The single highest-impact launch day for any tech product.
Create a maker account, prepare a gallery (logo, 3–5 screenshots, a 60s demo), a punchy tagline and first comment. Schedule for 12:01am PT and rally your network for upvotes in the first few hours.
Submit to Product HuntYes — Product Hunt gives you a dofollow link back to your site, which passes authority and helps your SEO.
Product Hunt is free to submit to.
Product Hunt (producthunt.com) has an approximate Domain Rating of 91. Higher DR generally means more SEO value from a backlink.
Sites in the same category and around DR 91, so they are worth submitting to in the same batch as Product Hunt.
betalist.com
Pre-launch and early-stage startups collecting their first signups.
peerlist.io
Reaching a professional, developer-heavy audience.
uneed.best
Indie tools and SaaS wanting a friendly, maker-first launch.
launchingnext.com
A quick, evergreen dofollow listing for new startups.
fazier.com
A Product Hunt alternative with launch badges for social proof.
devhunt.org
Developer tools, libraries and APIs.
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