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

Visit

Three followed links for a badge, reviewed inside three days.

navfolders.com
NavFolders homepage
Eligibility

Who NavFolders accepts

You need
An account, Google or GitHub
Their badge in your footer before pressing the free submit button, and it has to be a followed link
You'll be rejected if
Anyone who will not carry the badge, since without it the product never enters review
AI toolsSaaS productsIndie products
What you actually get
A page under /item/ with links out that carry no nofollow, in a directory organised by tag rather than by category. The free plan's own wording is three followed links with backlink maintenance.

How to submit to NavFolders

  1. Add their badge
    Three styles on the pricing page with copy buttons. Their instruction is one badge in the footer.
  2. Sign in
    Google or GitHub.
  3. Submit
    Their checker runs at the moment you press the free submit button.
  4. Wait
    Reviewed and listed within 72 hours, and you choose the publish date.

NavFolders requirements

Their badge
an SVG, 200x54, followed

Gotchas

The badge has to be a followed link specifically: their free plan says so in as many words, so a nofollowed badge fails the check.
The check runs on the submit click rather than afterwards, so a product submitted without the badge never enters review at all.
The free plan comes with no support, which matters because there is no other way to ask why something was rejected.

Let your agent submit to NavFolders

Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the NavFolders 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 3 NavFolders rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 1 fields this form asks for, none of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Warns you that NavFolders 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 with their badge in your footer: three followed links, permanent, reviewed and listed within 72 hours, and you pick the publish date. Pro at 9.9 USD drops the badge and adds featured placement; Sponsor is 19.9 a week.
Types it into NavFolders 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 NavFolders?".
Connect your agentHow this worksTools and endpointsWorks with Claude Code, Claude, Codex, Cursor, VS Code and Hermes.

NavFolders FAQ

How long does NavFolders approval take?
NavFolders's typical time from submission to going live is 3-5 days.
How much does it cost to submit to NavFolders?
NavFolders has a free submission option plus paid placement (Free with their badge in your footer: three followed links, permanent, reviewed and listed within 72 hours, and you pick the publish date. Pro at 9.9 USD drops the badge and adds featured placement; Sponsor is 19.9 a week.).
Does NavFolders give a dofollow backlink?
Yes, a listing on NavFolders carries a dofollow link. The site has a domain rating of 61.
Does NavFolders require a backlink to your site?
Yes, NavFolders expects a link back from your site as part of listing.
What gets you rejected from NavFolders?
Anyone who will not carry the badge, since without it the product never enters review.