The benefits of being on the 'Coming Soon' page?

Question

Let's exchange experiences! What are the pros and cons of being on the 'coming soon' page? Did you make a pre-launch?

Accepted Answer

Benefits of being on the 'Coming Soon' page on Product Hunt:

Generate early buzz and excitement for your product.
Gather valuable feedback from potential users.
Build anticipation for your product launch.
Increase your chances of getting featured on the Product Hunt homepage

Cons of being on the 'Coming Soon' page on Product Hunt:

Your product may not stand out from the crowd.
You may not get as much attention as you would like.
It can be difficult to convert 'Notify Me' subscribers into actual users.

ISTIAK AHMAD · Answer

Absolutely! Being on the 'Coming Soon' page is like laying the groundwork for a grand entrance. Pros: Building anticipation, gathering early sign-ups, and creating a buzz around your product. It's a sneak peek that sparks curiosity. Cons: The challenge lies in maintaining the momentum and keeping the interest alive until the actual launch.

Prema Toppo · Answer

We won the badge of the product of the day and week.

As per my experience, it’s good you create a coming soon page

1. PH members can see whenever you are launching.
2. They are hit the notify me button
3. Once you go live they all will get a notification, you don't need to focus on email marketing.
4. You can share your page on different platforms and communities and more!

JFYI - The coming soon URL and launch URL are different.

Ashley · Answer

@parilti_erkan yep！

Ashley · Answer

to see how many people are looking forward to it?

Jake · Answer

I think it's a good way to test your idea. You don't need to code the solution. Instead, you can create a simple landing page with 'Coming Soon' and include a lot of information (text, video, and images) about your idea. You can also create wait-list.

Parıltı Erkan ✨ · Answer

@istiakahmad totally agree, it is good sign to understand potential users’ tendencies and the challenges has to be accepted at that point :)

Parıltı Erkan ✨ · Answer

@ashley_z the best one right? :)

Prema Toppo · Answer

@parilti_erkan Thank you

If you have a design team you can ask them to create graphics. Make sure the first image catches attention. We've made 6 iterations to find the perfect image.

Parıltı Erkan ✨ · Answer

@prema_toppo Great feedback/insight Prema! Could I ask a question about that for the coming soon page the first image that we uploaded will be visible on the coming soon page right? Do you have an idea about it, since as I see the size of the images are different on that pages?

Parıltı Erkan ✨ · Answer

@bukhari817 the conversion from notify me users to actual users could be difficult agree. Still good to try I think for the chance to catch up new users.

Parıltı Erkan ✨ · Answer

@prema_toppo Thank you Prema, first of all, congrats on your badges! I hope we got them as well :) What do you think about the best coming soon page to submit before the real launch?

Parıltı Erkan ✨ · Answer

@octocode wow you opened my mind, you said that even you dont have the product on your hand. Launch it on coming soon page, test the idea, build the product. Impressive 💡

The benefits of being on the 'Coming Soon' page?

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