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How We Hit Number 2 on Product Hunt Under a Shadow Ban (And Every Mistake We Made) It wasn’t a perfect Sunday. By sunrise, our vote count had been slashed from 300 down to 200. We discovered a bug in our listing that Product Hunt wouldn't let us fix. To top it off, we hit our LinkedIn connection limits before the day even really started. By noon, we were burnt out and wondering if the whole thing was just one giant, noisy distraction. Yet, we hit number 2 Product of the Day on our very first launch. Our product is called **SUN**—it’s an intelligent audio app for curious minds that turns anything you want to learn into immersive, personalized audio in seconds. But let me save you the version of this story that sounds triumphant. The truth is that a Product Hunt launch is a mental and physical grind. As a small team of first-timers, we made every mistake imaginable—and even invented a few new ones. Is it worth it? I’ll share my take at the end. But if you are committed to launching, here is the survival playbook I wish someone had handed us.