It all started with a slightly “ugly” sketch: a ladder leaning forward.
That ladder sketch became the HUNT0 logo. It’s a reminder that progress is built rung by rung — and shipping something imperfect beats waiting for perfect.
That’s also where the tagline “Ship Early, Hunt Early” comes from: makers ship early so the community can hunt early — discover, vote, and discuss — helping great products find their first users.
If you’re building in public, launch here. If you’re curious, start hunting.
What is HUNT0?
HUNT0 is a community-driven launch directory. It brings shipping and discovery into the same rhythm:
- Reserve a launch date and make shipping a real event
- Get early feedback through voting and comments
- Use leaderboards and Explore to organize “new products” by time and interest — not noise
Launch v1.0.0: what we’ve built
v1.0.0 focuses on the core loop first: launch → discover → vote → discuss → recap/reward.
1) Home leaderboards: “what should I check out today?”
The home page is organized by time ranges so you can quickly scan what’s worth attention:
- Top Products Launching Today: products launching today (UTC)
- Yesterday / This Week / This Month: recaps with longer windows
Voting state is synchronized in real time across the page: vote on a product anywhere, and every instance updates immediately — no refresh needed.
2) Explore: filter by intent, not luck
Explore supports category, tags (up to 10), time range, and full-text search, with paginated results.
Under the same filters, Premium Launch products are prioritized above free launches in ordering — ideal for moments when visibility matters more.
3) Product pages: showcase, visit, and discuss in one place
Each product has a dedicated page for deeper context and community interaction:
- Key info and external links (Visit)
- Screenshot gallery and a longer “About this product”
- Reputation-weighted votes and comments
- Leaderboard/award badges (when you rank Top 3 in daily/weekly/monthly awards)
4) Submissions: Free queue + Premium Launch
We designed “launch” as a controlled workflow, not just posting a link:
- Free Launch: limited daily capacity (default 10 slots/day) for most launches
- Premium Launch: paid via Stripe Checkout for launches that need stronger visibility
If a premium checkout isn’t completed, the submission stays as a draft in your dashboard and won’t appear publicly until payment succeeds.
Submissions support richer presentation:
- Up to 3 categories
- Up to 10 tags
- Contact/social links (at least one)
- Logo and screenshots for a better product page
Reputation: make contribution count
Voting isn’t a flat “one person, one fixed vote”. HUNT0 uses Reputation → Level → Vote Weight:
- Earn reputation by participating (daily visits, voting, commenting, launching)
- Higher levels unlock stronger vote weight
- Leaderboards aggregate weighted votes, reflecting trusted contributors more
It’s both an incentive system and a practical way to reduce noise in early-stage communities.
Reminders & awards: treat launches like events
To make launching feel like a real moment, we added automation around it:
- Launch reminder email: sent 1 hour before the UTC launch day begins
- Daily/weekly/monthly awards: automatically compute Top 3 and notify makers (with optional public recap)
Get started
- If you’re a maker: go to Submit and reserve your launch date
- If you want to discover: go to Explore and filter by category/tags
- If you want the story: go to About and see where the ladder came from
We’ll keep iterating on discovery, leaderboards, and community incentives. Launch something, hunt something — and tell us what to improve.
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