🤡 What are the most common struggles with Product Hunt and how can you handle them?

📌 Note: It is only my observation and feel free to contribute with your 2 cents. So let's cover struggles with possible solutions: 👇 Problem 1: 🔥 Losing strike – you can lose it by your fault (probably forgot to log in on a certain day or something messed up at the end of the PH) 🙏 Solution – You can start again (I know, it hurts) or if you perceive that something happened at the end of the ProductHunt – contact the support and let them know you were present, e.g. screenshot history of browsing that you visited the website. Problem 2: 🫥 Shadowbanned comments – I noticed that within your Activity in your profile, you will comment on any discussion but when I visit that discussion, your comment is not listed there. Some of you even noticed it. 🙏 Solution – I am not so sure how this works, TBH. I would try to contact the support but make sure you are not discussing any controversial topic with words that could be “banned” – but this usually works on social media, e.g. on Instagram, a few years back, you couldn't post so much about Pablo Escobar or #Snapchat hashtag didn't work. Problem 3: 🫤 Your Product Launch is not featured – sometimes, instead of the category “Featured”, you are in the category “All launches” – so you are ignored. 🙏 Solution – I think that @istiakahmad created a single post about it: How to Get Featured On The Launch Day 🤔 or try the link https://www.producthunt.com/discussions/how-to-get-featured-on-the-launch-day Products of some nature used to be not listed, e.g. courses, and databases. Maybe they changed it. Problem 4: 🤖 Bot comments – the benefit of this should be, that the profile is exposed and seems to be engaging. But it is not authentic. 🙏 Solution – ignore them or report. Problem 5: 💀💔 Your Product Hunt launch was deleted – this happened to some members of the community and they didn't have the answer for that. ❓ Solution – Sorry guys, but I cannot respond to this as well the only thing I could recommend is not to solely rely on one platform (PH). Take it only as a part of marketing. Throw nets of your business wherever possible and wherever your target audience is. Feel free to share your experiences.

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Rihab Zaidi
Thanks for this, it pretty much summed up some of the challenges we faced here!
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Tymek Zapała
Didn't know about this featuried launch thing. I'm adding this to my launch checklist :) Thanks!
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thank you!could be very useful for me
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Yvik Ye
Managing struggles on Product Hunt can indeed be challenging. For issues like losing streaks, shadowbanned comments, or not being featured, it’s crucial to engage with the community regularly and reach out to support when needed. In our experience with Xspiral, maintaining consistent activity and adhering to community guidelines has been key. Additionally, diversifying your marketing efforts beyond a single platform is essential to mitigate risks.😉
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