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Early Access to PactBet
Turn every "I swear I'll do it" into a real bet
PactBet is social betting for real life. Instead of betting on sports or strangers, you and your friends stake real money on each other's commitments — gym, wakeups, group trips, dry months, anything you say you're going to do. Show up and win. Flake and pay. The pot goes to the friends who follow through. Sports betting made strangers rich. PactBet makes your group chat rich and honest!
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I'm Joey, founder of PactBet.
The idea came from my friend Zach. Smartest guy I know, would tell you he's "locking in" on a goal, and three days later vanish. We'd plan dinners he'd cancel 10 minutes before. Gym challenges that died on day two. Group trips that fell apart the week of booking.
I kept thinking — if there was real money on the line, would he actually show up?
Turns out the behavioral science backs this up. Adding a financial stake makes people 3x more likely to follow through. Loss aversion makes it 6x. HealthyWage and DietBet have proven the model for a decade — but those are solo, not social. Nothing exists for friend groups.
So we built it.
PactBet lets you and your friends create money-backed pacts on anything — gym, wakeups, plans, group trips, dry months, whatever. Everyone stakes real money. Show up and split the pot. Flake and your money goes to the friends who followed through. Stripe Connect handles the escrow and payouts.
We've been live in the App Store for a few months and just crossed 20K paying users. Real friends, real pacts, real money on the line. The reviews honestly read like roasts of our users' flaky friends and I love it.
Today we're launching on Product Hunt — would love your feedback, especially on:
- The pact creation flow (does it click instantly or are there steps that confused you?)
- Use cases we haven't thought of (we keep getting surprised)
- What would make you actually invite your group chat?
I'm in the comments all day. Roast away. 🤝
About Early Access to PactBet on Product Hunt
“Turn every "I swear I'll do it" into a real bet”
Early Access to PactBet was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 8 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #36 on the daily leaderboard. PactBet is social betting for real life. Instead of betting on sports or strangers, you and your friends stake real money on each other's commitments — gym, wakeups, group trips, dry months, anything you say you're going to do. Show up and win. Flake and pay. The pot goes to the friends who follow through. Sports betting made strangers rich. PactBet makes your group chat rich and honest!
On the analytics side, Early Access to PactBet competes within iOS, Fintech and Social Networking — topics that collectively have 159.2k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Early Access to PactBet performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Early Access to PactBet?
Early Access to PactBet was hunted by Joseph Citrola. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of Early Access to PactBet including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
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