What's in your launch receipt?
Every listing shows a free receipt with readings taken after it went live, what they measure, and what they do and do not tell you.
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The receipt: a record, not a result
When your listing goes live, we start taking readings. The launch receipt on your listing page shows what we measured, starting from the days right after launch and updated every day. We also hold fixed snapshots at 30, 60, 90, 120, 180, 270 and 365 days so you can track shifts over the first year. It costs nothing; every listing has one.
What shows up
- Domain Rating (Ahrefs): your rating at launch and now, with the change marked (up arrow, down arrow, or a dot for flat)
- Referring domains (Majestic): count at launch and now
- AI mentions: how often your site shows up in Google AI answers and ChatGPT (where we measure it)
- Visits sent: clicks from the listing through to your website
Each figure carries its reading date. On the first reading, we note "first measured" with the date instead of a change. If our first read came days after launch, we say "tracked since" that date.
Where numbers come from
We only report what we store: Domain Rating from Ahrefs, referring domains from Majestic, AI mentions from our search data, and visits from this site's own analytics. We don't guess. Search traffic doesn't appear because we don't track it. Some browsers and ad blockers hide clicks, so visit counts can be higher; our own staff don't count. No website link on your listing means no visits figure.
What they mean—and don't
The receipt shows what changed, not why. Many forces shift these numbers. A rise or fall doesn't prove the listing caused it.
Your email and settings
Claim your listing and you get one email at each checkpoint ("your 90-day launch receipt") with the numbers and a link. Every email has an unsubscribe link. You can also turn receipts off under notification settings (Launch receipts).
To see which launches rose the most after going live, visit /launch-receipts.
Questions people ask
- Why don't I see all the numbers on my receipt?
- We only show readings we've actually taken. If we don't measure something for your listing, we leave it out instead of guessing a figure.
- Do my visit numbers show all the traffic I got?
- No. Counts include only visitors who let analytics run, so your real number is higher. Your own staff visits don't count either.
- When does the receipt update?
- It updates daily with new readings, and we also hold snapshots at 30, 60, 90, 120, 180, 270 and 365 days after launch so you can see the full picture over a year.