Aliya Maqsood's profile on Product Hunt

About

As a Graphic Designer and product enthusiast, I’m interested in the connection between great ideas and great presentation. I love exploring new digital products, understanding their purpose, and appreciating the creativity behind their development. I believe thoughtful visuals can help communicate a product’s value and create a memorable first impression. I’m here to discover useful tools, learn from founders, connect with makers, and contribute positively to the Product Hunt community through genuine engagement and creative perspectives.

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1d ago

I reviewed 50 landing pages this month. Only 3 made me trust the product in under 5 seconds.

As a graphic designer, I look at products from two angles: how they look, and whether they make me understand why they exist before I lose patience.

A beautiful hero image catches attention. But that alone has never convinced me to stay.

Going through 50+ landing pages recently, I noticed a pattern in the ones that actually earned my trust:

The ones that worked answered "what does this do?" before I scrolled. Not with a tagline, but with a plain sentence a non-technical person could repeat.
The value prop wasn't clever. It named a problem I already felt, not a feature I had to imagine needing.
The next step didn't feel like a commitment. One page I almost left had a single button that said "See how it works", no email required. I stayed.

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5d ago

Intro + the one design test I run before I judge a new product

Hey everyone. I m Aliya, and I m a graphic designer who spends a lot of time exploring how products present themselves.

I ve spent most of my career looking at products built by people who were great at features but terrible at clarity. They had a landing page for every capability, a screenshot for every integration, and a visual hierarchy that made my eyes hurt. My first move is always the same. Strip away the branding. Look at the plain text. Whatever is left is usually the real thing, and it s usually been there the whole time, buried under a dozen gradients and drop shadows.

The test I care about most isn t the logo or the color palette. It s whether a user can understand what the product does in three seconds without reading a single word of body copy. If they can t, I don t blame the user. That s my problem. Somewhere between what the founder built and what the customer sees, the visual signal got lost. My job is to find it and fix it.

I joined because I want to hear how other makers think about this. Not the polished case studies, the messy version.