Uneed Community Launch - Recap

Hey everyone 👋🏻

As promised, here's the complete debrief of the Uneed Community launch on Product Hunt!

A Huge Thank You

First things first: I want to thank everyone who supported this launch. Seriously, it means the world to me 🙏🏻!

Whether you upvoted, commented, shared, or just sent me a nice message, every bit of support counted. Launching a product is always stressful, and having so many people rallying behind you makes all the difference.

But there's someone else I need to thank... Product Hunt itself!

I don't know if it was intentional or not, but they featured Uneed, which is... well, technically a competitor 😬. That's incredibly noble of them 🙇🏻.

So thank you Product Hunt team! And hey, I can't wait to see Product Hunt launch on Uneed someday 👀!

The Battle for #1

We ended up as the #2 Product of the Day, after an extremely tight race that lasted the entire day!

Congratulations to Floqer, who claimed the top spot - they deserved it :)

It was a neck-and-neck race all day long, constantly switching positions. The kind of launch day that keeps you glued to your scree,n refreshing every 5 minutes…
Ok, every 30 seconds 😂

The Question Everyone Asks

I know what you're going to ask: "Is it still worth launching on Product Hunt?"

Let me show you the numbers and let you judge for yourself...

Analytics: The Two-Tool Approach

On Uneed, I use 2 different analytics tools: Umami and Plausible. I've been doing this for over 6 months now, and the difference between the two is quite significant 👀.

From my experience, Umami seems slightly more reliable, but both give valuable insights.

Here are the results from launch day:

- Umami tracked: 1.16k unique visitors

• Plausible tracked: 2k unique visitors

The difference is huge, but it gives you an idea of the range. For the rest of this article, to keep things simple, we'll base our analysis on Plausible's data.

The Numbers (Product Hunt Only)

Out of 2,000 unique visitors, 187 created an account.

That's a 9% conversion rate - which is actually higher than my usual rate of 6%! Pretty encouraging 🥳

Of those 187 signups, 41 paid either to skip the waitlist ($30) or to join it ($5).

Just from Product Hunt, this generated over $2,500 in revenue!

The Full Launch Picture

But wait - Product Hunt was just one part of the launch strategy!

I launched Uneed Community everywhere: on my own platform (Uneed itself), in the newsletter, on LinkedIn, on X... basically everywhere I could 😂

Looking at the complete picture across launch day + the 2 days that followed:

• 13,000 unique visitors (according to Plausible)
• Nearly $4,000 in revenue

This is what I mean when I say it's up to you to make it an event. Product Hunt alone brought great results, but combining it with other channels and creating momentum across multiple platforms - that's where the real magic happens!

But beyond just the immediate revenue, we got:

• 187 new users actively engaged with the platform
• Tons of feedback and feature requests
• A vibrant community starting to take shape with over 100 posts on day one
• Valuable connections with other builders

The Verdict

Yes, Product Hunt still has excellent traffic, and yes, it's absolutely worth launching there!

But here's the real lesson: don't rely on just one platform.

Product Hunt brought in great traffic and revenue, but it was the combination of all channels that made this launch truly successful. By creating a coordinated launch across Product Hunt, Uneed itself, X, LinkedIn, and my newsletter, I was able to:

• Reach 13,000 people instead of ”just” 2,000
• Generate $4,000 instead of $2,500
• Create multiple waves of momentum throughout the day

Like with any platform, it's up to you to make it an event, a special day. The more effort you put into making it special across all your channels, the more support you'll get, and the more worthwhile it becomes.

Some tips that worked for me:

• Use a video to make your announcement (mine was really bad, but still)
• Engage with every single comment and upvoter
• Share behind-the-scenes updates throughout the day
• Make it a celebration, not just a launch

The Uneed Community journey is just beginning, and this launch was the perfect kickstart. I'm incredibly excited to see where we'll take it in the coming weeks and months!

If you haven't checked it out yet, come say hi 😊

Thomas