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PaveLaunch: requirements, how to submit, and what you actually get

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Free is 24 hours now and a featured week two weeks out, and the badge is what activates it

pavelaunch.com
PaveLaunch homepage
Eligibility

Who PaveLaunch accepts

You need
A live URL
An account
A thumbnail under 5MB
Their badge on your homepage, for the free lane
You'll be rejected if
Nothing published, but a free launch stays unverified until their badge is on your homepage, so it never activates without one.
Indie productsSaaS productsAI toolsStartups
What you actually get
A product page at /p/<id> with upvotes, live for 24 hours the moment you submit and again for a featured week in the slot you booked. Five slots a week, and the weeks were all empty a fortnight out on 31 August 2026.

How to submit to PaveLaunch

  1. Sign in
    Google, or a magic link to your email. It runs on Supabase, so the consent screen names their project rather than PaveLaunch.
  2. One short form
    Product name, tagline, description, URL and a thumbnail. Then pick Free or the $14 Premium launch.
  3. Book a week, then verify the badge
    The free lane makes you choose one of the coming weeks from a dropdown, five slots each. Submitting opens a dialog with the embed code and a Verify Now button; "I'll do this later" saves it as pending and leaves a Verify Badge button on /store/manage.

PaveLaunch requirements

Thumbnail
PNG JPG or WebP, 5MB
Badge
250x54, and it must be on your homepage
Account
Google or a magic link

Gotchas

The free launch is not live until the badge check passes. It saves as pending and waits, so a launch you thought you had booked can sit there doing nothing.
The badge embed is generated per listing: the link carries your product id and the image is an endpoint with type=launching-soon on it, so you cannot prepare it before you submit.
A free week has to be booked at least two weeks out, and each week has five slots.

Let your agent submit to PaveLaunch

Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the PaveLaunch playbook and gets the brief for this exact form, with the values already taken from your submission pack instead of placeholders you fill in by hand.

What it does for this platform
Checks your product against the 5 PaveLaunch rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 3 fields this form asks for, none of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Warns you that PaveLaunch looks for its badge on your site, so it has to be live before you submit rather than after.
Tells you what paying buys here, so you pick it on purpose: free launch with their badge: visible for 24 hours immediately, then a scheduled 7 day featured week at least two weeks out. $14 for a premium launch with no queue.
Types it into PaveLaunch in your own browser, and stops for you when the form wants a sign-in.
Records what it sent, so the dashboard can answer "did I ever submit to PaveLaunch?".
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PaveLaunch FAQ

How long does PaveLaunch approval take?
PaveLaunch's typical time from submission to going live is instant.
How much does it cost to submit to PaveLaunch?
PaveLaunch has a free submission option plus paid placement (Free launch with their badge: visible for 24 hours immediately, then a scheduled 7 day featured week at least two weeks out. $14 for a premium launch with no queue.).
Does PaveLaunch give a dofollow backlink?
Yes, a listing on PaveLaunch carries a dofollow link. The site has a domain rating of 19.
Does PaveLaunch require a backlink to your site?
Yes, PaveLaunch expects a link back from your site as part of listing.
What gets you rejected from PaveLaunch?
Nothing published, but a free launch stays unverified until their badge is on your homepage, so it never activates without one.