ShinyLaunch

shinylaunch.com

Weekly launch board with about 1,600 products, where community votes pick a winner each week. Submitting is free with a Google account, with no paid tiers or badge requirement that we could find; most product pages we checked link out without nofollow.

Moderate SEO valueFree to submitDo-follow backlink

Report card

ShinyLaunch gets little search traffic, whatever its DR says. Skip the paid tiers unless you know where its visitors come from.

CWeak

~57Domain Rating (estimate)

0.2Traffic multiplier (1–99 visits/mo)

11Directory Score

Search visits a month: about 2
Referring domains: 677
Link type: Do-follow (checked)
Pricing: Free (checked)
Spam check: Passed
Last checked: Oct 30, 2026

How the score works

Directory Score = DR × traffic multiplier. A directory keeps its full DR only if people find it on Google. Badges and link swaps can raise DR; they can't fake search traffic.

Search visits a month	Multiplier
100,000+	× 1.0
10,000–99,999	× 0.8
1,000–9,999	× 0.6
100–999	× 0.4
1–99 ← ShinyLaunch	× 0.2
None	× 0.0

Grades: A 40+, B 20–39, C under 20. DR is Ahrefs Domain Rating where we have it, otherwise a DataForSEO estimate; search visits are DataForSEO's monthly estimate, refreshed monthly.

A free, low-effort weekly launch that gives you a product page, which often links to you without nofollow. Engagement is light: recent weekly winners won with 1 or 2 votes. The site doesn't say what decides whether your page's link is followed, and it varied between listings.

Worth It / Watch Out

Worth It

Free, with no badge or backlink required
13 of the 19 product pages we checked link to the product without nofollow
Each product gets a permanent page with an alternatives section

Watch Out

Low vote counts: October 2026 weekly winners had 1 or 2 votes
6 of the 19 product pages we checked had a nofollow 'Visit' link, and the site doesn't explain why
Links on list pages (homepage, winners) are nofollow; only the product page link can be followed

Before You Submit

Login required: yes. /submit shows 'Log in to Submit', and sign-up is Google only. The form isn't visible before login. Each Monday starts a new voting week; products show as 'Upcoming' before their launch week.

Ask a few people to vote in your launch week; one or two votes have been enough to win
After you launch, check your product page source to see whether the 'Visit' link has nofollow

Before you submit:

Sign-up is Google only
There is no pricing page (/pricing returns 404), and the 'Featured products' sidebar isn't explained

Submission Details

Pricing checked Oct 30, 2026

Free: Free: 'Submissions are free and reviewed promptly.' No badge or backlink requirement is stated. The homepage says the site focuses on 'community-driven discovery without paid promotions'.

Account required. Visit the submission page, fill out the manual form submission, and wait for review. Review times vary.

Real Questions

Is ShinyLaunch free?

Yes. The site says 'Submissions are free and reviewed promptly', and we found no paid tiers. You need to sign in with Google.

Does ShinyLaunch give a do-follow link?

Often, but not always. 13 of the 19 product pages we checked had a 'Visit' link without nofollow; the other 6 had nofollow. The site doesn't state a rule. Links on list pages are nofollow.

How does ShinyLaunch pick winners?

Each Monday starts a new voting week, and the top-voted product of the week is listed on the Winners page.

Get a DR 57 do-follow backlink — submit to ShinyLaunch →