> How a launch on IndieNeed works: submit your product, pick a launch day, and people can upvote and review it. Free links are nofollow; paid plans are dofollow.

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# How a launch works

You submit a product, it goes live on a launch day, and people can upvote and review it on its page.

On IndieNeed, a free listing has a nofollow website link. Any paid plan, or the $7 upgrade, makes it dofollow. Neither promises signups, traffic or a higher search ranking.

## What you do

You need a product that is already on the web. The form asks for a name, a one-line tagline, a longer description and the link, and you pick a launch day. Pick a day you can be around to answer comments.

A person reviews a free listing before it goes live; if your day fills up or passes before approval, it moves to the next open day. A paid listing skips review and is featured for 7, 14 or 30 days, depending on the plan. When the featured days end, the product stays listed.

## What other people see

On launch day the product is listed with [today's launches](https://www.indieneed.com/launches/today). Anyone can open its page. Upvotes come from IndieNeed accounts, and reviews are meant to come from people who tried the product. After the day, the page stays in [the product list](https://www.indieneed.com/products) and in its categories. The [leaderboard](https://www.indieneed.com/leaderboard) ranks products by upvotes and changes as votes come in. Other places to submit are listed on [startup directories](https://www.indieneed.com/directories).

## What a launch will not do

Some products get a handful of visits, some get more, usually when the product is easy to understand and the maker answers questions. A logo and a vague sentence rarely give a visitor enough to try it.

## Questions

### Does it cost anything?

A listing is free, and that website link is nofollow. You can pay once for featured placement, a faster publish, and a dofollow website link. The prices are on the pricing page. Paying does not promise a higher Google ranking.

[Link to this answer](https://www.indieneed.com/how-it-works#faq-cost)

### Can I pick a future date?

Yes. A free launch takes the open day you pick, from the earliest one the form shows (each day has a limited number of free spots). A person reviews it first; if your day fills up before approval, or approval comes after it, it launches on the next open day. A paid launch skips the review queue and goes live on the day you choose, today included. The product shows in Today's launches on that day, not before.

[Link to this answer](https://www.indieneed.com/how-it-works#faq-future-date)

### What should I write?

Say what it does, who it is for, and what someone can try in the first five minutes. A tagline that could fit any product does not help the next person decide.

[Link to this answer](https://www.indieneed.com/how-it-works#faq-what-to-write)

### What happens after launch day?

The page stays. People can still upvote it and leave a review. A paid featured window ends when the days you bought run out. The listing itself does not.

[Link to this answer](https://www.indieneed.com/how-it-works#faq-after-launch)

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