How is a tile’s size and price decided?+
The board is fixed: one King tile in the center, then five rings of decreasing size and price moving outward (Queen, Rook, Bishop, Knight, Pawn). You pick any open tile within a tier you can afford. You don’t choose the size directly.
Do I pay every month?+
No. Paid tiles are bought once. You pay a single time and the tile stays yours for as long as CircleSaaS runs, with no renewals and nothing to cancel. The King tile in the center is the one exception: it is booked by the week.
Can I edit my listing after claiming a tile?+
Yes, your logo, name, description, and destination link can all be edited from your dashboard at no extra charge.
Do free tiles expire?+
No, a free tile stays yours as long as you keep it. The only difference from paid tiers is size, position, and price.
How does click tracking work?+
Every click on your tile goes through a tracked redirect before landing on your site. Daily click counts show up on your dashboard.
How do I get my startup on the board?+
Create a free account and verify your email, open the board and click any open tile, then add your logo, name, description and website link. We read your site to suggest a description, which you can edit. A free tile goes live straight away. For a paid tile you check out first.
Is the free tile really free?+
Yes. The first Pawn tile costs nothing and needs no card. You get your own startup page, the maker dashboard, and you can upvote, comment and bookmark. Each extra Pawn tile costs $1.
What do I get on a paid tile that I don’t get on a free one?+
Every paid tile, from Knight up, lets you pick your launch week and skip the queue, ranks above free startups in the weekly list, and comes with full private analytics, a verified badge, a shoutout to our newsletter and X readers, a place in the Monday recap, and a dofollow link. Higher tiers add more: Bishop includes a story post on our blog, Rook and Queen include two posts, a highlighted row in the weekly list, a share image and free King days, and Queen also includes one newsletter sponsor issue.
Can I upgrade a tile later?+
Yes. You can upgrade a free tile, or move up to a higher tier, at any time and pay only the difference between the two prices.
Can I take more than one tile?+
Yes. You can select several tiles in the same ring at once, which gives your logo a bigger footprint on the board. In the free ring, the first tile is free and each extra one is $1.
What happens while I am paying? Could someone take my tile?+
No. The tiles you pick are held for you for ten minutes while you check out, so nobody else can claim them. If the ten minutes run out before you pay, the tiles are released and you can pick again.
How do payments work?+
Payments are handled by Dodo Payments, our payment partner, on a secure checkout page. You see the full price before you pay, and tiles are paid once, not as a subscription.
What is a launch week?+
Every startup appears in the weekly list on the homepage for one week, Monday to Sunday. Each week has 25 startups: paid ones first, up to 20, and free startups fill the rest, so at least 5 free startups launch every week. Weekly lists open at 12:01 AM Pacific Time on Monday.
Can I choose when my startup launches?+
Paid tiles can. You pick your launch week from the upcoming weeks, so you can launch when you are ready to promote. A week locks on the Sunday before it starts, so choose before then. Free startups cannot pick a week.
When will my free startup launch?+
Free startups wait in a queue, oldest first, and fill the free spots of each week. It can take up to 90 days. Upgrading to a paid tile lets you pick a week and skip the queue.
How is the weekly list ranked?+
Paid startups come first, with a higher tier placed above a lower one, and then startups are ordered by upvotes. A free startup with many upvotes can still reach the top 3 of its week.
What is the Hall of Fame?+
After its launch week, every paid startup, and each week’s top 3 by upvotes, stays in the Hall of Fame for 30 days. It gives your startup a second round of attention on the homepage. The Hall of Fame fills up from the second launch week.
Do I get a dofollow link?+
Paid tiles always get dofollow links, and the number grows with the tier. A free tile link is nofollow by default. It becomes a dofollow link once you add the CircleSaaS badge to your own website and upvote 3 other startups.
How do I book the King tile?+
The King tile is the single biggest tile, in the center of the board. You can book it for a week at $20, or for 6 weeks in a row at $99. A Rook tile includes 1 free King day and a Queen tile includes 2, which are used from the 29th to the 31st of a month.
What are feature cards and the Product Center Ad?+
They are extra ads you can book by the week. A feature card is a promoted card in the side columns shown on every page, for $9 a week. The Product Center Ad is the one sponsored slot at the top of the weekly list, for $15 a week. You can book up to 6 weeks at a time. Free startups need a verified badge to book them, and paid tiles always qualify.
What is the newsletter sponsor issue?+
Our newsletter goes out every Monday. A sponsor issue puts your startup at the top of it. A Queen tile includes one issue, and you pick the week from your dashboard.
What analytics can I see?+
Your dashboard shows page views, clicks and where visitors came from. Only you can see them. Visits from crawlers and your own visits while you are signed in are not counted.
Do I have to write my listing from scratch?+
No. When you add your website, we read it and suggest a description, which you can edit. You can change your logo, name, description and link any time from your dashboard.
What can I not list?+
Listings must be written in English. Adult content, violence, hate, illegal goods or services, malware, phishing and scams are not allowed. Websites are checked against known malware and phishing lists. Listings go live straight away and are checked afterward, and a listing that breaks the rules can be removed or suspended.
Can I delete my account?+
Yes. You can delete your account from your dashboard. This deletes your listings and releases your tiles back to the board.
How do I contact support?+
Email support@circlesaasboard.com, or use the contact page, and we will get back to you.
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