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How to launch week: Bucket

Bucket is a feature flagging tool for SaaS companies.

The company had its first-ever launch week in March 2025.

Below are some key takeaways — an overview of what and how Bucket launched.

tldr

  • Announce your launch week in advance to raise awareness and start building momentum
  • Launch on more places like Product Hunt to maximize the compound effect
  • Pull in customers and partners as much as possible

how Bucket launched

announcements

Bucket made five announcements, introducing:

  1. CLI
  2. Toolbar
  3. Event log
  4. GitHub integration
  5. Revamped docs

For the announcements, they applied three tactics:

  • Published release notes
  • Published posts on Twitter/X, Bluesky and LinkedIn
  • Launched on Product Hunt

results

Day 0 — Feb 28, 2025 — Preview

  • Likes: 23
  • Reposts: 7
  • Impressions: 1,856

Day 1 - Mar 17, 2025 — CLI

  • Likes: 6
  • Reposts: 6
  • Impressions: 1,455

Day 2 - Mar 18, 2025 — Toolbar

  • Likes: 6
  • Reposts: 5
  • Impressions: 772

// On Day 2, Bucket also launched on Product Hunt. They did a "Battle Royale" with Tinybird, an open-source analytics platform.

Day 3 - Mar 19, 2025 — Event log

  • Likes: 2
  • Reposts: 2
  • Impressions: 246

Day 4 - Mar 20, 2025 — GitHub integration

  • Likes: 7
  • Reposts: 6
  • Impressions: 1,684

Day 5 - Mar 21, 2025 — Revamped docs

  • Likes: 8
  • Reposts: 3
  • Impressions: 535

key takeaways

Some learnings from this launch week:

  • Announce your launch week in advance to raise awareness and start building momentum.
  • Launch on more places like Product Hunt to maximize the compound effect.
  • Pull in customers and partners as much as possible. Bucket may have reached this level of engagement because it collaborated with Tinybird and GitBook.

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