Instant Launch
Launch once. Backlink forever.
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InstantLaunch is a product launch directory built for founders and makers who want a straightforward way to get their products discovered and earn permanent dofollow backlinks. There are no launch-day competitions or review queues. Submit your product, choose a plan, and your listing can go live instantly.
Paid listings are one-time purchases and include a permanent product page with a dofollow backlink. Higher tiers add more backlinks and visibility, while Featured Ads give products additional exposure across InstantLaunch during the featured period. The permanent backlinks remain live after that placement ends.
InstantLaunch also offers a free listing option, making it useful for indie makers, SaaS founders, AI tools, developer products and small teams that want another simple launch channel and a long-term backlink without a complicated submission process.
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FounderPlaybooks.
What other founders did to grow.
2722 dispatches from hundreds of founders, pulled from the week's best podcasts.
You need some level of built-in marketing you have to know how your app is going to get attention before you go build it.
Know How Your App Will Get Attention Before You Build It
The 'build it and they will come' assumption kills indie apps. Before writing code, the question every solo developer should answer is: how will people discover this? The answer should be specific — an existing subreddit, a Facebook group, an annual conference, a YouTube channel, or an SEO angle. If there is no clear answer, that is a signal to keep searching for a better niche, not to build anyway.
Start small. Start with an actual problem either you or someone else experienced because I guarantee you if you have this problem there's at least one more person on this earth with the same problem and that should be enough to start this project.
Pick A Real Problem You Or A Friend Already Has — One Other Person Is Enough
Chris validated his wishlist app by scratching his own itch, since he was still tracking his Christmas list in an Excel sheet. He argues that if you personally have a problem, at least one other person on earth shares it, and that's enough signal to start.
There's a play for whatever you're stuck on.
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1Hey everyone 👋 I built InstantLaunch because submitting to product directories often means waiting days or weeks just to find out when your listing will go live. I wanted something simpler: sub