The price anchor
| Queuecraft | LaunchList | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly | $0 — no subscription | $29/mo |
| Annual | $0 after purchase | $348 |
| 5-year total | $79 | $1,740 |
| 10-year total | $79 | $3,480 |
Subscription figures from the vendor's published pricing ($29/mo, ~$348/yr); the Queuecraft column is the full price, paid once.
Break-even analysis
Queuecraft costs less than three months of LaunchList Pro — and a typical waitlist runs 3–12 months before launch. It pays for itself before launch day.
- After 1 year: Queuecraft has cost you $79 total — LaunchList has cost $348.
- After 3 years: Queuecraft is still $79 — the subscription is at $1,044.
- After 5 years: Queuecraft is still $79 — the subscription is at $1,740.
What you get for $79 once
- Hosted page + embed widget. Every waitlist gets a page at /w/your-slug and a one-line script snippet — shadow-DOM isolated, so your site's CSS never bleeds in.
- Referral queue-jumping. Every signup gets a unique link; each verified referral moves them up N positions (you pick N). "You're #42 of 1,203 — refer 3 friends to jump the line."
- Double opt-in via YOUR SMTP. Signed verification links through Nodemailer. Unverified signups never credit referrers — and your deliverability and sender reputation stay yours.
- Broadcasts. "We're live!" emails to everyone, verified-only, or your top-N superfans, with position and referral-link placeholders.
- Anti-spam that actually ships. 450+ disposable email domains blocked, per-IP rate limits, honeypot field, Gmail dot/+tag dedupe, self-referral prevention, per-IP referral-credit caps.
- No renewal, ever. The license does not expire and there is no per-seat meter — $79 is the whole price.
Pricing questions
Is it really free on GitHub?
Yes — MIT source at github.com/bensblueprints/queuecraft-mvp, always. If you're comfortable with npm i && npm start it's free forever; the $79 buys the 1-click Windows installer for people who'd rather not touch a terminal.
Does the referral mechanic actually work?
"Refer friends to jump the line" is the exact loop behind Robinhood's, Superhuman's and Monzo's million-person waitlists. Queuecraft implements it with computed ranking — position is always calculated from verified referral points, never stored, so it can't drift.
What stops people gaming the queue?
A lot, honestly: only verified (double-opt-in) signups credit referrers, disposable email domains are blocked, Gmail dot/+tag variants dedupe to one entry, self-referrals are detected, and referral credits are capped per IP. Determined fraudsters exist, but the cheap tricks all bounce.
Do I need my own email service?
Yes — Queuecraft is deliberately BYO-SMTP (any provider: your host, SES, Postmark, etc.). That's a real trade-off versus LaunchList, which sends through their infrastructure with zero setup. In exchange, your sender reputation and your list stay entirely yours.
Queuecraft — $79, one time
Or get Queuecraft plus every other app in the suite: the OneTimeSuite bundle is currently $97, one time.