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

Visit

Five design links a day, and only five, chosen by an editor.

sidebar.io
Sidebar homepage
Eligibility

Who Sidebar accepts

You need
An account, since the submit page shows nothing until you are logged in
Something genuinely about design
You'll be rejected if
Anything outside design, since the whole feed is five design links a day
Design toolsDesign resources
What you actually get
At most a slot among five links published on one weekday, in a long-running design newsletter run by UX Collective. Outbound links carry no nofollow. It is an editorial pick rather than a listing, so most submissions do not appear.

How to submit to Sidebar

  1. Log in
    The submit page renders only a prompt to log in or sign up until you do.
  2. Submit a link
    A link rather than a product listing.
  3. Wait for the day
    Five links go out each weekday and an editor picks them.

Sidebar requirements

A link
one URL, not a product profile

Gotchas

Only five links are published a day, so a submission is a pitch to an editor rather than an entry in a directory.
The unit here is a link, not a product page, so there is nothing permanent to point at afterwards.
It is design only, which rules out most products that are not made for designers.

Let your agent submit to Sidebar

Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the Sidebar 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 Sidebar 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.
Types it into Sidebar 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 Sidebar?".
Connect your agentHow this worksTools and endpointsWorks with Claude Code, Claude, Codex, Cursor, VS Code and Hermes.

Sidebar FAQ

How long does Sidebar approval take?
Sidebar does not publish how long approval takes.
How much does it cost to submit to Sidebar?
Submitting to Sidebar is free.
Does Sidebar give a dofollow backlink?
Yes, a listing on Sidebar carries a dofollow link. The site has a domain rating of 70.
Does Sidebar require a backlink to your site?
No, Sidebar does not require a link back from your site.
What gets you rejected from Sidebar?
Anything outside design, since the whole feed is five design links a day.