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Where to submit a startup before it launches

Pre-launch is a different sport. You are collecting emails and a public URL before a public spike. Daily leaderboards are the wrong tool until the product is tryable.

Submit the slow queues first. Everything else can follow in a two-day batch of other launch boards.

Criteria: Fit for unreleased products, queue reality, and SEO value.

What to prepare

  • Waitlist URL with a clear 'what you get by being early'
  • Mockups or a short video if the product is not clickable yet
  • Unique copy for BetaList vs Launching Next — they both get crawled
  • A public date you can actually hit; the free BetaList queue is often 4–6 weeks

Run this sequence

  • File BetaList the week the waitlist exists.
  • Add Launching Next and Launching Pad the same afternoon.
  • Submit Uneed so the daily hunt lands during public week, not during the waitlist.
  • Do not run a daily leaderboard until strangers can try the product.

Open these boards

Profile on this site, then the live board (nofollow). Confirm the current submit form before you pick a date.

What to measure

  • Waitlist emails per board, with UTM.
  • Feature date vs your public launch date — if they miss, expedite or slip the launch.

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