How do launch weeks work and can I move mine?
Launches are grouped by week (Monday–Sunday UTC). Move a booked launch to another week from your account.
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Your spot on the calendar
Every launch occupies a week on Best Biz Launch. Weeks run Monday to Sunday in UTC. The current week's nominees appear at /launches, and those booked for weeks ahead are at /launches/upcoming.
When your launch goes live
Your launch week depends on how you book:
- Paid launch: choose your week when you pay. You can pick any week up to 12 weeks ahead, with no extra fee.
- Free listing: you enter the free queue and go live roughly 1-2 weeks out. Publication waits until our badge appears on your site. Both are needed for a free listing: the badge on your website and a complete founder profile.
Moving your launch week
If your launch hasn't gone live yet, you can reschedule it. Sign in and go to /account/listings, then select 'Move the launch week' next to your listing.
Paid launches can move to any week a paid buyer could choose, up to 5 times.
Free listings stay in the free queue but can move to a later week only, up to 2 times.
Once live, a launch cannot move—use a relaunch if you want to appear in a later week again. Any Featured placement moves with your launch, running the same number of days in your new week.
We'll email you after each move.
After launch week ends
Your listing remains live and keeps collecting votes on the all-time community leaderboard under Leaderboards.
Questions people ask
- How far ahead can I book a paid launch?
- Up to 12 weeks ahead, chosen when you pay.
- Can I move a free listing to an earlier week?
- No. Free listings stay in the queue and can only move to later weeks, up to 2 times.
- What happens to my launch after its week ends?
- It stays live and continues earning votes towards the all-time community leaderboard.