Product Hunt

Product Hunt
Web address producthunt.com
Slogan The best new products, every day.
Type of site
 Product sharing
Registration Free
Available in English
Launched November 6, 2013
Alexa rank
 Increase 3,413 (March 2015)[1]
Current status Online

Product Hunt is a website that lets users share and discover new products. The site, which was founded by Ryan Hoover in November of 2013, is now backed by Y Combinator. Users submit products and they are listed in a linear format by day. The site includes a comments system and a voting system similar to Hacker News or Reddit. The products with the most votes rise to the top of each day's list.

Products listed on the site are typically geared towards technology products (web apps, mobile apps, hardware products, etc.). As of July 2014 submitting products to the site is available to all members. A submission simply requires a product title, URL, and tagline. However, commenting on products is granted to only a select group of members requiring existing member approval.

The site also includes a daily email list that sends out yesterday's top "hunts" (products).

Product Hunt is also available as an iOS app.[2]

History

Product Hunt launched on November 6, 2013 when it began as an email list.[3] On July 17, 2014, Product Hunt announced its Y Combinator backing.[4][5]

In Fall 2014, the company announced it would receive $6.1 million in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz.[6]

On February 5th 2015, Product Hunt won the "best new startup" of 2014 Crunchie award. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Producthunt.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2015-03-10.
  2. ↑ Sarah Perez (2014-07-02). "Product Hunt, The Valley’s Water Cooler For Discussing New Apps And Services, Is Coming To iOS". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  3. ↑ Kia Kokalitcheva (2014-07-17). "Product Hunt’s rise: From email experiment to launchpad for startups & VC deals". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  4. ↑ Ryan Hoover (2014-07-17). "YC + PH". Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  5. ↑ Romain Dillet. "Product Hunt Is The Social News Site Of Tech Products Read By Influential People". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  6. ↑ Steven Tweedie (2014-10-08). "After Becoming A Must-Read For The Tech World In Less Than 12 Months, Product Hunt Is Getting $6.1 Million In Funding". Business Insider. Retrieved 2015-02-20.
  7. ↑ Sarah Perez (2015-02-05). "Product Hunt Wins Best New Startup Of 2014". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2015-02-20.

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