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Smol Top: requirements, how to submit, and what you actually get
The same wizard as its sibling, in amber, with its own badge to hang
smoltop.com
Eligibility
Who Smol Top accepts
You need
A live URL
An account
A square logo under 1MB
A 16:9 product image
Their badge on your site, for the free lane
You'll be rejected if
It reads as a discovery feed for small independent products, so a large established tool is off-premise even where the form would take it.
Indie productsSaaS productsAI toolsDeveloper tools
What you actually get
A project page in a directory whose category list runs heavily to AI, launched at 08:00 UTC on the date you pick. Same link rule as its sibling: verified listings link out clean, unverified ones carry nofollow and a ref parameter.
How to submit to Smol Top
- Sign inGoogle, GitHub, or email and password. It is a separate account from its sibling even though the screens are identical.
- Project InfoName, website, a rich-text short description, a square logo under 1MB and a 16:9 product image.
- DetailsUp to three categories, five technologies, platforms and a pricing model.
- Launch Date and the badgeFree lane, then their own badge on your site and Verify Backlink before Next will enable.
Smol Top requirements
A live URL
Account
Google, GitHub, or email and password
Logo
Square, hard 1MB limit
Product image
16:9, around 800x450
Badge
Their own 150x44 SVG, not the siblings
Gotchas
This and Smol Maker are the same template with the same paid ladder and the same blog reviews, registered the same day. Doing both means hanging two badges in your footer for two listings at the same rating.
The badge is per site: theirs points at smoltop.com and its sibling's at smolmaker.com, and neither check accepts the other.
Its category list leans much further into AI than its sibling's, which is the one real difference between them for picking where a product fits.
The wizard loses everything if you navigate away, and the last step cannot be passed until the badge is live.
Let your agent submit to Smol Top
Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the Smol Top 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 6 Smol Top 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.
Warns you that Smol Top 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 launch costs a badge and a wait of up to thirty days. The paid lanes are the same ladder as its sibling: $9.9 a launch, $12.9 for Premium Plus, $49 for an SEO article.
Types it into Smol Top 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 Smol Top?".
Connect your agentHow this worksTools and endpointsWorks with Claude Code, Claude, Codex, Cursor, VS Code and Hermes.
Smol Top FAQ
How long does Smol Top approval take?
Smol Top's typical time from submission to going live is 2-4 weeks.
How much does it cost to submit to Smol Top?
Smol Top has a free submission option plus paid placement (Free launch costs a badge and a wait of up to thirty days. The paid lanes are the same ladder as its sibling: $9.9 a launch, $12.9 for Premium Plus, $49 for an SEO article.).
Does Smol Top give a dofollow backlink?
Yes, a listing on Smol Top carries a dofollow link. The site has a domain rating of 15.
Does Smol Top require a backlink to your site?
Yes, Smol Top expects a link back from your site as part of listing.
What gets you rejected from Smol Top?
It reads as a discovery feed for small independent products, so a large established tool is off-premise even where the form would take it.