Launch day is won in the first hour. We build the accountability that gets you there.
LaunchClan exists because launch-day support usually depends on who happens to be online, remembers, and follows through. We replace hoping with a verified commitment.
What this is
An accountability layer, not an upvote marketplace
Founders list an upcoming launch, back other launches they'd genuinely support, and when backing is mutual a pact forms. Each side owes the other real support on launch day. Follow-through builds a trust score; not showing up costs one.
Verification, not screenshots
A claim is worth nothing if it can't be checked. Every commitment is confirmed against Product Hunt's own record of who actually voted — the product's core claim, not a feature bullet.
Reciprocity, not a marketplace
Nothing here is for sale. Support is always one founder choosing to back another, matched on genuine category fit, never on who paid the most.
Fairness has to survive a dispute
A trust score that quietly favours the platform isn't a trust score. Every real check writes a record — pass or fail — so a disputed outcome can be re-read, not just asserted.
The gap between two promises is the risk
A pact is two obligations with different due dates. Whoever pays first carries the risk until the other side's window closes — managing that gap honestly is most of what the product does.
Why this needed building
A first-time founder with no audience has one real lever on launch day: other founders who show up for them. That only works at scale if support can be verified and no-shows have a real cost — otherwise it collapses into the same vote-swap groups it's meant to replace.
Money never touches a vote
Nothing on this page is a pitch for buying anything — activation and sponsored placement change reach, never whether a pact forms or holds. Support on LaunchClan is always a founder choosing to back another founder, and every commitment is verified against Product Hunt either way. Nothing here buys an upvote, a pact, or a trust score.
Back the people who back you
Join founders who show up for each other's launches, and get shown up for on yours.