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Darshan Chauhan
Darshan Chauhan

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I Built Outrank: A Pay-to-Rank Product Discovery Platform

I've been building Outrank, a product discovery platform with a simple idea:

What if you could pay what you want to rank higher?

Traditional product directories often rely on votes, complicated algorithms, approval processes, or paid plans.

I wanted to try something different.

How Outrank works

  1. Submit your product URL : Outrank
  2. Choose a category
  3. Pay what you want
  4. Get ranked on the leaderboard
  5. Pay more if you want to climb higher

The ranking is simple and transparent:

Higher payment = Higher rank

Why I built it

As a developer and product builder, I've experienced how difficult it can be to get a new product in front of people.

You can build something useful, launch it, and still struggle with the hardest part:

Getting discovered.

Outrank is my experiment to make that process simpler.

There are no complicated submissions, accounts, or approval queues.

What we've achieved so far

Outrank is still very early, but we've already reached:

200+ active users
$107+ in earnings
Real products and listings
Real traffic from product discovery

There are also premium **Cloud Spots **for products that want additional visibility for a limited period.

I'm still experimenting with the model, marketing, pricing, and what actually makes founders want to use the platform.

What's next?

More products.

More traffic.

Better discovery.

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