DiscoverLaunches is a weekly product launch platform and SEO-first startup directory for indie makers, SaaS founders and small teams. Every product that launches gets a permanent, search-optimized product page, a dofollow backlink and a clean, machine-readable profile that AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini can read and cite. Instead of a launch that disappears from a feed after 24 hours, your launch keeps working for you on Google and in AI search for months and years.
Launch your product today at discoverlaunches.com.
DiscoverLaunches started from a simple frustration: most launch sites are built for a single day of attention. You spend weeks preparing, launch, get a spike of traffic, and then your listing is buried. DiscoverLaunches is built the other way around. The goal is long-term discovery, so every launch is designed to be found later by people searching for a tool like yours, whether they search on Google or ask an AI assistant for a recommendation.
Each week a new launch board opens. Makers submit their products, the community upvotes and comments, and products are ranked by upvotes with engagement as a tiebreaker. When the week ends, the board is frozen into a permanent weekly archive, and every product keeps its own page that continues to rank on its own.
Products are organized into categories such as AI, SaaS, Marketing, Productivity, Developer Tools, Design Resources, SEO Tools, Social Media, Email, Advertising, Newsletter and Analytics, plus alternatives and comparison pages. That gives each launch several extra ways to be discovered beyond the homepage.
Every launch gets its own product page with a descriptive title, meta description, structured data (JSON-LD), screenshots, tags and category links. These pages are designed to rank for searches like your product name, "best [category] tools" and "[competitor] alternatives", and they stay live long after launch week.
Backlinks are still one of the strongest ranking signals. On every paid plan your product page links to your website with a dofollow link. On the free plan the link is dofollow while the DiscoverLaunches badge is on your site, checked daily. Links in feeds and archives are nofollow on purpose, so link equity is concentrated on your product page.
Generative engine optimization (GEO) is about being cited when someone asks an AI assistant for a recommendation. DiscoverLaunches publishes an llms.txt file, a plain markdown version of every product page and a clean sitemap, and it welcomes AI crawlers in robots.txt. AI systems get an accurate, easy-to-read description of your product instead of having to guess from messy HTML.
Launches run for a full week rather than a single day. That gives makers time to share the launch with their audience, collect upvotes and feedback, and turn early visitors into users, without the pressure of a 24-hour race.
Step 1: Create a free account. Sign up, upvote a few launches and leave a comment. This keeps the community real and the board free of spam.
Step 2: Submit your product. Paste your website URL at discoverlaunches.com/submit. AI pre-fills the name, tagline, description, logo and category, and you edit everything before it goes live.
Step 3: Pick a plan and a launch week. The free plan has 20 slots per week and goes live once the DiscoverLaunches badge is on your site. Paid plans skip the weekly cap and go live as soon as they are paid.
Step 4: Launch and share. Your product appears on the weekly board. Share the link, collect upvotes and comments, and reply to feedback.
Step 5: Keep the benefits. After launch week your product page, backlink and AI-readable profile stay live and keep bringing in organic traffic.
Free launch: a permanent product page and a dofollow backlink while our badge is on your site, limited to 20 free launches per week.
Dofollow ($9): a guaranteed dofollow backlink with no badge required, and no weekly cap.
Premium ($29): everything in Dofollow, plus a Verified check, placement above free launches and an in-depth launch story of about 1,800 words on the DiscoverLaunches blog, with four or more dofollow links into your site.
See current plans at discoverlaunches.com/pricing.
Startup directories list: a hand-checked list of startup, SaaS and AI directories ranked by Domain Rating, with pricing and link type for each, so you know where it is worth submitting your product next. Browse it at discoverlaunches.com/directories.
Free SEO tools: a Domain Rating checker, bulk DR checker, dofollow/nofollow checker, backlink value calculator, website SEO checker, meta tags checker, SERP preview, Open Graph preview, OG image generator, keyword generator, startup name generator, tagline generator and more, all free at discoverlaunches.com/tools.
Launch stories: in-depth articles about products that launched on DiscoverLaunches, at discoverlaunches.com/blog.
Browse new products: discover new AI tools, SaaS products and indie projects every week at discoverlaunches.com/products.
If you are looking for a Product Hunt alternative, a place to submit your startup or the best site to launch a SaaS product, DiscoverLaunches is built for founders who care about long-term organic growth. Product Hunt is great for a one-day spike. DiscoverLaunches is built to give your product a lasting presence on Google and in AI answers, with a dofollow backlink and a permanent page you can point people to. Many makers use both: launch on DiscoverLaunches for SEO and AI visibility, and submit to other directories from our list to build more backlinks.
Yes. You can launch for free. Free launches are limited to 20 per week and require the DiscoverLaunches badge on your site. Paid plans start at $9.
Yes. It is always dofollow on paid plans, and dofollow on the free plan while the badge stays on your site.
Permanently. Product pages and weekly archives stay published after your launch week ends.
No one can guarantee AI citations, but DiscoverLaunches gives AI crawlers a clean markdown version of every product page, an llms.txt index and open access in robots.txt, which makes your product much easier for AI assistants to find and describe accurately.
SaaS products, AI tools, developer tools, apps, browser extensions, newsletters, design resources and other digital products built by indie makers and startups.
Submit your product at discoverlaunches.com/submit and get a permanent product page, a dofollow backlink and visibility on Google and AI search. Questions? Email hello@discoverlaunches.com.