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Bilal Asif

Does delaying your Product Hunt launch lead to better traction? What’s your experience?

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I’ve seen a lot of founders debate whether delaying their Product Hunt launch is beneficial for building anticipation and ensuring a stronger impact, or if it’s better to launch as early as possible and iterate based on feedback. Have you delayed your launch for more traction or visibility? Did it pay off, or was the initial hype lost? Looking for insights, experiences, and lessons learned!

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Karthik Tatikonda
I delayed our our launch by a week as the product is not finished. The hype didn't go away.
Daniel Joseph Bennett
I've tried delaying a launch once and it was hit or miss. Gave us extra time to squash bugs and polish things up which was great. But yeah, keeping people hyped during the wait was tricky. Did some preview blog posts, behind the scenes peeks on social to stoke anticipation. Overall I'd say it helped a bit with traction on launch day vs. if we rushed it out, but not like a massive difference. Guess it depends on your product and audience. Are you thinking of delaying yours?
Bilal Asif
@danieljosephbennett yes we delayed it we were supposed to launch on 24th because of a feature not getting completed we pushed for a later date now