Notes
How MakerHunt works
Listings, our badge, launch day, and what paid chrome actually buys.
- ai
AI agents for indie builders
What AI agents actually do for indie builders, where they break, and how to launch agent products without overselling autonomy.
4 min read
- seo
Best alternatives directories for SaaS
A meta guide to SaaS alternatives directories: how they work, which jobs they win, and how MakerHunt alternatives pages fit an indie launch stack.
4 min read
- tools
Best indie maker tools in 2026
A practical solo founder stack: build, ship, pay, find users, and measure. Honest defaults, not a sponsored roundup.
8 min read
- seo
GEO for indie makers
Generative engine optimization for solo founders: get cited by ChatGPT and similar tools with structured pages, FAQs, reviews, and honest alternatives content.
9 min read
- seo
Domain rating, badges, and honest proof
Why MakerHunt does not invent DR numbers, how the proof bar works, and what badges actually prove.
5 min read
- launches
How to launch a startup in 2026
A practical playbook for indie founders: validate, ship a thin product, pick discovery surfaces, and run a real launch day without buying fake metrics.
8 min read
- launches
How to launch an indie product on MakerHunt
A practical UTC launch playbook: badge or pay, checklist, launch day votes, and what to do after PotD.
9 min read
- badges
Featured-on MakerHunt badge guide
How the free homepage badge works, how to embed it, crawl rules, and how it differs from paid Featured chrome.
10 min read
- launches
Product of the Day, votes, and ranking on MakerHunt
How upvotes work, when the UTC day closes, PotD 1–3 ties, and where week and month winners show up.
10 min read
- pricing
MakerHunt pricing explained
Free badge path vs Premium, Featured, SEO, and the €29 sponsor. What you buy and what you do not.
5 min read
- no-code
No-code launch stack compared
Webflow, WordPress, Notion, Bubble-class builders, and automation: an honest no-code launch stack for indie makers who need to ship, not rebuild.
5 min read
- launches
Prepare launch-day comments and upvotes
How to seed a healthy thread, ask for votes without spam, and avoid an empty project page.
5 min read
- launches
Product Hunt alternatives in 2026
Where indie makers launch when Product Hunt is not enough. MakerHunt, BetaList, directories, and how to pick a stack.
9 min read
- launches
Product Hunt vs BetaList vs MakerHunt
Honest comparison table: Product Hunt, BetaList, and MakerHunt on audience, cadence, badges, paid tiers, and aftercare for indie launches.
4 min read
- pricing
Sponsor sidebar vs Featured launch
When to buy the €29/mo sponsor rails versus a €19 Featured launch day on MakerHunt.
5 min read
- launches
UTC launch day playbook
Plan posts, sleep, and votes around 09:00 UTC. How MakerHunt days open and close.
4 min read
- validation
Validate a side project before launch
Validate a startup idea and side project without fake metrics: interviews, commitment tests, thin builds, and a pre-launch checklist before you burn a hunt day.
8 min read
- tools
Vibe coding tools for solo founders
Cursor, Copilot, and Claude Code-style agents for solo founders: honest tradeoffs, when each wins, and how to ship without drowning in AI noise.
5 min read
- launches
How to write a product launch page that converts
Operator checklist for a product launch page: promise, proof, CTA, objections, and what to fix before you submit to a hunt.
4 min read
- badges
How to add the Featured-on badge
Free MakerHunt listings need the badge on your product homepage. Copy the markup, then crawl.
1 min read
- seo
Domain rating on MakerHunt
The home badge is a VerifiedDR embed for our domain. We do not invent scores on pricing.
1 min read
- launches
Launch day and 09:00 UTC
MakerHunt opens a new launch day around 09:00 UTC. Free listings go live the next day after crawl.
1 min read
- pricing
Free vs Premium vs Featured vs SEO
What each MakerHunt launch type actually buys. Featured-on is the free homepage badge, not the paid Featured slot.
1 min read
- launches
How votes and Product of the Day work
One upvote per signed-in user. Daily ranks 1–3 close around 09:00 UTC. First to the max vote count wins ties.
1 min read
How Featured-on and crawl work
Free MakerHunt listings need a homepage badge. Here is what we check and when you go live.
1 min read