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Personal account vs company account

What’s the difference between a personal and company account?

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Written by Jake Crump
Updated yesterday

At Product Hunt, we distinguish between personal and company accounts to help keep contributions authentic and human-led.

A personal account is an account that uses a full name, a personal profile picture, and optionally includes a bio or social links. This helps to ensure that you have access to posting products, commenting, and voting.

  • Personal account = Ryan Hoover

A company account is one that uses a company's name or a brand's name and information. If your name is the same as a domain for a website, that's a company account. Company accounts have limited access as they cannot post products, comment, or vote on the platform. This ensures that community engagement remains authentic.

  • Company account = Product Hunt

Only personal accounts are eligible to contribute

(submit products/forums, comment, or otherwise engage)

on Product Hunt.

This helps ensure that conversations and launches are led by real people, not brand accounts or bots. Product Hunt prioritizes personal accounts to foster trust and genuine interactions within the community.

How to convert a company account to a personal account

If you initially created a company account follow these steps:

  • Add your full name

  • Add a personal profile picture

  • (Optional) Add a social link and/or a bio

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