u/originx_games

Hi, I am an Indie Developer and here’s my PH launch for the proof: https://www.producthunt.com/products/heyzoku

So on Saturday I worked till late and had completed the version of the product which I could share with other people, and I had updated the site - tested the pricing, shot and edited the demo video and was ready to sell. But wasn’t sure where to get users, took Sunday off and Monday Morning I decided on let’s just launch on Product Hunt and see if people like it.  I already had the demo video, I screenshot the app and website. Wrote genuinely about the app without using AI and posted.  Took like ~15 minutes.

Context:

• first real launch of this product anywhere
• only 3–4 friends had tested it
• only ~300 followers on X
• posted nowhere else (no Reddit, no LinkedIn)

And as the product hunt has the 4 hour hidden upvotes. I wasn’t able to understand if it’s going good or bad, I wasn’t even getting any comments but I was getting emails of people selling their stuff, asking me that they will make a video for a payment, getting random requests on X and Linkedin - I was like maybe its going good as the last time I launched my another product I got 2 upvotes and 4 emails(asking to buy upvotes). 
And I am also seeing grok4.5 has also launched the same day and there were other big funded projects with teams also launching, I felt that should I not have done it on a Monday? All the big ones launch on Monday. But it was already done.  So I thought if this doesn’t work we can try again on some other day of the next week.

I was also checking the site analytics, people were coming to the site from different parts of the world. But as I have a hard paywall, no one had paid for it yet.

Then the four hours got over, and I see my product has 70 upvotes, I am getting emails, X messages and Linkedin requests. And I was like crazy what has happened. A lot of the people were selling me but I replied to the genuine ones, then people started asking questions on the PH as well, I answered to all of them.  It was such a nice feeling that people are interested in something I built.

And then with all the excitement I slept, I saw in the morning I have 90 upvotes(hoping to cross 100, which didn’t happen :/). And then I saw my payment provider and someone had paid for the product, it was such an amazing feeling - it was my first internet money. I was on the top of the world.

ProductHunt gave me my first internet dollar and I’ll be forever grateful for it.

For the next launch I want to cross 100. What would you have done differently in my spot — quieter launch day, more pre-launch socials, or something else?

Also happy to answer anything about the launch or the product.

Proof Below:

https://preview.redd.it/zynqkx30v6gh1.png?width=932&format=png&auto=webp&s=2e2673b40155b2462e04c8710145dc665eaa44a2

https://preview.redd.it/qjpo7y30v6gh1.png?width=1600&format=png&auto=webp&s=cf1b02bf99a0fbe7f4dfdfce83d74c29a44a0649

Hi, I am an Indie Developer and here’s my PH launch for the proof: https://www.producthunt.com/products/heyzoku

So on Saturday I worked till late and had completed the version of the product which I could share with other people, and I had updated the site - tested the pricing, shot and edited the demo video and was ready to sell. But wasn’t sure where to get users, took Sunday off and Monday Morning I decided on let’s just launch on Product Hunt and see if people like it.  I already had the demo video, I screenshot the app and website. Wrote genuinely about the app without using AI and posted.  Took like ~15 minutes.

Context:

• first real launch of this product anywhere
• only 3–4 friends had tested it
• only ~300 followers on X
• posted nowhere else (no Reddit, no LinkedIn)

And as the product hunt has the 4 hour hidden upvotes. I wasn’t able to understand if it’s going good or bad, I wasn’t even getting any comments but I was getting emails of people selling their stuff, asking me that they will make a video for a payment, getting random requests on X and Linkedin - I was like maybe its going good as the last time I launched my another product I got 2 upvotes and 4 emails(asking to buy upvotes). 
And I am also seeing grok4.5 has also launched the same day and there were other big funded projects with teams also launching, I felt that should I not have done it on a Monday? All the big ones launch on Monday. But it was already done.  So I thought if this doesn’t work we can try again on some other day of the next week.

I was also checking the site analytics, people were coming to the site from different parts of the world. But as I have a hard paywall, no one had paid for it yet.

Then the four hours got over, and I see my product has 70 upvotes, I am getting emails, X messages and Linkedin requests. And I was like crazy what has happened. A lot of the people were selling me but I replied to the genuine ones, then people started asking questions on the PH as well, I answered to all of them.  It was such a nice feeling that people are interested in something I built.

And then with all the excitement I slept, I saw in the morning I have 90 upvotes(hoping to cross 100, which didn’t happen :/). And then I saw my payment provider and someone had paid for the product, it was such an amazing feeling - it was my first internet money. I was on the top of the world.

ProductHunt gave me my first internet dollar and I’ll be forever grateful for it.

For the next launch I want to cross 100. What would you have done differently in my spot — quieter launch day, more pre-launch socials, or something else?

Also happy to answer anything about the launch or the product.

Proof Below:

https://preview.redd.it/zynqkx30v6gh1.png?width=932&format=png&auto=webp&s=2e2673b40155b2462e04c8710145dc665eaa44a2

https://preview.redd.it/qjpo7y30v6gh1.png?width=1600&format=png&auto=webp&s=cf1b02bf99a0fbe7f4dfdfce83d74c29a44a0649

Hi, I am an Indie Developer and here’s my PH launch for the proof: https://www.producthunt.com/products/heyzoku

So on Saturday I worked till late and had completed the version of the product which I could share with other people, and I had updated the site - tested the pricing, shot and edited the demo video and was ready to sell. But wasn’t sure where to get users, took Sunday off and Monday Morning I decided on let’s just launch on Product Hunt and see if people like it.  I already had the demo video, I screenshot the app and website. Wrote genuinely about the app without using AI and posted.  Took like ~15 minutes.

Context:

• first real launch of this product anywhere
• only 3–4 friends had tested it
• only ~300 followers on X
• posted nowhere else (no Reddit, no LinkedIn)

And as the product hunt has the 4 hour hidden upvotes. I wasn’t able to understand if it’s going good or bad, I wasn’t even getting any comments but I was getting emails of people selling their stuff, asking me that they will make a video for a payment, getting random requests on X and Linkedin - I was like maybe its going good as the last time I launched my another product I got 2 upvotes and 4 emails(asking to buy upvotes). 
And I am also seeing grok4.5 has also launched the same day and there were other big funded projects with teams also launching, I felt that should I not have done it on a Monday? All the big ones launch on Monday. But it was already done.  So I thought if this doesn’t work we can try again on some other day of the next week.

I was also checking the site analytics, people were coming to the site from different parts of the world. But as I have a hard paywall, no one had paid for it yet.

Then the four hours got over, and I see my product has 70 upvotes, I am getting emails, X messages and Linkedin requests. And I was like crazy what has happened. A lot of the people were selling me but I replied to the genuine ones, then people started asking questions on the PH as well, I answered to all of them.  It was such a nice feeling that people are interested in something I built.

And then with all the excitement I slept, I saw in the morning I have 90 upvotes(hoping to cross 100, which didn’t happen :/). And then I saw my payment provider and someone had paid for the product, it was such an amazing feeling - it was my first internet money. I was on the top of the world.

ProductHunt gave me my first internet dollar and I’ll be forever grateful for it.

For the next launch I want to cross 100. What would you have done differently in my spot — quieter launch day, more pre-launch socials, or something else?

Also happy to answer anything about the launch or the product.

Proof Below:

https://preview.redd.it/zynqkx30v6gh1.png?width=932&format=png&auto=webp&s=2e2673b40155b2462e04c8710145dc665eaa44a2

https://preview.redd.it/qjpo7y30v6gh1.png?width=1600&format=png&auto=webp&s=cf1b02bf99a0fbe7f4dfdfce83d74c29a44a0649

Where does the cursor bugbot review charge on the plan? Does it charge from API pricing or the Auto + Composer pricing. I am not able to find it anywhere does anyone know?