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Show HN: A fair Product Hunt alternative

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160 points denizhdzh | 1 comments | 16 Oct 24 16:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.194s | source

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!

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tchock23 ◴[18 Oct 24 13:20 UTC] No.41879198[source]▶
When you click ‘Community’ it goes to X. That’s not at all what I was hoping for or expected after clicking that link. Especially since you have another link directly below that to ‘Follow on X.’

I’d strongly recommend having your own community for something like this rather than relying on another platform.

If you intend to replace PH someday that is going to be a prerequisite. It’s going to take time to build, so I’d start asap rather than sending people to X.

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1. denizhdzh ◴[18 Oct 24 14:30 UTC] No.41879803[source]▶
Hey, thank you for your feedback! Building a community is indeed very difficult and takes a long time. In the long run, what you’re suggesting makes a lot of sense, and we need to start right away. For now, we’ll have to stick with X community, but we’ll launch our own community very soon.