How to use this checklist
Offer this to founders a week before they launch. They will save it, work through it and remember who gave it to them.
What is inside
- The productSign up works: try it on a new device with a new email address, from the landing page to the first screen.
- Payments and billingA real purchase works end to end: pay with a real card, check the money arrives, then refund yourself.
- EmailsWelcome email arrives: check it reaches a real inbox, not spam, on at least two email providers.
- Legal and trustGeneral guidance only.
- The safety netBackups run automatically: check the last one finished and where it is stored.
- Launch messageOne line says who it is for and what it does: someone outside your team can repeat it back.
- What happens after launchStay close.
Three title ideas for your own version
- The pre-launch checklist
- SaaS launch checklist
- Before your product goes live
Where to promote it
- X
- indie founder communities
- newsletters
What should a SaaS founder check before launch?
Sign up, the core action and error messages, then payments, emails, legal pages, backups and monitoring, and finally a clear message and a place for feedback.
Make this checklist your own
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