shippin.io

Launch software worth finding.

Elevator pitch

shippin.io is a permanent software product directory. Builders launch their products once and stay discoverable indefinitely — no daily reset, no single hype day, no expiry. Products are ranked by real, ongoing engagement (clicks, upvotes, and recency), not a one-time vote spike, and builders can display verified revenue pulled directly from their payment processor to prove traction to visitors.

The problem

Launch platforms built around a single "launch day" create a burst of attention that fades within 24 hours. A product that launches on a slow news day, or improves months later, has no way back to visibility. Meanwhile, visitors have no reliable signal for which listed products are actually working — upvotes are easy to game and say nothing about revenue or retention.

What shippin.io does differently

• Permanent, not one-day. Active listings stay in the directory indefinitely. Rank decays gradually without new engagement, but nothing expires or disappears on a timer — a product's visibility reflects its current traction, not the day it launched.
• Ranked by real engagement. Rank blends outbound clicks, community upvotes, recency decay, a temporary boost for newly launched products, and a rank boost for verified Builder subscribers. There's no paid placement inside the main directory feed — every product competes on the same formula.
• Verified revenue. Builders can connect DodoPayments or Stripe with a read-only API key. Revenue syncs daily and displays on the product page with a chart and a verified badge — a concrete signal of traction beyond vote counts. Builders on other processors can self-report revenue, clearly labeled as unverified.
• Claim, don't fight. If someone else submitted your product, you can claim it by proving domain ownership via a TXT record — no support ticket required.
• Reversible, not destructive. Owners archive listings to hide them from the public directory, search, and sitemap without losing data — images, revenue history, and analytics stay intact, and unarchiving restores everything.
• Acquisition signal, not a marketplace. Builders can mark a product open for acquisition, optionally with an asking price. Interested users submit one expression of interest per product; shippin.io notifies the owner and steps out of the way — no escrow, no on-platform transactions, no broker fees.

Who it's for

• Builders and founders who want their product to stay discoverable as it grows, not just on the day they submit it — and want a way to prove real revenue rather than relying on vanity upvotes.