3 resources from Product Hunt Help Center we point founders to, and the questions each answers.
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Why we picked it
This one short official answer kills the single most common Product Hunt myth: that you should mobilize everyone you know to upvote. Product Hunt says plainly not to, and explains that incentivized votes can actually get your product buried or removed. Read this before you draft a single outreach message.
Why we picked it
This explains why buying upvotes is a waste of money, not just against the rules. Votes are weighted by account quality and history, so bot or new-account votes count for close to nothing while real, established voters carry weight. It reframes the whole game as earning genuine engagement, not gaming a counter.
Why we picked it
The nuts-and-bolts mechanics of the submission flow itself: what fields you'll fill in, what's required, and how the process actually works end to end. Useful to walk through once before launch day so nothing on the form surprises you in the moment.
