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Solo Launches: requirements, how to submit, and what you actually get

Visit

Free on the pricing page, and every free slot is taken until at least February

sololaunches.com
Solo Launches homepage
Eligibility

Who Solo Launches accepts

You need
A live URL
An account
A logo under 500KB
One of their thirty-six categories
You'll be rejected if
Nothing on paper, but the free calendar is booked out five months ahead, so in practice a launch this year costs at least $2.
Indie productsSaaS productsAI toolsStartups
What you actually get
A page at /startups/<slug> and a launch on the Monday you book, with upvotes, a winner badge for the day's top three and a dofollow link if you finish there. Launches run weekly rather than daily, and every free slot from 31 August 2026 to at least 25 January 2027 was already taken.

How to submit to Solo Launches

  1. Sign in
    Google, or an email link.
  2. Give a URL and let it fill itself
    Step one is the URL alone; they fetch your metadata and prefill the slug, name, tagline, logo and description, all editable.
  3. Finish the profile
    Category from thirty-six, up to four images at 5MB each, an optional YouTube link and special offer, and a checkbox promising not to upvote your own launch more than once.
  4. Book a Monday
    Creating the startup opens a calendar of Mondays. Each says either free or "Free full. Unlock for $2".

Solo Launches requirements

Logo
500KB, square, 128x128 or larger
Tagline
60 characters
Description
1000 characters
Images
Four, 5MB each

Gotchas

Every Monday from 31 August 2026 to 25 January 2027 read "Free full. Unlock for $2", so the free lane on the pricing page had no bookable date at all.
A free listing is only dofollow if you finish in the day's top three. $9 buys the dofollow outright.
You have to tick a box promising not to upvote your own launch more than once, and they say duplicate-account upvotes cancel the launch.

Let your agent submit to Solo Launches

Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the Solo Launches 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 Solo Launches rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 4 fields this form asks for, none of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Tells you what paying buys here, so you pick it on purpose: free launch with five slots a day, dofollow only in the day's top three. $9 Premium guarantees the slot and the dofollow, $19 a week Featured, $39 for Featured plus two lifetime blog backlinks. Individual sold-out weeks unlock for $2 or $3.
Types it into Solo Launches 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 Solo Launches?".
Connect your agentHow this worksTools and endpointsWorks with Claude Code, Claude, Codex, Cursor, VS Code and Hermes.

Solo Launches FAQ

How long does Solo Launches approval take?
Solo Launches's typical time from submission to going live is instant.
How much does it cost to submit to Solo Launches?
Solo Launches has a free submission option plus paid placement (Free launch with five slots a day, dofollow only in the day's top three. $9 Premium guarantees the slot and the dofollow, $19 a week Featured, $39 for Featured plus two lifetime blog backlinks. Individual sold-out weeks unlock for $2 or $3.).
Does Solo Launches give a dofollow backlink?
Yes, a listing on Solo Launches carries a dofollow link. The site has a domain rating of 23.
Does Solo Launches require a backlink to your site?
No, Solo Launches does not require a link back from your site.
What gets you rejected from Solo Launches?
Nothing on paper, but the free calendar is booked out five months ahead, so in practice a launch this year costs at least $2.