Repeat LaunchPact founders
Voters have used the dashboard on multiple days and finished onboarding — the same audience as platform polls, not random traffic.
Founder PollValidate your startup idea
Validate your startup idea
with a 24-hour founder poll
Real idea validation from people who ship. Put one clear question — naming, pricing, positioning, or landing page A/B — in front of active LaunchPact founders for 24 hours, with live attributed results. From $5 per slot (Mon · Wed · Fri UTC).
Active LaunchPact founders voteImage & text optionsFrom $5 per UTC slot
One decision · 24 hours · active LaunchPact foundersStartup validation — naming, hero, pricing, positioningText options, image A/B, or open-text follow-upsLive attributed results for you — voters stay anonymousMon · Wed · Fri UTC slots — poll-free days in betweenFrom $5 standard · $10 if your slot starts within 48hCancel or reschedule before go-livePublic aggregate results page after closeOne decision · 24 hours · active LaunchPact foundersStartup validation — naming, hero, pricing, positioningText options, image A/B, or open-text follow-upsLive attributed results for you — voters stay anonymousMon · Wed · Fri UTC slots — poll-free days in betweenFrom $5 standard · $10 if your slot starts within 48hCancel or reschedule before go-livePublic aggregate results page after close
The validation problem
You need a real answer.
Not another echo chamber.
Founders waste weeks on decisions that should take a day — because the feedback they collect is biased, vague, or from the wrong audience. Real idea validation puts a fork in the road in front of people who actually ship — and a founder poll does exactly that.
What most founders try
- Twitter polls reach followers who already like you — not candid signal
- Feedback Friday threads get polite comments, not structured votes
- Friends and family say yes to everything — useless for real decisions
Polite noise. Not a decision.
A founder poll on LaunchPact
- One clear question in front of founders who use LaunchPact every week
- Structured options — text, images, or open-text — so votes mean something
- Live attributed results for you; voters never see live counts
24 hours. One question. Founders who get it.
Who votes
Founders who already use LaunchPact
Not a paid panel. Not your friends. Active builders on the same platform where they form upvote pacts and browse launch week — people who understand product decisions because they make them daily.
People who ship
Product Hunt makers, indie hackers, and early-stage founders browsing launches and forming pacts — not your Twitter followers.
One vote, one modal
Each founder sees your poll once. Answer or dismiss — no nagging, no duplicate votes, no gaming the count.
How it works
Book → build → preview → pay → decide
One paid slot. One question. Twenty-four hours of signal from founders who would actually use your product — not a week of chasing DMs.
Pick your slot
Choose an open UTC day — Mon, Wed, Fri. Standard $5 if the slot starts 48+ hours out; $10 if it is within 48 hours.
Build & preview
Write one question, add 2–6 options (text or image), preview the voter modal, and pay. Your slot is not reserved until checkout completes.
Go live & decide
At UTC midnight your poll runs for 24 hours. Watch live attributed results on your manage page. Share public aggregates after close.
Simple pricing
Less than a user interview.
More signal than a Twitter poll.
One payment covers one UTC calendar day — midnight to midnight. Cancel or reschedule while still scheduled. No subscription.
Standard
$5
Slot starts 48+ hours out · Mon · Wed · Fri UTC
Urgent
$10
Slot begins within 48 hours · same 24h run
- ✓ Image options for landing page A/B (PNG, JPEG, WebP · 8 MB max)
- ✓ Live attributed results on your manage page
- ✓ Public aggregate results link after close
- ✓ Edit poll until go-live · no auto-refunds
Startup validation questions
Don't waste your slot on a vague question
A validation question works when you would actually ship differently based on the answer. We surface these tips in the builder — here is the same guidance upfront.
Good examples
- Which landing page design feels more trustworthy for a B2B dev tool? + 2–3 image options
- Which name would you remember after seeing it once? + 3–4 text options
- Should we lead with pricing or a demo CTA on the homepage?
Use this slot for decisions that matter
- You get one 24-hour window with active LaunchPact founders — pick a real fork in the road, not a nice-to-have opinion.
- Ask something that changes what you do next (ship A vs B, name, landing page, pricing tier, hero message).
Ask well
- One clear question — voters should understand it without insider context.
- 2–4 strong options beat 6 weak ones. Each option should be a genuine alternative.
- For image polls, use the same aspect ratio and comparable fidelity.
- Frame options neutrally — avoid leading language.
Don't waste the poll
- Don't ask what Google can answer.
- Don't be vague — bad: "What do you think of my product?" Good: "Should our homepage lead with pricing or a demo CTA?"
- Don't ask multiple questions at once.
- Don't use open-text as the main option — reserve it for "Something else (explain)".
Questions
Everything before you book
A founder poll is a paid 24-hour poll on LaunchPact where you validate a startup idea, name, or design decision with votes from active founders on the platform. It works like a startup idea validator, except the signal comes from real people who build products — not an AI model or your own followers.
Start with customer discovery: talk to people who have the problem and ask open questions about how they handle it today. Then turn your riskiest assumption into one concrete, forced-choice question — two names, two pricing pages, two positioning angles — and put it in front of an audience that ships products. A founder poll runs that exact test in 24 hours with attributed votes from active founders.
AI idea validators give you an instant synthetic score, which is useful for a first sanity check but reflects training data, not customers. A founder poll collects real votes from founders who make product decisions daily, one vote per person, with no way to game the count. Use AI to sharpen the question; use a founder poll to actually answer it.
Repeat LaunchPact users who have completed onboarding see the poll on their dashboard. You cannot vote on your own poll. Voters do not see live results; only you see attributed responses while the poll is live.
$5 when your slot starts 48+ hours out. $10 if the slot begins within 48 hours. One payment covers one UTC calendar day (midnight to midnight UTC).
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday UTC only. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday are closed. One founder poll runs globally per UTC day.
Yes. Upload PNG, JPEG, or WebP images (up to 8 MB each) for visual A/B choices — hero designs, logos, or landing page mocks. Use comparable aspect ratios for fair votes.
Good validation questions are forced choices you would actually ship differently based on the answer. Examples: "Should our homepage lead with pricing or a demo CTA?", "Which name is clearer for a launch-tracking tool?", "Which of these two hero designs makes you want the product?" Avoid vague prompts like "What do you think of my product?" — ask one clear question with 2–4 strong options.
Yes, while your order is still scheduled (before go-live). Cancel releases the slot. Reschedule moves to another open day at the same price tier. Payments are not automatically refunded.
Your next decision deserves founders
Book a founder poll.
Ship with confidence.
Pick an open UTC slot, build your question, preview the voter experience, and pay. Twenty-four hours later you will have attributed votes from active LaunchPact founders — plus a public results page to share after close.