# ScrollLaunch FAQ > Straight answers about launching, pricing, backlinks, and AI agents on ScrollLaunch. ```yaml url: "https://www.scrolllaunch.com/faq" sections: "launching, pricing, backlinks-seo, ai-agents" ``` ## Launching How weekly launches, the leaderboard, and free listings work. - **What is ScrollLaunch?** - ScrollLaunch is a weekly product launch platform for indie makers and SaaS founders. Submit your product and get an SEO-ready page plus AI-readable listings, so it can rank on Google and get cited in AI answers from ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity - backed by product-page backlinks (always dofollow on Premium / Premium+; badge-gated on free) that compound your domain authority over time. - **How do I submit a product?** - Create a free account, open your dashboard, and submit your product. Once it goes live it joins the weekly leaderboard and the /products directory, and it gets a dedicated product page. Free launches stay dofollow only while the ScrollLaunch badge stays on your site; Premium and Premium+ are always dofollow. - **Is launching really free?** - Yes. Free Launch is permanent - public product page, weekly leaderboard placement, upvotes, and analytics with no time limit. The product-page backlink stays dofollow while the ScrollLaunch badge is on your site. Premium and Premium+ are optional one-time upgrades with always-dofollow product pages, never subscriptions. - **How many products can launch each week?** - Each ISO week has 20 free (non-premium) slots. Premium and Premium+ listings skip the cap. When a week fills, pick another week or upgrade. - **How does the weekly leaderboard work?** - Every ISO week, live products are ranked by upvotes (with engagement tiebreakers). Top spots get spotlight placement across archives and weekly recaps. Past weeks stay at /week/[year]/[week]. - **How do daily streaks work?** - Do one each UTC day: leave 1 comment or upvote 3 products. Miss a full UTC day and the current streak resets; personal best is permanent and unlocks checkout perks. The public board is at /streaks; your own progress is at /dashboard/streaks. - **Who runs ScrollLaunch?** - ScrollLaunch is built and operated solo by Kalash Vasaniya. Sister properties include SuperFast, SEO It Is, and MakeItLast. ## Pricing & upgrades Free vs Premium vs Premium+, ads, and refunds. - **Which upgrade should I pick?** - Premium ($19) if you want the verified badge and feed priority. Premium+ ($39) if you want a permanent AI article on /blog with 4+ dofollow links - the compounding SEO play. - **Is the backlink dofollow?** - Premium and Premium+ always get a dofollow link from /products/[slug]. Free launches stay dofollow only while the ScrollLaunch badge (or a link to that page) stays on your site - we re-check weekly. Discovery surfaces (feed, archive) stay nofollow on every tier. - **How do ad slots work?** - Pick 1–6 ISO weeks at bundle pricing for the homepage center ad or sitewide sidebar. Sponsored placements are clearly labelled and pass dofollow equity to the advertiser. - **Can I sponsor the newsletter?** - Yes. The Monday Substack recaps Premium / Premium+ launches. Weekly sponsor is $299 per issue; a dedicated article is $799 on any day (soonest 7 days out). Both include a dofollow link on the Substack web version (Substack is DR 94). Book on https://www.scrolllaunch.com/newsletter. - **Can I get a refund on Premium?** - Premium is instant and permanent - no refunds, but transferable to another product you own. See https://www.scrolllaunch.com/refund-policy for the full policy. - **Do you have an affiliate program?** - Yes - 30% one-time commission on referred paid checkouts with a 30-day cookie. Details at https://www.scrolllaunch.com/affiliates. ## Backlinks & directories DR, dofollow links, and the curated directories archive. - **What is Domain Rating (DR)?** - Domain Rating is Ahrefs' 0–100 score for how strong a site's backlink profile is. Higher-DR dofollow links usually move rankings more than the same link from a low-DR domain. Check any domain with /tools/domain-rating. - **Where can I find high-DR startup directories?** - ScrollLaunch curates a DR-ranked archive at /directories. The /directories/leaderboard page ranks indexable submission targets by Ahrefs DR. See live platform counts on /stats. Free and dofollow filters are available on the hub. - **Does every live product get a backlink?** - Every live product gets one canonical product-page backlink surface at /products/[slug]. Premium and Premium+ are always dofollow there. Free launches stay dofollow only while the ScrollLaunch badge stays on the maker's site. Discovery surfaces (feed, archive) use nofollow so equity stays concentrated. - **Do you offer done-for-you directory submissions?** - Yes - Starter / Pro / Premium directory submission plans are listed on /directories/submit. You can also self-submit using the DR-ranked /directories archive. ## For AI agents llms.txt, MCP, markdown twins, and the public AI snapshot. - **Does ScrollLaunch have an MCP server?** - Yes. Public, read-only MCP tools at https://www.scrolllaunch.com/api/mcp - search_products, get_weekly_leaderboard, get_product, get_directories_dr_leaderboard. Docs at https://www.scrolllaunch.com/mcp. No API key. - **Where should an AI agent start?** - Read https://www.scrolllaunch.com/llms.txt first, then GET https://www.scrolllaunch.com/api/ai for a bounded snapshot of this week's leaderboard and recently live products, then use MCP tools for search, product detail, and the directories DR leaderboard (or GET https://www.scrolllaunch.com/api/directories/leaderboard). - **Can agents scrape the HTML site?** - Don't scrape. Use /api/ai, MCP tools, or markdown twins (append .md or Accept: text/markdown). Those surfaces are rate-limited and designed for agents. - **Is there an ai.txt / llms-full.txt?** - Yes - https://www.scrolllaunch.com/ai.txt for permissions and restrictions, https://www.scrolllaunch.com/llms-full.txt for a full-content mirror of live products and blog posts. ## Related - [Pricing](https://www.scrolllaunch.com/pricing) - [Newsletter](https://www.scrolllaunch.com/newsletter) - [MCP docs](https://www.scrolllaunch.com/mcp) - [Platform stats](https://www.scrolllaunch.com/stats) - [llms.txt](https://www.scrolllaunch.com/llms.txt)