Help and field definitions

Answers about launching, pricing, badges, VAT and your account. Can't find it? Use the help button on any page to ask our assistant or send a request to our team.

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Developers

• API and MCP access for developers

  Connect via REST API at /api/v1 or link an MCP server to search launches and manage listings.

Badges and links

• How badges and dofollow links work on your listing

  Set up your badge to publish a free listing. Learn when your link becomes dofollow and which badges are automatic. A free listing also needs a complete founder profile.

Pricing and payments

• Bundle or done-for-you listing on other sites?

  Two options to reach other launch and discovery sites: manage listings yourself or let us write unique copy and post them.

• How does the editorial founder feature work?

  A paid article about your founder story, edited and published on Startup Biz Info.

• Refunds on Startup Biz Info

  Payments are final. The reason for a take-down decides the refund: our decision or mistake, refunded; rule breach, not refunded.

• What is a Featured record?

  Featured record is a $19 paid placement that appears in the Featured spot on the homepage for 7 days.

• What does each product cost on Startup Biz Info?

  Pricing structure, what is included in each offer, and how VAT applies to your purchase.

• How VAT and invoices work on Startup Biz Info

  VAT rates by location, how to enter your VAT number, and where to download invoices.

• How to buy a Product review

  The Product review is a paid structured review built from your product's website and listing, shown separately from community votes.

• How do promo codes, gifts and offers work?

  Apply codes in the cart, understand what discounts cover, and claim free or reduced-price gifts from our team.

• Book homepage, category or newsletter sponsorships

  Three sponsored slots on Startup Biz Info: where they appear, how queuing works, and how to track results.

Community

• How do I get on the billboard leaderboard?

  The billboard ranks listings by owner contributions in US dollars, separate from community votes and other rankings.

• How Startup Biz Info leaderboards rank launches

  Three rankings show top launches: by community votes, paid placement, or Domain Rating. Launch of the Week awards top performers weekly.

• How do votes work on Startup Biz Info?

  Voting requires email confirmation. One vote per listing, per person. Votes cannot be purchased; community members earn influence through activity.

• Reviews, comments, follows and influence: the rules as data

  Fields and limits for reviews and replies, the report count that hides content, and the inputs to influence.

Your account

• How do I claim and verify my listing?

  Prove domain control to become owner and display the Verified badge on your startup's record.

• Edit your listing after it goes live

  Update description, tagline, FAQs, links and more. Changes publish immediately when you save.

• How do I manage my email and account data?

  Turn notices on or off, change your sign-in email, download everything we hold and close your account yourself.

• How do I manage my notification settings?

  Configure which notices you receive, through which channels, and how frequently.

• How do I complete my founder profile?

  Founder profiles must be complete before free listings go live. Paid launches are not held.

• Navigate your account pages

  Find and use each page in your account—listings, profile, billing, and settings.

• Update your company across multiple listing sites at once

  Change your company once and push updates to all its listings on other launch and discovery sites, or just the ones you choose.

• Upload and manage your logo and homepage screenshot

  Add, swap or remove your logo, and control which homepage screenshot appears on your listing.

Launching

• How do I add extra categories to my listing?

  Your first category is included free. Add up to 3 more for $5.

• Free listing or paid launch on Startup Biz Info?

  Free listings queue for 6-8 weeks with locked sections. Paid launches go live immediately with full profile unlocked.

• Relaunch a listing and keep votes

  Move your listing into a future launch week. Votes and visibility carry forward to the new date.

• How do launch weeks work on Startup Biz Info?

  Launches slot into weekly calendars (Monday–Sunday UTC). Paid launches go live on demand; free listings queue ahead. Owners can reschedule booked weeks.

• What sections are locked on a free listing?

  Free listings lock five profile sections until you upgrade to a paid launch. Your core profile fields remain editable at all times.

• Upgrade a free listing to a full launch

  Turn your free listing into a paid launch for $5. What unlocks and where to complete the upgrade.

Getting help

• How to get help from Startup Biz Info

  Use the help tool to search articles, query our AI, or contact the team. Reply by email to reach us during office hours.

Getting started

• How to get your startup live in launch week

  Submit your site, verify the data, choose a plan and complete your founder profile to publish.

• How do I browse launches on Startup Biz Info?

  Navigate launches by week, category, founder, location, search and email alerts. Every listing stays live even after status changes.

General

• Showing a revenue figure on Startup Biz Info

  Share a month of revenue on your listing. It always carries the self-reported label and the reporting date.

• Which video links can I use?

  Add a main video and extra videos to your listing; they play on the listing itself.

• Writing your founder story, product by product

  How to write, publish and update the story of each product you founded.

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