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Smol List: requirements, how to submit, and what you actually get

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DirEasy board whose free lane skipped its own badge step and opened a $9.90 checkout on this walk

smollist.com
Smol List homepage
Eligibility

Who Smol List accepts

You need
A live URL
A Google or GitHub account
A square logo
A 16:9 product image
You'll be rejected if
Nothing published about who is refused.
SaaS toolsSmall productsWeb appsDeveloper toolsAI tools
What you actually get
A project page on a DirEasy board that is a sibling of Smol Saas and ShipThing, if the free lane can be reached; on this walk it could not, and the project sat unpaid. Live links are sold as followed.

How to submit to Smol List

  1. Sign in
    Login with Google or GitHub; /projects/submit redirects there and back.
  2. Project Info and Details
    The same DirEasy form as Smol Saas: name, URL, a rich text description, a logo and a 16:9 image, then three categories, tech stack, platforms and a pricing model.
  3. Review and Submit
    On this walk the stepper went from Details straight to Review, with the note that you will be redirected to the payment page after submission, and Submit Project opened a Stripe checkout for Premium Launch at $9.90.

Smol List requirements

Project name
Website URL
Short description
Logo
1:1, 256x256 recommended
Product image
16:9, 800x450 recommended
Categories
up to 3
Tech stack
up to 5

Gotchas

The free lane on the pricing page is not in the form: there is no launch-type step, the review step says you will be redirected to the payment page, and Submit Project opens a $9.90 Stripe checkout for Premium Launch.
The sibling sites run a newer build with the badge step in the form (Smol Saas, ShipThing), so a free launch that worked there does not carry over here.
The project is created before the checkout, so a submission you back out of sits in the dashboard unpaid.

Let your agent submit to Smol List

Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the Smol List 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 5 Smol List rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 7 fields this form asks for, none of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Warns you that Smol List 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: the pricing page sells a Free Launch with their badge verified on your site and a followed link, Premium at $9.90 to skip the queue, Premium Plus at $12.90 (shown struck from $25) and the operator's DR Booster. On this walk the form had no launch-type step: Submit Project on the review step opened a Stripe checkout for Premium Launch at $9.90, and the free lane never took the submission.
Types it into Smol List 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 List?".
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Smol List FAQ

How long does Smol List approval take?
Smol List does not publish how long approval takes.
How much does it cost to submit to Smol List?
Smol List has a free submission option plus paid placement (The pricing page sells a Free Launch with their badge verified on your site and a followed link, Premium at $9.90 to skip the queue, Premium Plus at $12.90 (shown struck from $25) and the operator's DR Booster. On this walk the form had no launch-type step: Submit Project on the review step opened a Stripe checkout for Premium Launch at $9.90, and the free lane never took the submission.).
Does Smol List give a dofollow backlink?
Yes, a listing on Smol List carries a dofollow link. The site has a domain rating of 34.
Does Smol List require a backlink to your site?
Yes, Smol List expects a link back from your site as part of listing.
What gets you rejected from Smol List?
Nothing published about who is refused.