# SubmitMap > A directory of startup launch platforms for indie hackers: who each platform accepts, what disqualifies you, step-by-step submission instructions, and a ready-to-paste agent prompt per platform. No accounts, no paid placement. Across the 12 platforms tracked, median approval time is 6 days, 8 of 12 give dofollow backlinks, and 9 are free to submit. If you are an agent preparing product submissions: every platform page lists eligibility, disqualifiers, submission steps, requirements, gotchas, and an `agentPrompt` you can execute directly. The full dataset is one fetch away. ## For agents - [Platform dataset (JSON)](https://submitmap.com/api/platforms.json): every platform record — eligibility, steps, approval days, pricing, dofollow, agent prompts. CORS-open. - [Full content (markdown)](https://submitmap.com/llms-full.txt): all platform and guide content in one file. - [About this site for agents](https://submitmap.com/for-agents/): how to use SubmitMap to submit a product everywhere it qualifies. ## Platforms - [AppSumo](https://submitmap.com/platform/appsumo/): A marketplace of deal-hunting buyers. Real revenue, on their terms. (paid; approval 2–8 weeks; dofollow link) - [Product Hunt](https://submitmap.com/platform/product-hunt/): The default launch stage. High traffic for one day, a permanent backlink after. (free; approval same day; dofollow link) - [Show HN](https://submitmap.com/platform/show-hn/): The most technical audience you can reach for free, and the least forgiving. (free; approval instant; nofollow link) - [Chrome Web Store](https://submitmap.com/platform/chrome-web-store/): Distribution for extensions, with a review process that reads your permissions closely. (paid; approval 1–14 days; nofollow link) - [G2](https://submitmap.com/platform/g2/): Buyer-intent reviews. Slow, bureaucratic, and where B2B software gets compared. (freemium; approval 1–3 weeks; nofollow link) - [BetaList](https://submitmap.com/platform/betalist/): Early-stage startups shown to an audience that expects rough edges. (freemium; approval 2–8 weeks; dofollow link) - [Indie Hackers](https://submitmap.com/platform/indie-hackers/): A community that rewards revenue numbers and post-mortems, not launches. (free; approval instant; nofollow link) - [There's An AI For That](https://submitmap.com/platform/theres-an-ai-for-that/): The largest AI tool index. Heavy search traffic, paid submission. (paid; approval 2–10 days; dofollow link) - [Peerlist](https://submitmap.com/platform/peerlist/): A professional network for builders with a weekly project spotlight. (free; approval 1–3 days; dofollow link) - [Uneed](https://submitmap.com/platform/uneed/): A small, well-run tools directory with a daily and weekly leaderboard. (freemium; approval 3–7 days; dofollow link) - [DevHunt](https://submitmap.com/platform/devhunt/): A weekly leaderboard for developer tools only, run by the community. (free; approval 1–5 days; dofollow link) - [MicroLaunch](https://submitmap.com/platform/microlaunch/): Daily launches for small products, with far less competition than the big boards. (freemium; approval 1–4 days; dofollow link) ## Lists - [AI Tool Directories That Accept Submissions (2026)](https://submitmap.com/lists/ai-tool-directories/): Where to list an AI product, and which ones expect payment before they'll look at it. - [Best Startup Directories to Submit To in 2026](https://submitmap.com/lists/best-startup-directories/): The directories still worth an hour of your time, and what each one actually returns. - [AppSumo Alternatives for Your First Real Sales (2026)](https://submitmap.com/lists/appsumo-alternatives/): Where buyers actually show up when lifetime-deal pricing doesn't fit your product. - [Product Hunt Alternatives That Actually Send Traffic (2026)](https://submitmap.com/lists/product-hunt-alternatives/): Six boards where a small audience can still finish first, ordered by how much traffic they realistically send. ## Guides - [Write the one-line description that gets you accepted](https://submitmap.com/guides/one-line-description/): One sentence that survives every character limit a directory throws at it. - [Screenshots, OG image and demo video: the specs every directory asks for](https://submitmap.com/guides/assets-specs/): One export set that fits every submission form without redoing it each time. - [Landing page checks before you send anyone to it](https://submitmap.com/guides/landing-checks/): The eight things reviewers reject listings for, fixed in an afternoon. - [Analytics and an email capture that takes ten minutes](https://submitmap.com/guides/analytics-capture/): You can tell which listing sent the traffic, and keep the people it sent. - [The directories with no review queue](https://submitmap.com/guides/no-review-queue/): Roughly thirty listings live inside a single afternoon. - [Write one submission blurb, reuse it thirty times](https://submitmap.com/guides/reusable-blurb/): Three length variants that cover every form field you will meet. - [Dofollow vs nofollow: which listings actually move SEO](https://submitmap.com/guides/dofollow-nofollow/): You stop spending hours on links that pass nothing. - [Hand the form-filling to your AI agent](https://submitmap.com/guides/agent-form-filling/): A prompt that fills the repetitive submissions while you review the output. - [Should you launch on Product Hunt at all?](https://submitmap.com/guides/should-you-launch-ph/): A straight answer for your product instead of a month spent preparing for the wrong day. - [Product Hunt: the ten days before](https://submitmap.com/guides/ph-ten-days-before/): Gallery, tagline and a briefed group of real commenters, ready before you pick a date. - [Product Hunt: launch day, hour by hour](https://submitmap.com/guides/ph-launch-day/): You know what to do at 12:01am and what to ignore for the next sixteen hours. - [Show HN: posting without getting flagged](https://submitmap.com/guides/show-hn/): A post that fits the published rules, so the outcome is luck rather than a removal. - [The weekly leaderboards: Peerlist, Uneed, MicroLaunch, DevHunt](https://submitmap.com/guides/weekly-leaderboards/): Four smaller launches where placing first is realistic, spread across four weeks. - [Reddit: finding the six subreddits that will actually allow you](https://submitmap.com/guides/reddit-finding-subs/): A shortlist of six subs with each one's self-promotion policy written down. - [Reddit: the post that doesn't get removed](https://submitmap.com/guides/reddit-the-post/): A format that survives moderation, and the week of groundwork that earns it. - [Showing up before you need them: Indie Hackers, Discord, Slack](https://submitmap.com/guides/showing-up-early/): Three places where people know your name before you have anything to announce. - [X: building in public with no audience](https://submitmap.com/guides/x-building-in-public/): A reply-first routine that builds a small audience over months, not days. - [A Chrome Web Store listing that passes review](https://submitmap.com/guides/chrome-web-store/): A submission that clears review first time instead of bouncing on permissions. - [Notion, Figma, Slack and Shopify app directories](https://submitmap.com/guides/app-directories/): You know which of the four is worth your week and which is a vanity listing. - [AI-specific: GPT Store, MCP registries, AI tool indexes](https://submitmap.com/guides/ai-registries/): Listings in the least saturated segment, sorted by which ones send real people. - [Alternatives and comparison pages that rank](https://submitmap.com/guides/alternatives-pages/): One honest page per competitor, aimed at the highest-intent search a small product can win. - [Getting into the best-tools roundups](https://submitmap.com/guides/roundups/): A short outreach routine that puts you in lists already ranking for your term. - [Turning listings into backlinks that count](https://submitmap.com/guides/listings-into-links/): You know which of your listings pass authority and which were a waste of an evening. - [Buying UGC: briefs, pricing, what actually converts](https://submitmap.com/guides/buying-ugc/): A brief and a budget that buys usable video instead of a folder of unusable clips. - [Newsletter sponsorships and paid directory tiers](https://submitmap.com/guides/sponsorships/): A way to judge a placement before you pay, and a number that stops you.