How to 100% F*ck up a Product Hunt launch

[mhbb2]

Ok this is the dumbest mistake i've ever made

(not that I was counting on PH to be amazing, but it still hurts)

Before launching openword.ai this is what I did:

- Prepared the listing in advanced

- Double checked the copy

- Made a video

- Contacted friends to help to promote

BUT

When I put the video link on PH(two days before the launch) it was in a private mode on youtube, so when PH scanned it, it didn't show the thumbnail and it looked like a deleted video, and that's how it's stayed the whole launch, can't stop, can't edit, even tho I put in public before I launched.

So make sure that your video is public at the moment when you put the link into PH!

https://preview.redd.it/h114v4363zh...bp&s=9230a7d0e9c9dbab3e75334be35713b489aeb345

 

[jewelforjesus]

@mhbb2 hhaaha that sucks! just relaunch with a 'new feature"

 

[graham11]

@mhbb2 This happened to me. I scheduled a launch well in advance but it was a rough draft, then forgot about it. Then it launched while I was in the middle of covid…

 

[ktfw]

@mhbb2 That happened to me too.. Forget it

 

[smiddy10]

@mhbb2 lol what a cheap marketing effort.

 

[613jono]

@mhbb2 Always view your product and marketing materials in Incognito/private mode so that you can see what it looks like for a brand new user

 

[jewelforjesus]

@613jono You can't before the actual launch, and when you launch you can't edit

 

[dme]

@mhbb2 poor you. let's prepare for another launch lol