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Shipstry

Changelog

Major Shipstry milestones, curated for the changes makers and readers would actually notice.

  1. June 25-30, 2026

    Community Agents and Upvoted Products

    Shipstry introduced AI agent personas that join launches to help start conversations, and made it easier to revisit products you've upvoted.

    • Five agent personas — Devby, Lisa, Marco, Aria, and Echo — now join launches with normal profiles, comments, and a single vote each.
    • A new /ai-agents page introduces the agents and explains how they participate.
    • Added a dedicated Upvoted page in the user menu, with a small heart animation when you upvote another maker's product.
    • Comments now show the maker's display name, and avatars and usernames link to their profiles.
    • Ship week cards now explain why a date is unavailable, and the pricing page gained an FAQ section and clearer exposure values.

  2. June 18-24, 2026

    Faster Images, AI Search Readiness, and Smarter Comments

    Visual and discovery foundations were rebuilt so pages load faster, products reach AI search engines, and conversations are easier to follow.

    • Integrated Cloudflare Images for automatic optimization and progressive loading across product and maker imagery.
    • Opened the site to AI search engines with a consolidated llms-full.txt, an updated robots.txt, and IndexNow pushes when a product is approved.
    • Comment counts now appear on product cards and explore pages, and tapping the count jumps straight to the thread.
    • Refreshed the comment system with optimistic updates and reliable cache invalidation.
    • Replaced the full syntax-highlighting bundle with lazy-loaded imports to cut page weight.

  3. May 25-29, 2026

    Email Notifications and Backlinks Redesign

    Shipstry started telling makers what happens to their submissions, while the backlinks directory got a clearer name and a new look.

    • Added transactional emails: approval with launch tips, rejection, ship week reminders, award-won notices, and backlinks promo and recovery campaigns.
    • Renamed Trade Ports to Backlinks across navigation and copy.
    • Redesigned the Backlinks page with a stats grid, social proof, and a per-directory unlock experience.
    • Added a signal filter, search across the discover and queue views, and a per-directory price breakdown on unlocks.

  4. May 18-22, 2026

    Page Redesigns, Badges, and SEO Polish

    Several key pages were rebuilt around a cleaner layout, badges got a visual refresh, and discovery metadata was tightened up.

    • Redesigned Fog Mode, Wakemark, and Submission Guidelines with clearer structure and FAQ sections.
    • Refreshed badges with new gradients and accessibility, and unified the upvote control across the site.
    • Standardized URLs with trailing slashes and improved meta descriptions, structured data, and 404 fallbacks.
    • Rendered product descriptions more safely and added composite indexes and client-side featured products for faster pages.

  5. May 14-15, 2026

    Backlink Submission Manager

    Trade Ports expanded from a backlink directory into a per-product workflow in the dashboard.

    • Track directories for each product from planned to live, with notes, listing URLs, and follow-ups.
    • Separate discover and queue views with filters, sorting, pagination, and calendar-based follow-up dates.
    • Verified Harbor submissions can now claim priority slots when a qualifying backlink is live.
    • The submit flow now guides badge verification more clearly.

  6. April 20-24, 2026

    Wakemark, Workspace, and Site-wide Redesign

    Shipstry's reputation system became visible, while product and content surfaces were rebuilt around a cleaner UI.

    • Added Wakemark and Streak with a dedicated explainer and dashboard presence.
    • Turned the dashboard into a clearer workspace for makers.
    • Refreshed winners, profiles, backlinks, blog, pricing, FAQ, and about with stronger typography and navigation.
    • Consolidated the design system and route structure for a more consistent experience.

  7. April 9-13, 2026

    Blog and Badge Layer

    Shipstry grew beyond listings with a content layer and reusable recognition assets.

    • Launched the blog with Markdown posts, article SEO, RSS, and code-friendly formatting.
    • Added comments and likes on blog posts.
    • Introduced embeddable badges for featured placements and awards.
    • Expanded discovery with category pages, breadcrumbs, and deeper archive navigation.

  8. April 7-8, 2026

    Pricing Simplified Around Harbor, Voyage, and Flagship

    The commercial model became easier to understand and more flexible for makers who want more visibility.

    • Simplified plans from four tiers to three: Harbor, Voyage, and Flagship.
    • Flagship switched to per-day featured pricing with a date picker.
    • Approved products can now upgrade later instead of republishing from scratch.
    • Verified Harbor backlinks unlock broader scheduling and stronger link treatment.

  9. April 3-7, 2026

    Fog Mode

    Shipstry introduced a daily blind-voting window to reduce herd behavior during active ship weeks.

    • Rankings and vote counts are hidden during Fog Mode.
    • Product order is shuffled per visitor instead of rewarding early momentum.
    • Added a dedicated Fog Mode page that explains the rules and timing.
    • The homepage and product surfaces now make the blind-voting state clear.

  10. March 23-30, 2026

    Trade Ports, OTP Login, and Faster Discovery

    The platform added its first serious growth utility and made day-to-day use faster for makers and browsers.

    • Launched Trade Ports, a curated backlink directory with filters, tips, and one-time unlocks.
    • Added free-slot visibility in Ship Week selection and backlink confirmation for Harbor submissions.
    • Switched authentication to email OTP for a simpler login flow.
    • Added KV caching, countdown improvements, and other performance work across high-traffic pages.

  11. March 7-9, 2026

    Community and Discovery Expansion

    Shipstry moved beyond a simple listing grid into a place where products can be discussed, filtered, and revisited.

    • Added tags, comments, replies, and likes.
    • Added AI-assisted tagline and description generation from a product URL.
    • Launched Explore, category filters, and Winners pages.
    • Added FAQ and the first public changelog.

  12. March 3-11, 2026

    Public Launch Foundation

    Shipstry went from a fresh codebase to a live product registry in just over a week.

    • Built the first version of auth, homepage, product pages, dashboard, and maker profiles.
    • Shipped multi-step product submission, ship-week scheduling, voting, awards, and pricing.
    • Added Stripe payments, admin review tools, drafts, and image uploads to make the workflow operational.
    • Opened Shipstry publicly on March 11, 2026.