The Launch Directory

The Launch Directory is a weekly, dated record of product and startup launches. Founders file a launch, it becomes a permanent page on the site, and readers can browse it by week, by section and by community vote. The site is free to read and organized like a newspaper, with editions, sections, an archive and leaderboards.

Each listing is built to be found long after launch week has passed. Entries are public, dated and crawlable, so search engines and AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Perplexity and Claude can read, quote and cite them. Paid placements are kept apart from the community vote record, so ranking and money never blend.

Key Features

• Permanent, dated launch pages give every filing its own address on the web, so a launch stays findable months after the week it went live rather than disappearing down a feed.
• Weekly editions and a full archive group launches by week and by section, which makes it easy to browse what shipped in Week 44 or trace a category back through the year.
• Community vote leaderboards rank launches by votes from signed-in readers, and the site states plainly that votes cannot be bought.
• Launch receipts track Domain Rating, referring domains and visits measured from the day a launch went live, giving founders a factual before and after rather than a vague claim.
• An AI visibility check comes free with every listing, free or paid, showing whether ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity name your product when a buyer asks in your category and whether they cite your site.
• An MCP connector and developer API let you search launches, compare alternatives and even submit a product from inside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or VS Code.

Who Should Use The Launch Directory

• Founders filing a first launch who want a dated record that search engines and AI assistants can cite later, not just a spike of traffic for one day.
• Indie makers and side project builders who want a free place to list a product and gather votes from readers in the same week.
• SEO and marketing teams who need a crawlable, indexable page for a new product and a sense of how other launch directories compare.
• Builders working with AI assistants who want to query a launch archive or submit a product through the MCP connector without leaving the chat.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is The Launch Directory?

It is a free to read launch directory that keeps a permanent, dated record of product, startup and business launches, organized into weekly editions and sections. A listing stays online after launch week ends.

How much does it cost to submit a launch?

Filing a launch is free. Taking the front page for a week costs $19, and shorter billboard notices start at $5. Billboard placements are marked as paid and run separately from the community vote standings.

Do listings stay online permanently?

The site describes each entry as a permanent, dated page, and its archive keeps past editions by week going back through the year. That is the core promise: filed once, found for good.

Can AI assistants read and cite my listing?

Yes. Listings are public and dated so tools like Google, ChatGPT, Perplexity and Claude can read and quote them, and every listing includes one free check of whether those assistants already name your product and cite your site.

How are launches ranked?

There are two separate lists. The main standings use community votes from signed-in readers and cannot be bought. The Billboard is paid placement, ordered by the total sum contributed, and is kept visibly apart from the vote record.