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ibuildinpublic vs Product Hunt
ibuildinpublic is the better ongoing home for a build. Product Hunt is a launch day: a listing, upvotes, and comments, with most of the audience gone after that day.
ibuildinpublic is the better place for the product once launch day is over, and before it starts. The product page, the posts, and the experiences stay at one address, so a visitor next week still lands on the build.
Product Hunt is strong for one day. Makers publish a listing, people upvote and comment, and the largest crowd shows up then. The listing stays online after that, while the front page moves on to newer launches.
Where ibuildinpublic is ahead
ibuildinpublic is the better ongoing home. Product Hunt still covers a narrower job.
Built for
ibuildinpublic. The whole build, not one date
Product Hunt. A launch day
What you publish
ibuildinpublic. A product page, posts, and experiences you keep updating
Product Hunt. A product listing for the launch
When people show up
ibuildinpublic. Whenever they open the page or the feed
Product Hunt. Most of the audience arrives on launch day
How people respond
ibuildinpublic. Replies, help, and reviews that stay on the product
Product Hunt. Upvotes and comments on that one launch
After the spike
ibuildinpublic. The page is still the home
Product Hunt. The listing stays, and the front page moves on
Best at
ibuildinpublic. Being found while you build, and after
Product Hunt. A concentrated launch-day audience
Recommended
Choose ibuildinpublic
Choose ibuildinpublic as the page that keeps the story, the updates, and the asks after the launch is over.
When Product Hunt still helps
Product Hunt still helps on the day you want that ranking, those upvotes, and those comments.
Keep ibuildinpublic as the home. Use Product Hunt for the day, then send that audience back to the page that stays.
Questions people ask
Should I launch on Product Hunt or ibuildinpublic?
Start with ibuildinpublic so the product page and the build log are already up. Add Product Hunt when you want a launch day. The page here is the one that remains.
Does ibuildinpublic replace a Product Hunt listing?
For the ongoing product, yes. Product Hunt concentrates attention on a launch. ibuildinpublic is the better place for the product and the updates before and after that day.
What happens to a Product Hunt launch after the day ends?
The listing remains, and the front page moves on to newer launches. The ibuildinpublic product page is the place you keep updating.