Advertises five free slots a day and a 180 day queue, then prints a banner on the form saying no free slot exists anywhere in that window.
firsto.co
Eligibility
Who Firsto accepts
You need
An account, by Google or GitHub
A live product URL
A free slot, which their own banner says does not exist inside 180 days
You'll be rejected if
Nothing is published as a content bar; the constraint is the queue and the ranking condition rather than the product
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What you actually get
A permanent project page on a domain they advertise as DR 59, framed as turning a launch into a lasting SEO asset. On the free lane there is nothing to book: their own banner says no free slot is available within 180 days and every date in the picker reads Full. $19.90 opens the same dates immediately with a guaranteed dofollow.
How to submit to Firsto
1
Read the banner before you fill anything
The submit form carries a standing notice that free launch slots are fully booked and that none exist within the next 180 days.
2
Sign in
Google, GitHub or an email and password. The email lane also carries a Cloudflare Turnstile.
3
Let their AI draft it, then correct it
Name and URL generate a full draft: short description, a long markdown description with headings and an FAQ, categories and tags.
4
Try the launch date step
On Free every date reads Full and the panel says no available dates. Switching to Premium marks the same dates Available.
Firsto requirements
An account
A live product URL
Their badge on your site, for the free tier's conditional link
Gotchas
Do not plan a free launch here without checking the form first. What looks like a long queue is a closed door: the picker offers no bookable day at all, and the money tier is what opens one.
New free slots are released daily at 00:00 UTC and taken quickly, so the free route is a race rather than a queue you join.
Their own free card says Possible 1 dofollow backlink. That word possible is doing the work: the link is conditional even after the wait.
Let your agent submit to Firsto
Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the Firsto 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 4 Firsto rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 3 fields this form asks for, none of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Warns you that Firsto 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: free gives one of five daily slots with a stated wait of around 180 days and a dofollow only for the top three, badge required. $19.90 launches within 24 hours with guaranteed dofollow links from a DR 59 domain and a direct site link on every product card. $59.90 is their Pro tier.
Types it into Firsto 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 Firsto?".
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Firsto FAQ
How long does Firsto approval take?
Firsto's typical time from submission to going live is 25+ weeks.
How much does it cost to submit to Firsto?
Firsto has a free submission option plus paid placement (Free gives one of five daily slots with a stated wait of around 180 days and a dofollow only for the top three, badge required. $19.90 launches within 24 hours with guaranteed dofollow links from a DR 59 domain and a direct site link on every product card. $59.90 is their Pro tier.).
Does Firsto give a dofollow backlink?
No, links from Firsto are nofollow. The site has a domain rating of 55.
Does Firsto require a backlink to your site?
Yes, Firsto expects a link back from your site as part of listing.
What gets you rejected from Firsto?
Nothing is published as a content bar; the constraint is the queue and the ranking condition rather than the product.