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Show HN: I am Building a Producthunt alternative (huntlie.com)
9 points by heyarviind2 2 hours ago | hide | past | web | 18 comments | favorite





Added an icon, and still it says:

> Product icon is required


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.


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.


sorry about that, i am fixing it

No problem, it's better to launch early.

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 :)


Maybe not, “next best thing,” I don’t know about American English but in British English next best means second best.

Hey thank you so much for the feedback. I want to hear more from you.

Can we connect on Twitter/x: @heyarviind?


I've added a product (SWIRL) it shows 0% off. :) How can I change that?

same here, didn't specify a discount either

have you enabled the discount checkbox?

Anyway let me know the coupon code and percentage off, i can add it manually ;)


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?


I want to take an approach of Instagram algorithm, no matter what votes you have you will see all the products once every visit.

Why do you think that's a good idea?

0% off, use coupon "undefined"

:)


fixed it, :P

I can't add a product, it asks me to add an icon despite the fact that I already uploaded one.

you can click on next even after it gives an error

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.




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