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Pre-launch board

Launching Pad

A smaller upcoming-products launch board.

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Cost
Free tier

Launching Pad is a compact board for putting an upcoming or newly launched product in front of early adopters. Pair it with BetaList rather than treating it as a substitute for a daily hunt.

Launching Pad is a launch platform — a place to submit a product for a pre-launch feature, not a comparison encyclopedia, a review site, or a forum. The audience is smaller than Product Hunt, which is why a small product can actually be seen. Confirm the live submit rules, badge requirements, and follow attributes before you treat the listing as SEO.

Best for
  • Waitlists and unreleased products
  • Indie and early-stage products that will not survive a stadium day
  • Stacking a sequence of launch boards around Product Hunt
Skip if
  • Teams looking for a review site, a community forum, or an evergreen comparison directory
  • Anyone expecting Product Hunt traffic from a smaller board

Pros

  • A real launch mechanic (submit, window, discovery)
  • Smaller room than Product Hunt, so a tiny product can place
  • Permanent product page on most boards

Cons

  • Audience is a fraction of Product Hunt
  • SEO claims are often badge-gated or self-reported
  • Easy to over-stack clones and split your attention

How to launch here

  1. 01Read Launching Pad's current submit rules, queue, and backlink fine print before you pick a date.
  2. 02Reuse a real gallery and a specific tagline — not a Product Hunt paste.
  3. 03Stay for comments during the live window.
  4. 04Do not treat this as a replacement for Product Hunt. Stack it around the bigger day.

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