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Julia Putzeys

How do you know you’re ready to launch? 🚀

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Product Hunt newb here 🙋‍♀️ I’ve been enjoying digging into discussions and checking out other product launches as I prepare to launch my product. My question for more experienced PH members is how do you know you’re ready for launch day? What are some key indicators you look for?
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Fabian Maume
I have an action template to help prepare the launch: https://docs.google.com/spreadsh... Key criteria I'm looking at to assess the launch readiness is the size of your user base. If you want to finish in the top 5 you need at least 500 email subscribe to ask for support on the D-day. If you are far from this number I recommend to make a no-frill launch for now (targeting top 10 and spending max 5 hour on the launch), and do a second hunt 6 months later.
Julia Putzeys
@fabian_maume great tip, thank you! I've heard that you want to avoid bringing in a lot of new product hunt users on the day of launch though. Do you prep your email list to get them to sign up a few weeks in advance?
Julia Putzeys
@fabian_maume also this checklist is SO helpful - thank you for sharing!
Fabian Maume
@julia_putzeys That tends not to be effective. Upvote from recent accounts doesn't have much impact. It is more effective to invest your time in connecting with people who are already active on product hunt. You can for example look at people who upvoted similar products.
Julia Putzeys
@fabian_maume got it. appreciate your insight, thank you!
Sharath Kuruganty
You don't and you will never be ready. Just ship it 🚀
Julia Putzeys
@5harath so true :)
Clement Surry
Eagerly waiting for more comments on this thread. I too have similar questions
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