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Makerlist.io: requirements, how to submit, and what you actually get

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One free form behind a Google login, a queue with a date on it, and $29 to skip the queue

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Makerlist.io homepage
Eligibility

Who Makerlist.io accepts

You need
A live URL
A Google account
A PNG icon under 256KB
You'll be rejected if
Nothing published about who is refused.
SaaS toolsWeb appsStartupsAI toolsDiscord bots
What you actually get
A tool page with your icon, description and tags in a directory that ranks by votes, next to a sidebar of Discord bots the same operator lists. The Visit link goes to your URL with ?ref=makerlist.io appended and carries no rel at all, so it follows. The confirmation states how many listings are ahead of yours and the date yours goes live.

How to submit to Makerlist.io

  1. Sign in with Google
    /submit sends a signed-out visitor straight to the Google account chooser; there is no other sign-in on that path.
  2. One form
    Icon (PNG, under 256KB, checked for type, size and dimensions as you pick it), website name, website URL, tags picked from a typeahead, description up to 2,500 characters.
  3. Submit
    The confirmation names the number of listings ahead of yours and the date yours goes live, with a $29 Skip the line button under it.

Makerlist.io requirements

Icon
PNG, under 256KB
Website name
Website URL
Tags
from their list
Description
up to 2,500 characters

Gotchas

The icon is PNG only and under 256KB, and the form checks it as you pick it, so a JPG logo or a 1MB export is a stop before the first field.
Tags only count when picked from the suggestion list: a word typed into the box and left there is not a tag, and the form gives no warning.
The free queue has a date on it, not a review: the confirmation says how many listings are ahead and when yours goes live, and the only way to move it is $29.

Let your agent submit to Makerlist.io

Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the Makerlist.io 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 Makerlist.io rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 5 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: free submissions join a queue and go live on the date the confirmation names; on this walk the queue was empty and the date was the same day. Skip the line is $29 and the listing goes live at once. Nothing else is for sale on the submit path.
Types it into Makerlist.io 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 Makerlist.io?".
Connect your agentHow this worksTools and endpointsWorks with Claude Code, Claude, Codex, Cursor, VS Code and Hermes.

Makerlist.io FAQ

How long does Makerlist.io approval take?
Makerlist.io's typical time from submission to going live is same day.
How much does it cost to submit to Makerlist.io?
Makerlist.io has a free submission option plus paid placement (Free submissions join a queue and go live on the date the confirmation names; on this walk the queue was empty and the date was the same day. Skip the line is $29 and the listing goes live at once. Nothing else is for sale on the submit path.).
Does Makerlist.io give a dofollow backlink?
Yes, a listing on Makerlist.io carries a dofollow link. The site has a domain rating of 31.
Does Makerlist.io require a backlink to your site?
No, Makerlist.io does not require a link back from your site.
What gets you rejected from Makerlist.io?
Nothing published about who is refused.