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Dang.ai: requirements, how to submit, and what you actually get

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An AI directory whose free lane is paid for with a permanent dofollow link back, and whose intake refuses directories in its own words.

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Eligibility

Who Dang.ai accepts

You need
An email address you can open, for the sign-in link
Somewhere to host their badge or a text link permanently, because the free listing lives only while it does
An AI tool or product: the intake makes you attest you are not a directory, an agency or a job board
You'll be rejected if
A directory, an agency, a job board or any non-AI service, on the FREE package. The intake carries a required checkbox saying the submission is none of those, but ticking it does not settle it: the judgement is made by a human at review, after the badge is already up, and the paid lanes take these products happily.
A mature or NSFW tool, which has a separate intake of its own
AI toolsAI chatbotsMarketing toolsProductivity toolsDesign toolsAutomation tools
What you actually get
A listing on a DR 79 AI directory whose outbound links are genuinely followed: an anchor to the vendor's own site on a sampled listing carries rel="noopener noreferrer" and no nofollow. On the free package that listing lasts exactly as long as their badge stays on your site.

How to submit to Dang.ai

  1. Sign in with the emailed link
    There is no password, no Google and no GitHub. /submit and /pricing both redirect to /login until you have followed the link, and the account is where listings, submissions and billing live.
  2. Choose a package
    Submit a tool lands on /pricing, not on a form. Free, Basic at $49 and Pro at $30 plus $19 a month, with a separate tab for NSFW tools.
  3. Put their link up first
    The free package opens a backlink dialog rather than the intake: their badge embed or a plain text link, and their own wording is that the intake unlocks only after they have verified it.
  4. Attest, then submit for verification
    Four required checkboxes: that the link is up, that this is an AI tool and not a directory or agency or job board, that it is not NSFW, and that you are authorised and understand the backlink has to stay live.
  5. Come back for the real intake once the crawler has been
    This is the second form and the one that carries the listing. /submit/details/<submission-id> is dead until their crawler finds the link, then the page heads "Backlink verified. Your Free package is unlocked" and asks for the copy, two images, a category and a keyword. Nothing you filled at the backlink step appears here.
  6. Wait out the review
    Submitting the intake redirects to the dashboard and the row turns to Pending Review with Action "No action". Up to four weeks on the free package against four days on Basic, and a submission under review is not yet a listing.

Dang.ai requirements

An email address you can open, for the sign-in link
Their badge or a text link, live and crawlable on your site before the intake opens
Tool name
160 characters, product name only, no tagline
Short description
10 to 75 characters, plain text, no links
Longer description
50 to 8,000 characters, plain text, no links
Listing image
1200x630 (1.91:1), PNG, JPG or WEBP, max 5MB and 2400x1260
Logo
square 1:1, PNG, JPG or WEBP, max 2MB and 1024x1024
Primary keyword
the phrase a buyer would search to find you
Categories
one on free, two on Basic, four on Pro
Submitter avataroptional
max 2MB and 1024x1024
Submitter social profileoptional
an x.com, linkedin.com or github.com URL
Alternative tool URLsoptional
up to 8 competitor domains

Gotchas

The AI-tool question is decided at review, not at the form. A required checkbox asks you to attest the submission is an AI product and not a directory, an agency, a job board or a non-AI service, and a reviewer checks it afterwards: ours was refused the free package with "not an AI tool/product eligible for the Free package" once the badge was up and both forms were done.
The free listing is rented, not owned: their requirements say it stays active as long as you keep the badge or link up, so taking the link down later takes the listing with it.
The backlink they ask for is a dofollow one, in those words, and their snippet ships rel="dofollow noopener". You are paying for a followed link with a followed link.
A refusal costs you the badge work, not just the wait. The free lane is unlocked by putting their dofollow link on your homepage before the intake opens, so a product they later judge non-AI has already paid the price of a listing it will not get.

Let your agent submit to Dang.ai

Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the Dang.ai playbook and gets the brief for this exact form, with the values already taken from your submission pack instead of placeholders you fill in by hand.

What it does for this platform
Checks your product against the 5 Dang.ai rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 12 fields this form asks for, 3 of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Warns you that Dang.ai looks for its badge on your site, so it has to be live before you submit rather than after.
Tells you what paying buys here, so you pick it on purpose: three packages, visible only once you are signed in. Free is $0 and paid for with a crawlable dofollow link to dang.ai, one category and a review of up to four weeks, and it is reserved for AI tools in practice as well as in writing. Basic is $49, drops the backlink requirement entirely and cuts the review to four days, with two categories and a featured badge. Pro is $30 plus $19 a month for four categories, featured-first placement, hidden alternatives and a newsletter slot. Their refusal mail is explicit that the paid lanes are the way in for everything the free one turns away: non-AI tools, directories, job boards and broader resources can all be listed on Basic or Pro.
Types it into Dang.ai in your own browser, and stops for you when the form wants a sign-in.
Records what it sent, so the dashboard can answer "did I ever submit to Dang.ai?".
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Dang.ai FAQ

How long does Dang.ai approval take?
Dang.ai's typical time from submission to going live is 2-4 weeks.
How much does it cost to submit to Dang.ai?
Dang.ai has a free submission option plus paid placement (Three packages, visible only once you are signed in. Free is $0 and paid for with a crawlable dofollow link to dang.ai, one category and a review of up to four weeks, and it is reserved for AI tools in practice as well as in writing. Basic is $49, drops the backlink requirement entirely and cuts the review to four days, with two categories and a featured badge. Pro is $30 plus $19 a month for four categories, featured-first placement, hidden alternatives and a newsletter slot. Their refusal mail is explicit that the paid lanes are the way in for everything the free one turns away: non-AI tools, directories, job boards and broader resources can all be listed on Basic or Pro.).
Does Dang.ai give a dofollow backlink?
Yes, a listing on Dang.ai carries a dofollow link. The site has a domain rating of 82.
Does Dang.ai require a backlink to your site?
Yes, Dang.ai expects a link back from your site as part of listing.
What gets you rejected from Dang.ai?
A directory, an agency, a job board or any non-AI service, on the FREE package. The intake carries a required checkbox saying the submission is none of those, but ticking it does not settle it: the judgement is made by a human at review, after the badge is already up, and the paid lanes take these products happily; A mature or NSFW tool, which has a separate intake of its own.