A Product Hunt launch video is the short film at the top of your Product Hunt gallery, added as a YouTube link, that shows what your product does before anyone reads the tagline. Paste your product link and Voom reads your site, keeps your colours, type and real product pictures, writes the story and returns a finished film with voice-over, an original score and captions.
Prompt A 60-second Product Hunt launch film for Voom: what it makes, who it is for, and why to try it on launch day. Link: madewithvoom.com
Your home page or the page your post will link to. Voom reads the words, colours, type, logo and the product pictures worth showing.
One or two sentences: what is new, who it is for and the line you want people to remember on launch day.
Product Hunt plays videos from YouTube links only. Upload the MP4, keep it anything but private, then paste the full link into your gallery.
A maker at a desk, a launch day on the calendar and an empty frame: the week every maker watching has lived through, before Voom is named.
A prompt is typed and Voom turns it into the parts of a film: voice-over, score and captions, joined into one.
madewithvoom.com is pasted, and the frame fills with what Voom keeps from it: colours, type, logo and the pictures worth showing.
No preset themes, then every word set in real type, shown large so it stays sharp at any size.
20 voices and more than 20 languages, then the four sizes and a ruler that runs from 15 seconds to 3 minutes.
Fixing a word or remaking a size, the free first video, and a closing card with the address and the button.
On launch day most visitors meet your product in the gallery at the top of your post, beside the tagline and your first comment, and the video is often the first thing they press. Put the product and the one thing it does in the first five seconds, on screen and in the voice, before any logo or build-up.
Product Hunt’s help centre says videos are added as YouTube links only. It asks for the full YouTube address, because shortened links do not load, and for a video that is not set to private, uploaded before launch day. Gallery images are recommended at 1270 by 760 pixels, so a 16:9 film sits naturally beside them.
The people voting are makers themselves, and they notice vague claims fast. Show the real screens or the real object, one job at a time, and keep every number honest. Voom only puts figures on screen that your site or your prompt states, so the film never claims more than your product page does.
Most launch films land between 30 and 60 seconds: long enough to show the one thing that is new and how it works, short enough to finish before a visitor moves on. A product that needs a walkthrough can run longer. Pick the length yourself, or choose Auto and the story sets it.
0:00 to 0:05, the problem and the product in one line. 0:05 to 0:40, three moments of the product doing its job, one per line. 0:40 to 0:55, one piece of proof, such as a number from your page. 0:55 to 1:00, the name, the address and “Live on Product Hunt today”.
Many people browse a launch page with the sound off. Put the key line of each shot on screen as large type and turn on captions, so the story lands whether or not they unmute.
A 60-second Product Hunt launch film for our habit tracker. Upbeat and clear, opening on the problem and ending on “Live on Product Hunt today”.
Use this promptA 45-second launch film for our API monitoring tool, for developers. Calm and precise, showing the alert screen and the one-line setup.
Use this promptNo preset theme. The palette, type and layout come from your site, so the film looks like your product on its best day.
Voom keeps the product pictures worth showing, such as app screens and packshots, and builds the story around them.
A voice-over in one of 20 voices, an original score written for the film and sound effects on the moments that matter.
16:9 for the gallery and YouTube, 1:1 and 9:16 for posts. Reuse a finished film in another size without new AI work.
A 60-second launch film uses 17 credits, about $0.88 on Pro. Your first video, up to 30 seconds, is free.
It is the short video shown first in your Product Hunt gallery, added as a YouTube link. It shows what the product does and who it is for before a visitor reads the tagline or the first comment, and on launch day it is often the first thing people press.
No. Product Hunt’s help centre says only YouTube links are supported for videos. Download your film from Voom, upload it to YouTube as a video that is not private, and paste its full address into the gallery when you post. Use the full link, because shortened links do not load.
About a minute. 30 to 60 seconds suits most launches, with the pitch in the first five seconds; a product that needs a walkthrough can run longer. Choose a length in Voom, or pick Auto and the story sets it. Films run up to 90 seconds on Pro and up to 3 minutes on Business.
It helps, but many people browse the gallery with the sound off, so the film should read without sound too. Voom adds a voice-over and an original score, and you can turn on captions styled to match the film so the story still lands on mute.
Yes. Paste your product link and Voom reads the page: the words, colours, type, logo and the product pictures worth showing. It builds the film from those, and every figure on screen is checked against your site and your prompt.
Yes. Make the film in 16:9 for the gallery, then reuse it in 1:1 or 9:16 from the finished film’s page. A reuse keeps the same voice, music and motion, needs no new AI work and costs one credit for every five seconds of film.
What the product does, who it is for, the one feature that matters most at launch and how the film should feel. Add the line you want on the last frame, such as your website or “Live on Product Hunt today”.
What to make
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What to make
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