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Startup Stash: requirements, how to submit, and what you actually get

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A long-running startup tools directory whose whole submission is one Typeform, and which throws your listing away if you apply from a Gmail address.

startupstash.com
Startup Stash homepage
Eligibility

Who Startup Stash accepts

You need
A work or business email address on your own domain
First and last name of a real person
Product name, a short description and a long description
A website URL, one category and a logo file
You'll be rejected if
A free-mail address: the form has a dedicated rejection screen reading "Sorry, we only accept work/business emails"
A product with no logo file, since the upload is a required question
SaaS productsStartup toolsProductivity toolsMarketing toolsDeveloper tools
What you actually get
A page under /tools/<slug> in a directory that has been running since roughly 2016 and carries thousands of entries, with the outbound link marked rel="external noopener", which is followed. The listing is filed under one category you pick and shown in that category's list; nothing about it is a launch, so expect a slow trickle rather than a launch-day spike.

How to submit to Startup Stash

  1. Open the listing form
    /add-listing/ embeds a Typeform (form.typeform.com/to/b8EyDE) behind a single orange Let's Get It Started button. The embed renders blank on a slow load, so give it a moment before deciding the page is broken.
  2. Identify yourself
    First name, last name, then an email address. The email question has its own rejection branch for anything that is not a work or business address.
  3. Describe the product
    Product name, a short description, a long description, and the website or product URL, each on its own screen.
  4. Categorise and upload
    One category from their list, then a logo upload, then an optional video link.
  5. Answer the advertising question
    The last screen asks whether you are interested in advertising with them, and the confirmation says only that they will get back to you as early as possible.

Startup Stash requirements

A work or business email address (free-mail is rejected outright)
First and last name
Product name, a short description and a long description capped at 500 characters
Website or product URL
One category
A logo file
A demo video linkoptional

Gotchas

The form is free and nothing in it mentions a price, but the application only earns an email offering a listing at $199 or $399 a year. Without paying, nothing is published.
A Gmail, Outlook or other free-mail address ends the form. There is a dedicated screen that reads "Sorry, we only accept work/business emails", so a submission from the address most indie makers actually use never reaches a human.
The form is a Typeform embed with no save and no back-out: it advances one question at a time, and closing the tab loses the run.
The long description is capped at 500 characters, which is shorter than the long description most packs carry and is only stated on the question itself, after you have written it.

Let your agent submit to Startup Stash

Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the Startup Stash 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 6 Startup Stash rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 7 fields this form asks for, 1 of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Tells you what paying buys here, so you pick it on purpose: applying is free; the listing is not. The reply to an application offers a Basic listing at $199 a year or a Premium one at $399 a year, which adds a newsletter feature and social posts, and says the page goes live within 72 hours of payment.
Types it into Startup Stash 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 Startup Stash?".
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Startup Stash FAQ

How long does Startup Stash approval take?
Startup Stash does not publish how long approval takes.
How much does it cost to submit to Startup Stash?
Submitting to Startup Stash is paid (Applying is free; the listing is not. The reply to an application offers a Basic listing at $199 a year or a Premium one at $399 a year, which adds a newsletter feature and social posts, and says the page goes live within 72 hours of payment.).
Does Startup Stash give a dofollow backlink?
Yes, a listing on Startup Stash carries a dofollow link. The site has a domain rating of 65.
Does Startup Stash require a backlink to your site?
No, Startup Stash does not require a link back from your site.
What gets you rejected from Startup Stash?
A free-mail address: the form has a dedicated rejection screen reading "Sorry, we only accept work/business emails"; A product with no logo file, since the upload is a required question.