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Scrape Competitor Upvoters Off Product Hunt With PhantomBuster

Scrape Competitor Upvoters Off Product Hunt With PhantomBuster is a cold outreach tactic for getting your first users: The founder found ~20 similar products on Product Hunt and used PhantomBuster's API to scrape every user who upvoted them (~11k profiles), most of which link to a Twitter account, giving him a ready list of warm prospects.

It's a strong fit for Dev tools / technical teams, and works especially well for Products with clear competitors already on Product Hunt. As a cold outreach play, plan for medium effort and expect results to arrive at a steady pace, all grounded in 1 linked primary source.

Cold outreachMedium effortMedium

Why does cold outreach work for this?

People who upvoted competing products are pre-qualified leads who already want this category of tool.

The exact steps (5)

The full step-by-step this founder ran, what they posted, where, and in what order, plus the watch-outs, is part of the library.

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Works for
Dev tools / technical

Frequently asked

What kind of products does the "Scrape Competitor Upvoters Off Product Hunt With PhantomBuster" tactic work for?
It is a good fit for Dev tools / technical — pick it when your product looks like that, since the play is shaped around how those users find new tools.
How is the "Scrape Competitor Upvoters Off Product Hunt With PhantomBuster" tactic verified?
It is drawn from 1 primary source — a real founder write-up or interview, not generic advice. It is linked in the Sources section above so you can read the original account yourself.
How much effort is it and how fast are results?
It is medium effort, and results tend to be medium.
Where can I see the exact step-by-step?
The full step-by-step a founder ran, documented via Source — IndieHackers, is in the paid library.

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