What's new

Five free Launch Kit tools: Domain Rating checker, meta tag and share preview checker, AI crawler checker, an interactive launch checklist and a where-to-launch finder.

Links to IndieDaddy now show a fresh preview image, with its own picture for each guide and tool. Product pages use their own preview image.

A smaller Featured on strip in the footer.

A new Blog with 20 in-depth guides for founders: Product Hunt alternatives, startup and indie directories, launch checklists, Domain Rating, backlinks and getting recommended by AI assistants.

Each guide starts with a quick answer, has a table of contents, comparison tables, checklists and an FAQ.

Blog link in the footer and an RSS feed at /blog/rss.xml.

Your payment receipts are saved in Workspace, Account. Open any receipt, print it or save it as a PDF.

If you save a free launch before adding the badge, we email you the one step left.

If a checkout is not completed, we let you know that nothing was charged and your listing is still saved.

No more welcome pop-up after signing in. Every optional email has unsubscribe links at the bottom.

We email you when your website reaches a new Domain Rating high. Turn it off any time in Email preferences.

A short welcome note after you sign in lets you choose whether to get occasional IndieDaddy updates.

Every optional email has links to manage your preferences or unsubscribe in one click.

Drafts from your AI agent open straight at the review step, without filling the form again.

The Finish button on drafts from your agent works again after you close the form.

For App Store and Google Play links, your agent no longer asks about dofollow: these launches use a nofollow link or a paid plan.

Clearer next step when your agent has prepared several drafts.

Your AI agent now asks whether you want a free dofollow listing with our badge, a free nofollow listing, or a paid launch.

For dofollow, your agent receives your badge code and can add it to your website footer, so you no longer copy it from the Badge page.

Badge links now use your product name, for example indiedaddy.com/tools/your-product. Badges already on your site keep working.

When your agent has prepared a draft, Overview shows it as your next step with a Finish draft button.

Opening a draft from your AI agent while signed in saves it under Drafts in My submissions, so closing the form no longer loses it.

If your agent loses its finish link, it can ask again and get a fresh one.

Withdrawn and ended submissions move to the end of the Badge page and no longer say the badge is required.

Clearer activity numbers: Days in a row, Best run and Days you took part.

The launch step only shows refund terms for plans you can choose.

Your account now shows in the header on every page, including categories, directory and pricing, and appears straight away on the homepage.

The From your agent tab gives your AI agent one command that submits your product and adds the IndieDaddy badge to your site footer for a free dofollow listing.

The site does less work when many people visit at once, and hidden tabs pause the launch list refresh and logo animation.

Votes, comments and visits now save only what changed, so the site stays quick as more founders and products join.

Pages appear sooner: fonts load alongside the page, product data starts loading right away, and analytics waits until the page is ready.

Logos, screenshots and banners are resized and compressed automatically when you upload them. Files up to 20 MB are accepted.

Badges at the bottom of the page load only when you scroll near them, and images stay cached longer for repeat visits.

Checklist steps show a small button beside each task instead of a long full-width bar, with a tick when done.

Buttons across the workspace and Studio keep their natural size instead of stretching to fill the space.

Free launches now ask you to upvote up to 5 recent launches by other founders and leave 1 comment.

List mobile apps with App Store and Google Play links, shown as iOS and Android on listings.

A Grow your reach card for makers whose product is live.

Hover a launch on the homepage to jump straight to its website.

Check with AI helps editors review submissions and drafts the editor note.

More directory badges: IndieTool, Launch Llama, Noonlaunch and ShowBuild.

Launches stay open to votes after they go live.

The workspace menu tucks into an icon strip and opens on hover. Pin it to keep it open.

Simpler pricing: one free launch card with the link choice inside.

Signed-in makers no longer see Please sign in again on the badge step.

Choosing dofollow or nofollow no longer jumps the launch form to the top.

Your launch checklist no longer asks you to start again while a submission waits for its badge.

KittyLaunch joins the scrolling directory badge row.

IndieHunt and StartupBase join the scrolling directory badge row.

EasyLaunch, Twelve Tools and Startup Fame join the scrolling directory badge row.

EasyDoFollow joins the scrolling directory badge row.

Every visible directory badge links out, including repeated copies in the scrolling row.

TinyShelf now scrolls alongside our other directory badges.

Find our TinyShelf badge in the site footer.

A clearer homepage message focused on helping people discover your product.

The original headline stays on screen while the interactive page loads. The familiar assistant rotation remains in the heading.

The main headline stays still, with assistant names rotating in a compact supporting line.

Keep the initial headline in place as the interactive homepage loads.

Smaller brand and selected product-logo downloads preserve the existing design. Public pages, listing freshness and account behaviour are unchanged.

Loading placeholders, field-level validation, helpful search suggestions and clearer connection and permission messages.

Slow AI imports show elapsed time and offer a lighter manual form.

Submission drafts stay in the current tab; supported content forms can recover text after session expiry. Files need selecting again.

Hide fallback initials while an account photo is displayed, including transparent images.

Account buttons use the verified linked Google photo when an older Google copy is stored. Manually uploaded profile photos remain unchanged.

Switch products beside the page title, scan a single status summary and focus on your next action.

Balanced desktop spacing, quieter activity details and a compact mobile workspace menu.

Compact product status counts, Google account photos and a stronger header with a quieter sidebar divider.

Private daily activity streaks and engaged days, without launch or ranking requirements.

Direct workspace links and refresh now open the public profile and founder moderation sections correctly.

Create an optional public founder profile with a banner, bio, location and social links. Preview it before publishing, or hide it anytime.

Approved products link to their founder automatically. Editors can moderate profile visibility.

Compact overview counts align with your next step.

AI import reads linked pricing and suggests a category and search keyword, including missing fields in agent drafts.

Choose product, community, update, offer and digest emails, with category filters and one-click opt-out.

Shorter listing guidance and a simple empty state. Click-counting details stay collapsed beside the numbers.

Removed native scrollbar arrows in Chrome. The slim sidebar scroll thumb appears on hover or keyboard focus.

Switch products to view their listing, submissions, analytics, badge and promotions separately. All products and account-wide settings remain available.

A slim scrollbar blends into the sidebar in light and dark mode, with scrolling and keyboard access preserved.

Related sidebar links are grouped, with a stable left sidebar, aligned desktop content and the same apricot, outlined style as the homepage. Existing screens and actions are unchanged.

Current submissions stay in view, past submissions sit in History, and the launch checklist is more compact.

Expandable panels, form fields and dropdown options stay readable in dark mode.

Cleaner light and dark website badges, with the same embed links and verification.

A What's new page for recent improvements to IndieDaddy.

Admins can see the running version and release history in Studio.

AI prefill prepares listing details from your website for you to review and edit.

Connected AI agents can prepare features, FAQs, pricing and founder details through MCP.

A clear review button opens the filled details before you submit.

Missing product pages now include a button back to the homepage.