Apart from PH, where all have you launched your product?
Vishal Godhwani from Brew Money
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Hey! I would like to know which micro/macro platforms you folks use to launch your products.
I have heard about
- Smoothie ( web3 alternative of PH )
- Reddit
- Hacker News
- Beta Testing
If you are part of specific Slack, or WhatsApp communities of early adopters, do share.
Context - We've just launched on App Store and are looking to launch on platforms to get initial traction.
Edit 1 ( I'm adding all the suggestions shared in the comments )
1 - Beta list - https://betalist.com/
2 - App Sumo - https://appsumo.com/
3 - Life Timo - https://lifetimo.com/
4 - Stack Social - https://stacksocial.com/
5 - Rugless - https://rugless.com/
6 - Betafy
7 - Betpage.co
8 - Show HN
9 - Submit Juice
10 - IndieHackers
11 - https://getmakerlog.com/
12 - Kickstarter
13 - startuptabs.com
14 - startupbuffer.com
15 - crunchbase.com
16 - f6s.com
17 - startupproject.org
18 - startupstash.com
19 - startupranking.com
20 - https://www.g2.com/
21 - https://stackshare.io/
22 - Slack groups - Growth Marketing Pros, Indie Worldwide, and Growth Hackers Slack
23 - www.startups-list.com
24 - 10words.io
25 - startupresources.io
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Jai Mittal@jai_mittal
Thanks for sharing this dear, it'd be helpful for our upcoming app launch.
Share
https://betalist.com/ is another one
If you can offer some exclusive deals too, platforms like
https://appsumo.com/
https://lifetimo.com/
https://stacksocial.com/
Can be great to gain exposure and a bit of fund.
https://rugless.com/ - A Web3 review platform.
BetaList.com
Betafy
Betpage.co
Show HN
Submit Juice
IndieHackers
@hayerhans Awesome list! It helps me a lot for our mobile game launch in Feb 2023!
@hayerhans @mickynguyen Show HN is great but best to read the rules before posting there. A post that allows people to see your story (how you built it) and lets people play around with your product has more chances of trending.
@hayerhans not familiar with these other channels (besides BetaList and IndieHackers). Do you have any data you can share about how much traffic those other channels can drive?
We have launched on these platforms and have received amazing responses.
thanks for smoothie, wasn't aware of this even though I am in the web3 space 😅
@hayerhans Hey Johannes, interesting, what would be your community about? Is this community already on Discord? Would love to know more about your project :)
https://getmakerlog.com/ -> I'm also preparing for launch so I'll get inspired with other replies :)
@lucia_pons thanks for sharing this. Happy to support your launches :)
@lucia_pons I'm also preparing for our launch in Feb 2023. When are you planning to launch your project? I'll support and upvote your project!
@mickynguyen same! We're planning to launch at the end of Feb 2023 also! I will follow you to upvote your project :)
Indiehackers is a great one and similar to product hunt. Keep in mind you'll need to engage with the community a bit before launching though.
@richard_gao2 I have never checked Indiehackers before. Is it a potential one to launch a game project Richard? As I'm building our mobile game MVP and gonna release it in Feb 2023. I'm just planning to launch it on Product hunt.
@mickynguyen It definitely works for game projects as well. Anything helps. Just keep in mind that like product hunt, most people on there are entrepreneurs like us, so anything that that could benefit a business has more value to them. You might have better luck putting your product on game review sites or discussion sites in general.
We are launching HiDock on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/proj...
Welcome to join us to get early bird special discount.
We are planning start with Patreon
Warmup Inbox
You can list yourself on all those platforms
startuptabs.com
startupbuffer.com
crunchbase.com
f6s.com
startupproject.org
startupstash.com
startupranking.com
www.startups-list.com
10words.io
startupresources.io
www.betabound.com
Thanks for such an informative discussion!
I have previously listed on: https://www.g2.com/
You can also talk about your stack and customers here: https://stackshare.io/
I ditto a lot of the responses you've already gotten.
For us, it was IndieHackers, Reddit, social (Twitter, Instagram, Tiktok), and various Slack communities like Growth Marketing Pros, Indie Worldwide, and Growth Hackers Slack.
That said, the only more impactful launch channel than our PH launch was our launch on Tiktok. We leaned on an influencer with ~40K followers to launch the new version of our product recently, and that did great numbers.
Hoping our launch on PH next week brings more success!
@jonathan_nass Thanks for sharing your views. I will check out these slack communities. Good luck with your launch :)
How good is hacker news
@sachin_shajan haven't launched it. We just launched on App Store, will launch on Hacker News soon
@sachin_shajan @vishal_godhwani How was Appsumo for you?
@sahil_mittal2 We were in discussion with AppSumo a couple of months back. Took a step back and felt AppSumo model wouldn't work for us.
It could help if you were to explore a totally new market/region and need early adopters to learn/understand if it's even relevant. As long as your expectations align with this they seem to do everything to promote your brand.
They do a lot of marketing for you within their network. But otherwise the whole "lifetime" plans din't really work out for us. They take almost everything as "commission".
@richa_sharma07 Thanks Richa! We are in two minds ourselves for Appsumo.
I feel its best for startups that are looking for early adopters and feedbacks to hone their products. The commissions are way too high definitely so theyre more for companies looking for adopters and even though the revenue metrics arent that great / important initially.
Wow! Such a cool list, thank you!
Personally, we launched on Reddit and Insta to get the first users :) it works enough for now, but I'll also dive into your list
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I found this list form Vlad at Reply.io very helpful. https://airtable.com/shrzFbq4CA5...
I saw this platform for launching products. I haven't launched one yet, but it seemed like an option! https://www.futurepedia.io/
This is a really excellent resource. Thanks!