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How to launch on OpenHunts

Weekly Monday launches for indie makers and tiny startups

OpenHunts has a free route, and paid plans from $9.90 one-time. The listing we checked marked its link to the product nofollow.

Free routeListing from $9.90Link observed: nofollow — marked nofollow — search engines are asked not to pass ranking creditOutside the top 1M
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At a glance

Free route
Free route

Free Launch: 20 slots a week; featured on the homepage for 7 days; dofollow backlink only if the project finishes in the top 3; adding the OpenHunts badge on the maker's site skips the wait.

Paid listing from

$9.90 one-time — Premium Launch

Review time
  • Free route: queue time shown as about 60 weeks on 2026-10-10
  • Premium Launch: launch next Monday, choose the launch week
  • Highlight: instant launch
Link on a live listing
Link observed: nofollow — marked nofollow — search engines are asked not to pass ranking credit

Marked nofollow — search engines are asked not to pass ranking credit. OpenHunts says it depends on the plan.

What we read: https://openhunts.com/projects/artaivo - website link rel='noopener nofollow'; the same page's related launches show a mix of plain rel='noopener' (e.g. wan-animate.io, seevido.com) and 'noopener nofollow' (faceswaply.com, opusly.ai); pricing page: dofollow only for top 3 on the free plan, guaranteed on paid plans

Requirements
  • Account to submit a project.
  • Launches go live at 8:00 AM UTC on Mondays.
  • OpenHunts badge on the maker's site to skip the free queue.
Audience, as they state it

111,221 visits and 191,728 pageviews in 6 months, 8,968 users, 36% newsletter open rate (OpenHunts pricing page, verified by PostHog per the site) Their figures, not ours.

Popularity

Not in the Tranco top-1M list of 9 October 2026 — a small site by traffic.

Plans and prices

PlanPriceStated waitIncludes
Premium Launch$9.90 one-timelaunch next Monday, choose the launch weekno badge required; featured on the homepage for 7 days; guaranteed dofollow backlink; newsletter and Twitter shoutout if top 3; list price 19 USD
Highlight$20 a weekinstant launchhighlighted in the feed; featured on the homepage in selected weeks; guaranteed dofollow backlink; newsletter and Twitter shoutout; demand-based rates; list price 59 USD per week

How to launch on OpenHunts, step by step

  1. 1Get the kit ready. Name, a one-line tagline, a short description, a square logo, two or three screenshots and your pricing in numbers — the same kit works on every directory.
  2. 2Open OpenHunts's launch page. It is at openhunts.com/projects/submit.
  3. 3Take the free route, if it fits. Free Launch: 20 slots a week; featured on the homepage for 7 days; dofollow backlink only if the project finishes in the top 3; adding the OpenHunts badge on the maker's site skips the wait.
  4. 4Or pay to skip it. The cheapest paid listing is Premium Launch at $9.90 one-time (launch next Monday, choose the launch week).
  5. 5Check the rules first. Account to submit a project. Launches go live at 8:00 AM UTC on Mondays. OpenHunts badge on the maker's site to skip the free queue.
  6. 6Once it is live, check the link. Open your listing, right-click the link to your site and choose Inspect: the rel attribute says whether it is a plain link, nofollow, ugc or sponsored.

What a launch there gets you

A weekly leaderboard launch with a project detail page and optional paid launch week or highlight. Suits indie and tiny-startup products that accept a very long free queue or pay a few dollars for a chosen week.

  • Its cheapest paid listing, $9.90, is below the median of the 20 launch platforms and directories with a one-time price ($24).
  • 16 of the 35 launch platforms and directories whose live listings we read gave a plain link; OpenHunts's was marked nofollow.

OpenHunts: the questions founders ask

How much does it cost to launch on OpenHunts?

OpenHunts has a free route, and paid plans from $9.90 one-time. The cheapest paid listing is Premium Launch. Other paid options: Highlight at $20 a week.

Is OpenHunts free?

Yes, with conditions. Free Launch: 20 slots a week; featured on the homepage for 7 days; dofollow backlink only if the project finishes in the top 3; adding the OpenHunts badge on the maker's site skips the wait.

How long does a launch on OpenHunts take?

Free route: queue time shown as about 60 weeks on 2026-10-10. Premium Launch: launch next Monday, choose the launch week. Highlight: instant launch.

Does OpenHunts give a dofollow backlink?

OpenHunts says it depends on the plan. The listing we checked marked its link to the product nofollow.

What does OpenHunts require?

Account to submit a project. Launches go live at 8:00 AM UTC on Mondays. OpenHunts badge on the maker's site to skip the free queue.

Sources

Read on 10 October 2026. Every fact above comes from OpenHunts's own pages.

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