I have had mixed results with PH launches. My first app finished at #6 position (peaked at #2 that day); and then the completely bombed with just 60 odd upvotes.. I wanted to share a few decisions that I made for https://www.kaapi.team/ -

- Which guides to read - [this](https://producthunt.taskablehq.com/Checklist-for-Launching-on-Product-Hunt-c282188c52474d0d9d8c0ffb7e26de64) and [this](https://blog.salesflare.com/the-ultimate-playbook-to-blowing-your-product-hunt-launch-out-of-the-water-238ebed90262) should be enough! :)

- Should you even launch on PH - if your buyer persona doesn't fit the kind of people who frequent PH, please stay away. PH is majorly product managers, entrepreneurs, and marketing people who want to keep trying out new things.

- Should you have a hunter - If a prominent hunter hunts your product, it will automatically go to featured section. Otherwise it goes to the newest section. There are a few odd cases PH team might automatically pick it from newest section and feature it. - Optin vs Direct ask - As much as I could, I tried reaching out to a few supporters and communities before hand to ask them if they like our product and would they be willing to help us spread the word. - Is it ok to directly ask for upvotes - Kinda ok, if you are not a douchebag about it! Dont spam too much. And stay away from copy pasting across FB and Slack groups. I tried my level best to drop in a personalised note for that community when I reached out to them. - Timezones matter - After talking to a few people who had successful launches, I have tried to make sure that I do a sustained burst of messages to my network over the entire day

That's all! But I guess most importantly, just have fun out there I had a lot of fun connecting with old friends & network.