Short version: every token is a bid, the board never lies.
LaunchBid is a live product leaderboard where makers promote their product by bidding tokens on it. There are no upvotes and no algorithm: the products with the most tokens bid hold the top spots.
Every token bid on a product adds to its lifetime total, and the board ranks products by that total. Totals never reset, and anyone can outbid anyone at any time.
Complete quests for free tokens: share LaunchBid on X for 50 tokens (verified instantly) or earn 2 tokens for each product you visit from the board. You can also buy token packs by card from $1.
Spawning a product onto the leaderboard costs 50 tokens. One share quest earns 50, which covers it outright, and explore quests pay 2 tokens per product you visit to fund your first bids.
Free options include launch platforms like Product Hunt and Peerlist, Show HN on Hacker News, maker communities on Reddit and X, and LaunchBid, where one verified share on X earns enough tokens to list your product on the live leaderboard without paying anything.
Put your product where makers and early adopters already look: launch directories, communities, and leaderboards. Ship a clear one-line pitch, share it publicly, and engage everyone who responds. On LaunchBid, every listing gets clicks from the board and its click count is public.
Anywhere from nothing to thousands. Community launches and directories are free, featured directory spots run 29 to 400 dollars, and ads scale infinitely. LaunchBid starts free via share quests, and paid token packs begin at $1, so you control the exact spend.
A pay-to-rank leaderboard ranks listings by how much has been spent on them instead of votes or algorithms. On LaunchBid, every token bid on a product adds to its lifetime total, the board sorts by that total, and anyone can outbid anyone at any time.
Anything with a link. Websites and web apps, iPhone and iPad apps from the App Store, Android apps from Google Play, Mac apps, browser extensions, and X profiles. Paste the URL or just type @yourhandle, and the name, description and icon are pulled in automatically.
Yes. Paste your App Store or Google Play link and your app gets a permanent listing on the leaderboard with its own page, public click count and character. Bidding tokens moves it up the board, and every click through to the store is counted and shown.
Yes. LaunchBid is a launchpad for products and startups, with one difference: instead of launching for a single day and hoping for votes, your listing stays on the leaderboard permanently and its rank is set by the tokens bid on it. Totals never reset, so your position compounds instead of expiring.
It depends on what you want. Upvote launchpads like Product Hunt and Peerlist Launchpad give you a big one-day spike if the community responds. A bid-to-rank launchpad like LaunchBid gives you a permanent listing whose position you control directly, starting free with one verified share on X. Many makers use both.
Yes, for makers who want certainty. On upvote sites like Product Hunt your launch depends on votes and timing; on LaunchBid you bid tokens and the leaderboard rank is exactly what you paid for. Totals never reset, so your position compounds.
Same honest idea: outbid others to rank higher. LaunchBid adds free token quests, card token packs from $1, a 3D world where listings claim land, click tracking on every listing, and a top-10 board where every visible spot matters.
No sign-up and no password. Your browser gets an identity automatically, and your email is only used to confirm token purchases.
Weighing LaunchBid against other launch sites? The Product Hunt alternatives page compares the upvote boards, and the outbid.lol alternatives page compares the bid boards.