A permanent badge buys three dofollow links here, from a directory that reviews five listings a day.
starterbest.com
Eligibility
Who Starter Best accepts
You need
A Google or GitHub account, or email and password
Their badge on your site, kept there
A square icon and a 16:9 image, each under 1MB
You'll be rejected if
Anything you are unwilling to keep a permanent badge for, since the free card will not submit without one
SaaS productsIndie productsAI toolsMarketing tools
What you actually get
A permanent listing carrying three dofollow links, published on a day you choose once the review clears. Their own card rations that review to five listings a day, so the queue moves slowly.
How to submit to Starter Best
1
Sign in
Google, GitHub or email and password. /submit bounces to the login and returns to a three-step wizard.
2
Fill the details step
Link, name, categories and tags from searchable lists, a short description and a markdown introduction. Optional YouTube and GitHub links sit between them.
3
Upload the images
A 1:1 icon and a 16:9 image, each under 1MB. Submit creates the product and opens the plan page.
4
Verify the badge
The free card reads Item has not been submitted with a Verify Backlink Submit to review button. Once their checker passes, the card becomes Go dashboard and Wait.
Starter Best requirements
Product URL, name, categories and tags
A short description and a markdown introduction
A square icon and a 16:9 image, each under 1MB
Their badge on your site
A YouTube link and a GitHub linkoptional
Gotchas
Their own free card says only five listings are reviewed every day, so the queue is the real cost rather than the badge.
The badge has to be live before the free card will submit anything: until their checker passes, the card reads Item has not been submitted.
It shares a codebase with several sibling directories, including Days Launch and The One Startup, so submitting to all of them buys much the same audience three times.
Let your agent submit to Starter Best
Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the Starter Best 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 4 Starter Best 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, 1 of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Warns you that Starter Best 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: pro is $9.9 one-time: publish immediately, no backlink required, featured at the top of listings. Sponsor is $19.9 a week for promotion across the site.
Types it into Starter Best 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 Starter Best?".
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Starter Best FAQ
How long does Starter Best approval take?
Starter Best's typical time from submission to going live is a few days.
How much does it cost to submit to Starter Best?
Starter Best has a free submission option plus paid placement (Pro is $9.9 one-time: publish immediately, no backlink required, featured at the top of listings. Sponsor is $19.9 a week for promotion across the site.).
Does Starter Best give a dofollow backlink?
Yes, a listing on Starter Best carries a dofollow link. The site has a domain rating of 61.
Does Starter Best require a backlink to your site?
Yes, Starter Best expects a link back from your site as part of listing.
What gets you rejected from Starter Best?
Anything you are unwilling to keep a permanent badge for, since the free card will not submit without one.