Free to launch with real analytics on views and clicks, and every outbound link routed through their own redirect.
shipyardhq.dev
Eligibility
Who Shipyard HQ accepts
You need
An account: Google, GitHub, X or email and password
A live product
You'll be rejected if
Nothing published
Indie productsSaaS productsAI toolsDeveloper tools
What you actually get
A public product page in a homepage launch feed and the browse directory, in front of about 1,900 builders, with analytics most free directories do not give you: views, visitors, audience insights and upvotes. What you do not get is a link, because Visit website goes through shipyardhq.dev/r/<slug>.
How to submit to Shipyard HQ
1
Sign in to the console
Continue with GitHub, Google or X, or email and password. Auth runs through Clerk on clerk.shipyardhq.dev.
2
Add the product
The submission lives at /member/products/add inside the member console rather than on a public submit page.
3
Launch free, upgrade later
Their pricing is explicit that $0 gets the product page, the homepage feed card, browse and directory results, and the analytics. Featured and Pro buy priority placement, once or recurring.
Shipyard HQ requirements
Account (Google, GitHub, X or email)
Product name, description and URL
Paid placement, only if you want priorityoptional
Gotchas
There is no outbound link to earn: Visit website points at shipyardhq.dev/r/<slug>, a redirect on their own domain, so nothing reaches yours.
The compensation is measurement: they give free listings views, visitors, audience insights and upvote tracking, which most free directories keep for paying accounts.
The sign-in is a Clerk console rather than a normal account, and it looped back to the login screen for us after the Google consent completed.
Let your agent submit to Shipyard HQ
Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the Shipyard HQ 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 Shipyard HQ 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, 1 of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Tells you what paying buys here, so you pick it on purpose: featured and Pro placements are paid, once or recurring; the base launch is $0.
Types it into Shipyard HQ 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 Shipyard HQ?".
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Shipyard HQ FAQ
How long does Shipyard HQ approval take?
Shipyard HQ's typical time from submission to going live is not stated.
How much does it cost to submit to Shipyard HQ?
Shipyard HQ has a free submission option plus paid placement (Featured and Pro placements are paid, once or recurring; the base launch is $0).
Does Shipyard HQ give a dofollow backlink?
No, links from Shipyard HQ are nofollow. The site has a domain rating of 33.
Does Shipyard HQ require a backlink to your site?
No, Shipyard HQ does not require a link back from your site.
What gets you rejected from Shipyard HQ?
Nothing published.