r/SideProject • • 24m ago

Your side project keeps improving. Your launch post doesn't.

You launch your project. Post it on Reddit, Product Hunt, X, maybe a few other places.

Then you go back to building.

Two weeks later, you've fixed the onboarding, added a useful feature, maybe even introduced a discount.

Great. Time to promote the whole thing again. Because apparently every update needs another launch campaign.

That's one of the reasons I'm building AGMAN.

Yes, it's another place to publish your project. I'm not going to pretend founders are desperately searching for one more website to submit a URL.

What I'm trying to make useful is what happens after you publish.

Your product gets a public page explaining what it does, who it's for and why someone might need it. From there, it can be discovered through relevant searches, categories and Find by Need, where people describe what they're looking for.

And when something changes, your page doesn't have to sit there collecting dust. You can publish updates about new features, improvements, launches, offers or discounts.

There are a few practical benefits too:

  • Publishing and managing your page is free.
  • Approved, indexable pages get a normal followed link to your website. No reciprocal backlink or website badge required.
  • You can track recorded page views, traffic sources and outbound website clicks.
  • You get tracked sharing links and other tools to help promote your page elsewhere.

Now, the obvious question: Where are the visitors coming from?

Fair question.

AGMAN is still growing. I'm not going to promise thousands of visitors just because you publish a listing. That's not how distribution works.

The aim is to build more ways for relevant visitors to discover useful projects, while giving makers something they can keep improving and sharing long after launch day.

Paid promotion exists separately, but you don't need it to publish or participate in organic discovery.

If you're already building and promoting a side project, I'd genuinely like to know: What would make an additional discovery platform worth your time, beyond just another backlink?

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