What a credit is
A credit is a prepaid unit for using launchladder: it pays for time at the #1 spot. One credit costs one US dollar before any tax Dodo Payments adds at checkout. Credits are bought in whole and partial amounts from $1.
Credits are not money, a currency, a deposit, electronic money or a stored-value instrument. They earn no interest, have no cash value, can’t be transferred, sold or gifted to another account, and can only be used on launchladder.
Getting credits
You can buy credits, or earn small amounts by helping other makers: 0.10 for an approved review, 0.10 for a poll vote with an approved comment, and 0.01 for an upvote after you open the product through Visit (once per product). Earning starts 24 hours after you join and stops at 1 credit per account per day (the day resets at 5:30 AM IST, 00:00 UTC). You never earn from your own products.
Taking #1
The first take of each round costs 1 credit. Each takeover after that costs exactly 1 credit more than the last, and needs an approved review of the product you replace. The price is shown before you confirm; if it changes while you decide, you are asked again.
Occupied, released and burned
Taking #1 occupies the price from your balance. If someone takes #1 from you, all of those credits are released back to your balance at once. If you still hold #1 when the round ends at 9:30 PM IST, they are burned: that is the cost of winning the round, and burned credits are not refunded.
Credits never expire
Your balance stays for as long as your account exists. If you delete your account, the remaining credits are removed and can’t be restored, so use or keep them first.
Refunds, reversals and negative balances
Refunds are covered by the Refund and cancellation policy. If a purchase is refunded or charged back, the credits it added are taken back: first from your available balance, then from credits occupying #1 (which ends your hold), and any remainder becomes a negative balance. While your balance is negative you can’t take #1. A win already burned at the end of a round stands.
Corrections
If a technical error credits or charges your balance wrongly, we may correct it. We tell you when we do.
No chance, no prizes
What happens to credits depends only on public rules and what people do on the site. There is no random element, no prize and no way to turn credits back into money.
Questions? Write to hello@launchladder.lol.