Beyond Upvotes: How Do You Measure Success on Product Hunt?

Umar Saleem
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Upvotes are great, but what other metrics or outcomes do you consider when evaluating your Product Hunt launch? Let’s discuss different ways to gauge success.

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Andrew Howe
For me feedback matters most. I look at the constructive feedback we get from the community to refine our product.
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Oyinkansola Robiat
@andrewhowe yes, feedback is important
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Aditya Sriram
revenue uplift is the true yardstick
Jonathan Grimes
Website traffic spikes after the launch are a significant indicator of success for me more visits usually mean more interest.
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@jonathan_grimes will this spike last for a long time?
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Jonathan Grimes
@neta_burnum ideally not for a long time but long enough to get some users
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Engagement is key for me. I measure success by the quality of comments and meaningful discussions our launch generates.
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Lihong Hicken
I wonder how many people in Product hunt are here to try new product? I wonder how much more traffic can it more, can we get real users, real revenue. I don't know. I am enjoying the PH journey, but haven't seen the results yet. Can someone who has been there talk about it?
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Zane Ryan
The first product in my life is about to be launched on producthunt. If you are willing to open it and learn about it, I think this is a very important metric, just like likes, which means at least someone is interested.
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Zane Ryan
@umar_saleem Hahaha, this is a great encouragement to me!!!
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Oleksandra
As for me what matters is to have an exposure and people really trying the product. That is why when launching we will give 100 free memberships for our skincare and facial massage app. I come across some launches where I couldn't try the product since it was paid and no trial, or you need to set up a first call. I think this type of launches will not give what is really needed. And you can't expect product hunt alone to generate you sales.
Nathan Covey
Genuine user feedback. I honestly think the goal of PH is to help you refine your early product, so your goal should be high quality comments and feedback.
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Halyna Borok
Feedback and comments of people who tried a product and became users :)
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Linam Nguyen
To me is traffic volume (by some reasons)
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Abdul Haseeb
reading reviews and feedback is anothe way. btw we just launched Boilerplatehub! it would be nice if you can support us
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Han Kim
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My guess would be for people to actually go on and download / try your product