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How to launch on Tiny Startups

Weekly launch leaderboard and directory for indie makers and tiny startups

Launching on Tiny Startups is free. The listing we checked marked its link to the product nofollow.

Free routeLink observed: nofollow — marked nofollow — search engines are asked not to pass ranking creditOutside the top 1M
Open Tiny Startups's submit page ↗

At a glance

Free route
Free route

Launching is free: launches compete on a Monday-to-Sunday leaderboard ranked by upvotes only; every listing is hand-approved; the top two products each week get a permanent Product of the Week badge; every startup keeps a lifetime listing page.

Paid listing from

No paid listing — the free route is the way in.

Review time
  • Free route: free launches wait for a weekly batch; no queue length stated
  • Skip the queue: next Monday batch
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. Tiny Startups says it depends on the plan.

What we read: https://www.tinystartups.com/startup/agentmail, /cooldock, /ascii-magic, /boardui-2, /dither-icons - website link rel='nofollow noopener'; /startup/crawlraven has plain rel='noopener'; the submit page sells a DR 71+ do-follow backlink as an upgrade

Requirements
  • Account (log in or sign up) to launch.
  • Startup URL; the form reads the other details from the site.
  • Hand approval of every listing.
  • Revenue can be verified for the revenue leaderboard.
Audience, as they state it

135,734 visitors, 14k+ visits per month, 25k+ newsletter subscribers (Tiny Startups home page); the About page says 20,000+ early adopters. 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
Skip the queueBy quotenext Monday batchprice 29 GBP (not converted); puts the launch in the next Monday batch
List a ToolBy quote—price 69 GBP (not converted); separate tool-listing form linked from the footer
Submit a DealBy quote—price 69 GBP (not converted)
Optional launch upgradesBy quote—do-follow backlink, partner backlinks, newsletter feature to 20k+ founders, SEO review; prices are shown only inside the submit flow
Sponsor boardBy quote—bid-based placement on the sponsor board; the home page showed bids of 113 to 189 GBP; advertising enquiries by form

How to launch on Tiny Startups, 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 Tiny Startups's launch page. It is at tinystartups.com/submit.
  3. 3Take the free route, if it fits. Launching is free: launches compete on a Monday-to-Sunday leaderboard ranked by upvotes only; every listing is hand-approved; the top two products each week get a permanent Product of the Week badge; every startup keeps a lifetime listing page.
  4. 4Check the rules first. Account (log in or sign up) to launch. Startup URL; the form reads the other details from the site. Hand approval of every listing.
  5. 5Once 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 Monday-to-Sunday launch with a permanent listing page, revenue leaderboard and optional newsletter feature. Suits indie and early-stage software; prices are in GBP and the free launch waits for a weekly batch.

  • 16 of the 35 launch platforms and directories whose live listings we read gave a plain link; Tiny Startups's was marked nofollow.

Tiny Startups: the questions founders ask

How much does it cost to launch on Tiny Startups?

Launching on Tiny Startups is free.

Is Tiny Startups free?

Yes, with conditions. Launching is free: launches compete on a Monday-to-Sunday leaderboard ranked by upvotes only; every listing is hand-approved; the top two products each week get a permanent Product of the Week badge; every startup keeps a lifetime listing page.

How long does a launch on Tiny Startups take?

Free route: free launches wait for a weekly batch; no queue length stated. Skip the queue: next Monday batch.

Does Tiny Startups give a dofollow backlink?

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

What does Tiny Startups require?

Account (log in or sign up) to launch. Startup URL; the form reads the other details from the site. Hand approval of every listing. Revenue can be verified for the revenue leaderboard.

Sources

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

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