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160 points denizhdzh | 10 comments | | HN request time: 1.086s | source | bottom

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been developing Simple Lister, a platform built to support indie product creators and give them a fair shot. If you’ve launched on Product Hunt recently, you might have noticed that only featured products get the spotlight, while others struggle for visibility.

Why Simple Lister?

Simple Lister aims to fix this by offering a more transparent and fair approach for product launches. Here’s how we do it:

• No favoritism: Every product gets an equal chance, and we don’t play favorites.

• Daily Underdog Feature: Each day, we highlight one underdog product to give them extra visibility and support.

• No hidden fees: There are no surprise costs. We have a simple submission fee, and that’s it—no pay-to-play or hidden charges.

Also we have a long to do list to do better.

Why does this matter?

After launching on Product Hunt ourselves, we realized how tough it is for smaller creators to get any attention unless they’re featured. Simple Lister is here to champion those indie products that deserve to be seen by a wider audience.

The platform is new and evolving, and I’m constantly working to make it better. If you’ve got feedback or questions, don’t hesitate to reach out!

Thanks for your support, and I’d be happy if you submit your products!

1. denizhdzh ◴[] No.41861949[source]
what would you recommend to sign up
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2. TekMol ◴[] No.41861973[source]
The way Hacker News does it.
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3. rgbrgb ◴[] No.41862066[source]
easy way to reduce bots though
4. denizhdzh ◴[] No.41862100{3}[source]
Because of we did not use that way, users can sign up multiple times and can vote their products. But I'm thinking about different limitations in inside. Thank you for feedback!
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5. rgbrgb ◴[] No.41862152{4}[source]
fwiw, hn definitely deals with that issue too
6. brandonb ◴[] No.41862177[source]
FWIW, I didn't find this to be a bottleneck and it probably helps detect upvote rings.
7. jatins ◴[] No.41862200{3}[source]
The dev has to create a fair bit of additional infra if they provide username/password auth

* bot prevention

* same user creating multiple accounts (so now you need some IP tracking or reputation system maybe)

Which is why I think sign in with Google is okay to start with for indie devs.

It's understandable if you as a user don't like it though but shouldn't be a criteria to dismiss Show HN imo

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8. Nijikokun ◴[] No.41862213[source]
I did not personally find this to be a detractor.
9. thih9 ◴[] No.41862924{4}[source]
> The dev has to create a fair bit of additional infra if they provide username/password auth

Not until the service gets popular. And having sign in with google as the only option may work against that outcome.

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