LaunchRepoDefinition
A featured listing or paid placement is any directory option that costs money in exchange for visibility or speed: a highlighted position, a sponsored badge, a faster review, a launch-day boost, a premium profile with more fields. Some directories only offer a paid route; most offer it alongside a free one, often in the final step of the submission flow.
It is a legitimate product of the directory. It is also the point where “free listing” quietly becomes a purchase.
Example
On TinyLaunch’s Standard path, as observed in the field guide, the flow offered optional services and then a second upgrade dialog before the free slot was confirmed. The agent set optional services to None, chose “Continue with free launch” and recorded the result as scheduled with approval still pending.
On a directory whose only usable route is paid, it stops before the payment step and records deferred_paid with the observed price in the note. Whether to buy is your decision, made later and outside the agent session.
Why it matters for a directory launch
Upsell dialogs are designed to be accepted on autopilot — and an agent on autopilot is the worst customer. A launch run needs a stated spending policy before the first form, and a way to record “the only usable route costs money” without either buying or pretending the platform was done.
How LaunchRepo handles it
The default policy in AGENTS.md is zero spend: no purchases, no card-backed trials, no accepted upgrades. The runbook has the agent inspect final totals and optional extras before submitting and stop at any required payment; the result is deferred_paid with a note and the observed price. The TinyLaunch guide documents declining an optional-services step and a second upgrade dialog on the way to a free slot. Whether to buy remains your decision, made outside the agent session.
Go deeper
How to plan a launch without spending: which routes stay free, how to decline upsells and how to record routes that are paid only.
See the term in the repository
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