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Deepak Yadav

What’s your #1 challenge or lesson from a product launch?

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Launching a product is wild- one minute you’re pumped, next minute you hit a wall!

I’m Deepak, founder of Product Launch OS. After helping 200+ founders and refining every part of our launch dashboard, I know every story is different.

  • What launch advice do you swear by?

  • Any major “oops” moments, lessons learned, or productivity hacks you recommend?

  • What communities, platforms, or tools gave you a real boost?

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Abdul Rehman
Triforce Todos

The biggest lesson: don’t launch in silence. Warm up the audience weeks before.

Deepak Yadav

@abod_rehman True it is, how do you do that. Is it waiting list, email campaign or organic social media awareness?

R. Fancsiki

My lesson is that PH launch only matters for some specific products but not for many other types. PH has quite narrow audience, more like a niche, where makers kinda launch for makers, all like in a bubble. Reddit or even Google Ads has real impact, PH, more like to have some search result in Google search for future reference. So if you build a thing that help other builders to build or to promote their thing, PH has a chance but, if you build anything especially B2C it is just not that important.

Ava Peyton

Lesson learned: Build the buzz early, cause spreading the word after launching is the hardest part

Esther George
For me, the biggest lesson has been: community matters more than perfection. I’m about to launch an agent soon, and I’ve realized that building connections, getting early feedback, and just showing up consistently makes more of a difference than waiting for a “perfect” product. Do you have a favorite strategy for getting early engagement from a small, just-starting-out community?
Lucie Smejkalová

My product launch on Product Hunt was a total disaster and I honestly wouldn’t wish that on anyone.
It was my first experience with PH, and I had very unrealistic expectations. I thought that once I released the product, the community would just find it on its own. The reality, however, was very different the result was almost zero traction.

The biggest lesson I learned? Prepare early. Build relationships and start talking about your project well before launch day. My advice: make sure the community knows you before you hit “Launch.”

Wishing everyone getting ready to launch the best of luck. I hope your launch day brings you joy, not frustration.