Question 1

What is Launch Your SaaS?

Accepted Answer

Launch Your SaaS is a free, curated SaaS directory for founders and indie makers. Every approved product gets a profile page with its description, screenshots, pricing, alternatives, and a link to the official site.

Question 2

Is it free to submit?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Free listings ask you to add our Featured-on badge to your homepage. That badge links back to Launch Your SaaS. After you submit, verify the badge from your dashboard; as soon as we find it, your listing gets a backlink to your site. Our team still reviews the listing before it appears in the directory, usually within two weeks. Premium Launch ($14, one-time) skips the badge requirement and is reviewed the same day.

Question 3

Does my listing link to my website?

Accepted Answer

Yes, once we verify the Featured-on badge on your site — or if you are on a paid plan, or an admin has added your URL. The Visit link goes live immediately after a successful check (or as soon as the listing is approved, if it is still in review), with UTM parameters so you can see referral traffic. The badge on your site also links back to us. Free and Premium listing links are standard followed links; links attached to paid placements are marked rel="sponsored".

Question 4

How are tools scored?

Accepted Answer

Each listing earns 0–4 points from six checks: live website, complete description and tags, logo, verified badge, related tools in the category, and a recent liveness check. The methodology page lists every rule. Paid placement never changes the score.

Question 5

How does badge verification work?

Accepted Answer

Copy the Featured-on HTML snippet from your dashboard and paste it into your homepage (the footer works well). We fetch that page once, without running JavaScript, and look for the badge link in the raw HTML. If you add it with client-side code only, or mark the link rel="nofollow", the check fails. When it passes, a backlink from your listing to your site goes live immediately, and we get a backlink from your site too.

Question 6

Why is my listing still pending?

Accepted Answer

Every listing, free or paid, is reviewed by a person before it goes public. Paid launches are reviewed first. You can track status and any reviewer notes in your dashboard.

Question 7

What happens if my listing is rejected?

Accepted Answer

Your dashboard shows the reason. Fix the issue, then resubmit from the same page. Rejected listings stay private and never appear in the directory or sitemaps.

Question 8

Can AI agents read the directory?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Use /llms.txt for a plain-text index, /openapi.json for the API spec, /feed.xml for new listings, and the public /api/v1/tools endpoint for approved listings in JSON.

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