Which of the Product Hunt metrics matter to you the most?
I’ve noticed that the purpose of people on Product Hunt is always different. Of course, the vast majority want to become the Product of the Day, Week, Month, or Year (or win Kitty Awards).
However, some are there for the community and their success metrics may lie in something else (e.g. the number of discussions created and rated).
Which of the following metrics are you here for? Or, which do you place the most/least importance on?
• 🥇 Become the top Product (Day, Week, Month, Year)
• 🏆 Win Kitty Awards in some category
• 🏹 To hunt the biggest amount of products
• 💬 To create the best-performing discussions
• 🪙 Collect Kitty Points
• 🎖️ Collect PH badges
• 🔥 Hit the highest PH Streak
• 👤 Grow follower count
• 👀 Anything else (add)
Tell your intention in the comments.
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Graphify
For my app, it was definitely about getting exposure and new users, so naturally, Product of the Day was a big goal. But beyond that, just having more people discover and try it out was the real win. When it comes to the forums, though, it’s more about exchanging ideas, helping out, and just being part of the conversation. I’ve actually found a lot of useful insights here that I wouldn’t have gotten otherwise. What’s the most important metric for you? Do you focus more on product launches, community engagement, or something else entirely?
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@hussein_r thank you for sharing your intentions. :) To be honest, my interests have been changing over time. At the moment, it is more about building community and create those discussions every day to be present with people. :)
Deamoy
Cuz we are about to launch a totally brand-new product on PH, the Top 1 of daily rank seems provide the max benefits for us to attract users. Our team prepare for it in details recently. But I also believe gaining good reputation among fans will support our product a long way in future.
Making new maker friends. My best friend and I met on Product Hunt. :)
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@rohanrecommends Have you ever met In real life with them? :) This is something I would like to do at least once in my life. So many "recurring" faces here that I have that need to meet them IRL :)
@busmark_w_nika yes, I have met three founders / makers from Product Hunt IRL. I plan to meet more whenever a meaningful opportunity arises. :)
Wish we were in same country, we could host a meet-up for local PH folks. :)
As we focus to launch Yahini on PH in Q2, top priority would be to become the top Product of the day.
However... (and it's a huge however :D), from speaking with tons of founders, I figured there's no need to put so much pressure on a first launch, when we can re-launch with new versions and new features.
So I'm trying to learn as I go, testing strategies, and not planning to become Product of the day but still aiming to reach that.
Just with much less pressure :)
Also, tons of people in the comments say they want more PH followers - is there any benefit in that?
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@mia_k1 I would say that launching more times is a good strategy because you give your product and your brand a chance to be visible more. :)
When it comest to PH followers – the more you have, the better because anytime you launch something, they receive notifications about that fact.
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@nafissalauddin That's actually neat approach! :)
Become the top product for brand visibility and SEO.
To be honest, I didn't expect Product Hunt to actually bring in paying customers.
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@bonvisions I hope that you will achieve that milestone (Product of the day) :)
I think if you try to acheive 💬 To create the best-performing discussions
You will eventually become 🥇 Become the top Product (Day, Week, Month, Year)
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Discussions are good for creating community.
Community is good for launch support. :)
Upvotes are nice, but engagement (comments, shares, and actual site traffic) tells you way more. A high-upvote launch that leads to zero new users is just vanity. If people are talking, asking questions, and clicking through to your site, that’s when you know it’s working.
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@bradharrs yep, that's the probably the stage when they tried the product.
Streak Hunter
I think as a maker I definitely would say become the top product, how about you? I would say the streak and kitty points. :D
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@denisss I really do not know what those Kitty points are for :D But for me it is community :) Growing the number of real users (not bots) :D
Become the top Product
On PH, I hope my product can be a good one. To this end, I hope to get the genuine reactions from real users on PH. I don't really care much about the number of followers and medals. I hope to make friends with users. Only by truly caring about users and listening to their ideas can I create a truly useful product. So I'd much rather users tell me the truth. Even if it's harsh, I'll still be very happy because it's of great help in solving problems.
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This should be a goal of everyone! Appreciate your honest and the values you have set! :)