A seven-tweet launch thread: name the pain (team headshots cost up to $500 a person and are hard to coordinate across locations), show sample AI output, walk through the five-step flow, then close with a 24-hour launch discount.

“Matching team headshots are a nightmare.”

Danny posted HeadshotPro himself as a Show HN five days after the X launch and worked the comment thread, responding to critiques and committing to concrete fixes like a before/after gallery.

“Solid feedback, I’ll build a before/after page first thing tomorrow.”

Asked directly how HeadshotPro ranked so fast, Danny said he pointed backlinks from his other existing sites at it rather than building links from scratch.

“I utilize all my existing sites for backlinks (landingfolio.com etc), which gives it a high boost”

He credits his existing X following as the real lever: more shares from his own audience produced more backlinks, which is what pushed rankings, more than any deliberate link-building campaign or the domain name itself.

“My follower count helps a lot here, more shares == more backlinks.”