Launching your project to the world? Try these sites to get the word out

#1

Post by sideproject » Thu, Oct 03, 2013, 1:47 PM UTC

I know these type of lists exist elsewhere. But I wanted to list some of the sites that I know where you can quite easily submit your project to get the word out initially.

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#2

Post by sideproject » Thu, Oct 03, 2013, 1:47 PM UTC

http://news.ycombinator.com - (duh), post with Show HN, easy submission, will get listed on http://showinghn.com/ and http://hnshowcase.com as well.

http://betali.st - quite well known, moderated, gets a decent amount of traffic if you get featured, not too many form fields to fill out.

http://www.kickoffboost.com - moderated, and relatively new, easy submission

http://www.reddit.com/r/sideproject - moderated, easy submission

https://www.sideprojectors.com - relatively new, easy submission

http://thestartuppitch.com - moderated, has quite a few more form fields to fill out than others

http://www.erlibird.com/startups - paid $149, last time checked out

http://forrst.com - Easy submission, used to be a great community for feedback - not sure now

http://www.bootstrappist.com - a mailing list of bootstrapped projects - has quite a few subscribers I think.

http://angel.co - Angelist, of course - new startups gets tweeted via various accounts

http://crunchbase.com - Crunchbase - similar to Angelist

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#3

Post by sideproject » Thu, Oct 03, 2013, 1:53 PM UTC

sideproject wrote: post #2

http://news.ycombinator.com - (duh), post with Show HN, easy submission, will get listed on http://showinghn.com/ and http://hnshowcase.com as well. http://betali.st - quite well known, moderated, gets a decent amount of traffic if you get featured, not too many form fields to fill out. http://www.kickoffboost.com - moderated, and relatively new, easy submission http://www.reddit.com/r/sideproject - moderated, easy s…

http://pineapple.io/ - if you are building something for the design/development community - easy submission

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#4

Post by Apane » Thu, Oct 03, 2013, 2:00 PM UTC

sideproject wrote: post #2

http://news.ycombinator.com - (duh), post with Show HN, easy submission, will get listed on http://showinghn.com/ and http://hnshowcase.com as well. http://betali.st - quite well known, moderated, gets a decent amount of traffic if you get featured, not too many form fields to fill out. http://www.kickoffboost.com - moderated, and relatively new, easy submission http://www.reddit.com/r/sideproject - moderated, easy s…

fantastic list, thanks for sharing!

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#5

Post by ivankirigin » Thu, Oct 03, 2013, 2:15 PM UTC

It would also be helpful to post to other posts with lists

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#6

Post by phildini » Thu, Oct 03, 2013, 2:36 PM UTC

sideproject wrote: post #2

http://news.ycombinator.com - (duh), post with Show HN, easy submission, will get listed on http://showinghn.com/ and http://hnshowcase.com as well. http://betali.st - quite well known, moderated, gets a decent amount of traffic if you get featured, not too many form fields to fill out. http://www.kickoffboost.com - moderated, and relatively new, easy submission http://www.reddit.com/r/sideproject - moderated, easy s…

http://reddit.com/r/startups http://reddit.com/r/entrepreneur

I think your best bet (based on advice from this site and my own experience) is to find the community most relevant to your product and make sure everyone in that community knows you're launching.

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#7

Post by lcasela » Thu, Oct 03, 2013, 2:37 PM UTC

sideproject wrote: post #2

http://news.ycombinator.com - (duh), post with Show HN, easy submission, will get listed on http://showinghn.com/ and http://hnshowcase.com as well. http://betali.st - quite well known, moderated, gets a decent amount of traffic if you get featured, not too many form fields to fill out. http://www.kickoffboost.com - moderated, and relatively new, easy submission http://www.reddit.com/r/sideproject - moderated, easy s…

This is incredibly useful! Also http://www.reddit.com/r/startups

Edit: Oops. Someone beat me to it.

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#8

Post by uladzislau » Thu, Oct 03, 2013, 2:38 PM UTC

sideproject wrote: post #2

http://news.ycombinator.com - (duh), post with Show HN, easy submission, will get listed on http://showinghn.com/ and http://hnshowcase.com as well. http://betali.st - quite well known, moderated, gets a decent amount of traffic if you get featured, not too many form fields to fill out. http://www.kickoffboost.com - moderated, and relatively new, easy submission http://www.reddit.com/r/sideproject - moderated, easy s…

I like your marketing approach - post a list and include your project https://www.sideprojectors.com right in the middle. Wouldn't it be fair to disclose such a thing?

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#9

Post by tokenizer » Thu, Oct 03, 2013, 2:41 PM UTC

uladzislau wrote: post #8

sideproject wrote: post #2

http://news.ycombinator.com - (duh), post with Show HN, easy submission, will get listed on http://showinghn.com/ and http://hnshowcase.com as well. http://betali.st - quite well known, moderated, gets a decent amount of traffic if you get featured, not too many form fields to fill out. http://www.kickoffboost.com - moderated, and relatively new, easy submission http://www.reddit.com/r/sideproject - moderated, easy s…

I like your marketing approach - post a list and include your project https://www.sideprojectors.com right in the middle. Wouldn't it be fair to disclose such a thing?

Why? OP gave you a list and a fairly non bias summary for each. Besides, using their site is completely optional and based on volunteerism. If you think it was of poor character, don't use their site.

Is mentioning they run the site necessary? Absolutely not IMO.

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#10

Post by lcasela » Thu, Oct 03, 2013, 2:42 PM UTC

uladzislau wrote: post #8

sideproject wrote: post #2

http://news.ycombinator.com - (duh), post with Show HN, easy submission, will get listed on http://showinghn.com/ and http://hnshowcase.com as well. http://betali.st - quite well known, moderated, gets a decent amount of traffic if you get featured, not too many form fields to fill out. http://www.kickoffboost.com - moderated, and relatively new, easy submission http://www.reddit.com/r/sideproject - moderated, easy s…

I like your marketing approach - post a list and include your project https://www.sideprojectors.com right in the middle. Wouldn't it be fair to disclose such a thing?

If it's useful then who cares?