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MakerMove: requirements, how to submit, and what you actually get

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Resources for founders, and the only way onto the tools page is to buy it

makermove.com
MakerMove homepage
Eligibility

Who MakerMove accepts

You need
$9 at minimum
You'll be rejected if
There is no free submission route anywhere on the site, so a product that will not pay is out regardless of fit.
Indie productsSaaS productsStartup tools
What you actually get
A row on their tools page, with paid options above it for promotion on multiple pages, on the home page and as a featured slot. The site is a set of maker resources, books, directories, investors, journalists, news, podcasts and tools, so the audience is founders reading for reference rather than people browsing launches.

How to submit to MakerMove

  1. Open /promote
    This is the only route in. There is no submit form and no free tier: the page opens at "Starting at $9" with a Select button.
  2. Pick a placement and pay
    The tiers are the tools page, promotion across multiple pages, promotion on the home page and a featured home page slot.

MakerMove requirements

A live URL
Payment
from $9

Gotchas

There is no free listing. Getting onto the tools page is itself the thing you buy, starting at $9, and the higher tiers only move you further up the same pages.
Nothing on the site renders without JavaScript: every page fetches as "You need to enable JavaScript to run this app", so it cannot be read or checked by anything that does not run a browser.
Most of the site is reference material rather than a launch board, so the visitor you reach is a founder looking up a podcast or a journalist, not someone browsing new products.

Let your agent submit to MakerMove

Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the MakerMove 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 2 MakerMove rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 2 fields this form asks for, none of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Tells you what paying buys here, so you pick it on purpose: promotion starts at $9 and is the only route onto the tools page. There is also a Pro subscription, which is a reader product rather than a way to get listed.
Types it into MakerMove 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 MakerMove?".
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MakerMove FAQ

How long does MakerMove approval take?
MakerMove does not publish how long approval takes.
How much does it cost to submit to MakerMove?
Submitting to MakerMove is paid (Promotion starts at $9 and is the only route onto the tools page. There is also a Pro subscription, which is a reader product rather than a way to get listed.).
Does MakerMove give a dofollow backlink?
No, links from MakerMove are nofollow. The site has a domain rating of 10.
Does MakerMove require a backlink to your site?
No, MakerMove does not require a link back from your site.
What gets you rejected from MakerMove?
There is no free submission route anywhere on the site, so a product that will not pay is out regardless of fit.