- #indie
- #upvotes
- #launch-queue
- #backlink-required
Submit to Launchstag
A launch board for indie software where each product gets a permanent page, goes live on a scheduled date and is ranked by visitor upvotes over the day, week and month. It describes its audience as indie founders plus builders looking for tools made by small teams; about 690 products were listed when checked. Free launches wait in a queue of 10 a day (the next open slot was 13 December when checked) and need the Launchstag badge on your site for the followed link; paid tiers go live on a date you pick with no badge.
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Launchstag at a glance
- Pricing
- Free + paid options
- Free: queued launch date, followed link needs the badge. Premium $19 one-time: pick your date, 7 days featured on the homepage, followed link with no badge. Growth $34 one-time: 14 days featured plus an editorial review page with a second link. No subscriptions.
- Link type
- Mixed
- On https://launchstag.com/p/h1b-data-hub and https://launchstag.com/p/process-street the 'Visit <domain>' button is rel="noopener noreferrer" (followed); a second text link to the same site on the page is nofollow. The pricing page says the free plan's followed link needs the badge, and which plan the sampled pages were on is not confirmed, so a free listing without the badge may not get a followed link (checked 2026-11-12) What a dofollow link is
- Review
- Not stated
- Link back required
- Yes, a link back to them
- Account required
- Yes
- Domain Rating
- DR72
- Domain Rating by Ahrefs, checked Nov 12, 2026. A score of the whole site’s backlinks, not a Google metric.
- Tranco rank
- Not ranked
- No Tranco rank on record for this site.
- Who browses it
- Indie founders and builders browsing new software from small teams; anyone can upvote without an account, and there is a weekly email digest
- Last checked
How to submit to Launchstag
Open the Launchstag submission page
This is the page makers use to add a product.
Create an account
Launchstag asks you to sign up before you can submit.
Have your assets ready
Name, tagline, description, logo and screenshots. The checklist below covers what to prepare so you can fill the form in one go.
Fill in the form carefully
Pick the most specific category the form offers and write the description for the people who browse Launchstag (Indie founders and builders browsing new software from small teams; anyone can upvote without an account, and there is a weekly email digest), not for search engines.
Decide on the link back
They ask for a link or badge on your site. Decide whether you’re happy to add it before you submit.
Wait, then check
We couldn’t confirm how listings are reviewed. Once yours is live, check the details and that the link points to the right page.
Tips for Launchstag
- Free launches are capped at 10 a day, so the queue runs long: on 12 November the pricing page showed 13 December as the next free slot. Your date is shown in the form before you confirm.
- Software only: physical products, pure content sites, agencies and services with no self-serve software are turned down, as are duplicates and sites that look inactive.
- Rankings follow upvotes per day, week and month, and any visitor can vote once. Organised vote pushing from friends or outside groups is against the rules and can get a listing removed.
- Sign-in is by an emailed code. Edits to a live listing are reviewed before they show, and a paid listing is refunded in full only if it is rejected before going live.
From Launchstag’s own guidelines and pages, in our words.
What to prepare
The basics every directory asks for, plus what matters most for product launch platforms.
- Product name and a one-line tagline (about 60 characters)
- A short description (1–2 sentences) and a longer one (a short paragraph)
- Square logo, at least 256×256 px, PNG or SVG
- 2–3 screenshots at a consistent size
- The exact page you want the link to point to
- Pricing model (free, freemium or paid) and a contact email
- A chosen launch date, with time blocked to reply to comments
- A maker comment: why you built it and what feedback you want
- Gallery images or a short demo video
- An optional launch-day offer for that platform’s users
Is Launchstag worth it?
Depends on the listing
Launchstag uses followed links on some listings and not others. Read the evidence above and check which kind your listing gets before you pay for anything.
- Domain Rating by Ahrefs: 72 (very strong). That's the strength of links to the whole site, not a promise about what your listing passes on.
- No Tranco rank on record, so we can’t say how much traffic it gets.
- There’s a free option. Start free and only pay for upgrades if the traffic justifies it.
- They ask for a link back to their site. One reciprocal link is common, but Google’s spam policies list excessive link exchanges as a problem, so don’t do this for every directory.
This verdict is worked out from the facts above with fixed rules (link type, review, price, Domain Rating by Ahrefs, Tranco rank), not paid for. The directory has no say in it.
Questions about Launchstag
Is Launchstag free?
There’s a free option, with paid upgrades. Pricing details: Free: queued launch date, followed link needs the badge. Premium $19 one-time: pick your date, 7 days featured on the homepage, followed link with no badge. Growth $34 one-time: 14 days featured plus an editorial review page with a second link. No subscriptions. We checked on Nov 12, 2026.
Does Launchstag give a dofollow link?
It depends. Some listing links on Launchstag are followed and some are not. Evidence: On https://launchstag.com/p/h1b-data-hub and https://launchstag.com/p/process-street the 'Visit <domain>' button is rel="noopener noreferrer" (followed); a second text link to the same site on the page is nofollow. The pricing page says the free plan's followed link needs the badge, and which plan the sampled pages were on is not confirmed, so a free listing without the badge may not get a followed link (checked 2026-11-12).
How do I submit to Launchstag?
Submit at https://launchstag.com/pricing. You need an account first. They ask for a link back to their site. Tip: Free launches are capped at 10 a day, so the queue runs long: on 12 November the pricing page showed 13 December as the next free slot. Your date is shown in the form before you confirm.
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