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May 10 17 tweets 11 min read
Want to find FIRST ten customers for your startup by spending ZERO marketing dollars?

Here's our curated list of 15 startup launch platforms, compared across 5 parameters.

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1. Product Hunt (@ProductHunt)

Link: Do-follow
Domain Rating: 90
Monthly Traffic: 4-5M
Time taken to get listed: Immediate/Flexible
producthunt.com
2. BetaList (@BetaList)

Link: Do-follow
Domain Rating: 73
Monthly Traffic: 150-200K
Time taken to get listed: < 30 days
betalist.com
3.  BetaPage (@beta_page)

Link: No-follow
Domain Rating: 54
Monthly Traffic: 40-45K
Time taken to get listed: < 30-35 days
betapage.co
4. AlternativeTo (@AlternativeTo)

Link: No-follow
Domain Rating: 79
Monthly Traffic: 6-6.5M
Time taken to get listed: NA
alternativeto.net
5. Launching Next (@LaunchingNext)

Link: No-follow
Domain Rating: 50
Monthly Traffic: < 25K
Time taken to get listed: < 7 days
launchingnext.com
6. GetApp (@GetApp)

Link: No-follow
Domain Rating: 82
Monthly Traffic: 1-2M
Time taken to get listed: < 7 days
getapp.com
7. StackShare (@stackshareio)

Link: No-follow
Domain Rating: 82
Monthly Traffic: 1-2M
Time taken to get listed: NA
stackshare.io
8. EU Startups (@EU_Startups)

Link: No Link
Domain Rating: 79
Monthly Traffic: 350-400K
Time taken to get listed: NA
eu-startups.com
9. SaaSHub (@SaaSHubCom)

Link: Do-follow
Domain Rating: 75
Monthly Traffic: 2-3M
Time taken to get listed: < 7 days
saashub.com
10. Betafy (@betafy)

Link: Do-follow
Domain Rating: 30
Monthly Traffic: < 25K
Time taken to get listed: < 7 days
betafy.co
11. SaaSworthy (@saasworthy)

Link: No Lin
Domain Rating: 71
Monthly Traffic: 500-550K
Time taken to get listed: NA
saasworthy.com
12. Startup Ranking (@StartupRanking)

Link: No Link
Domain Rating: 57
Monthly Traffic: 150-200K
Time taken to get listed: <90 days
startupranking.com
13. Startup Lister (@startuplister)

Link: No Link
Domain Rating: 32
Monthly Traffic: <25K
Time taken to get listed: <30 days
startuplister.com
14. Startup Stash (@startupstash)

Listing: Paid
Link: Do-follow
Domain Rating: 61
Monthly Traffic: 150-200K
Time taken to get listed: NA
startupstash.com
15. Side Projectors (@sideprojectors)

Listing: Free
Link: No-follow
Domain Rating: 59
Monthly Traffic: 75-100K
Time taken to get listed: < 30 days
sideprojectors.com
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