Launch catalog / Playbook
EarlyHunt
Conditional free route launch-board
Researched from public pages — no submission was run · sources read 2026-09-25. Rules change — recheck the platform's own pages before submitting.
What the free route requires
- Free Launch ($0) requires the EarlyHunt badge on your site.
- Free-tier outbound links are nofollow by default — only Top-3 daily winners can earn dofollow.
Requirements
- Product/startup launches; a daily launch board in the Aura++/IndieHunt family of launch platforms.
- Badge on your site for the free tier.
Prepare before opening the form
- Project name, URL, tagline, description, logo, category.
- EarlyHunt badge embed for free tier.
- Plan choice: Free (badge, nofollow, top-3 earns dofollow) / Premium $19 one-time (guaranteed dofollow, site-wide ad slots for 7 live days, Launch Kit graphics, launch blog post, social promotion, skip queue).
Workflow
- Open https://earlyhunt.com/submit.
- Choose Free or Premium ($19) launch tier.
- Free: install the badge, submit, and compete in the daily ranking — Top 3 earns the dofollow link.
- Premium: guaranteed dofollow plus 7 days of site-wide ad slots and launch assets.
Watch for
- Free tier is nofollow unless you rank Top-3 — the 'free dofollow' is competitive, not guaranteed.
- Premium's real perks are the guaranteed dofollow + skip queue + ad slots; evaluate vs $19.
- Launch Kit graphics / launch blog are content upsells.
- The submit/pricing pages expose an AI-friendly .md mirror — clean source of truth.
What counts as live
The product appears on earlyhunt.com's daily launch ranking for its launch date with a public listing page.
Not verified
- Whether an account is required (submit page didn't expose auth state).
- Exact submit form fields.
- Free queue length / how far out launches can be scheduled.
- Whether badge verification is automated.