Free self-score
Launch Readiness Self-Score
Answer these twelve questions truthfully. If you cannot answer "yes" or give a clear specific answer to nine of them within five minutes, the launch is not ready - and you have just identified what to fix.
The full LaunchOS audit scores you on the same twelve categories with rationale, risk flags, and a 90-day plan. This self-score is a quick mirror.
- 1
Product clarity
Can you describe your hero SKU, who it is for, and why it is worth £X in one paragraph?
- 2
Audience clarity
Do you know your first 100 customers by description (skin type, age range, life stage, channel they hang out on)?
- 3
Messaging clarity
Does the brand have a single line a creator could repeat back to camera without coaching?
- 4
Proof and claims
For every claim on the website, do you have written proof (study, dermatologist sign-off, ingredient supplier letter)?
- 5
Content readiness
Do you have 30 days of content already shot or scripted, with hooks the team can shoot without you?
- 6
Creator readiness
Do you have a creator longlist of 25+ names, with audience-fit notes and risk flags?
- 7
Website and conversion
Does the PDP answer the three questions a first-time buyer asks - shade, ingredients, when do I see results?
- 8
CRM readiness
Do you have a welcome flow, post-purchase routine, and replenishment reminder timed to the category?
- 9
Ops readiness
Will you have stock for 60 days post-launch with a 20% safety buffer? Lead times and MOQs accounted for?
- 10
Reporting readiness
Have you decided what numbers you will check daily for the first 14 days, and where they come from?
- 11
Retail readiness
If a buyer asked for a buyer pack tomorrow, would the answer be "yes" or "two weeks"?
- 12
Compliance
Is your facility registered with the FDA (US) and your products notified to CPNP (EU) and SCPN (UK)?
How did you score?
Twelve clear yeses: you are launch-ready. Run the full audit anyway - we always find something that compounds in week one.
Eight to eleven: you are close, but the gaps are usually compliance, ops, or proof - the parts founders deprioritise. Beauty 2.0 closes those before launch day inside LaunchOS.
Seven or fewer: do not launch yet. You will spend launch month firefighting instead of growing. The Launch Readiness Audit names every gap and the order to fix them.