Check list before launch on product hunt

@anastasiia_holiachenko thank you for raising the topic. I'm not quite sure right now but it seems to me that the best time to post is 12 am PST. We'll figure it out anyway, but yes maybe there're guys who can share their experience.

In fact, there will be no universal list, since cases, times and products will be different. However, I would recommend create checklist template, and writing down everything you need in it so that at the beginning of the launch it goes according to plan

Posting just after 12am PST (ie. 1 or 2 minutes after) is a good time to post. We were able to engage many people in our comments by answering questions and liking their comments. Every few hours, we'd post updates to our social media (ie. Twitter & Linkedin).

I was hesitant to add my reply, because even though I've launched a product (albeit a free and open-source one), I don't think I have a lot of experience in it, nor do I think I was doing it well. Still, you might find something that might come helpful for your launch :) While launch timing is probably best be left at 12 am PST (the default, I think), building a community (~ hype) around your product first might come handy. AnotherPomodoro (the app I launched) got lost on the home page quickly. It pretty much started around the 20th place, which is clicks away on the home page (you have to click "see more" to find those products) and never went higher. Getting people to join your launch (not in the sense of "just get someone to upvote your product") is probably the best you can do: build a network of friends/followers on PH by engaging in discussions and following makers and hunters. If I remember correctly, I think I've also read that getting a hunter (who has a larger network here) also helps, because through them you can get a higher exposure. Looking back, I think that not getting into the top 10 on the home page was likely the result of me neglecting the "networking first" part. I've been developing my app in my free time and since it does generate revenue (other than from people who would decide to support me), I just wanted to get the news out quickly instead of waiting for more months to finally announce 1.0 - but you can't build a network in 10 minutes :) I hope that you can find something helpful among these lines. Take everything with a grain of salt, though, because as I said, I'm more of a developer and less of a PH expert 😅 Wish you luck with your launch!