What should be on an AI product launch checklist?

A complete AI product launch checklist spans three phases. Before launch: positioning, a converting landing page, a demo video, analytics, email capture, a press kit, and directory submissions. Launch day: publishing on a launch platform, emailing your list, posting on social, engaging communities, and responding to everyone fast. After launch: submitting to remaining directories, a recap post, an SEO content engine, partnerships, and doubling down on your best channels.

How do I launch my AI product online?

Pick a launch date and a primary platform (Product Hunt, BetaList, or the AI KAPTAN launch leaderboard), warm up your audience for a week or two, and concentrate every channel — email, social, communities — on a single day. Before that day, make sure your landing page converts and your tool is already listed in AI directories so launch traffic has somewhere strong to land.

When is the best time to launch an AI tool?

Launch when your product solves a real problem reliably and your landing page converts — not before. For launch-day timing, Tuesday through Thursday tends to get the most engagement on launch platforms, and publishing early in the platform's timezone gives you a full day to accumulate momentum. Avoid major holidays and big competing launches.

Should I launch on Product Hunt and AI directories at the same time?

List on AI directories like AI KAPTAN before your Product Hunt launch so your tool is already indexed and discoverable, then keep submitting to the rest of the directories in the days after. That way your launch-day traffic finds an established presence, and your backlink profile keeps growing well past launch day.

What do I do after launch day?

The spike is the start, not the finish. Submit to the remaining directories, publish a recap, turn feedback into your next improvement, and stand up an SEO content engine with comparison and use-case pages. Then review which channels actually drove sign-ups and pour your effort into the top two.

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Weeks 1–8. Turn the spike into a compounding, durable growth engine.

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