Repeat LaunchPact founders
Voters have used the dashboard on multiple days and finished onboarding — the same audience as platform polls, not random traffic.
Idea ValidationValidate your startup idea
Validate your startup idea
with a 48-hour validation poll
Put one decision in front of active LaunchPact founders. They see your poll in the app and in their email inbox — and answer without seeing anyone else's votes. You get live attributed results in 48 hours.
Active LaunchPact founders vote on naming, pricing, and positioning.
Dashboard + emailBlind votes — no bandwagonReal & verified founders
What founders see
Idea validation
A founder needs your take
One question · 48-hour window · shapes real decisions
Free plan is 80% of signups and almost none of the revenue. What do we do?
Pick the option you'd actually choose — one vote per person.
Kill it. Paid-only starting next month.
Keep a tiny free tier (1 workspace, no export).
Grandfather current free users. No new free signups.
What you see
Results
47 votes · 12 dismissals
Kill it. Paid-only starting next month.
18 · 38%
Keep a tiny free tier (1 workspace, no export).
20 · 43%
Grandfather current free users. No new free signups.
9 · 19%
Attributed responses
| Founder | Pick | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Jamie L. | Kill it. Paid-only starting next month. | — |
| Riley P. | Keep a tiny free tier (1 workspace, no export). | — |
| Sam O. | Grandfather current free users. No new free signups. | — |
| Taylor K. | Kill it. Paid-only starting next month. | — |
Real founders
Active LaunchPact founders — repeat users who ship products, not a paid panel
Blind votes
Voters never see live counts, so every answer stays independent
48-hour decision window
One forced-choice question. A clear answer before the week ends
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 validation 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 validation poll on LaunchPact
- One clear question in front of founders who use LaunchPact every week
- Blind votes — founders never see live counts, so there is no bandwagon
- Live attributed results for you; voters stay independent until close
48 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. They see your poll on the dashboard and, about 12 hours after go-live, in email — 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, two places
Dashboard modal and emailinvite. Answer in either — one vote per person. Votes stay blind (no live counts), so there's no bandwagon and no gaming the tally.
How it works
Book → build → preview → pay → decide
One paid slot. One question. Forty-eight 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 $15 if the slot starts 48+ hours out; $30 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 48 hours. Founders see it on the dashboard; about 12 hours later, non-voters get an email invite. Votes are blind — founders never see live counts. You watch attributed results on your manage page; public aggregates only after close.
Not another AI validator
Every idea validator is AI now.
We went the other way.
Type "idea validator" into Google and page one is a model that reads your pitch and generates encouragement. Idea Validation puts one clear question in front of real founders — and they can't see each other's answers.
AI validator
Our real-founder way
Real human voters
Independent (no bandwagon) votes
Attributed results for the owner
Instant answer (seconds)
Useful for a shipping decision
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
$15
Slot starts 48+ hours out · Mon · Wed · Fri UTC
Urgent
$30
Slot begins within 48 hours · same 48h 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 48-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 validation poll is a paid 48-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 validation poll runs that exact test in 48 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 validation 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 validation poll to actually answer it.
Repeat LaunchPact users who have completed onboarding. They see your poll as a modal on the dashboard. About 12 hours after go-live, eligible non-voters also get an email invite. Voting in either place counts once. You cannot vote on your own poll. Voters do not see live results; only you see attributed responses while the poll is live.
$15 when your slot starts 48+ hours out. $30 if the slot begins within 48 hours. One payment covers one 48-hour window starting at UTC midnight on your booked day.
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday UTC only. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday are closed. One validation poll can start per open UTC day and runs for 48 hours.
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 validation poll.
Ship with confidence.
Pick an open UTC slot, build your question, preview the voter experience, and pay. 48 hours later you will have attributed votes from active LaunchPact founders — plus a public results page to share after close.
