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Product Wars 2 — Monitor your Product Hunt Launch with Machine Learning
Monitor your Product Hunt Launch with Machine Learning
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Max Prilutskiy
Launching soon!
Looks good! 💯
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Hi! I just used the Dashboard over the 24h of our launch. SOOOO useful, thanks so much for building this! I forgot to take a screenshot before it updated to the new day, just now. Is there any chance to bring yesterday's graph back up?
@sarahxjo Hi Sarah! Great to hear that you found it useful - you can go to a specific date by using the Back and Forward buttons under the graph on the main page (we'll make these more discoverable). Or you can just use the URL with date params like so: https://pw2.akkio.com/?d=2021-04-09
@ekinakkio Aaah super cool. And yes, I actually did look around and for some reason didn't see the buttons to go back. So you're right, making them more discoverable might be good. 😊 Thanks for your help.
Inspired by the original https://productwars.phantombuste..., we found ourselves wanting more actionable information during the launch of [Akkio](http://www.akkio.com/). We watched ourselves pull into first place on the votes chart, but our rank remained #2 throughout the afternoon and early evening.
We wanted a way to know if we would eventually achieve first place (we got there right before midnight Pacific Time). We realized that we could apply the Akkio machine learning engine to the problem.
So we built Product Wars 2.
**Machine Learning Forecasted Outcomes**
We trained a machine learning model to forecast the end-of-day ranking given the current rank and trajectory. We update the model every minute - so you can get a sense of where you will finish the day given your current metrics as well as those of the “competition.”
This model is trained on past performance and final placement outcomes - so it captures a bunch of intangible aspects of the Product Hunt ranking algorithm. By reverse engineering from prior performance and results, the model can account for the under-the-cover weightings that impact your final position.
**Product Specific Dashboard Pages**
We also wanted a product-specific dashboard where we could see more detailed and actionable metrics. So we built that too. We turn down the chart’s competitive noise and show you your performance and the key metrics you need to hit to climb the ranks and win the war.
The dashboard is easily shareable with your supporters. Activate your community so they can cheer you on and help spread the word when you need that extra awareness boost. Just click the Twitter button to share your product launch dashboard!
Your dashboard page is unique to your product - so you can also grab the link at the top and share it on social media!
@abrahamparangi The upvote velocity required to rank up was a key metric we really wanted to be able to see during our Akkio launch. So in PW2 it is part of the product-specific dashboard. 📈
Awesome stuff! Amazing to see how products are doing and the predictions. Super cool forecasting use-case.
Two word description: Totally AWESOME! It helps with steadying the nerves on launch day!
