--- title: "Discussion on \"I Launched My First Product on Product Hunt. Here's What I Learned\" | Hashnode" description: "Discussion on \"I Launched My First Product on Product Hunt. Here's What I Learned\". Last week, I launched my very first product on Product Hunt!\nMy product, ColorHub, helps developers to find the perfect colour palette for their next project.\nWhat started as a small-scale experimental project grew into something so much more.\nEager ..." url: "https://hashnode.com/posts/i-launched-my-first-product-on-product-hunt-heres-what-i-learned/619209270ba49f4c91947ecd" --- [Feed](https://hashnode.com/feed) / Discussion # [I Launched My First Product on Product Hunt. Here's What I Learned](https://blog.danielcranney.com/i-launched-my-first-product-on-product-hunt-heres-what-i-learned?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) Last week, I launched my very first product on Product Hunt! My product, ColorHub, helps developers to find the perfect colour palette for their next project. What started as a small-scale experimental project grew into something so much more. Eager ... Nov 15, 2021 · 7 min read · blog.danielcranney.com Read the article - [#product](https://hashnode.com/tag/product) - [#learning](https://hashnode.com/tag/learning) ## Written by [Daniel Cranney](https://hashnode.com/@danielcranney) @danielcranney · Bristol, England [View profile](https://hashnode.com/@danielcranney) Developer and Designer I am a teacher, designer and developer on the road to full stack. I love creatively solving problems by building web applications that look good and work well. ## Responses 12 Markdown supported · ⌘↵ to post [Tawaliou ALAO](https://hashnode.com/@Tawaliou) [Feb 10, 2023](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-launched-my-first-product-on-product-hunt-heres-what-i-learned/619209270ba49f4c91947ecd/comment/63e6c258f30581f89abce9b5) Thank you. I'm working on a SaaS product currently so I think your article will help me [Katy A](https://hashnode.com/@KatyCodesStuff) [Jan 31, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-launched-my-first-product-on-product-hunt-heres-what-i-learned/619209270ba49f4c91947ecd/comment/61f7a41400273a7c1776d21e) This is awesome, I love ColorHub ☺️ What analytics tool did you use? [Daniel Cranney](https://hashnode.com/@danielcranney) [Jan 31, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-launched-my-first-product-on-product-hunt-heres-what-i-learned/619209270ba49f4c91947ecd/comment/61f7a41400273a7c1776d21e#reply-61f7b6da00273a7c1776d51a) Thanks so much Katy! I ended up going with Plausible, I love the UI and it's actually quite addictive to look over the stats! [Jeff Svicarovich; I'm on Product Hunt!](https://hashnode.com/@jeffsvic) [Nov 19, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-launched-my-first-product-on-product-hunt-heres-what-i-learned/619209270ba49f4c91947ecd/comment/619812335bb9cc256fc689af) Nice summary thanks ! [Daniel Cranney](https://hashnode.com/@danielcranney) [Nov 19, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-launched-my-first-product-on-product-hunt-heres-what-i-learned/619209270ba49f4c91947ecd/comment/619812335bb9cc256fc689af#reply-61981e5c5bb9cc256fc68a10) No problem at all Jeff! Glad you liked the article, I really appreciate it! [Dan Bamikiya](https://hashnode.com/@danbmky) [Nov 17, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-launched-my-first-product-on-product-hunt-heres-what-i-learned/619209270ba49f4c91947ecd/comment/61952f0c90fac127e6ea5175) Big Congratulations Daniel! This is my first time hearing of Product Hunt. Inspired by your post, I plan to build and launch a product idea I've had for while on there! Thanks! [Daniel Cranney](https://hashnode.com/@danielcranney) [Nov 17, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-launched-my-first-product-on-product-hunt-heres-what-i-learned/619209270ba49f4c91947ecd/comment/61952f0c90fac127e6ea5175#reply-619557c890fac127e6ea54cb) Dan, that's amazing to hear! Go for it! I'm looking forward to seeing your project so be sure to send it my way! [Dan Bamikiya](https://hashnode.com/@danbmky) [Nov 19, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-launched-my-first-product-on-product-hunt-heres-what-i-learned/619209270ba49f4c91947ecd/comment/61952f0c90fac127e6ea5175#reply-6197d0105bb9cc256fc68546) Sure! [Daniel Cranney](https://hashnode.com/@danielcranney) [Eleftheria Batsou](https://hashnode.com/@eleftheriabatsou) [Nov 16, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-launched-my-first-product-on-product-hunt-heres-what-i-learned/619209270ba49f4c91947ecd/comment/61938bb141b5ce67583af0cb) Congrats on the launch! I feel these tips can be helpful for everyone, thanks for sharing them with the community [Daniel Cranney](https://hashnode.com/@danielcranney) 🤗 [Daniel Cranney](https://hashnode.com/@danielcranney) [Nov 17, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-launched-my-first-product-on-product-hunt-heres-what-i-learned/619209270ba49f4c91947ecd/comment/61938bb141b5ce67583af0cb#reply-619557ec0b25eb28701f50de) Thanks so much Eleftheria! I'm looking forward to launching more in the future, too! [Yuri](https://hashnode.com/@YuriCodesBot) [Nov 16, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-launched-my-first-product-on-product-hunt-heres-what-i-learned/619209270ba49f4c91947ecd/comment/619343d6fd4e554b5f3e9152) Congratulations on the launch, Daniel!! It's a life-saving project ahahha specially the edit & preview window! [Daniel Cranney](https://hashnode.com/@danielcranney) [Nov 16, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-launched-my-first-product-on-product-hunt-heres-what-i-learned/619209270ba49f4c91947ecd/comment/619343d6fd4e554b5f3e9152#reply-61935818fd3a1a5a01a89872) Thank you so much Yuri! I’ll be adding more features really soon so keep an eye on it 😀 [Jarrod Watts](https://hashnode.com/@JarrodWatts) [Nov 16, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-launched-my-first-product-on-product-hunt-heres-what-i-learned/619209270ba49f4c91947ecd/comment/61931b1afd4e554b5f3e8eda) Congrats on the Launch Daniel, great insights! [Daniel Cranney](https://hashnode.com/@danielcranney) [Nov 16, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-launched-my-first-product-on-product-hunt-heres-what-i-learned/619209270ba49f4c91947ecd/comment/61931b1afd4e554b5f3e8eda#reply-6193584cfd3a1a5a01a89881) Thanks a lot Jarrod! It was a great experience and I’ll be revisiting this topic after my second launch for sure! [Savio Martin](https://hashnode.com/@saviomartin) [Nov 15, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-launched-my-first-product-on-product-hunt-heres-what-i-learned/619209270ba49f4c91947ecd/comment/61926954fd4e554b5f3e8613) I have launched multiple products on ProductHunt and secured #1 product of the day for 2 of them. ProductHunt is an amazing plaform to launch something, the community is also nice and welcomes new comers. Product and HN boosts our viewers insane. PH and Hashnode have an loving community and it helps. Btw, nice article and congrats on launch! [Daniel Cranney](https://hashnode.com/@danielcranney) [Nov 16, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-launched-my-first-product-on-product-hunt-heres-what-i-learned/619209270ba49f4c91947ecd/comment/61926954fd4e554b5f3e8613#reply-61935a23fd3a1a5a01a898b5) Thanks a lot Savio! The community here is one of the best aspects about Hashnode I think, and you’re right HN and PH bring a lot of visitors to our sites! The tech Twitter community really is incredibly supportive and full of interesting and intelligent people! [Daniel Cranney](https://hashnode.com/@danielcranney) [Nov 16, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-launched-my-first-product-on-product-hunt-heres-what-i-learned/619209270ba49f4c91947ecd/comment/61926954fd4e554b5f3e8613#reply-61935c5afd3a1a5a01a89918) Thanks so much Savio! The community on Hashnode is one of my favourite aspects about it, and the same for Product Hunt. It’s filled with so many interesting people and amazing creators! [Tushar Srivastava](https://hashnode.com/@TusharSrivastava) [Nov 15, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-launched-my-first-product-on-product-hunt-heres-what-i-learned/619209270ba49f4c91947ecd/comment/61926717fd4e554b5f3e85c7) Congratulations on the launch Daniel! Thanks for sharing these insightful lessons. [Daniel Cranney](https://hashnode.com/@danielcranney) [Nov 16, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-launched-my-first-product-on-product-hunt-heres-what-i-learned/619209270ba49f4c91947ecd/comment/61926717fd4e554b5f3e85c7#reply-61935c7efd3a1a5a01a89927) Thanks a lot Tushar! It was a lot of fun to launch, and I can’t wait to do it and learn more! [Hxxdini](https://hashnode.com/@hxxdini) [Nov 15, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-launched-my-first-product-on-product-hunt-heres-what-i-learned/619209270ba49f4c91947ecd/comment/61922cedfd4e554b5f3e8101) I love it. Just a curious question, what tech stack did you use to build this? [Daniel Cranney](https://hashnode.com/@danielcranney) [Nov 15, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-launched-my-first-product-on-product-hunt-heres-what-i-learned/619209270ba49f4c91947ecd/comment/61922cedfd4e554b5f3e8101#reply-61923f38fd4e554b5f3e8261) Thanks so much! I used React and NextJS, with Tailwind for the styling 😀 [Hxxdini](https://hashnode.com/@hxxdini) [Nov 25, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-launched-my-first-product-on-product-hunt-heres-what-i-learned/619209270ba49f4c91947ecd/comment/61922cedfd4e554b5f3e8101#reply-619f4ce8e6a8de742132324c) Alright. Y'all Win. I'm Gonna Learn Javascript now. [Samip Poudel](https://hashnode.com/@SamipPoudel) [Nov 15, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-launched-my-first-product-on-product-hunt-heres-what-i-learned/619209270ba49f4c91947ecd/comment/619218330ba49f4c9194811a) This is really inspiring Dan! I hope to launch my own product someday. Thank you for sharing your experience. [Daniel Cranney](https://hashnode.com/@danielcranney) [Nov 15, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-launched-my-first-product-on-product-hunt-heres-what-i-learned/619209270ba49f4c91947ecd/comment/619218330ba49f4c9194811a#reply-619219556d5b624bfabdd348) Thanks a lot Samip! I look forward to seeing what you build, and I’m glad you enjoyed the article! [Sandro Volpicella](https://hashnode.com/@SandroVolpicella) [Nov 15, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-launched-my-first-product-on-product-hunt-heres-what-i-learned/619209270ba49f4c91947ecd/comment/61920e076d5b624bfabdd1d6) Congrats! Really cool article and thanks for sharing :) [Daniel Cranney](https://hashnode.com/@danielcranney) [Nov 15, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-launched-my-first-product-on-product-hunt-heres-what-i-learned/619209270ba49f4c91947ecd/comment/61920e076d5b624bfabdd1d6#reply-619217df6d5b624bfabdd32f) Thanks so much Sandro! It was a great experience, and writing this will really help me improve for next time 😀