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▲ Show HN: I am Building a Producthunt alternative(huntlie.com)

31 points by heyarviind2 4 hours ago | 38 comments

▲ muhammadusman 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Don't use the term "hunt" in the name, to me it just screams "dupe" instead of something unique. Go the route of improving what PH has and adding things that are missing.

Some ideas: - Users should be able to update their post to some extent.

- There's no "product page" in your app, build something where I can see people commenting, reacting, and maybe even sharing their own screenshots of it because that's something PH does pretty well but can be improved.

- "LAUNCHES WORTH YOUR SCROLL" sounds kinda cringe, change to something like "Find the next best thing" or make it random on load and have a few less in your face versions of it. Reddit has "homepage of the internet" which seems appropriate. You can have "have you launched yet?", "find the next best thing", "what's trending today"...etc

I have more ideas, feel free to message me or drop a way to contact you if you'd like more feedback :)

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aardvark179 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Maybe not, “next best thing,” I don’t know about American English but in British English next best means second best.

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tuckerman 38 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

At least in American English “next to best” would mean second whereas “next best thing” means something likely to be the best thing in the near future and it’s a very common idiom.

	▲	phone_book 35 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		i am american and think "next best thing" means second best. maybe "next big thing" would be better but is a bit generic

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ribeyes 34 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

i guess it's somewhat ambiguous here, but "next-best" would be second-best, while "next best" means "future best"

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heyarviind2 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Hey thank you so much for the feedback. I want to hear more from you.

Can we connect on Twitter/x: @heyarviind?

▲ nhatcher 10 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There was a slightly similar product some days ago:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41860810

▲ blakeburch an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Glad to see someone working on an alternative!

Personal note - I used to be a pretty frequent user of ProductHunt. Some folks I worked with jokingly called me the SaaS King. If you had a problem, I knew of 3 tools to potentially solve it.

The biggest reason why I stopped using ProductHunt was because people opted to submit and upvote low quality "list of X" aggregation services and minor updates, not real products. Hopefully you've thought about how to refine the curation.

Also, agreed with the feedback from muhammadusman about having a product page. Right now, it's just a list of links with synopsis - not enough to intrigue me to explore further.

▲ klntsky 40 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Product hunt clones should all launch on each other

	▲	crowcroft 15 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		We need to go meta and build a Product Hunt clone focussed on being the best Product Hunt clone directory.

▲ dt3ft 29 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Congrats!

I tried submitting https://fdeploy.com but the product icon wouldn’t upload. Which file formats are supported?

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xwowsersx 18 minutes ago | parent [-]

Looks promising! May I offer some gentle feedback on your blurb above the fold?

> fDeploy is a self-hosted deployment software for Windows being currently built in Stockholm, Sweden by developers with over 10 years of experience in the industry, focusing only on the most essential and most valuable features.

I'd recommend focusing on what the most valuable features are and making those the highlight. Leading with who is building it and where doesn't add much unless your team is especially well-known or noteworthy. Also, citing "10 years of experience" as social proof might not resonate strongly—it's not a differentiator for most audiences (10 years is not that long). Instead, consider showcasing the unique aspects of the product that would immediately grab attention.

	▲	dt3ft 10 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I will set some time aside to rewrite that. Thank you for the feedback, much appreciated!

▲ thehadiahmadi an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Hi, I liked the idea. There are some issues, maybe these are in your todo list, but I want to tell you based on my usage.

1. there is no difference before and after login. (maybe login is unsuccessful) 2. I cannot edit/delete my submitted project. 3. No search for projects. 4. No Dark mode :)

▲ triyambakam an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

How is the name supposed to be pronounced? It looks like the two English words hunt and lie which doesn't sound very nice.

	▲	heyarviind2 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		it is pronounced as hunt-lee https://www.names-hub.com/name/huntlie

▲ olegp 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Congrats on launching! I just submitted https://www.freeats.com

I liked the submission flow, it was nice and simple. The only issue is that at the end of the process I got a page that looked like it was broken, so had to manually navigate to the main page.

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heyarviind2 2 hours ago | parent [-]

sorry about that, i am fixing it

	▲	olegp 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		No problem, it's better to launch early.

▲ supertofu an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

When everything is a priority, nothing is a priority. Re: the black visit buttons. Save black for the top 3 featured, and make the rest a milder color. It's cognitively fatiguing to have a giant list of primary buttons.

▲ srbhr 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I've added a product (SWIRL) it shows 0% off. :) How can I change that?

	▲	heyarviind2 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		have you enabled the discount checkbox? Anyway let me know the coupon code and percentage off, i can add it manually ;)
	▲	dinkblam an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		same here, didn't specify a discount either

▲ permanent an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Added an icon, and still it says:

> Product icon is required

	▲	bochoh an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Having the same issue here! Cheers on launching

▲ amiantos an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Why?

▲ rrr_oh_man 30 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

How to correct a post?

:-)

▲ stevekemp 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

ProductHunt has been gamed to the extent that it's no longer in any way real - it's just who can spam the most.

What will stop your site from the same fate?

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heyarviind2 4 hours ago | parent [-]

I want to take an approach of Instagram algorithm, no matter what votes you have you will see all the products once every visit.

	▲	crowcroft 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Why do you think that's a good idea?

▲ akutlay 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I can't add a product, it asks me to add an icon despite the fact that I already uploaded one.

	▲	heyarviind2 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		you can click on next even after it gives an error

▲ encoderer 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Terrible name.

Hunt doesn’t mean anything. Huntly is bad. Huntlie is terrible. Forget about product hunt. Invent a new brand.

Let people submit for free but you choose when they get published. If they want to pick a date charge for that.

	▲	gre an hour ago \| parent [-]
		`An open source applicant tracking system that grows with your company 50% Off, use coupon HUNTILE` I first read it as "Huntile" which is like Product Hunt + quartile. Then I saw it's Huntlie, "HUNT LIE" which has negative connotations. And then I click the site and see the coupon code is "HUNTILE". christ

▲ denysvitali 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

0% off, use coupon "undefined"

	▲	heyarviind2 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		fixed it, :P

▲ bootstrpppin 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Are you going to launch it on PH?

Joking aside, I really think you need a unique angle and a solid distribution strategy: there are 1,000 PH clones but they don't stick because they're the same as PH, just with less users/traction/eyeballs.

▲ inerte an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Unrelated, but I am thinking about how do I get alpha users for an app I am building, and decided to check Product Hunt if they offer any sort of feature to help with that, and I ended up on this page https://www.producthunt.com/questions

Looks like someone is trying to pull a Forbes...

And I guess related to you, please don't do that :)