About this tool

LaunchBuff is a recurring product competition built for indie founders who are tired of one-shot launches that disappear in 24 hours.

Every two weeks, 16 products enter a bracket tournament. Over 10 days, the community votes on head-to-head matchups — but only after visiting both products. Four rounds. One champion. Every participant gets a badge and a permanent, indexed listing page that builds SEO value over time.

Unlike directory submissions that bury your product in a feed nobody scrolls, LaunchBuff gives founders a reason to drive their own audience to vote. That means real traffic to your product from real people, not bots and backfill. Every participant becomes a distribution channel.

Badges are earned, not bought. When a founder displays "Ranked #1 on LaunchBuff," it means the community picked them over 15 other products in open competition. That's credibility that compounds — especially for founders who compete across multiple tournaments and build a track record.

Submit once, compete in one tournament. Didn't win? Re-enter the next one. There's no limit on entries over time, which means LaunchBuff rewards persistence, not just timing.

Every product gets a permanent listing page on launchbuff.com regardless of how far they go in the bracket — a real dofollow backlink that helps you rank, not a temporary placement that expires.

LaunchBuff is free to enter.