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

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A launch board whose free lane costs a permanent badge and then puts you five months down the queue.

launchvault.dev
Launch Vault homepage
Eligibility

Who Launch Vault accepts

You need
A live product URL
A square logo under 1MB
Three FAQ entries written out
Their badge live on your site before a date can be picked (free lane)
You'll be rejected if
Products with no working URL
SaaS productsDeveloper toolsAI toolsIndie products
What you actually get
A listing page with a dofollow link, which they advertise as DR 46, and a launch day you pick. The free lane is the slow one: the earliest bookable free date was about five and a half months out, at four or five slots a day.

How to submit to Launch Vault

  1. Sign in
    Google or GitHub in one click. The email form carries a Cloudflare Turnstile; the SSO buttons do not.
  2. Fill the listing
    One long form: name, tagline, URL, a rich-text description, up to three categories, platforms, pricing model, a square logo and a 16:9 cover. Auto-fill with AI reads your URL, and it failed on ours.
  3. Write three FAQs
    At least three question and answer pairs, which no other board on this list asks for. Fewer than three and they generate the rest for you.
  4. Save the project
    Saving parks it under Needs backlink on the dashboard. It is not a submission yet and no date can be chosen.
  5. Verify the badge, then pick a date
    Add their badge, press Verify badge, and the date picker unlocks. Free dates were running about five and a half months out.

Launch Vault requirements

Square logo, 1MB max
At least three FAQ pairs
One to three categories
Their badge live on your own site (free lane)
16:9 cover imageoptional

Gotchas

The badge is rechecked weekly and your launch date reverts after a seven-day grace if it comes down.
Saving the form does not submit anything: the project sits under Needs backlink until their crawler finds the badge, and only then can you pick a day.
The free queue was booked about five and a half months ahead at the time of walking, while the paid lane offered dates inside 30 days.

Let your agent submit to Launch Vault

Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the Launch Vault 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 5 Launch Vault rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 5 fields this form asks for, 1 of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Warns you that Launch Vault looks for its badge on your site, so it has to be live before you submit rather than after.
Tells you what paying buys here, so you pick it on purpose: premium $9.99 (usually $19.99) skips the badge and the queue: dofollow guaranteed, 10 slots a day, dates within 30 days.
Types it into Launch Vault 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 Vault?".
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Launch Vault FAQ

How long does Launch Vault approval take?
Launch Vault's typical time from submission to going live is 3-6 months.
How much does it cost to submit to Launch Vault?
Launch Vault has a free submission option plus paid placement (Premium $9.99 (usually $19.99) skips the badge and the queue: dofollow guaranteed, 10 slots a day, dates within 30 days).
Does Launch Vault give a dofollow backlink?
Yes, a listing on Launch Vault carries a dofollow link. The site has a domain rating of 46.
Does Launch Vault require a backlink to your site?
Yes, Launch Vault expects a link back from your site as part of listing.
What gets you rejected from Launch Vault?
Products with no working URL.