# FireLaunch

> A launch board for indie makers where every product earns its place. Listings get dofollow backlinks, human review, and a chance at permanent membership in **The Forge** by crossing **250 Spark** within their first 7 days. Pricing is one-time only — no subscriptions, ever.

FireLaunch is built for indie makers who hate marketing fluff. Every listing is human-reviewed and carries a real dofollow backlink. Engagement is measured by Spark — a transparent score that rewards genuine traction, not pay-to-win placement.

## How Spark works

- Spark is a per-listing score computed from votes, outbound clicks, dwell time, comments, and maker activity, each normalized 0–100.
- A decay factor halves the score every 48 hours after launch day, so momentum matters.
- Cross **250 Spark within 7 days of launch** to earn permanent membership in **The Forge** — it's earned, not rented, and never expires.
- The formula is public and stable; it is never tuned silently.

## Pricing (one-time charges, no subscriptions)

- **Kindling** — Free. Requires an embedded FireLaunch badge linking back.
- **Ember** — $39 one-time. No badge, faster review, verified mark.
- **Blaze** — $99 one-time. Featured placement, newsletter digest, Spark boost.
- **Founder** — $279 one-time. Hard-capped at 100 buyers; auto-inducted into The Forge.

## Key pages

- [Leaderboard](https://firelaunch.dev/leaderboard): Every live launch ranked by current Spark.
- [The Forge](https://firelaunch.dev/forge): Permanent members — products that crossed 250 Spark in their first 7 days.
- [Browse by category](https://firelaunch.dev/category): Every product sorted by what it is.
- [Pricing](https://firelaunch.dev/pricing): Full tier breakdown — one-time pricing, no subscriptions.
- [About](https://firelaunch.dev/about): Why FireLaunch exists and how Spark works.
- [Launch your product](https://firelaunch.dev/launch): Submit a listing for human review.
- [Blog](https://firelaunch.dev/blog): Notes on launches, Spark, and The Forge.

## Reference

- [XML sitemap](https://firelaunch.dev/sitemap.xml): Canonical list of all indexable pages, including every approved listing.