Launch catalog / Playbook
Smol Launch
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 launches require verifying the Smol Launch badge on your site ('Free Verified')
- Only 50 verified free slots per week, shared platform-wide — the pricing page showed 'Next free week: Nov 2, 250 ahead of you'
- Free tier covers a product's FIRST launch only; relaunches of the same product require a paid tier
Requirements
- Account/signup required (submission CTAs route to /signup; submit dashboard at /dashboard/products/new)
- A site where the Smol Launch badge can be embedded (free path)
- Every launch, free or paid, competes in the same weekly (Mon–Sun) public-vote ranking
Prepare before opening the form
- Product name, tagline (≤60 chars for newsletter features), description, logo, categories, URL
- Badge HTML ready to embed for free verification
- Launch-week timing decision — launches run Monday 9:00 AM PDT to Sunday
Workflow
- Sign up at smollaunch.com/signup
- Submit the product via the dashboard (/dashboard/products/new)
- Choose Free Verified, Premium ($19/launch) or Premium+ ($39/launch)
- Free: embed badge → verification → assigned to the next open launch week
- Collect votes Monday–Sunday; listing becomes permanent on the DR 74 domain after the week ends
Watch for
- Free queue can stretch weeks out — shared 50-slot weekly pool, not a per-maker allowance
- Premium+ adds a one-week Featured Spot + newsletter feature; Maker Pass ($99/yr) covers unlimited Premium launches
- 'Launch Everywhere' ($99–$199) is a separate done-for-you directory-submission add-on, easy to accidentally bundle
- Featured Spot ($19/wk) is an ad — marked sponsored and excluded from ranking
- Site is markdown-native — every page has a .md twin
What counts as live
A public product page at smollaunch.com/products/<slug> plus appearance in that week's launch board (e.g. /launches/2026-week-NN).
Not verified
- Exact submit-form fields behind signup
- How badge verification is implemented (crawler vs manual check)