# vibelaunched: every launch venue and its rules > vibelaunched scans a product, judges whether it can make money, and builds launch kits for the venues that will take it. Below is the full registry, 81 venues, tier 1 first. Every field is hand-transcribed from the venue's own pages and re-rendered from the same records the site and the MCP server read, so nothing here is a stale copy. "Accepts" is what a venue needs from you. "Rejected if" is what makes a submission structurally out of reach. Live tools are at https://vibelaunched.com/api/mcp and the short version is at https://vibelaunched.com/llms.txt. ## AlternativeTo - id: alternativeto - url: https://alternativeto.net - submit: https://alternativeto.net/manage/new/ - kind: catalog, tier 1, cost freemium - domain rating: 79 - link: nofollow - approval: free lane about 120 days, paid lane about 2 days Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - This venue wants a product people can use today. A waitlist page gets rejected. - This venue only lists products with an English interface. - This venue rejects thin AI wrappers with no added value. Field limits: - logo: Squared PNG or SVG, 280x280px or larger, transparent background - video: unknown Review: - process: Standard (non-priority) submissions sit in a backlog and can take 'at least a few months' to review given submission volume vastly exceeds review capacity, per AlternativeTo's own FAQ. Priority ($5) review targets 1-2 business days. Descriptions may not contain links, emails, phone numbers, or URLs... - wait: 60-120 free (per AlternativeTo's own FAQ, 'at least a few months'); 1-2 priority ($5) - timing: No launch-date scheduling; it's an evergreen 'alternative to' directory, published whenever the review queue reaches it. Gotchas: - Must verify email before submitting. Submission must be in English (app itself must support English), already released (no pre-launch/waitlist-only products), and not in an oversaturated/rejected category (basic converters, simple generators, thin AI wrappers, porn, geo-restricted). Third-party sources additionally suggest new accounts may need to be ~7 days old before their first submission is... - Character limits are not public; free backlog is months unless $5 priority review is used. ## AppSumo - id: appsumo - url: https://appsumo.com - submit: https://sell.appsumo.com - kind: marketplace, tier 1, cost revenue-share - domain rating: 83 - link: dofollow - approval: free lane about 84 days Accepts: - This venue sells lifetime deals. Subscription-only pricing is a rejection. - Launch somewhere public first. This venue expects an audience already looking at you. - This venue wants at least 1 gallery image on the listing. - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - AppSumo is a deal marketplace. A product with no price and no business behind it has nothing to sell here. - This venue wants a product people can use today. A waitlist page gets rejected. Field limits: - gallery: 1 minimum, 5 maximum - gallery spec: Additional product images share the hero-image spec (min 1920x1080px, JPG/PNG, max 5MB each). One product view per image, high-resolution, showing the product in actual use. - video: unknown Review: - process: 4-step funnel: Apply (~5-minute application, roughly 10% acceptance rate) -> Prepare (deal structure/pricing worked out jointly with AppSumo) -> Launch (goes live to 1.5M+ entrepreneurs with AppSumo marketing support) -> Scale (top performers unlock further marketing resources). Listing copy must... - timing: Once accepted, a listing can go live 'within just a few days.' Standard campaigns run about 60 days with AppSumo's marketing support. Buyer sales are considered 'mature' (refund window closed) after 60 days, which is when partner payouts begin. Gotchas: - Redemption can be static-URL (buyer manually enters a code on your site) or dynamic-URL (one-click redemption via a code embedded in the link). Post-launch expectations: actively answer questions on the AppSumo deal page, prep your support team for a user surge, and email buyers requesting reviews. - Revenue split is negotiated; no fixed public percentage is published. ## BetaList - id: betalist - url: https://betalist.com - submit: https://betalist.com/submit - kind: platform, tier 1, cost paid - domain rating: 76 - link: dofollow - approval: paid lane about 14 days Accepts: - This listing costs money and the product earns nothing yet. Budget for the fee before you submit. - This venue rejects free hosting subdomains. Point the product at its own domain first. - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - This venue only takes products that have not launched publicly yet. A public launch closes the door. - This venue rejects agencies and service businesses. It lists products. Field limits: - gallery spec: No official spec found. Third-party guides suggest 1-5 screenshots with no dimensions or file-size limits published. (unofficial) - logo: Not published on any official BetaList page. Community/practitioner guidance (Indie Hackers): ideal source image ~800x600px, displayed on-site at ~400x300px. Unverified. (unofficial) - video: none Review: - process: Manual editorial review. Verified live (betalist.com/support): payment is charged at checkout, then the editorial team reviews the startup and emails a decision; if accepted it's featured on the timeline for the purchased plan, if not selected the payment is fully refunded automatically. Selection... - wait: Not fixed — shown only at checkout per plan. Third-party reports since the free tier's removal range from next-business-day (priciest rush plan) to several weeks (cheapest paid plan); the... - timing: No self-service date picker is documented; BetaList's editorial team assigns the feature date based on the purchased plan's timeline. No stated timezone rules. Gotchas: - Strictly pre-launch/beta-stage — being already broadly launched or press-covered is disqualifying. A genuinely custom (non-template) landing page with a real signup mechanism is a hard gate; makers report resubmitting after a redesign and being accepted almost immediately. Write a benefit-focused (not feature-focused) one-line pitch — it's what BetaList shares on X/Twitter and across the site.... - No free submission remains; exact prices and asset specs are hidden inside the logged-in paid form. ## DevHunt - id: devhunt - url: https://devhunt.org - submit: https://devhunt.org/submit - kind: platform, tier 1, cost free - domain rating: 57 - link: dofollow - approval: free lane about 20 days - lists developer tools only Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - This venue wants a product people can use today. A waitlist page gets rejected. - This venue only lists developer tools. Field limits: - gallery spec: A gallery exists at the data layer (asset_urls is a Postgres array column on the products table, confirmed via DevHunt's own open-source schema dump). No pixel dimensions, count limits, or file-size caps documented publicly. - logo: One required image (logo_url field, NOT NULL in DevHunt's own database schema). No pixel dimensions or file-size limit published anywhere public. Blog guide advises high-resolution, crisp and polished at all sizes. - video: youtube-link. Schema has a demo_video_url text column — a hosted-video URL field (likely YouTube/Vimeo), not a file upload. Accepted hosts not documented; inferred from field name/type only. Review: - process: Not explicitly published. Schema has is_draft, launch_start/launch_end, and week columns, implying products are queued into a weekly cohort before going live rather than publishing instantly. No stated manual-approval SLA. - wait: 7-40+ (the live '/upcoming' queue at research time already showed tools scheduled 1-5+ weeks out across several weekly batches) - timing: Launches run in weekly cohorts (visible batches land roughly every 7 days). Homepage shows a live 'Vote Closing In' countdown for the current week's competition. A public '/upcoming' page lists the full queue of already-scheduled future launches by date. Gotchas: - Strictly developer-tool-focused; 'The Story' page explicitly scopes accepted tools to Open Source Tools, APIs & SDKs, Frameworks & Libraries, IDEs & Code Editors, Testing Tools, and Monitoring/Performance tools. Official launch guide advice: match your profile name to your product name, write a punchy tagline, use a professional logo + banner image, respond to every comment, post regular updates,... - Public docs confirm developer-tool scope and weekly queue; exact copy limits are not published. ## Fazier - id: fazier - url: https://fazier.com - submit: https://fazier.com/launch - kind: platform, tier 1, cost freemium - domain rating: 82 - link: conditional - approval: free lane about 30 days, paid lane same day - badge: the backlink only lands once the venue badge is live on your site Accepts: - This venue wants at least 2 gallery images on the listing. - This venue hands over its backlink once its badge is live on the product site. Embed the badge first. - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - This venue wants a product people can use today. A waitlist page gets rejected. Field limits: - tagline: 60 characters - description: 280 characters - gallery: 2 minimum, 10 maximum - gallery spec: 1200x628px recommended for gallery/screenshot images. - video: youtube-link. No native upload — submit a YouTube link in the launch form. Video autoplays muted, so it should be captivating without sound; front-load the key message in the first 5 seconds; end with a clear CTA. If a video is added, the first gallery... Review: - process: Manual review for all tiers ('every launch is manually reviewed, quality matters'). Approval favors a working landing page, a sharp/concise tagline, a unique description, relevant topics, and filled-in social profiles (X/Twitter and LinkedIn) so the team can tag you and voters can find you. - wait: Free (Basic): up to 30. Paid (Lite/Premium/Super): 0 — publish immediately or schedule for a chosen future date. - timing: Paid tiers can publish now or schedule for later; free tier has no scheduling control and is simply queued for review/listing within 30 days. No fixed cohort/batch system like MicroLaunch — launches appear to go live individually once approved. Gotchas: - Tagline should be concise, attention-grabbing, and communicate value even if it means omitting ~95% of features — avoid generic slogans. First gallery image gets extra design effort since it's the social-share preview card. Show benefits, not just features, in gallery images. 'Fazier deal': share an exclusive discount (coupon code or deal link, e.g. '30% off') — mention the promo code in a... - Official Launch Kit supplies image specs and copy limits; submitUrl moved from /submit to /launch. ## MicroLaunch - id: microlaunch - url: https://microlaunch.net - submit: https://microlaunch.net - kind: platform, tier 1, cost freemium - domain rating: 62 - link: dofollow - approval: free lane about 8 days, paid lane same day Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - This venue wants a product people can use today. A waitlist page gets rejected. Field limits: - video: unknown Review: - process: Not explicitly documented as manual vs. automatic. The public 'Microlaunch Rules' state 'No bots allowed on the platform,' implying some gatekeeping/moderation, and free submissions are only onboarded in batches, suggesting at least light manual curation — but no page states an explicit review... - wait: Free tier: 1-15+ (products are onboarded only between the 1st-15th of each month, then rank for the rest of that month). Paid Pro Launch and above: 0 (skip the queue, launch anytime or schedule). - timing: Runs on a monthly cohort model, distinct from day-by-day models: free-tier products are onboarded only between the 1st and 15th of each calendar month, then compete/rank for a full month (not 24 hours). Only signed-in users can vote, limited to 1 vote per user per product per month. Makers can... Gotchas: - Votes optionally carry feedback OR a 'roast'; roasts tend to lower a product's raw score while actually increasing its final rank (rewards engagement/honesty over pure positivity per platform rules); upvotes alone don't determine 100% of final ranking. Winners get extra exposure via a hall-of-fame and badges. Ideal cycle framed by the platform as: launch, get 30 days of exposure, collect... - No public character or image specs; launch happens through a login-gated modal. ## Open Launch - id: open-launch - url: https://open-launch.com - submit: https://open-launch.com/projects/submit - kind: platform, tier 1, cost freemium - domain rating: 71 - link: conditional - approval: free lane about 135 days, paid lane about 1 day - badge: the backlink only lands once the venue badge is live on your site Accepts: - This venue wants at least 1 gallery image on the listing. - This venue hands over its backlink once its badge is live on the product site. Embed the badge first. - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - This venue wants a product people can use today. A waitlist page gets rejected. Field limits: - tagline: 80 characters - description: 2000 characters - gallery: 1 minimum - video: unknown Review: - process: Self-serve submit after account creation. Daily community upvote ranking; Top 3 of the day get a badge and the free-tier dofollow backlink. No separate editorial pre-approval documented for the listing itself. - wait: Free: queued (variable). Premium: next day. All public launches fire at 8:00 AM UTC. - timing: Daily ranking cycle. Free submissions wait in a queue; premium skips it. Streaks on the maker profile can unlock extra homepage placement. Gotchas: - Winning Top 3 on launch day is what unlocks the free dofollow backlink, and only if the Open Launch badge is displayed on the live product site. Premium buys the backlink without that gate. Do not treat a missing Exa hit as 'never launched' — the listing lives at open-launch.com/projects/{slug}. - Open-source Product Hunt alternative. Badge + Top 3 is the free backlink rule; a #1 badge on a product site is itself evidence of an Open Launch. ## Peerlist Launchpad - id: peerlist-launchpad - url: https://peerlist.io/launchpad - submit: https://peerlist.io/user/projects/add-project - kind: platform, tier 1, cost free - domain rating: 77 - link: dofollow - approval: free lane about 7 days Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - Peerlist takes launches from the person who built the thing. Agencies launching for a client are removed. - This venue wants a product people can use today. A waitlist page gets rejected. Field limits: - tagline: 60 characters - title: 45 characters - description: 5000 characters - gallery: optional, 4 maximum - gallery spec: Officially confirmed field (help.peerlist.io 'How to add projects'): 'Cover images (up to 4)'. Dimensions/file size not officially published; third-party estimate ~1200x630px per image, up to ~15MB each. (unofficial) - logo: Not published on any official Peerlist page. Third-party guide (tetriz.io, unverified): should look clean at 64x64px (rendered size), suggested source 500x500px, max ~15MB. (unofficial) - video: youtube-link. Official 'Video URL' field on the Add Project form — appears to accept any video link (not upload, not confirmed YouTube-only), optional but 'highly recommended'. (unofficial) Review: - process: No manual pre-approval gate documented for the base listing — multiple sources state all submitted projects get featured, and ranking is randomized for the first ~2 days of the launch week to give every project equal initial exposure, after which an aggregate score (upvotes, comments, views, link... - wait: 0-7 (launch opens every Monday from 12:00am to 11:59pm UTC; wait depends on how close to the next Monday you submit) - timing: Verified live: new launches open only on Mondays, 12:00am-11:59pm UTC, then run as a full week-long competition (Monday-Sunday) with the top projects (top 3) winning a profile badge and newsletter/social feature. Community guidance: have the listing 100% complete by the Friday before your target... Gotchas: - A professional-network launch venue, not an anonymous directory — profile credibility and activity streak affect how much your own (and per some guides, your network's) upvotes count; community sources (unverified) claim a 14-day streak roughly doubles upvote weight and a 100-day streak roughly triples it. Cold-DMing people for upvotes or asking for votes in comments is officially zero-tolerance... - Some asset dimensions are third-party estimates; official docs confirm up to 4 cover images and a video URL field. ## Product Hunt - id: product-hunt - url: https://www.producthunt.com - submit: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/new - kind: platform, tier 1, cost free - domain rating: 91 - link: dofollow - approval: free lane same day Accepts: - This venue wants at least 2 gallery images on the listing. - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Field limits: - tagline: 60 characters - description: 260 characters - gallery: 2 minimum - gallery spec: 1270x760px recommended per image, static or GIF, under 3MB each; first gallery image is used as the social preview image. - logo: Thumbnail (doubles as logo): square, 240x240px recommended, static image or GIF, file size under 3MB. GIFs animate on hover only, not autoplay. - video: youtube-link. YouTube only. Must be the full URL (shortened links do not work) and the video must be public, not private/unlisted-restricted. Review: - process: No formal pre-publish moderation gate on the listing itself — posts go live automatically at the scheduled time. Moderation is reactive/community-driven: comments and posts that violate Community Guidelines are removed after posting, accounts can be restricted, and PH monitors point/vote... - wait: 0 (self-serve scheduling, no backlog/queue; can launch same-day or schedule up to ~1 month ahead) - timing: Maker selects/schedules the launch date (up to ~1 month in advance) or launches as a draft immediately. The public leaderboard runs on 24-hour cycles anchored to Pacific Time; 12:01am PT is the standard advice so a launch gets the full 24-hour window on that day's board. Gotchas: - Maker's first comment strongly correlates with winning Product of the Day/Week/Month (~70% of winners had one, per PH's own guide) and should cover audience, problem solved, backstory, pricing, and an ask for feedback (not votes). Maker should stay online/responsive for roughly the first 18 hours. Explicitly banned: asking for upvotes, mass-messaging for votes, incentivized/paid voting, bots, and... - Use the stricter 260-character description limit; Product Hunt also publishes a 500-character guide elsewhere. ## r/SideProject - id: reddit-sideproject - url: https://reddit.com/r/SideProject - submit: https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/submit/ - kind: community, tier 1, cost free - domain rating: 95 - link: nofollow - approval: free lane same day Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Field limits: - title: 300 characters - description: 40000 characters - gallery: optional, 20 maximum - gallery spec: Reddit's site-wide gallery-post feature supports multiple images/GIFs per post, each with an optional 180-character caption and URL. No r/SideProject-specific spec is published. - video: upload. Reddit native video upload (site-wide, not sub-specific): max ~1GB file size, max 15 minutes length, MP4/MOV formats. Review: - process: No formal published rule set found. Confirmed live: unlike r/SaaS, no automated 'Community Rules' panel appears on the post-submission page for r/SideProject, and the new-Reddit sidebar shows no Rules widget. The classic (old.reddit.com) sidebar publishes only a welcome blurb and an optional... - wait: 0 - timing: Third-party (unverified against an official source) analysis suggests Saturday ~10am ET, Tuesday ~2pm ET, and Friday ~5pm ET as higher-traffic windows; treat as indicative only, not confirmed live. Gotchas: - Live front page is dominated by narrative/story titles ('I built X because I was tired of paying for Y', 'I got my first user and here's what went wrong') paired with a screenshot, short GIF/video demo, or embedded video-post, plus a body describing the problem, what was built, and an explicit ask for feedback. Self-promotion is the accepted norm here (unusual for Reddit) but link-only posts with... - No subreddit-specific asset specs; Reddit site-wide post limits apply. ## SaaSHub - id: saashub - url: https://www.saashub.com - submit: https://www.saashub.com/services/submit - kind: catalog, tier 1, cost freemium - domain rating: 79 - link: nofollow - approval: free lane about 3 days Accepts: - This venue rejects free hosting subdomains. Point the product at its own domain first. - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - This venue rejects agencies and service businesses. It lists products. - This venue wants a product people can use today. A waitlist page gets rejected. - This venue only lists products with an English interface. Field limits: - video: unknown Review: - process: All submissions go through manual approval. Listing at least 2-3 real competitors is effectively required — submissions without competitors are pushed 'to the bottom of the queue.' Verifying domain ownership (via email) increases priority and unlocks editing plus homepage visibility. - wait: 1-3 typical, longer if the form is incomplete, assets are missing, competitors aren't listed, or the site isn't in English - timing: No launch-date scheduling; it's an evergreen directory, listed as soon as approved. Gotchas: - Explicitly rejects: software development agencies/service businesses, landing pages with only an email waitlist, unreleased products, products on free subdomains (e.g. *.vercel.app), and non-English products. Accepts SaaS/IaaS/PaaS, most software and mobile apps, and niche-leading websites/services. Requires agreeing to ToS/privacy policy. - Image specs are not publicly documented; competitor list and domain verification affect priority. ## Show HN - id: show-hn - url: https://news.ycombinator.com/show - submit: https://news.ycombinator.com/submit - kind: community, tier 1, cost free - domain rating: 91 - link: nofollow - approval: free lane same day Accepts: - Show HN wants something you built that people can try. Write it up as a tool and lead with what it does. - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - Show HN wants something people can run or try right now. A landing page or an announcement gets flagged. Field limits: - title: 80 characters - video: youtube-link Review: - process: No pre-publish review. New Show HN posts land on the 'shownew' feed (news.ycombinator.com/shownew) sorted by recency and only graduate to the main Show HN page once they clear a small, undisclosed points threshold. After that, normal HN ranking (votes, comment velocity, flags, mod action) applies.... - wait: 0 - timing: No official HN guidance exists. Unofficial community consensus from HN discussion threads and third-party analyses: weekday mornings, roughly 7-10am Pacific (14:00-17:00 UTC), Tuesday-Thursday, are cited most often as strongest; at least one third-party historical analysis found weekends... Gotchas: - Format: 'Show HN: - ' - avoid ALL CAPS, exclamation points, promotional language, site-name repetition, and gratuitous adjectives/numbers per general HN title guidelines. Must be something people can actually run/try themselves, not a landing page, blog post, newsletter, or a version-bump ('Foo 1.3.1 is out') announcement unless it's a major overhaul.... - No image upload fields; title limit is community/form-observed, not guideline-page text. ## There's An AI For That - id: taaft - url: https://theresanaiforthat.com - submit: https://theresanaiforthat.com/get-featured/ - kind: ai-directory, tier 1, cost paid - domain rating: 77 - link: dofollow - approval: free lane about 2 days, paid lane about 2 days - lists AI tools only Accepts: - This listing costs money and the product earns nothing yet. Budget for the fee before you submit. - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - This venue wants a product people can use today. A waitlist page gets rejected. - This venue only lists AI tools. Field limits: - video: unknown Review: - process: Manual review by TAAFT staff. Accepted content: AI tools, GPTs, and AI influencer (non-human) accounts. If a paid submission is not published, TAAFT automatically issues a full refund. - wait: 2 - timing: Listings do not expire once live and keep receiving organic search traffic indefinitely. Post-launch edits (title, description, category, featured image) are free and self-service for verified tools; URLs cannot be changed after the fact (use a redirect if you move domains). Gotchas: - Site traffic claims cited to applicants: ~300k daily pageviews, ~9M monthly pageviews, ~3M monthly unique visitors, ~1.3% average ad CTR. Bid amount determines Featured-section position for logged-out visitors (logged-in users may see personalized ordering). - Exact field limits and image specs are not published on the public submission page. ## Uneed - id: uneed - url: https://www.uneed.best - submit: https://www.uneed.best/submit-a-tool - kind: platform, tier 1, cost freemium - domain rating: 75 - link: conditional - approval: free lane about 45 days, paid lane same day Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - This venue rejects thin AI wrappers with no added value. - This venue wants a product people can use today. A waitlist page gets rejected. Field limits: - video: unknown. The submission flow includes an 'optional video' media field per Uneed's Help Center walkthrough, but the accepted format (upload vs. hosted link) is not documented anywhere public. Separately, Uneed Pro subscribers can attach video to... Review: - process: Manual, curated review — Uneed's Help Center article 'What we accept (and what we don't)' confirms submissions are screened and rejects thin AI-wrapper products with no added value, low-effort converters/generators/calculators, uncredentialed clones, non-functional or backlink-only/spam... - wait: Free tier: ~14 to 90+ (variable, several months possible during backlog). Fast-track (paid $14.99): ~14. Skip-the-line (paid $29.99): 0 (choose the date). - timing: Four rolling leaderboards: Product of the Day resets daily at 12:00am PST; Product of the Week is a rolling 7-day upvote window; Product of the Month is a rolling ~30-day window (plus a yearly board). Free-queue dates are auto-assigned in order; Fast-track auto-assigns ~2 weeks out; Skip-the-line... Gotchas: - Free launches must clear a 10-point upvote score by end of launch day to keep their dofollow backlink and stay published (a weighted score, not 10 unique people, since power/Pro users carry vote multipliers); missing the threshold sends the listing back to the queue and downgrades the backlink to nofollow. Paid launches keep their dofollow backlink permanently regardless of upvote count. Uneed... - No public pixel or character specs; media fields require logged-in confirmation. ## Capterra - id: capterra - url: https://www.capterra.com - submit: https://www.capterra.com/vendors/ - kind: catalog, tier 2, cost freemium - domain rating: 91 - link: nofollow - approval: free lane about 3 days Accepts: - This venue rejects free hosting subdomains. Point the product at its own domain first. - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - Capterra lists business software with pricing and a feature checklist. A product with neither has nothing to fill in. - This venue wants a product people can use today. A waitlist page gets rejected. Field limits: - description: 1000 characters - gallery spec: 1920x1080px cited as 'a safe size' by a third-party guide; use real in-product screenshots rather than landing-page marketing images (unofficial) - logo: 300x300px PNG, transparent background, or larger (figure from a third-party Capterra submission guide, not confirmed on Capterra's own public pages — the vendor asset editor is gated behind vendor login) (unofficial) - video: youtube-link. 1-2 minutes, should demo an actual feature rather than serve as a marketing reel (per third-party guide); YouTube links accepted (unofficial) Review: - process: New listing goes through vendor-dashboard setup (basic info, long description, categories, feature checklist, pricing, screenshots/video, integrations) then Capterra review. Claiming an already-existing listing is faster than creating a brand-new one. - wait: 1-3 for a new listing; under 1 (same-day/~24h) to claim an existing listing - timing: No launch-date scheduling; it's an evergreen directory/review platform, live once approved. Gotchas: - Description should lead with the problem solved and who it's for, not a company history. Community Guidelines (capterra.com/legal/community-guidelines) strictly separate vendor conduct rules (no soliciting only-positive reviews, no self-reviews, no pressuring reviewers) from listing content — those guidelines cover review integrity, not asset specs. Description limit and asset specs are... - Asset dimensions and video length are third-party estimates because the vendor portal is gated. ## DealMirror - id: dealmirror - url: https://dealmirror.com - submit: https://dealmirror.com/vendor-product-submission/ - kind: marketplace, tier 2, cost revenue-share - domain rating: 48 - link: dofollow Accepts: - This venue sells lifetime deals. Subscription-only pricing is a rejection. - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - This venue wants a product people can use today. A waitlist page gets rejected. Field limits: - gallery spec: In-description images use the same 831x711px sizing and PNG/JPG/WebP/GIF formats, set to full-width display via the description editor's size control. - video: youtube-link. A full, working YouTube video link demonstrating how the product actually works is required; no length/resolution spec is published. Review: - process: Vendor logs into the Vendor Dashboard (via My Account) and fills out the full listing: 5-7 word title (format 'Product Name: Function of Product', centered and bold), description, feature image, roadmap, use cases, a TL;DR block (3 one-line summaries plus named competitor alternatives), demo video... Gotchas: - Pricing plans must be entered in ascending order (smallest tier first). Each plan needs matching sale/regular prices, a features list, a non-features list, license codes (pasteable from Doc/Excel), and a license limit (1 for non-stackable deals, custom for stackable). SEO block requires: a focus keyword ending in 'lifetime deal', a meta description of no more than 156 characters, 6-7 keyword... - Image specs and SEO meta-description limit come from the official vendor knowledge base. ## Future Tools - id: future-tools - url: https://www.futuretools.io - submit: https://www.futuretools.io/submit-a-tool - kind: ai-directory, tier 2, cost free - domain rating: 69 - link: nofollow - approval: free lane about 7 days - lists AI tools only Rejected if: - This venue wants a product people can use today. A waitlist page gets rejected. - This venue rejects thin AI wrappers with no added value. - This venue only lists AI tools. Field limits: - video: none Review: - process: 100% manual human review by Matt Wolfe and trained team members (explicitly not automated/algorithmic). Over 75% of submissions are rejected. Common rejection reasons: a duplicate/near-duplicate concept is already listed, low-effort or poor-UX website, product is waitlist-only (not publicly... - wait: 7 - timing: If not listed within a week, resubmit for another review; don't spam the form by resubmitting before a week has passed. Gotchas: - The listing thumbnail/image is pulled automatically from the submitted site's Open Graph metadata or, failing that, a screenshot of the homepage — there is no manual logo/image upload in the submission form. Post-listing changes are requested via a 'Suggest Changes' button on the tool's live page rather than by resubmitting. - First-party FAQ confirms manual human review and no paid expedite. ## Futurepedia - id: futurepedia - url: https://www.futurepedia.io - submit: https://www.futurepedia.io/submit-tool - kind: ai-directory, tier 2, cost paid - domain rating: 72 - link: nofollow - approval: paid lane about 2 days - lists AI tools only Accepts: - This listing costs money and the product earns nothing yet. Budget for the fee before you submit. Rejected if: - This venue wants a product people can use today. A waitlist page gets rejected. - This venue only lists AI tools. Field limits: - video: unknown Review: - process: All submissions subject to editorial approval; tools may be denied or removed at any time if features are deemed inappropriate for the audience. Payment is submitted before/with the form. - wait: 2 - timing: Basic Listing tier (7-day publish) is marked sold out at verification time; Verified Listing (2 business days) is the only currently active paid path. Availability of tiers may fluctuate. Gotchas: - Submission requires agreeing to Futurepedia Terms of Service, HubSpot Website Terms of Use, and Privacy Policy. An FAQ block (why the fee, how to request updates, refund policy, whether free listings exist, expected traffic) is present but its answers render via a client-side accordion not included in the static page markup, so exact refund/free-listing policy text could not be captured. - Post-payment form hides field-level specs; public pricing shows paid-only submit paths. ## G2 - id: g2 - url: https://www.g2.com - submit: https://sell.g2.com/create-a-profile - kind: catalog, tier 2, cost freemium - domain rating: 91 - link: nofollow - approval: free lane about 8 days Accepts: - This venue wants at least 3 gallery images on the listing. - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - G2 is a buyer-intent grid for business software. Their research team assigns you a category, and there has to be one that fits. - This venue wants a product people can use today. A waitlist page gets rejected. Field limits: - description: 500 characters - gallery: 3 minimum, 5 maximum - gallery spec: 3-5 product screenshots at 1280x720px or larger (figure from a third-party G2 submission guide; G2's own documentation.g2.com pages do not publish a screenshot spec) (unofficial) - logo: Profile logo: minimum 400px, JPG/PNG/GIF (no published file-size cap). Grid logo: SVG only, max 5MB, image-based logo recommended over text-based. - video: youtube-link. Supported via Vimeo, Vidyard, Wistia, or YouTube Universal Links (per G2's official Product Information doc); a 60-90 second demo video is the third-party-recommended length. (unofficial) Review: - process: New (unclaimed) product: submit a request form, G2's research team vets authenticity and assigns the correct category (~3-5 business days), profile goes live, then you submit a claim request and get final approval (~1-3 more business days). Claiming an already-existing profile is faster. - wait: 3-5 initial vetting + 1-3 claim approval (roughly 4-8 total for a brand-new listing) - timing: No launch-date scheduling; it's an evergreen profile/review platform. Gotchas: - Login via LinkedIn, Facebook, Google, or business email through my.G2. Tagline guidance from third-party sources: keep under ~60 characters and describe what the product does rather than what it is (not confirmed in G2's own docs). Grid/badge placement is driven by accumulated review volume and satisfaction scores, not directly by submission content. DescriptionMax is a word limit, not a... - Description limit is 500 words, not characters; G2 has two official banner sizes for different surfaces. ## Gumroad Discover - id: gumroad-discover - url: https://gumroad.com - submit: https://gumroad.com/discover - kind: marketplace, tier 2, cost revenue-share - domain rating: 92 - link: nofollow - approval: free lane about 21 days Accepts: - Gumroad Discover surfaces a product after its first real sale. A free product never enters the feed. - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - This venue wants a product people can use today. A waitlist page gets rejected. Field limits: - gallery spec: Cover image: horizontal, at least 1280x720px (16:9 aspect ratio), 72 DPI, JPG or PNG — this is the image shown in the Gumroad library, on Discover, and on profile pages. - video: unknown Review: - process: Not an editorial submission queue — Discover surfacing is automatic/algorithmic. Once the account-level criteria above are satisfied, an individual product appears on Discover as soon as it (a) has at least one successful, non-refunded sale, (b) has a category selected, and (c) has ratings enabled... - wait: 21 Gotchas: - Momentum matters: sales velocity, ratings, description quality, and cover-image quality are all described as influencing exposure. Gumroad's own guidance suggests seeding early honest reviews from friends/early supporters to build momentum. - discover.gumroad.com redirects to gumroad.com/discover; eligibility is account/product based. ## Indie Hackers - id: indie-hackers - url: https://www.indiehackers.com - submit: https://www.indiehackers.com/products - kind: community, tier 2, cost free - domain rating: 81 - link: nofollow - approval: free lane same day Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - This venue wants a product people can use today. A waitlist page gets rejected. Field limits: - tagline: 59 characters - video: unknown Review: - process: Unverified - the actual product-submission form sits behind account creation and could not be reached without signing up (out of scope for this research). Community forum posting is reportedly gated by an informal, mod-judged 'authentic contribution pattern' review with no fixed timeline, per user... Gotchas: - Community threads on Indie Hackers itself recommend: write at least one blog post you can link to from your product page before submitting, make sure your signup flow is solid, and have screenshots and a video ready in advance. Listed products display a self-reported monthly revenue figure prominently next to each entry. (unofficial) - Product submission fields are mostly behind signup; paid Build Board pricing is not publicly verified. Confirmed live post-signup (2026-08-16): the submit form has a required 'Motivation' field separate from the description, easy to miss if a kit only covers tagline/description/maker-comment. Also confirmed live (2026-08-16): the one-line product blurb field (labeled 'Description' on the real... Extra form fields: - Motivation: Required field on the Indie Hackers product submission form, confirmed live 2026-08-16. A short answer to 'why did you build this', distinct from the product description: more personal and origin-story-focused. Exact character limit... ## LaunchingNext - id: launchingnext - url: https://www.launchingnext.com - submit: https://www.launchingnext.com/submit/ - kind: platform, tier 2, cost freemium - domain rating: 53 - link: dofollow - approval: free lane about 14 days, paid lane about 1 day Rejected if: - This venue wants a product people can use today. A waitlist page gets rejected. Field limits: - description: 2500 characters - video: none Review: - process: Manual daily review by the LaunchingNext team; you get an email if/when published. No image/logo upload exists on the submission form itself. - wait: 3-14 free; 1 with $99/$149 paid expedite - timing: No launch-date scheduling; listed whenever reviewed/approved. Paid tier only changes review speed, not a chosen publish date. Gotchas: - Single-page form, no login: Startup Name, Startup URL, Headline (5-8 words, not a hard character cap), full description (max 2500 chars), 5-10 comma-separated tags, startup-type radio, 90-day marketing budget radio, submitter name + email, optional newsletter opt-in, math CAPTCHA ('what is 2+3?'). - Submit form has no logo, screenshot, gallery, or video upload; $99 vs $149 expedite discrepancy remains unresolved. ## LinkedIn - id: linkedin - url: https://www.linkedin.com - submit: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/ - kind: community, tier 2, cost free - domain rating: 99 - link: nofollow - approval: free lane same day Accepts: - This venue wants at least 1 gallery image on the listing. - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Field limits: - description: 3000 characters - gallery: 1 minimum, 20 maximum - gallery spec: Single uploaded photo: minimum 552x276px, 1080px wide recommended, aspect ratio range 3:1 to 4:5 (wider ratios get centered/cropped to the max ratio), max 5MB, PNG or JPEG only; cannot be resized or edited after posting. Multi-photo post:... - video: upload. Confirmed live via LinkedIn Help: file size 75KB-5GB; duration 3 seconds-15 minutes on desktop (2 seconds minimum via the mobile app); resolution range 256x144 to 4096x2304; aspect ratio 1:2.4 to 2.4:1; frame rate 10-60fps; bitrate... Review: - process: No pre-publish review; standard post-hoc content moderation/reporting applies. - wait: 0 - timing: Third-party 2026 engagement studies (not LinkedIn-official, LinkedIn does not publish optimal-time data) generally point to Tuesday-Thursday, morning (8-11am) through early/mid-afternoon (1-4pm) in the audience's timezone as strongest; some 2026 analyses report a shift toward stronger... Gotchas: - 1,300-1,900 characters is commonly cited (third-party, not LinkedIn-official) as the highest-engagement post-length band. A short 1-3 line hook before the mobile 'see more' truncation point (roughly 140 characters on mobile, ~210 on desktop, per third-party analysis) is a standard convention since the feed collapses longer posts. Native video and native document/PDF-carousel posts are widely... - Timing and performance guidance is third-party; official Help provides post, image, and video limits. ## Nick Launches - id: nicklaunches - url: https://nicklaunches.com - submit: https://nicklaunches.com/submit/ - kind: platform, tier 2, cost freemium - domain rating: 72 - link: conditional - approval: free lane about 7 days, paid lane same day - badge: the backlink only lands once the venue badge is live on your site Accepts: - This venue hands over its backlink once its badge is live on the product site. Embed the badge first. - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - This venue wants a product people can use today. A waitlist page gets rejected. Field limits: - video: unknown Review: - process: Self-serve draft (URL prefill populates the form; logos/screenshots uploaded manually), then admin review before publication — publishing is never automated, even over the API. Agent-created submissions land in draft status and stop there; a human selects a plan and pays at /submit/plan/ before... - wait: Free: variable community waiting queue (length unpublished). Paid: instant publish once admin-approved. (unofficial) - timing: Weekly launch cycles — the submitter picks a launch week at submission time; top 3 products of each week earn gold/silver/bronze medals; recent cycles show 80-90 launches each. Listings stay live permanently at /products/{slug}/ after launch week ends. Gotchas: - Agent-native venue: MCP server at nicklaunches.com/api/mcp/ plus REST at /api/v1/, exposing anonymous catalog search, product lookup, directory listing, and a check_launch_readiness tool that returns a readiness score, duplicate detection, relaunch eligibility, and available launch weeks before submission. Dofollow backlink on every tier; the site claims DR 72 while a third-party review measured... - Form field limits and image specs sit behind the auth wall; pricing and free-queue length are third-party sourced. Listing path /products/{slug} verified against live listings. ## OpenTools - id: opentools - url: https://opentools.ai - submit: https://opentools.ai/friends/launch-tool - kind: ai-directory, tier 2, cost paid - domain rating: 69 - link: dofollow - lists AI tools only Accepts: - This listing costs money and the product earns nothing yet. Budget for the fee before you submit. - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - This venue wants a product people can use today. A waitlist page gets rejected. - This venue only lists AI tools. Field limits: - video: unknown Review: - process: Unverifiable pre-login — the actual submission/review workflow lives inside the authenticated OpenTools dashboard. - timing: Third-party sources describe a 4-day homepage feature window once launched; not verifiable against the official gated page. (unofficial) Gotchas: - Only the login wall is verified; pricing, specs, and launch mechanics remain unverified. ## PitchGround - id: pitchground - url: https://pitchground.com - submit: https://partners.pitchground.com/ - kind: marketplace, tier 2, cost revenue-share - domain rating: 47 Accepts: - This venue sells lifetime deals. Subscription-only pricing is a rejection. - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - This venue wants a product people can use today. A waitlist page gets rejected. Field limits: - video: unknown Review: - process: Featured deals: collaborative onboarding where the PitchGround team requests specific deliverables from the partner, schedules meetings/webinars, and builds the sales page, video, and ad campaigns. Includes a 'Power Users' program where roughly 10 vetted community members test the product before... - timing: Payouts are automated via Tipalti. Sales are considered 'mature' (refund window closed) after 60 days, at which point monthly payouts begin per the schedule written into the signed partner agreement. Gotchas: - Partners are expected to: read the partner guide in full, complete an 'Ideal Customer Profile' form for PitchGround's marketing team, participate in product-showcase webinars, respond to buyer questions in the sales page's 'discussions' tab and in PitchGround's Discord/Facebook community, stay reachable on Slack during the launch window, and complete a deliverables checklist provided by the... - pitchground.com/partners is dead; use partners.pitchground.com. ## PitchWall - id: pitchwall - url: https://pitchwall.co - submit: https://pitchwall.co/submit - kind: platform, tier 2, cost freemium - domain rating: 69 - link: nofollow - approval: free lane about 30 days, paid lane about 1 day Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - This venue rejects agencies and service businesses. It lists products. - This venue wants a product people can use today. A waitlist page gets rejected. Field limits: - video: unknown Review: - process: Every submission is manually reviewed to confirm the product is legitimate, active, and relevant before approval. Rejects pure service businesses (agencies, dev/design studios); beta/alpha products are accepted if they have a clear landing page, clean UI/UX, and concise messaging. - wait: 30+ free; ~14 Pro; as soon as tomorrow on chosen date for Premium - timing: Only the Premium ($99) tier lets you pick your own launch date (as early as the next day); Free and Pro are queued with minimum wait periods (30 days and ~2 weeks respectively) rather than being date-selectable. Gotchas: - Requires login (Google/GitHub/Microsoft/Discord OAuth) before the submit form is reachable — form fields sit behind auth so exact field-level limits weren't directly observable. Basic fields collected: product name, website, description, tags, images. - Auth wall hides field-level specs; pricing and queue rules are public. ## r/AlphaAndBetaUsers - id: reddit-alpha-beta-users - url: https://reddit.com/r/alphaandbetausers - submit: https://www.reddit.com/r/alphaandbetausers/submit/ - kind: community, tier 2, cost free - domain rating: 95 - link: nofollow - approval: free lane same day Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - This room wants a product testers can open today. An email capture page gets removed. - This room is for products still in alpha or beta. Mods remove products that already launched. Field limits: - title: 300 characters - description: 40000 characters - gallery: optional, 20 maximum - gallery spec: Reddit's site-wide gallery-post feature supports multiple images/GIFs per post. No sub-specific spec published. - video: upload. Reddit native video upload (site-wide): max ~1GB file size, max 15 minutes length, MP4/MOV. Review: - process: Lightly/reactively moderated (single listed moderator, u/_hcaz, at time of check). No automated rules panel appears on the new-Reddit submit page (only NSFW/Brand-affiliate tags are exposed there), but the classic old.reddit.com sidebar publishes an explicit posting policy, confirmed live and... - wait: 0 - timing: No official or reliably sourced timing guidance found for this specific subreddit. Gotchas: - Titles are almost all direct, concrete asks: 'Looking for beta testers for X', 'Built X, need N testers before launch', frequently offering an incentive (lifetime free access, Pro tier for life, free credits). Body copy should state what the product does, who it's for, what specific feedback is wanted, and give direct access (no email-gate-only signup, per the sidebar rule). A pinned moderator... - Old Reddit sidebar supplies the launch format; no subreddit-specific asset specs are published. ## r/SaaS - id: reddit-saas - url: https://reddit.com/r/SaaS - submit: https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/submit/ - kind: community, tier 2, cost free - domain rating: 95 - link: nofollow - approval: free lane same day Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - r/SaaS removes posts with no SaaS angle. The product needs one. Field limits: - title: 300 characters - description: 40000 characters - gallery: optional, 20 maximum - gallery spec: Reddit's site-wide gallery-post feature supports multiple images/GIFs per post, each with an optional 180-character caption. No r/SaaS-specific spec published. - video: upload. Reddit native video upload (site-wide): max ~1GB file size, max 15 minutes length, MP4/MOV. Review: - process: AutoModerator plus active moderator enforcement. Confirmed live: a 'R/SAAS RULES' panel (10 numbered rules) auto-expands on the r/SaaS post-submission page. Verified rule text (rules 1-6, expanded and read in full): (1) Submission Guidelines - follow Reddit site-wide rules, be respectful, stay... - wait: 0 - timing: Third-party mod-enforcement analysis (unverified independently) claims Monday-Wednesday outperforms weekends for main-feed survival; not an official rule and could not be corroborated on an official page. Gotchas: - Live front page mixes founder war-stories and pain-point posts, revenue/pricing discussions, and product mentions framed as narratives (metrics, challenges, decisions) rather than direct pitches. Pinned community highlights include a 'How to make good Posts' guide and a 'Community Guide' link. A widely cited (third-party) heuristic for what survives moderation: the post should pass a 'body-only... - No subreddit-specific asset specs; moderator rules heavily constrain self-promotion. ## Smol Launch - id: smol-launch - url: https://smollaunch.com - submit: https://smollaunch.com - kind: platform, tier 2, cost freemium - domain rating: 73 - link: conditional - approval: free lane about 40 days, paid lane about 2 days - badge: the backlink only lands once the venue badge is live on your site Accepts: - This venue wants a clean logo. It is the first thing voters see. - This venue hands over its backlink once its badge is live on the product site. Embed the badge first. - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - This venue wants a product people can use today. A waitlist page gets rejected. Field limits: - tagline: 80 characters - gallery spec: Screenshots must reflect current UI; dated/mismatched screenshots are grounds for rejection - logo: At least 256x256px, PNG or SVG preferred (per third-party directory-tracker source, not confirmed on smollaunch.com's own rendered pages) (unofficial) - video: unknown. A ~1-minute demo video or animated GIF showing the core workflow is recommended/expected (per third-party source) (unofficial) Review: - process: Automated checks plus human moderation; confirms the listing is real/working, the link resolves correctly, and the entry isn't spam or a duplicate. Starts as 'pending review.' - wait: 2 (48-hour initial response per third-party source); up to 10 for featured/paid manual-QA placements (unofficial) - timing: Weekly cycle: submissions open Monday, voting runs through Sunday. Free tier is capped at 30 slots/week platform-wide; once full you roll into the next open week and keep your queue position. Premium bypasses the cap. Gotchas: - Live HTTPS product URL with a clear primary CTA required; founder/company name plus a monitored contact email required. Guidance emphasizes a clear outcome-focused tagline, a clean logo (first thing voters see), and a problem-focused description rather than a feature dump. Tagline, logo, and video figures are third-party directory-tracker guidance because the submit flow was not publicly... - Some field-level specs are third-party sourced because /submit was not fetchable directly. ## SourceForge - id: sourceforge - url: https://sourceforge.net - submit: https://sourceforge.net/software/vendors/new - kind: catalog, tier 2, cost freemium - domain rating: 92 - link: nofollow Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - This venue wants a product people can use today. A waitlist page gets rejected. Field limits: - title: 40 characters - description: 1000 characters - gallery: optional, 6 maximum - gallery spec: No pixel dimensions published; screenshots capped at a maximum of 6 across all plans - logo: Square, minimum 90x90px; JPG, GIF, or PNG accepted; official guidance says 'best if square & hi-res' (no published upper file-size limit) - video: youtube-link. 1 YouTube video allowed, across all plan tiers; no further spec published Review: - process: Submit via the vendor 'Add a Product' form (business account required); Basic-tier category placement is 'requested' but approval/final placement is at SourceForge's ('the Media Company's') discretion. No published SLA for how long initial review takes. - timing: No launch-date scheduling; it's an evergreen vendor/software directory. Gotchas: - Add-a-Product form fields: Your Name, Email, Company, Your Title, Website, Phone, Company Founded, Company Location, Software Title (max 40 chars), Logo, Product Description (max 1000 chars, 'describe the full functionality...as descriptive as possible'), Audience, Starting Price (max 100 chars). Requires agreeing to Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, and consent to vendor communications. A... - Field-level limits and screenshot/video caps come from SourceForge official vendor specs. ## startupfa.me - id: startupfame - url: https://startupfa.me - submit: https://startupfa.me/submit - kind: platform, tier 2, cost freemium - domain rating: 83 - link: conditional - approval: free lane about 7 days, paid lane same day - badge: the backlink only lands once the venue badge is live on your site Accepts: - This venue hands over its backlink once its badge is live on the product site. Embed the badge first. - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - This venue wants a product people can use today. A waitlist page gets rejected. Field limits: - video: unknown Review: - process: AI-assisted: you submit your site URL and their AI auto-fetches/generates the listing details from your site; submission then goes through 'multiple quality checks.' Free tier additionally requires manual badge verification (~7 days); paid tiers auto-verify instantly. - wait: 7 free (badge verification); <1 paid - timing: No fixed launch-date scheduling found; paid tiers grant near-instant/rotating placement rather than a booked date. Gotchas: - Users can create a startupfa.me/profile hub linking all of their submitted startups. Platform explicitly targets 'modern companies, micro-startups, and side projects' and states submissions undergo quality checks 'to maintain high standards for the platform and backlink value.' - SPA submit flow hides field-level specs; pricing and process come from rendered public pages. ## TinyLaunch - id: tinylaunch - url: https://www.tinylaunch.com - submit: https://www.tinylaunch.com/submit - kind: platform, tier 2, cost freemium - domain rating: 72 - link: conditional - approval: free lane about 28 days, paid lane about 7 days - badge: the backlink only lands once the venue badge is live on your site Accepts: - This venue hands over its backlink once its badge is live on the product site. Embed the badge first. - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - This venue wants a product people can use today. A waitlist page gets rejected. Field limits: - tagline: 60 characters - title: 30 characters - description: 10000 characters - gallery spec: None. The official submission API schema has no screenshots/gallery array field at all, and a live example listing confirmed no gallery is rendered on the product page — only logo, title, tagline, and one About/description block. - logo: Required. PNG, JPG, or WebP only, max 209,715 bytes (~200KB). No pixel-dimension requirement documented. TinyLaunch's own agent guide instructs extracting the logo from a site's apple-touch-icon or favicon link tag — explicitly not... - video: none Review: - process: Per TinyLaunch's own agent guide (verbatim): 'The listing is moderator-reviewed before going fully live.' Submission via API returns 201 immediately (effectively self-serve/instant), but is subject to an async moderator review before public visibility. - wait: Free: ~28 ('you launch in ~4 weeks once a spot in the free queue opens up', exact wording from TinyLaunch's own docs). Premium: 7 or less (launches 'next Monday'). - timing: Launch dates are fetched via a live API (GET /api/v1/launch-dates, paginated); each date carries independent bookable_free / bookable_premium flags and a free-tier slot cap that Premium bypasses. One free launch per maker per date. Homepage shows a live countdown to the next ranking-period cutover;... Gotchas: - Ranking is by upvotes within each day's launch cohort; top 3 get a badge + backlink. Free-tier backlink appears contingent on embedding TinyLaunch's badge with a link back (per third-party reviews); Premium guarantees the backlink without that requirement. Notably, TinyLaunch actively targets AI-agent-driven submission — a dedicated /agents page, full OpenAPI spec, and a detailed llms.txt 'agent... - Exact field limits come from TinyLaunch first-party agent/API docs. ## Toolify - id: toolify - url: https://www.toolify.ai - submit: https://www.toolify.ai/submit - kind: ai-directory, tier 2, cost paid - domain rating: 73 - link: dofollow - approval: paid lane about 2 days - lists AI tools only Accepts: - This listing costs money and the product earns nothing yet. Budget for the fee before you submit. Rejected if: - This venue wants a product people can use today. A waitlist page gets rejected. - This venue only lists AI tools. Field limits: - video: unknown Review: - process: Paid submissions are queue-free and listed within 48 hours. An official FAQ block exists ('How long does it take to be listed?', 'Does my listing expire?', 'Why wasn't my tool listed?', 'What is the refund policy?', 'Do you work with agencies?') but its answers are behind a client-side accordion... - wait: 2 Gotchas: - Toolify runs parallel localized submit pages (zh, tw, ko, ja, pt, es, de, fr, vi) off the same underlying submission. - Live public submit path is paid-only at $99; third-party free-queue claims are outdated. ## X build-in-public - id: x-build-in-public - url: https://x.com - submit: https://x.com/compose/post - kind: community, tier 2, cost free - domain rating: 97 - link: nofollow - approval: free lane same day Accepts: - This venue wants at least 1 gallery image on the listing. - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Field limits: - description: 280 characters - long description: 25000 characters - gallery: 1 minimum, 4 maximum - gallery spec: Up to 4 photos per post (JPG, PNG, or GIF only - BMP/TIFF not accepted); each photo up to 5MB. Alternatively, exactly 1 animated GIF per post (max 5MB on mobile, 15MB on web) - a GIF cannot be combined with additional images in the same... - logo: Profile photo: 400x400px recommended. - video: upload. Free accounts: up to 140 seconds (2:20) long, max 512MB file size, on any platform. X Premium (any paid tier, web/iOS): up to 4 hours long at 1080p (max 16GB), or up to 4 hours at 720p specifically for videos between 2-4 hours long (max... Review: - process: No pre-publish review; posts go live immediately, subject to standard post-hoc content moderation/reporting. - wait: 0 - timing: Third-party engagement studies (not X-official) converge on weekday mornings, roughly 9-11am in the audience's local time, as the strongest window, with Tuesday-Thursday the strongest days and weekends weakest. For build-in-public specifically, checking your own account's native analytics for your... Gotchas: - Build-in-public convention favors an ongoing narrative (daily/weekly update habit) pairing a concrete, checkable metric (revenue, users, a before/after screenshot) with a short story beat, rather than a single one-off launch post. Short screen-recording clips or GIFs of the product in action generally outperform static screenshots for engagement per general social-content best practice (not an... - Timing and length-performance guidance is third-party; platform specs are first-party. ## AI Tools Directory - id: ai-tools-directory - url: https://aitoolsdirectory.com - submit: https://aitoolsdirectory.com/submit-tool - kind: ai-directory, tier 3, cost freemium - lists AI tools only Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - This venue only lists AI tools. Gotchas: - DR55-ish AI tools catalog. ## AIcyclopedia - id: aicyclopedia - url: https://aicyclopedia.com - submit: https://aicyclopedia.com/submit-your-ai-tool/ - kind: ai-directory, tier 3, cost freemium - lists AI tools only Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - This venue only lists AI tools. Gotchas: - Form-based AI tool submission. ## aitools.fyi - id: aitools-fyi - url: https://aitools.fyi - submit: https://aitools.fyi/submit - kind: ai-directory, tier 3, cost freemium - lists AI tools only Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - This venue only lists AI tools. Gotchas: - Paid featured placements available. ## Ben's Bites - id: bens-bites - url: https://www.bensbites.com - submit: https://catalog.bensbites.com/partners - kind: newsletter, tier 3, cost paid - lists AI tools only Accepts: - This listing costs money and the product earns nothing yet. Budget for the fee before you submit. Rejected if: - This venue only lists AI tools. Gotchas: - AI newsletter with claimed 115k+ subscribers, twice weekly. ## Buildlist - id: buildlist - url: https://buildlist.io - submit: https://buildlist.io/submit - kind: platform, tier 3, cost freemium Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Gotchas: - Free listing and feedback angle. ## Crozdesk - id: crozdesk - url: https://www.crozdesk.com - submit: https://vendor.crozdesk.com - kind: catalog, tier 3, cost freemium Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Gotchas: - B2B software discovery catalog. ## Dang.ai - id: dang-ai - url: https://dang.ai - submit: https://dang.ai/submit - kind: ai-directory, tier 3, cost freemium - lists AI tools only Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - This venue only lists AI tools. Gotchas: - Free with badge link-back; paid fast-track; 5000+ tools. ## EarlyHunt - id: earlyhunt - url: https://earlyhunt.com - submit: https://earlyhunt.com/submit - kind: platform, tier 3, cost freemium - lists AI tools only Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - This venue only lists AI tools. Gotchas: - Weekly hunt cycles with voting; AI-leaning. ## Firsto - id: firsto - url: https://firsto.co - submit: https://firsto.co - kind: platform, tier 3, cost freemium Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Gotchas: - Free queue with guaranteed homepage visibility; paid 24 hour skip. ## GetApp - id: getapp - url: https://www.getapp.com - submit: https://app.g2digitalmarkets.com/get-listed/start - kind: catalog, tier 3, cost free Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Gotchas: - getapp.com/vendors/ is a 404. Official Get listed is G2 Digital Markets (Capterra/GetApp/Software Advice cabinet), not G2.com. The form publishes on Capterra first; claim GetApp from the same account after. ## Indie.Deals - id: indie-deals - url: https://indie.deals - submit: https://indie.deals/submit - kind: platform, tier 3, cost freemium Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Gotchas: - Indie products with a deals angle; PRO around $37. ## IndieHunt - id: indiehunt - url: https://indiehunt.io - submit: https://indiehunt.io/submit - kind: platform, tier 3, cost freemium Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Gotchas: - Weekly competitions and community votes. ## Insidr.ai - id: insidr-ai - url: https://www.insidr.ai - submit: https://www.insidr.ai/submit-tools/ - kind: ai-directory, tier 3, cost free - lists AI tools only Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - This venue only lists AI tools. Gotchas: - Simple AI tools form. ## No Code Founders - id: no-code-founders - url: https://nocodefounders.com - submit: https://nocodefounders.com - kind: community, tier 3, cost freemium Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Gotchas: - Launch channels for no-code products. ## OpenHunts - id: openhunts - url: https://openhunts.com - submit: https://openhunts.com - kind: platform, tier 3, cost free Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Field limits: - gallery: optional, 1 maximum Gotchas: - Needs account, profile, description, screenshots, and founder story. Confirmed live (2026-08-16): the listing accepts only a single product image, so kits must ship one collage rather than separate shots. ## PeerPush - id: peerpush - url: https://peerpush.com - submit: https://peerpush.com - kind: platform, tier 3, cost freemium Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Gotchas: - Free queue; Basic instant launch about $39, Boosted about $89 for 7 days, Max about $229 for 30 days; AI auto-fill from URL. ## ProductWatch - id: productwatch - url: https://productwatch.io - submit: https://productwatch.io - kind: platform, tier 3, cost free Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Gotchas: - Permanent dofollow listing with multi-week feed visibility. ## r/EntrepreneurRideAlong - id: reddit-entrepreneur-ride-along - url: https://reddit.com/r/EntrepreneurRideAlong - submit: https://reddit.com/r/EntrepreneurRideAlong - kind: community, tier 3, cost free Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Gotchas: - 688k members; journey-post format with links inside a real story. ## r/indiehackers - id: reddit-indiehackers - url: https://reddit.com/r/indiehackers - submit: https://reddit.com/r/indiehackers - kind: community, tier 3, cost free Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Gotchas: - Use SHOW IH flair; once per project; frame as feedback. ## r/InternetIsBeautiful - id: reddit-internet-is-beautiful - url: https://reddit.com/r/InternetIsBeautiful - submit: https://reddit.com/r/InternetIsBeautiful - kind: community, tier 3, cost free Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - This room bans business tools and AI tools. It wants a consumer web toy. Gotchas: - Confirmed live 2026-08-16 from this subreddit's own Community Rules page. Takes link posts only, no separate description or image fields exist in the submission form. Title cannot name the linked domain; mods remove titles that read as an ad. Four rules make this venue a poor fit for most SaaS/business tools: Rule 5 'No Stores or Demos' bans freemium products where full functionality requires... - Consumer web tools and toys only. Explicitly bans business/launch tools, freemium products, and AI-generated-content products; see conventions. Check fit before generating a kit for this venue. ## r/roastmystartup - id: reddit-roastmystartup - url: https://reddit.com/r/roastmystartup - submit: https://reddit.com/r/roastmystartup - kind: community, tier 3, cost free Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Gotchas: - 45k members; landing page and concept roasts; expect brutality. ## r/startups - id: reddit-startups - url: https://reddit.com/r/startups - submit: https://reddit.com/r/startups - kind: community, tier 3, cost free Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Gotchas: - Use the weekly Share Your Startup sticky only. ## Ramen Club - id: ramen-club - url: https://ramen.club - submit: https://ramen.club - kind: community, tier 3, cost paid Accepts: - This listing costs money and the product earns nothing yet. Budget for the fee before you submit. - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Gotchas: - Weekly demo days for indie makers. ## RocketHub - id: rockethub - url: https://www.rockethub.com - submit: https://www.rockethub.com - kind: marketplace, tier 3, cost revenue-share Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Gotchas: - Newer LTD marketplace with maker-friendly split. ## SaaSworthy - id: saasworthy - url: https://www.saasworthy.com - submit: https://www.saasworthy.com - kind: catalog, tier 3, cost free Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Gotchas: - Claim an auto-created profile if one already exists. ## ShipThing - id: shipthing - url: https://shipthing.com - submit: https://shipthing.com/projects/submit - kind: platform, tier 3, cost free Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Gotchas: - Upvote-ranked launches, countdowns, and backlinks. ## SideProjectors - id: sideprojectors - url: https://www.sideprojectors.com - submit: https://www.sideprojectors.com - kind: platform, tier 3, cost freemium Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Gotchas: - Show or sell side projects in a marketplace format. ## Slant - id: slant - url: https://www.slant.co - submit: https://www.slant.co - kind: catalog, tier 3, cost free Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Gotchas: - Add the product as an option on relevant 'what is the best' pages; editorial activity is low, so verify category traffic first. ## Small Bets - id: small-bets - url: https://smallbets.com - submit: https://smallbets.com - kind: community, tier 3, cost paid Accepts: - This listing costs money and the product earns nothing yet. Budget for the fee before you submit. - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Gotchas: - One-time-fee Discord community around 4k members. ## Software Advice - id: software-advice - url: https://www.softwareadvice.com - submit: https://www.softwareadvice.com/vendors/ - kind: catalog, tier 3, cost freemium Accepts: - This venue rejects free hosting subdomains. Point the product at its own domain first. - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Gotchas: - Capterra-family buyer catalog; only worth doing once the product has real pricing, categories, and support copy. ## StackShare - id: stackshare - url: https://stackshare.io - submit: https://stackshare.io/submit - kind: catalog, tier 3, cost free - lists developer tools only Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - This venue only lists developer tools. Gotchas: - Developer-focused catalog, still operating post-FOSSA acquisition. ## Startup Buffer - id: startup-buffer - url: https://startupbuffer.com - submit: https://startupbuffer.com/site/submit - kind: platform, tier 3, cost freemium Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Gotchas: - Free queue is slower; premium gets featured placement. ## Startup Stash - id: startup-stash - url: https://startupstash.com - submit: https://startupstash.com/add-listing/ - kind: catalog, tier 3, cost paid Accepts: - This listing costs money and the product earns nothing yet. Budget for the fee before you submit. - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Gotchas: - About $99 for curated startup tools directory placement. ## StartupBase - id: startupbase - url: https://startupbase.io - submit: https://startupbase.io/submit - kind: platform, tier 3, cost freemium Gotchas: - Needs name, tagline, description, logo, screenshots, video if available, team, and pricing. ## Submit AI Tools - id: submit-ai-tools - url: https://submitaitools.org - submit: https://submitaitools.org/submit-your-ai-tool/ - kind: ai-directory, tier 3, cost free - lists AI tools only Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - This venue only lists AI tools. Gotchas: - Low-bar dofollow AI tools directory. ## SuperLaunch - id: superlaunch - url: https://superlaunch.io - submit: https://superlaunch.io/submit - kind: platform, tier 3, cost free - lists AI tools only Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - This venue only lists AI tools. Gotchas: - AI focus with 7, 15, and 30 day visibility windows. ## The Rundown AI - id: rundown-ai - url: https://www.therundown.ai - submit: https://www.rundown.ai/advertise-with-us - kind: newsletter, tier 3, cost paid - lists AI tools only Accepts: - This listing costs money and the product earns nothing yet. Budget for the fee before you submit. Rejected if: - This venue only lists AI tools. Gotchas: - AI newsletter with claimed 1M+ subscribers and an editorial Tools section. ## TheAISurf - id: theaisurf - url: https://theaisurf.com - submit: https://theaisurf.com/submit/ - kind: ai-directory, tier 3, cost freemium - lists AI tools only Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - This venue only lists AI tools. Gotchas: - Newer AI directory that is actively soliciting submissions. ## Tiny Startups - id: tiny-startups - url: https://tinystartups.com - submit: https://tinystartups.com/submit - kind: platform, tier 3, cost free Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Gotchas: - Weekly leaderboard, DR70+ backlink, lifetime listing for winners. ## TLDR - id: tldr - url: https://tldr.tech - submit: https://advertise.tldr.tech - kind: newsletter, tier 3, cost paid Accepts: - This listing costs money and the product earns nothing yet. Budget for the fee before you submit. Gotchas: - Paid placement; secondary slots around $3k/issue with 3-issue minimum; primary can be $5k-$15k; 13 editions. ## Tool Finder - id: tool-finder - url: https://toolfinder.com - submit: https://toolfinder.com/submit - kind: catalog, tier 3, cost paid Accepts: - This listing costs money and the product earns nothing yet. Budget for the fee before you submit. - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Gotchas: - About $29 one-time; hand-reviewed productivity tools. ## TopAI.tools - id: topai-tools - url: https://topai.tools - submit: https://topai.tools/submit - kind: ai-directory, tier 3, cost paid - lists AI tools only Accepts: - This listing costs money and the product earns nothing yet. Budget for the fee before you submit. - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Rejected if: - This venue only lists AI tools. Gotchas: - Paid listing around $35. ## TrustRadius - id: trustradius - url: https://www.trustradius.com - submit: https://www.trustradius.com/vendors - kind: catalog, tier 3, cost freemium Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Gotchas: - Worthless without reviews; needs a review drive before it matters. ## Turbo0 - id: turbo0 - url: https://turbo0.com - submit: https://turbo0.com - kind: platform, tier 3, cost free Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Gotchas: - Daily, weekly, and monthly top lists. ## Twelve Tools - id: twelve-tools - url: https://twelve.tools - submit: https://twelve.tools/submit - kind: platform, tier 3, cost free Accepts: - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Gotchas: - 12 tools per day format; dofollow link. ## WIP.co - id: wip - url: https://wip.co - submit: https://wip.co - kind: community, tier 3, cost paid Accepts: - This listing costs money and the product earns nothing yet. Budget for the fee before you submit. - The submit form here sits behind a login. Make an account first. Gotchas: - Maker community built around shipping streaks.