathon.
24HN people shared it
4linked it in comments
20stories submitted
50story points
7 years agolast shared
2015people per year2026
Most-shared posts
- 1Uber’s Credit Card Is Bankrupting Restaurants3 people · 22 points · first shared 2017 · 22 comments on HN
- 2How to Launch on Product Hunt3 people · 4 points · first shared 2017 · 1 comments on HN
- 3How we made our first dollar at Product Hunt2 people · 3 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
- 4The Product Hunt Global Hackathon, with Over $250k in Prizes2 people · 2 points · first shared 2017 · 2 comments on HN
- 5150M accounts hacked1 people · 3 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
- 6How this Maker quit his job and made his side projects profitable in 1 year1 people · 3 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
- 7Ben Horowitz’s Best Startup Advice1 people · 2 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 8$0 Design Tools to Help You Create Your Next Project1 people · 2 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 9Winners of the Product Hunt Global Hackathon 20171 people · 2 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 10PH Maker Story: The Makers of Storeo, an Instagram App with 7,000 MAU1 people · 1 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
- 11Maker Stories: Episode 4 with Genius Founders Tom Lehman and Ilan Zechory1 people · 1 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 12The Magic of HQ Trivia1 people · 1 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
- 13The Best Writing Apps for Apple Fans1 people · 1 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 14Why Startups Are Going Remote in 20171 people · 1 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 15The Ultimate List of Emoji Products Prepare for World Emoji Day 20171 people · 1 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
anandchowdhary · 2020-02-26
Yes, the goal I had in mind was to "show off" your upvotes once the cycle is over and not encourage more of them. Similar to Product Hunt's badges [1] which also follows a more strict 1-day product launch cycle.
[1] https://blog.producthunt.com/new-feature-add-a-product-hunt-upvote-bad…
justvidyadhar · 2017-08-26
Here are a couple things that can help you get started.
1. Start talking about your product in communities where your most potential users exist. You'll have to manually recruit your users/customers in the beginning.
2. Once you've got good enough users on board(Which you already have, from looking at your website), request for recommendations. This is your the most important litmus test for product growth as it indicates whether your product is good enough to be recommended to their closest friends.
3. Once you have enough confidence, write a blog post on Medium about your product, the story and how it has already helped your early customers/users.
4. Launch it on Product Hunt. Product Hunt is a great place to launch new products and get exposure to potential customers.
(https://blog.producthunt.com/how-to-launch-on-product-hunt-7c1843e0639…
jaden · 2019-06-11
https://requestforstartup.co/ has some ideas that are too big for a side project, but there are smaller ones there.
Also, here's Ryan Hoover's (creator of ProductHunt) response to your question - https://blog.producthunt.com/how-to-come-up-with-side-project-ideas-4a…
wilhempujar · 2017-11-05
cf. Product Hunt global hackathon https://blog.producthunt.com/the-product-hunt-global-hackathon-join-us…