How voting works at Startup Biz Today
Sign in to vote on live launches. One vote per listing, per person. Votes cannot be purchased.
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Casting your vote
To vote on a launch, sign in and confirm your email address. You get one vote per listing. Votes count only on live launches.
There's one exception: you cannot vote for your own launch until you have voted for someone else's. This keeps the community genuine.
Protecting the count
Human review flags suspicious voting patterns. Rate limits per hour and per day prevent abuse. If a burst of votes looks irregular, those votes are held for review before they're added to the count.
Votes are never for sale
Community votes, paid ranking on the billboard, verification badges and factual data such as Domain Rating are four separate systems. Each is labelled clearly. No payment—to this site or anyone else—changes your vote count.
Active community members do earn influence over time. This influence can give their individual vote more weight in the ranking. But influence is earned through participation, not purchased.
Questions people ask
- Can I vote for my own product?
- Not until you have voted for someone else's launch first. After that, you can vote for your own work.
- What stops people gaming the vote?
- Hourly and daily limits prevent sudden bursts. Irregular voting patterns trigger human review. Votes stay held until cleared.
- Can a company pay to boost its vote count?
- No. Votes are community-driven. Paid ranking and votes are separate systems that cannot be mixed.