Pre-launch post warning
Julia Yu
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Hey, makers
By mistake, I chose 'Pre-launch' instead of 'Available' when preparing my launch.
Today is my Launch day.
ā ļø The product is only available on the homepage if I clear all filters (Featured filter should be off).
When I realized this, I changed the status to 'Available' - the product disappeared everywhere (even with the Featured filter turned off).
https://www.producthunt.com/post...
So, guys, I don't recommend using the Pre-launch option.
Check your products thoroughly before launch and avoid this status - there's nothing useful in it.
š When you try to publish a product update (a new launch) with the new status (Available) after your Pre-Launch, the system will ask you to send a list of changes to the moderators to make sure you can make a launch with the new status the next day. That is, there is no point in doing a Pre-Launch before the main launch
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Julia Yu@juliayugo
On Twitter, people also report that making changes before launch is the reason the product doesn't show up in the general feed
I think it would be nice to include help materials\tooltip or alert when a user selects the "Pre-launch" status. Also, it would be worth notifying makers when the last changes can be made before launch without affecting the display of the product in the feed.
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āāļø I don't recommend using the Pre-launch option if you want to get votes from all of the product hunt members
Sorry to hear this. Launching on PH is difficult and should be planned ahead of time IMO. For my smaller apps I simply launch without expecting it to be featured since I simply want the exposure and strong do follow link.
For my more serious apps I plan it and put in a decent amount of effort. Usually the app has been available for at least a couple of months in production.
@kingromstar Sure, I agree with you totally
but I hope the PH team will add some hints to the future
Today's situation for me was resolved in the following way: I couldn't get a quick response from the support team. so I applied for a new launch with an explanation that the status of the last launch was incorrect. The team approved the new launch promptly. My product will be republished on Mon.