... software firms like Zoho and Animaker, I began an exciting journey in freelancing. These days I mostly write or ghostwrite, I also have hands-on experience with SEO research. That means I can do keyword research, create topic clusters, map these topics

... generation. @Fathom for call summary and note taking. @Perplexity 's comet browser and assistant. @Google for email, documents, sheets, etc. @TidyCal for booking meetings on my calendar. @ChatGPT by OpenAI for research, writing, etc. @Wise @Mercury @PayPal @Stripe for payments. @Figma @WordPress for website / blog design and development. @Aqua Voice and @Wispr Flow for desktop and mobile voice dictation. @Shortcuts for scheduling chat messages on iMessages and WhatsApp. @Telegram 4.7 @WhatsApp Business iMessage @Slack for text messaging. @Product Hunt @Instagram ... ... SocialBu JustBlogged for blog hosting: https://justblogged.com Comment from Pras Devadoss(@pras): hands down @Higgsfield ! Comment from Aryon Sunrise Have-Hope(@aryonhopkins): @rohanrecommends  Downloaded damn near all of them! thanks for the recommendations. Comment from fmerian(@fmerian): Great topic

... very) brutal, and also exactly what we needed to hear. Those conversations sent us back to building and fixing everything with a clear path ahead. 5/ Email marketing. I set up retention and failed payment flows in encharge. Already seeing results: catching failed payments

... your company's newsletter? (e.g. updates, interesting tricks, etc.) 3) How often do you sell your product directly? (E.g. what are the common ways of placing/exposing your brand? I have in mind several options: specialised/exclusive article on a certain topic where the product is mentioned? (product placement) affiliate program via link within the newsletter? logo placement at a certain position with a link to your product? banner within the newsletter with a special offer/promo? Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika ... ... Migma to help you create great emails that actually sell. Comment from Matt Brattin(@mattbrattin): @busmark_w_nika  I use Kajabi for a full suite of tools that hosts some of my microsoft excel courses, newsletter, website builder, payment

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... discussions here lately that genuinely grab my attention. From building side projects and roasting ideas to deep dives into launch strategies and even insights from the Product Hunt team themselves, this platform is buzzing. It got me thinking: What topics truly make you pause and want to contribute? What discussions here feel like a real conversation, where you're eager to share your thoughts? Is it the nitty-gritty of product development, the ins and outs of a successful launch ... ... topics

... small, corruption starts looking suspiciously like a survival skill. Disclaimer: This rant sponsored by 20 years of watching civil servants suddenly afford Bali villas or LV handbags and a private jet. Comment from Zagita(@rani_zagita): Fantastic discussion topic, Nika! The cultural differences in financial openness fascinate me. While I personally value transparency (after all, isn't profitability one of business's core purpose?), Indonesia's reality proves challenging - salary disclosure remains rare here. Our corruption issues have institutionalized financial ... ... create impact. :) Comment from Sardul Bhattarai(@sardul_bhattarai): When I took over my dad's business, I used to avoid money talks, thinking it might make things awkward. But I ve learned that being clear, especially about budgets and payments

... three month period for new AI products. I've gotten consistent use from Claude and ChatGPT but I'd rather pay for Claude only. As for graphic and video subs, I've cut them down drastically to one off payment products and kicked Canva due to template overbloat. I would ramp this up if I were to work on a project solo and AI could help me cut those inefficiencies of onboarding/offboarding because finding a partner to work with ... ... start a new project: I immediately show them what I imagine the landing page to look like. I don t need to rely on their developers/designers/frontend engineers to share my vision. We need content on all sorts of topics

... been active on Substack for almost a year, and I'm thinking about charging for some of the content (currently, I only have archived articles behind the payment gateway). The reality is that with AI, anyone can find information, so I'm wondering what the decisive benefit would be that would convince people to pay for a subscription (private chats with the community, monthly webinars, specialised premium articles based on personal experiences, e.g. case studies???). If you happen to support ... ... them? What monthly price is bearable? Comment from Priyanka Gosai(@priyanka_gosai1): In my experience, people rarely pay for just information anymore they pay for access, perspective, or utility. What s worked best: Personal lenses on topics

... Price increase is a sensitive topic..You should manage it carefully. You should show the increase with the broader possibility they get unless they will search for a better solution. It means, just raising the subscription price without the extra useful features,- your churn rate is getting bigger shortly. Start with the purpose to improve the service, adding features, 24/7 support, money back policy, show a long-term relationship (idea: increase a monthly payment

... with a marketplace called "Pay per Crawl" that allows website owners to charge AI companies for scraping their content. (Side note: The marketplace is still in private beta, and Cloudflare is exploring the possibility of using stablecoins for payments in the future.) Do you think Cloudflare has found a new niche in the market that will be profitable (or will other companies follow this business model)? Curious about your thoughts on this situation. Comment from Daniel Zaitzow(@dzaitzow): @busmark ... ... then yeah Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @ross_danowitz  I still somehow feel that even big companies will not want to share pie with creators :D Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @dzaitzow  The personal brand topic

... least a 3-month gap between! :D Comment from Abdul Rehman(@abod_rehman): Great question! I think some level of free access during launch helps a lot. Comment from Hamza Afzal Butt(@hamza_afzal_butt): Hey Sahil, great topic !!! I have launched a few products on PH, and what I have learned is that people want to feel the value before committing. A hard paywall right after clicking Get It can kill the vibe, even if your product s amazing ... ... busmark_w_nika): @sahil_khxn  When is your launch, and what strategy will you apply? (I mean, which point from those I outlined?) The last one? Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): Oooooh, this is a very good topic

... notifications, support, or real-time interactions) across time zones is trickier than it seems. 4.Language limitations Supporting multiple languages often means dealing with UI constraints, font rendering, and even right-to-left layouts. 5.Legal and compliance differences Privacy laws, payment regulations, and data hosting rules vary greatly between countries. I m curious to hear from others building global or multilingual AI products: How do you handle language fallback or preference issues with AI? What s been your biggest unexpected challenge ... ... think it's more effective to focus on a specific region first? Or is it better to go with an English-first launch to reach a wider audience? Comment from Fay(@fay0227): @yeedoong88 Thanks for raising this important topic

... health data ahah Comment from Pratik Pandav(@pratik_pandav1): Hello, I have been working on my directory website for over 3 months but unfortunately I am not able to test it as paypal does not allow domestic payments in India, my directory website is for freelancers, soloprenuers (Like me) to find the best AI agents and SAAS tools in the market to automate and optimize and save a ton of their time in other important tasks, would love ... ... have all the visuals and overall post ready so I can finally schedule the launch! Comment from Cyril Chaillan(@cchaillan): @emikes919  Yes new features, tried to adjust the product vision by adding bite size lessons on different topics

... along with 4% transaction fee. So simply donating to the World Food Program adds more than I donated. It's so strange though. I spend all this money on junk food and yet, I'm super careful with card payments. Comment from MubashirullahD(@mubashirullahd): Like X says when you login first, it has limited your reach until you have engaged enough. Once you do that, you will get a new notification saying you can now reach more people. People ... ... side weekly. These are things we can't expect to get results instantly. Comment from mer Faruk BULUT(@omer_faruk_bulut2): X(Twitter) is no longer a good platform to gain followers naturally. Due to Elon's payment

... there's something wrong with your app then based off those prompts and the codebase that it created, ask to write a documentation of this payment form module. If your project isn't big, let it throw down in README.md . If it's already big, use another document like payment-form.md

... love, test fast, keep it lean, expect pivots, and don t over invest at the start. In a few years, you ll iterate into something that s not only viable, but deeply fulfilling. Hope this is helpful as this topic is at the core of my purpose and I can talk about it forever! Comment from Ben(@moonlite_money): Another great way to get started when you don't have a clear idea is to go on websites like cofounder ... ... analysis paralysis is to just run a smoke test and pick a winner. My buddy did this. You just develop simple landing pages for your ideas. Then, you run ads to them and ask for payment

... advance that I do not want to offend any culture or country with this post. It only demonstrates observations from my own experience. 6 months ago, I had a conversation with a friend and we got to the topic of money. That conversation concluded that Americans were born with a wallet in their hand and have no problem paying for products (any, even less useful ones) while other countries are very hesitant. When I worked in customer support, I noticed ... ... your guess] Do you think that Americans are the most open when it comes to buying products? Or do you consider any other nation to be more prone to spend money? Comment from Bingbing Yan(@onbing): Interesting observations! But payment

... back in 2021 and kept harping on the fact that they needed to bring in EOR services so we could bring our whole team (international was on Deel) to Sequoia. Well, I never heard anything from them on that topic so I gave up. We left Sequoia in mid 2023 and it looks like Sequoia, like Justworks, partnered with Remote.com in 2024 to launch EOR services to their clients (they never reached out to me to tell me this ... ... business - maybe they add on a business operations arm that brings CRM, sales, contracts, invoices, payment

... shift favors non-technical makers over developers. Why? Because they don t care (or even think) about: that slow query that might crash under load; that pixel-perfect UI; that memory-hungry process; tha non-DRY code; that perfect payment integration; Etc... I know what you're thinking: "Dude, just build an MVP and launch fast." But that's not my point. Even if I try to move fast, as a developer, it's hard to unsee the flaws ... ... point is, if you can code why not move in on a no-code competitor and make a better product? Comment from Leah Madden - AMA Capital/Finance/GTM(@leah_madden): @rageix  as a non-tech, this is an interesting topic

... A few of us at Product Hunt are putting on our most brutally honest (but helpful!) hats and roasting landing ...

... long time ago, but it was nothing like it is now, compared to the possibilities we have today. Now, there are various funding programs for new startups, with tax reliefs and other benefits :) Comment from Aleksandar Blazhev(@byalexai): Great topic, Nika. Honestly, this is something I ve been following for many years. Of course, the best places for startups are those with the most capital. In Europe, there are a few key hubs London, Barcelona, and Paris. These ... ... Cape Town? :D Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @elenat  This is true; that's why the guy I collaborate with preferred to establish it in Estonia. In Germany, it is too much bureaucracy and too many payments

... Hi everyone, Gabe here! I lead curating Product Hunt's leaderboard. First thing I will say is that if I ...

... purchase products with a one-time payment rather than a subscription plan when they are launched. Do you have the same from the user's point of view? Startups and businesses, what monetization strategies are you using on this special day? Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @byalexai This is a valid point. I used to have DaVinci Resolve for editing videos  I was considering to make that one-time payment

... This is probably one of the most debated topics in the startup world: Should you build an audience before you launch, or is it better to launch first and grow your audience afterward? I ve seen both approaches work, but each comes with its own set of challenges and rewards. - Building an audience first means you're creating buzz, validating your idea, and nurturing a community of early adopters who are invested in your success. But it takes time, patience ... ... Comment from PortalBunny(@portalbunny): @nuellaugochi PortalBunny is taking a hybrid approach building an engaged audience while gearing up for launch . We re actively growing a community of creators and fans who are excited about AI-powered monetization, crypto-friendly payments