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Launch begin: requirements, how to submit, and what you actually get

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Free to list, but the follow needs a badge and a top three finish

launchbegin.com
Launch begin homepage
Eligibility

Who Launch begin accepts

You need
A live public URL
An account, created at sign-in
You'll be rejected if
Nothing published about who is refused, beyond the daily slot cap.
Indie productsSaaS productsAI toolsDeveloper tools
What you actually get
A project page in a daily launch feed. Read the link terms before you spend the effort: the follow is granted only to a product that finishes in the day's top 3 AND carries their badge, so meeting one of the two earns nothing. A submitted product's outbound link on a live listing reads rel="nofollow", which is what the ordinary result looks like. Top 5 in a week adds a newsletter mention and a number one finish adds a post from their X account.

How to submit to Launch begin

  1. Sign in
    Google, GitHub or email and password. Set the display name afterwards: it arrives from the provider and is printed as the maker.
  2. Project Info
    Name, website URL, an optional affiliate URL, a description in a rich text box, a square logo and a landscape product image.
  3. Details
    Up to three categories from a long searchable list, up to five tech stack tags, platforms, a pricing model and optional GitHub and X links.
  4. Launch type and date
    Free is the default lane, with 5 slots a day and a 90 day window to schedule into.
  5. Review
    A last screen before the date is confirmed.

Launch begin requirements

A live public URL
Logo
1:1 square, under 1MB
Product image
16:9, around 800x450
Categories
Up to 3
Tech stack
Up to 5 tags
Free slots
5 a day

Gotchas

The dofollow needs two things at once, a top 3 finish on your launch day and their badge on your site, so a maker who deploys the badge and places fourth has paid for nothing.
The site publishes no review time anywhere, so the wait between submitting and appearing is not something you can plan around.
The pages carry a rotating ad rail for the operator's other launch sites, and slots on it sell for $3 a month, which is the traffic this listing sits next to.

Let your agent submit to Launch begin

Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the Launch begin playbook and gets the brief for this exact form, with the values already taken from your submission pack instead of placeholders you fill in by hand.

What it does for this platform
Checks your product against the 3 Launch begin rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 6 fields this form asks for, none of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Types it into Launch begin in your own browser, and stops for you when the form wants a sign-in.
Records what it sent, so the dashboard can answer "did I ever submit to Launch begin?".
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Launch begin FAQ

How long does Launch begin approval take?
Launch begin does not publish how long approval takes.
How much does it cost to submit to Launch begin?
Submitting to Launch begin is free.
Does Launch begin give a dofollow backlink?
No, links from Launch begin are nofollow. The site has a domain rating of 19.
Does Launch begin require a backlink to your site?
No, Launch begin does not require a link back from your site.
What gets you rejected from Launch begin?
Nothing published about who is refused, beyond the daily slot cap.