Reviewed · Five platforms · Official sources linked below
Before you submit
A small checklist. A better first impression.
01
Choose one audience and one outcome
Pick the platform where your intended users already spend time. Decide whether this launch should bring product feedback, trial users or customers, and set a realistic target.
02
Prepare a small submission kit
Write a clear product name, one-sentence benefit and short description. Prepare a square logo, readable screenshots, a direct website URL and a brief founder introduction. Check each platform’s required sizes and fields.
03
Test the visitor’s first minute
Open your link on mobile and in a signed-out browser. Check loading, the demo or signup flow, pricing and contact details. Make the promised benefit easy to try.
04
Plan the conversation
Choose a time when you can answer questions. Explain who the product helps, ask for specific feedback and follow the community’s rules. Never buy votes or promise rewards for them.
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Measure and follow up
Record the submission URL and launch date. Compare referred visits, completed signups and useful feedback after a day and a week. Use tracking tags only where allowed; referral data can be incomplete.
Choose your starting point
Five places to introduce your product
Match the audience and product stage before comparing price. These are options, not a ranking. Fees, eligibility and link policies can change; check the linked source before submitting.
A product ready for early adopters
Product Hunt
Audience
Makers, product enthusiasts and early adopters exploring new products.
How to submit
Use a personal account, choose Submit → New Product, and add your URL, tagline, description and launch images. You can submit your own product and schedule the launch. Stay available to answer questions.
Cost
Free to submit. You do not need to pay a hunter.
Website link Not confirmed
Link attributes are not confirmed in the official launch guide. It requires a direct product URL and does not accept shortened URLs or tracking parameters such as UTMs.
A technical discussion community. Consider it for a substantial project you built yourself and can explain in detail.
How to submit
Sign in and submit a story with a title beginning “Show HN”. Link to something people can use, ideally without signing up. Explain what you made and join the discussion. A waitlist or landing page alone is not eligible; do not solicit votes or comments.
Cost
No submission fee is listed in the Show HN instructions; an HN account is required.
Website link Not confirmed
Link attributes are not confirmed in the submission guidelines. Choose this channel for people trying your work and giving feedback.
Early adopters looking for new internet startups and founders seeking early feedback.
How to submit
Read the criteria, submit your startup on its own domain, choose a plan and pay. The editorial team reviews it before featuring. BetaList says rejected submissions receive an automatic refund.
Cost
Paid submissions only. Current prices and timelines appear at the end of the submission form; no public amount is confirmed here.
Website link Published policy
BetaList’s help page says all featured plans include a do-follow Visit Site link through a tracked 301 redirect. This is the platform’s published policy, not a guarantee of search rankings.
Founders, indie makers and tech enthusiasts browsing tools and products.
How to submit
Add your product, create an account to save it, then select a launch option from your dashboard. Submission alone does not schedule a launch. Free entries go through moderation.
Cost
Free waiting line; Fast-track $14.99; Skip the line $39.99 to choose a date. These are the published USD prices checked below; confirm the total before paying.
Website link Published policy
Published rules: free launches need an upvote score of 10 to stay listed and 20 for a do-follow link. Fast-track keeps the listing, with do-follow from 10. Skip the line has no score minimum for its do-follow link.
Meet other builders through short skill games and a public product showcase. Your product page, founder profile, website badge and share cards give people ways to find and share your work. Competition ranks belong to the founder and are dated; they are not product ratings.
How to list
Verify your email, complete your founder profile, then add a product name, URL and tagline. One product per founder. Eligible listings publish immediately and can be reviewed by administrators. No games are required before listing.
Cost and availability
The first 30 product spots are free, subject to availability at publication. After that, the planned price is €15 + VAT once. Paid checkout is not open; new listings pause when free spots run out. Existing spot holders retain their entitlement. Check pricing and availability →
Website link Our policy
Submitted website links use ugc nofollow. FounderRush is a place for discovery and measurable website visits; a listing does not guarantee traffic or search rankings.
Checked against our listing flow and link implementation.
Keep a simple record: platform, time spent, fee, visits, signups and feedback worth acting on. A smaller community that brings the right users can be more useful than a larger spike.
On FounderRush, your product dashboard shows website visits with owner visits excluded. Use your own site analytics to understand what visitors do next; counts can differ between systems.