LaunchIgniter

LaunchIgniter is a smaller but growing platform where makers can share their products and get them in front of early adopters. The format is simple: each week, new projects appear on the homepage with a name, short description, logo, and vote counter. It feels a bit like Product Hunt but on a lighter scale, with fewer launches competing for space.

Submitting is free, but there are also premium options if you want to get more visibility or skip ahead in the queue. Because only a set number of products are highlighted at a time, not everything shows up instantly. That means you may have to wait a bit, but the upside is that when your product is featured, it doesn’t get lost in a flood of daily launches.

One nice touch is that LaunchIgniter lets you import your listing from other platforms like Product Hunt or Peerlist. That saves time and keeps your information consistent if you’re launching in multiple places.

Design-wise, the site is clean and modern. It’s easy to browse and doesn’t feel cluttered. Compared to some of the very minimal indie directories, it feels more structured, but it doesn’t have the overwhelming hype of bigger launch platforms either.

The main drawback is scale. The audience is smaller, so you shouldn’t expect the kind of traffic spike you’d get from a Product Hunt front page. Success here still depends on bringing some of your own network to vote and engage.