What's new
ShipShelf builds in public too — every feature and improvement, newest first.
August 20, 2026
- New
Open startup metrics
Building in the open? Share your MRR and user count right on your listing — self-reported, always shown with the date you last updated them.
- New
Launch-day alerts
Follow a scheduled product and you'll get a bell notification the moment it goes live — makers get a ping when their own launch day starts, too.
- New
Live review badges
Embed your listing's live rating and review count on your own site — it updates itself and links back to your reviews. Grab it from the dashboard.
- New
Products of the Month
The whole month's launches now compete for permanent monthly medals — decided when the month closes, shown on the listing and at /winners.
- Improved
Category pages became hubs
Every category now shows its recent Products of the Day, the makers behind the niche, and popular head-to-head comparisons.
- Improved
Medals on the leaderboard
Top makers now show their Product-of-the-Day medals right on the leaderboard — permanent wins beside the karma that decays.
- Improved
Sort reviews your way
Review sections now default to the most helpful reviews with a one-click switch to newest — so fresh feedback is never buried.
- Improved
Deeper maker profiles
Profiles now show a trophy case of Product-of-the-Day medals, total followers across a maker's products, and the helpful votes their reviews have earned.
- New
Was this review helpful?
Mark the reviews that helped you decide — the most useful reviews now rise to the top of every listing.
August 19, 2026
- Improved
What's new, right on the homepage
The latest platform updates now appear on the homepage, with the full history and RSS feed at /changelog.
- Improved
Arrange your collections
The collections editor now shows your list in the order readers will see it — move items up and down, remove with one click, and filter the product picker by name.
- New
Notification preferences
Choose what lands in your bell from the dashboard — four toggle groups, saved automatically. Moderation notices are always delivered.
- New
Weekly maker digest
One Monday notification with your week across every listing: new followers, views, upvotes, and your best daily rank. Quiet weeks are skipped, never sent as zeros.
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Audience analytics
Your listing analytics now show followers, a day-by-day growth chart, and your Product of the Day medal alongside views and clicks.
- New
Products of the Day
Each day's launches compete; the top three take permanent medals. Browse every podium at /winners, and medalists get an embeddable award badge from the dashboard.
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Follow products
Hit Follow on any listing and its build-log posts land in your bell and in your personal /following feed. Suggestions help you find the first few worth following.
- New
Alternatives & head-to-head pages
Every listing now has an alternatives page and can be compared side by side — pricing, features, ratings, and community votes, with each product's genuine advantages highlighted.
- Improved
Search that survives typos
Multi-word queries match in any order, typos get a "did you mean" rescue, and the header search now suggests products as you type — arrow keys and Enter included.
- New
Collection feeds & one-click OPML
Every curated collection is now a subscribable RSS channel, and /feeds bundles every feed on the platform into a single OPML import for your reader.
- Improved
Curation with full context
Reviewers now see each maker's track record and every submission's completeness before deciding, and community reports pause automated publishing until a human looks.
- New
Your account, your data
Change your password (signs out every other device), log out everywhere, download everything as JSON, or delete your account entirely — all self-serve from the dashboard.
- New
Launch-week recap
A week after launch, makers get their first-week numbers in the bell — views, upvotes, reviews, and comments — right when a follow-up post lands best.
August 18, 2026
- New
Threaded discussions
Every listing has a comment thread with maker-pinned replies. Comments earn karma and count toward the Most Discussed rail.
- New
The notification bell
Reviews, approvals, shoutouts, milestones, and replies — everything that happens to your listings, in one place, no email required.
- New
Deals hub
Listings with promo codes appear on /deals. Reveal a code with one click — makers see how often it happens in their analytics.
- New
Build in public
Post updates and milestones to your listing's build log. They show on your page, on the /updates timeline, and reach your followers directly.
- New
Karma
Real community actions — upvoting, reviewing, commenting, shouting out, shipping updates — earn karma. Active makers unlock instant publishing. Karma never affects product ranking.
- New
Verified listings
Prove you own your product's site by embedding the ShipShelf badge and your listing gets the verified checkmark. Re-checked automatically every two weeks.
- New
Collections
Curate your own product lists — a weekend stack, tools for a niche — and share them at their own URL.
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Richer listings
Demo videos, key features, App Store / Google Play / GitHub links, and open-source flags on every listing — and the cards show comments, demos, and OSS at a glance.
- New
RSS everywhere
A feed for new launches, one for the build log, and one per category — follow ShipShelf from any reader, Slack, or automation tool.
August 17, 2026
- New
The launch calendar
Pick your launch day in advance. Limited slots per day keep every launch visible, and scheduled listings get a countdown page before voting opens.
- New
ShipShelf launches
A curated home for new web and mobile products: submissions reviewed by humans, community upvotes and reviews, and a leaderboard that can't be bought.