Hello everyone! Itโs me again, Tony. ๐
This month, Sep 2021, BlackMagic.so helped me won a $5,000 grant from Product Hunt ๐ฅณ.
In this issue, Iโll share some tips for launching your product on Product Hunt, along with other updates.
๐ต $5,000 is a lot of money!
Yes, it is! At least for me! Besides the money, Product Hunt also sent me some nice swags ๐
Product Hunt Maker Grant Goodies
Here is how it happened:
โ July 22nd: I launched Real-time Twitter Banner on Product Hunt
โ September 10th: I received this email
The first email from Product Hunt
โ After 5 minutes of carefully inspect the email to make sure itโs not a scam. I replied and accept the grant! ๐
โ We spend the next few days exchanging information:
Bank account details
Sign an agreement on DocuSign
Fill out my address to receive the goodies
โ 29th September: I received the goodies! โค๏ธ
The money hasnโt come yet, but Iโm sure it will! Iโm still waiting for it everyday โ๐.
๐ My top 3 tips to launch on Product Hunt
In 2021, I have launched 3 products. It gets better every time! ๐
My products launched in 2021
If you plan to launch your product on Product Hunt. Here are my top 3 tips:
1. Know the technical!
Here is the ultimate guide to learn about how to post on Product Hunt: How to Launch on Product Hunt
Give it a read before launching your product, you will learn a lot about how to make your product listing the most optimal and beautiful! โจ
2. Warm-up the launch
Make an announcement 24 โ 48 hours before the launch.
Let your friends, family, coworkers, Twitter/Facebook followers, private group chats know about it.
Donโt be afraid to send them a DM asking for support, itโs a special occasion, people are willing to help! (just donโt do it every week/month, haha)
3. Itโs ok to launch again with a new major feature of the same product!
When you add a new major feature to your product, you can launch it again! The Real-time Twitter Banner was a new feature of BlackMagic.so, which I launched 2 months before.
Even with the same product, itโs generally accepted that you can launch again with major updates after 6-12 months. But it has to be a major update. Use this to your advantage! ๐
๐ฌ I did an AMA on Indie Hackers
I was invited to do an AMA on Indie Hackers (IH) about BlackMagic.so. It has received 47 votes with 40 comments, the most popular post I have ever made on IH.
If you havenโt seen it yet, here is the link.
๐ New templates on BlackMagic.so...
If you havenโt seen the new banner templates yet, here they are: Crypto & Stock price chart!
Show live Crypto & Stock price chart on your Twitter banner
Try it out now โ https://blackmagic.so/real-time-banner/
This feature has been requested for a while, I finally got time to get to it. You can select from the 4 templates I have in place for crypto & stock price.
I used CryptoWat.ch API for the crypto price and finnhub.io API for the stock price. They are โmostly freeโ are easy to use. If you want to build something around crypto & stock price chart, do take a look!
๐ Stats & Revenue
BlackMagic.so Stats & Revenue
Not much growth this month. I have some new customers, but some also churned.
To be fair, the most significant growth in revenue was during the Product Hunt launch. It helped to bring a lot of new paid users.
BlackMagic.so stats in September 2021:
$326 MRR
5,974 Registered users:
3,073 Active users:
2,021 Profile Progress Bar users
319 Sleep Indicator users
1,550 Real-time banner users
๐ That's all!
I realized this issue is all about BlackMagic.so, what a coincidence!
In October, Iโm working on new exciting updates for DevUtils.app, stay tuned!
Until next time! ๐
Hi Tony,
I'm very impressed with your journey. Could I have your email contact info as I have something would like to share with you about the product idea? Hope to receive your reply! Thanks.