How we check launch platforms

What we read, and where

Every fact is read on the platform’s own pages: its pricing page, its submit form, its FAQ, its terms or its guide for AI agents. We write the value as the platform shows it, with the address of the page and the day we read it, and every page that uses the fact links to that source. Prices stay in the platform’s own currency and wording.

MegaLaunch’s own facts are not typed by hand: its prices, delays and link policy are read from the code that runs the site, so a change to an offer reaches every page at the next release. A figure we cannot source is left out. A traffic or audience number appears only as the platform’s own claim, with the page that makes it.

The Domain Rating is the one figure not read on the platform’s pages. It is Ahrefs’ metric, read once through LaunchRanked’s free bulk checker on the day shown, and it always appears next to the words Domain Rating by Ahrefs. A Domain Rating that a platform prints about itself is not reused.

How we read a link on a live listing

What a platform says about its links and what its listings carry can differ. We open public listings of the platform and read the rel attribute of the link to the product in the page HTML, the way a search engine reads it, and we record the listing address, the attribute and the day.

Followed means the link carries no nofollow, ugc or sponsored value. Those values are reported as they appear, and a link that first goes through the platform’s own redirect is reported as such. A platform guide needs at least 2 sampled listings before it can appear in search results.

A sample is a few pages on one day. A platform can treat free and paid listings differently or change its links later, so every page shows the stated policy next to what we saw.

How often we check again

Every fact carries its check day, and every page shows the days its facts were read. We aim to re-check the most searched platforms every month and the others every quarter, and a fact older than 90 days goes on the re-check list.

A platform guide says “re-check due” once its main facts are older than 120 days. After 180 days without a re-check, it leaves search results until it is checked again, and stays readable on the site.

Corrections

If you run one of these platforms, or you spot an outdated fact, write to Matt at contact@megalaun.ch with the page and the source that shows the change. Corrections are applied within 7 days, the check day is updated, and a platform guide lists the change in its change log.

We correct facts, not opinions: a verdict changes when the facts behind it change.

Where MegaLaunch has a stake

MegaLaunch is not a neutral observer, and every page says so above its facts. These are our ties with the platforms we cover:

• MegaLaunch runs a launch platform that competes with most of them.
• MegaLaunch sells a directory submission service, which may submit products to platforms like the ones covered here. The list of directories it uses is not published.
• MegaLaunch shows the badges of some launch directories on its homepage. Some of them ask for their badge before they list MegaLaunch, so the two sites link to each other.
• MegaLaunch sells sponsored placements (Spotlight, the Billboard and sponsored articles), always labelled. A platform that buys one is named in the disclosure of every page about it, as LaunchIt is.

Each platform guide, alternatives page and comparison lists, in its disclosure, the ties with the platforms it covers.

What we never do

• Rank platforms for money. Lists are in alphabetical order, MegaLaunch included, and no platform pays to appear or to change what we write.
• Give scores, stars or ratings. A verdict says who a platform suits and who it may not suit.
• Publish text written or paid for by a platform.
• Claim that a platform is better or worse than MegaLaunch.
• Use a platform’s logo or colors: a guide shows a letter, not a brand mark.

Each verdict is reviewed and approved by Matt, the founder of MegaLaunch, and signed with its date.