[HN Gopher] Show HN: I am Building a Producthunt alternative
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Show HN: I am Building a Producthunt alternative
Author : heyarviind2
Score : 39 points
Date : 2024-11-25 17:56 UTC (5 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (huntlie.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (huntlie.com)
| stevekemp wrote:
| ProductHunt has been gamed to the extent that it's no longer in
| any way real - it's just who can spam the most.
|
| What will stop your site from the same fate?
| heyarviind2 wrote:
| I want to take an approach of Instagram algorithm, no matter
| what votes you have you will see all the products once every
| visit.
| crowcroft wrote:
| Why do you think that's a good idea?
| akutlay wrote:
| I can't add a product, it asks me to add an icon despite the fact
| that I already uploaded one.
| heyarviind2 wrote:
| you can click on next even after it gives an error
| bootstrpppin wrote:
| Are you going to launch it on PH?
|
| Joking aside, I really think you need a unique angle and a solid
| distribution strategy: there are 1,000 PH clones but they don't
| stick because they're the same as PH, just with less
| users/traction/eyeballs.
| denysvitali wrote:
| 0% off, use coupon "undefined"
|
| :)
| heyarviind2 wrote:
| fixed it, :P
| encoderer wrote:
| Terrible name.
|
| Hunt doesn't mean anything. Huntly is bad. Huntlie is terrible.
| Forget about product hunt. Invent a new brand.
|
| Let people submit for free but you choose when they get
| published. If they want to pick a date charge for that.
| gre wrote:
| An open source applicant tracking system that grows with your
| company 50% Off, use coupon HUNTILE
|
| I first read it as "Huntile" which is like Product Hunt +
| quartile. Then I saw it's Huntlie, "HUNT LIE" which has
| negative connotations. And then I click the site and see the
| coupon code is "HUNTILE". christ
| muhammadusman wrote:
| Don't use the term "hunt" in the name, to me it just screams
| "dupe" instead of something unique. Go the route of improving
| what PH has and adding things that are missing.
|
| Some ideas: - Users should be able to update their post to some
| extent.
|
| - There's no "product page" in your app, build something where I
| can see people commenting, reacting, and maybe even sharing their
| own screenshots of it because that's something PH does pretty
| well but can be improved.
|
| - "LAUNCHES WORTH YOUR SCROLL" sounds kinda cringe, change to
| something like "Find the next best thing" or make it random on
| load and have a few less in your face versions of it. Reddit has
| "homepage of the internet" which seems appropriate. You can have
| "have you launched yet?", "find the next best thing", "what's
| trending today"...etc
|
| I have more ideas, feel free to message me or drop a way to
| contact you if you'd like more feedback :)
| heyarviind2 wrote:
| Hey thank you so much for the feedback. I want to hear more
| from you.
|
| Can we connect on Twitter/x: @heyarviind?
| aardvark179 wrote:
| Maybe not, "next best thing," I don't know about American
| English but in British English next best means second best.
| tuckerman wrote:
| At least in American English "next to best" would mean second
| whereas "next best thing" means something likely to be the
| best thing in the near future and it's a very common idiom.
| phone_book wrote:
| i am american and think "next best thing" means second
| best. maybe "next big thing" would be better but is a bit
| generic
| corobo wrote:
| Do you not have sentence structures along the line of "I
| wanted the premium model but it was out of my budget so I
| went for the next best thing"?
|
| I get we're trying to go for "next [best thing]" but yeah I
| (also UK) read it as "[next best] thing" and can't think of
| any examples where I'd read it as the former
| ImPostingOnHN wrote:
| I think you might be referring to the common american
| english idiom "next _big_ thing ", as "next best thing"
| means 2nd best in american english as well.
|
| Note that _" next bigGEST thing"_ also means the 2nd
| biggest thing.
| mathgeek wrote:
| This is the common usage in my experience (US).
| silisili wrote:
| To jump in on the confusion, I'm American and have seen it
| used both ways, completely dependent on context. When I
| read the original comment I understood it as 'next thing
| that we all think is best' rather than 'second best.'
|
| But after reading the comments and thinking on it, I
| realize it's probably used more often in the context of
| 'second best.'
| ribeyes wrote:
| i guess it's somewhat ambiguous here, but "next-best" would
| be second-best, while "next best" means "future best"
| srbhr wrote:
| I've added a product (SWIRL) it shows 0% off. :) How can I change
| that?
| heyarviind2 wrote:
| have you enabled the discount checkbox?
|
| Anyway let me know the coupon code and percentage off, i can
| add it manually ;)
| dinkblam wrote:
| same here, didn't specify a discount either
| olegp wrote:
| Congrats on launching! I just submitted https://www.freeats.com
|
| I liked the submission flow, it was nice and simple. The only
| issue is that at the end of the process I got a page that looked
| like it was broken, so had to manually navigate to the main page.
| heyarviind2 wrote:
| sorry about that, i am fixing it
| olegp wrote:
| No problem, it's better to launch early.
| permanent wrote:
| Added an icon, and still it says:
|
| > Product icon is required
| bochoh wrote:
| Having the same issue here! Cheers on launching
| supertofu wrote:
| When everything is a priority, nothing is a priority. Re: the
| black visit buttons. Save black for the top 3 featured, and make
| the rest a milder color. It's cognitively fatiguing to have a
| giant list of primary buttons.
| triyambakam wrote:
| How is the name supposed to be pronounced? It looks like the two
| English words hunt and lie which doesn't sound very nice.
| heyarviind2 wrote:
| it is pronounced as hunt-lee
|
| https://www.names-hub.com/name/huntlie
| trollied wrote:
| It really isn't though. Any native English speaker is going
| to see Hunt Lie.
| codazoda wrote:
| I also read it as "hunt lie" instead of "hunt lee" FWIW.
| inerte wrote:
| Unrelated, but I am thinking about how do I get alpha users for
| an app I am building, and decided to check Product Hunt if they
| offer any sort of feature to help with that, and I ended up on
| this page https://www.producthunt.com/questions
|
| Looks like someone is trying to pull a Forbes...
|
| And I guess related to you, please don't do that :)
| amiantos wrote:
| Why?
| blakeburch wrote:
| Glad to see someone working on an alternative!
|
| Personal note - I used to be a pretty frequent user of
| ProductHunt. Some folks I worked with jokingly called me the SaaS
| King. If you had a problem, I knew of 3 tools to potentially
| solve it.
|
| The biggest reason why I stopped using ProductHunt was because
| people opted to submit and upvote low quality "list of X"
| aggregation services and minor updates, not real products.
| Hopefully you've thought about how to refine the curation.
|
| Also, agreed with the feedback from muhammadusman about having a
| product page. Right now, it's just a list of links with synopsis
| - not enough to intrigue me to explore further.
| thehadiahmadi wrote:
| Hi, I liked the idea. There are some issues, maybe these are in
| your todo list, but I want to tell you based on my usage.
|
| 1. there is no difference before and after login. (maybe login is
| unsuccessful) 2. I cannot edit/delete my submitted project. 3. No
| search for projects. 4. No Dark mode :)
| klntsky wrote:
| Product hunt clones should all launch on each other
| crowcroft wrote:
| We need to go meta and build a Product Hunt clone focussed on
| being the best Product Hunt clone directory.
| escapecharacter wrote:
| Product Rat King
| richardw wrote:
| Done:
|
| https://www.producthunt.com/products/product-
| hunt/alternativ...
| rrr_oh_man wrote:
| Login doesn't work...
|
| How to correct a post?
|
| :-)
| dt3ft wrote:
| Congrats!
|
| I tried submitting https://fdeploy.com but the product icon
| wouldn't upload. Which file formats are supported?
| xwowsersx wrote:
| Looks promising! May I offer some gentle feedback on your blurb
| above the fold?
|
| > fDeploy is a self-hosted deployment software for Windows
| being currently built in Stockholm, Sweden by developers with
| over 10 years of experience in the industry, focusing only on
| the most essential and most valuable features.
|
| I'd recommend focusing on what the most valuable features are
| and making those the highlight. Leading with who is building it
| and where doesn't add much unless your team is especially well-
| known or noteworthy. Also, citing "10 years of experience" as
| social proof might not resonate strongly--it's not a
| differentiator for most audiences (10 years is not that long).
| Instead, consider showcasing the unique aspects of the product
| that would immediately grab attention.
| dt3ft wrote:
| I will set some time aside to rewrite that. Thank you for the
| feedback, much appreciated!
| nhatcher wrote:
| There was a slightly similar product some days ago:
|
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41860810
| TripleChecker wrote:
| Tried to add a product but nothing happens when I submit.
|
| Domain isn't the easiest to remember IMO.
| joshdavham wrote:
| Looks interesting!
|
| Could I get a short pitch on what makes your alternative
| better/different?
| that_guy_iain wrote:
| There are so many product hunt alternatives that it's hard to
| keep track. There are literally services to go around and list
| you on all of the alternatives. I believe it's about 60+.
|
| The problem with ProductHunt is that it's basically the glory
| days are behind it. If you want to have a successful ProductHunt
| launch the key is simple, wait until you're established and then
| send an email to all your customers to upvote you.
|
| People focus so much on having a good ProductHunt launch like
| it'll make a difference. They go around begging everyone they
| know and spamming everyone they don't know asking for an upvote.
| They'll spend weeks focusing on this product hunt launch and
| overall get less traffic than they would from posting on here
| with Show HN and less traffic than they would get from posting on
| the right subreddits.
|
| Product Hunt and similar launch sites are just focusing don't he
| false hope that new founders have that the launch matters.
| IgorPartola wrote:
| What problem does PH solve/what problem would this solve?
|
| Honestly PH always felt to me like a time waster. "Oh look at
| this idea. Neat. Next."
|
| Now, a website where I can type in the problem I am having and it
| suggests solutions (with a mix of self hosted vs commercial
| products depending on my settings) would be super useful. For
| example: "I want to organize a library full of old photos that
| don't have metadata" or "I want a cheap online backup solution
| with support for Linux servers" or "I want to automate sending
| personalized-feeling birthday cards to people I know
| professionally".
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