# Hauntboard

> A weekly launch board for indie makers that shows, in public, how much traffic every launch received.

Hauntboard (https://hauntboard.com) is a weekly launch board for indie makers, solo founders and small software teams. Each launch page shows its page views and the outbound clicks Hauntboard sent to the product's website, in public. Every approved launch gets a permanent page with a dofollow link, and every submission is reviewed by a person.

## How it works
- **Public traffic stats**: Each launch page shows its page views and outbound clicks. Each visitor counts once per launch per day (checked on the server with a salted, one-way hash of IP and browser that is deleted after two days; IP addresses are never stored), known bots are filtered out, and only daily totals are kept.
- **Dofollow links**: Every approved launch gets a permanent page with a dofollow link to its website. Free launches show a small Hauntboard badge on their site; if the badge is removed, the link switches to nofollow. Paid launches don't need the badge. Payment buys timing and placement, never the link, votes or a rank.
- **Built to be found**: Every launch page is permanent, listed in the sitemap, carries SoftwareApplication structured data, and is open to AI search crawlers (OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User, Claude-SearchBot, Claude-User, PerplexityBot).
- **Ghost meter**: A visibility stage based on the people Hauntboard sent to a product's site: Still a ghost (0-9), Glimpsed (10-49), Spotted (50-149), Seen (150-499), Unmissable (500+).
- **Human review**: Free launches are reviewed in about 72 hours; paid launches within 24 hours.
- **Maker stories**: Each week the top three launches and one editor's pick get a short Q&A feature, written with the maker. Stories are earned and never sold.
- **Pricing**: Free (next open week, 30 slots a week), Launch Now ($19, pick any week), Spotlight ($49, pinned in the top row for the week, 4 spots a week).

## Main pages
- [This week's board](https://hauntboard.com/): The live launches for the current week, ranked.
- [Traffic stats](https://hauntboard.com/stats): Total page views and outbound clicks across every launch.
- [Maker stories](https://hauntboard.com/stories): Q&A features with the makers of top launches.
- [Pricing](https://hauntboard.com/pricing): The three launch options and what each one includes.
- [Submit a product](https://hauntboard.com/submit): Start a launch from a URL.
- [About](https://hauntboard.com/about): How Hauntboard works and what it promises makers.

## Guides and research
- [Launch platforms directory](https://hauntboard.com/launch-platforms): Reviews of 15 places to launch a product, with link policy, cost and audience for each.
- [Comparisons](https://hauntboard.com/vs/product-hunt): Hauntboard compared with each launch platform, for example Product Hunt.
- [Founder guides](https://hauntboard.com/guides): Guides on launching with no audience, dofollow links, first users and pricing.
- [Blog](https://hauntboard.com/blogs): Essays on launching, traffic and building in public.
- [Best-of lists](https://hauntboard.com/best): Curated lists such as the top launch platforms of 2026.

## Free tools
- [Launch day checklist](https://hauntboard.com/tools/launch-checklist): An interactive checklist saved in the browser.
- [SaaS pricing and traffic calculator](https://hauntboard.com/tools/pricing-calculator): The traffic and conversion rate needed to reach a revenue goal.
- [Meta tag generator](https://hauntboard.com/tools/meta-tag-generator): Preview Google and social cards, and copy the tags.
- [MRR, ARR and LTV calculator](https://hauntboard.com/tools/mrr-calculator): Projects 12 months of recurring revenue.