The recovery playbook
Posts on the 28 days
after launch day.
Each post targets one long-tail query, ships a source ledger, and includes a usable artifact.
- comparison
BetaList vs Product Hunt for solo founders in 2026
A 2026 comparison of BetaList and Product Hunt for solo founders deciding where to launch — audience, submission flow, costs, traffic shape, and a complementary-not-substitute rubric. Cited submission pages with access dates.
intent: betalist vs product hunt 2026 · conf: medium · S: 5
- tool
Backlink and referral tracking after a Product Hunt launch — the 5 free tools that actually work
Five free tools — Vercel Analytics, Plausible, PostHog, Google Search Console, and AlternativeTo — for tracking backlinks and referrals after a Product Hunt launch. Honest free-tier limits and a 3-tool workflow.
intent: free backlink tracking tools after product hunt launch · conf: medium · S: 5
- template
Post-launch checklist for indie founders: 7 days after Product Hunt
A 7-day, day-by-day checklist for indie founders after a Product Hunt launch. Twelve concrete actions with pass criteria, common failures, and a leverage ranking. Drawn from r/SideProject and IndieHackers postmortems with cited sources.
intent: post launch checklist 7 days indie founder · conf: medium · S: 8
- problem
Product Hunt launch with no signups — what to do next week
A decision tree for founders whose Product Hunt launch is over and the daily signup count has gone quiet. Branches by upvote count, names the next-week recovery actions, and cites the postmortem patterns behind each branch.
intent: product hunt launch no signups what to do · conf: medium · S: 7
- how-to
Show HN after Product Hunt — the 9 AM ET timing rule and why most posts die
Why founder writeups recommend posting Show HN in the early-US-morning window, what the HN ranking algorithm actually decays, and a concrete sequence for the day after a Product Hunt launch.
intent: when to post show hn after product hunt · conf: medium · S: 6
- risk
Why your Product Hunt launch traffic disappeared in 48 hours
A taxonomy of the causes behind post-Product-Hunt traffic decay, with a self-diagnosis flowchart and per-cause fixes. Drawn from forum postmortems, the PH ranking documentation, and founder writeups with cited sources.
intent: why did my product hunt traffic disappear · conf: medium · S: 7