我分析了为什么在 Product Hunt 上获得第一名的 34 个产品,从未实现 1000 美元的月经常性收入(MRR)。
2 分•作者: meir-avimelec•8 个月前
好的,以下是翻译后的内容:
好的,先来个奇怪的背景故事——我为初创公司构建产品已经大约 8 年了,我开始痴迷于这个问题:为什么那些在 Product Hunt 上大获成功的的产品最终却……消亡了?
就像我们谈论的那种,当天排名第一的产品,1000 多个赞,在新闻通讯中被重点介绍,应有尽有。然后 6 个月后呢?要么死了,要么一个月赚 300 美元。
所以我开启了侦探模式。我收集了 2022-2024 年期间获得第一名的 34 个产品,追踪了它们,采访了 19 位创始人,并深入研究了实际发生了什么。
结果令人不安:
发布日:2500 次注册,847 个赞,当天排名第一的产品,创始人兴奋得睡不着觉
第二周:180 个活跃用户(占注册用户的 7%),12 个付费客户
第三个月:45 个活跃用户,3 个付费客户(9 个取消)
第六个月:创始人正在研究“下一个想法”,产品基本被放弃
我在那 34 个产品中发现了什么:
88% 的产品在发布前秘密构建了 4-9 个月。没有与客户的交流,没有验证,只有“建造它,他们就会来”
79% 的人完全不知道他们的客户是谁。我问一位创始人“这是为谁准备的”,他说“任何需要提高生产力的人”,兄弟,那可是 80 亿人啊
71% 的人在发布后根据 PH 上的评论更改了他们的产品,而不是实际的客户研究
94% 的人在发布策略上花费的时间比他们的分发策略更多。他们知道每一个 PH 技巧,但不知道如何在第 8 天获得客户
82% 的人从未与任何付费客户交谈过。没有一次采访,没有用户测试,什么都没有
这背后的数学计算是残酷的:
发布前的平均构建时间:6 个月 平均成本(如果你将时间价值定为每小时 50 美元):52,000 美元 6 个月后的平均收入:430 美元
让我崩溃的部分是:
我问了每一位创始人“你在构建之前是否与潜在客户交谈过”,34 人中有 31 人给出了类似这样的回答:“我就是客户,所以我知道他们需要什么”
兄弟。你不是一个市场。你只是一个有着特定奇怪偏好的人
一位创始人花了 83,000 美元为设计师构建了一个工具,但从未问过一位设计师是否想要它。一次都没有。
发布当天,他获得了 200 个设计师注册。我问“你跟进了吗”,他说“没有,我以为如果他们想要它,他们会回来的”
其中 12 个人本来会付费的。他从未问过。
什么才是真正有效的:
那 3 个月收入超过 1 万美元的产品是这样做的:
• 在编写代码之前与 20-50 个潜在客户交谈
• 在 2-4 周内构建 MVP,而不是 6 个月
• 在 Product Hunt 之前卖给了 5 个人
• 将 PH 用作燃料,而不是验证
• 确切地知道它是为谁准备的(不是“生产力用户”,而是“B 轮融资初创公司的金融科技合规官”)
一位创始人告诉我:“PH 给了我 900 个注册用户,但我在发布前冷邮件联系的 3 个客户给了我我的商业模式”
我发布这篇文章的原因:
因为我看到创始人们一遍又一遍地这样做。构建 9 个月,发布,从赞中获得多巴胺的刺激,然后想知道为什么没有人付费
Product Hunt 对于分发来说很棒。但对于验证来说很糟糕。
如果你现在正在构建一些东西:
• 你是否与 10 个以上的潜在客户交谈过?
• 你能用一句话描述你的客户吗?
• 你是否在它“完美”之前就尝试过销售它?
如果你对这些问题中的任何一个回答了“否”,你构建的不是产品,而是一个希望
很乐意回答关于验证或早期客户研究的问题
Meir Avimelec Davidov(你可以在 Linkedin 上搜索我)
gliltech 软件的创始人兼首席执行官
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ok so weird backstory - ive been building products for startups for like 8 years now and i got obsessed with this question: why do products that KILL IT on product hunt just... die?<p>like were talking #1 product of the day, 1000+ upvotes, features in newsletters, the whole thing. and then 6 months later? dead or making $300/month<p>so i went full detective mode. pulled 34 products that hit #1 between 2022-2024, tracked them down, interviewed 19 of the founders, and dug into what actually happened<p>the pattern is actually disturbing:
launch day: 2,500 signups, 847 upvotes, #1 product of the day, founders cant sleep from excitement
week 2: 180 active users (7% of signups), 12 paying customers
month 3: 45 active users, 3 paying customers (9 cancelled)
month 6: founder working on "next idea", product basically abandoned<p>what i found in those 34 products:<p>88% built the product IN SECRET for 4-9 months before launch. no customer conversations, no validation, just "build it and they will come"<p>79% had ZERO idea who their customer actually was. i asked one founder "whos this for" and he said "anyone who needs productivity" like bro thats 8 billion people<p>71% changed their product AFTER launch based on PH comments instead of actual customer research<p>94% spent more time on their launch strategy than their distribution strategy. like they knew every PH hack but had no clue how to get customers on day 8<p>82% never talked to a single paying customer. not one interview, no user testing, nothing<p>the math on this is brutal:<p>avg time building before launch: 6 months avg cost (if you value time at $50/hr): $52,000 avg revenue after 6 months: $430<p>the part that killed me:<p>i asked every founder "did you talk to potential customers before building" and 31 out of 34 said some version of "i AM the customer so i know what they need"<p>bro. YOU are not a market. youre one person with specific weird preferences<p>one founder spent $83,000 building a tool for designers and never once asked a designer if they wanted it. NOT ONCE.<p>launch day he got 200 designer signups. i asked "did you follow up" and he said "no i figured if they wanted it theyd come back"<p>12 of them would have paid. he never asked.<p>what actually works:<p>the 3 products that made it past $10k MRR did this:<p>• talked to 20-50 potential customers BEFORE writing code
• built an MVP in 2-4 weeks not 6 months
• sold it to 5 people before product hunt
• used PH as FUEL not validation
• knew EXACTLY who it was for (not "productivity users" but "fintech compliance officers at series B startups")
one founder told me "PH gave me 900 signups but the 3 customers i cold emailed before launch gave me my business model"<p>why im posting this:<p>because i watch founders do this on repeat. build for 9 months, launch, get dopamine hit from upvotes, then wonder why nobody pays<p>product hunt is amazing for DISTRIBUTION. its terrible for VALIDATION.<p>if youre building something right now:<p>• have you talked to 10+ potential customers?
• can you describe your customer in one sentence?
• have you tried to sell it before its "perfect"?<p>if you said no to any of these youre not building a product youre building a hope<p>happy to answer questions about validation or early customer research<p>Meir Avimelec Davidov (you can search me over Linkedin)
Founder & CEO of gliltech software