A DR 71 launch board whose free lane costs four community chores and a queue 1,300 products deep, with the dofollow behind a $39 skip.
startupbase.io
Eligibility
Who StartupBase accepts
You need
An account via Google, LinkedIn or X
A completed public profile before the form opens
Three upvotes and one comment on other launches
A logo and at least one screenshot
Their badge on your site for the priority queue, plus an English site and a Domain Rating above zero
You'll be rejected if
Nothing stated beyond their content policy
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What you actually get
A listing at /products/<slug> that sits in Pending Review, then launches in about four to five weeks if you carry their badge or 10+ weeks if you do not. The do-follow backlink is named as a paid feature, so the free outcome is the listing page and a launch day, not link equity.
How to submit to StartupBase
1
Sign in, then complete the profile
Google, LinkedIn and X are offered; email is for existing accounts only. An onboarding profile with first name, username and headline is mandatory before /submit works.
2
Claim the slug
Product name and URL create a draft at /submissions/<slug>, and their AI writes your tagline, description and tags from your site at the same time.
3
Work the five-section wizard
General, Media, Makers, Extras and a Launch Checklist down the left. Each section has its own Save & Continue and the checklist scores you to 100%.
4
Do the four community chores
The launch page gates the free lane on three upvotes and one comment or review, tracked as 0/3 and 0/1.
5
Clear the gate, then pick a queue
Three upvotes and one comment unlock the free lane. The badge then moves you from the standard queue, estimated at 10+ weeks, into the priority one at four to five. Verifying it publishes the listing as Pending Review.
StartupBase requirements
An account via Google, LinkedIn or X
A completed maker profile: name, username, headline
Product name within 40 characters
Tagline within 80 characters
Description within 1,250 characters
Up to five product tags
Logo and at least one screenshot
Three upvotes and one comment on other launches
Demo video, promo code, pricing model, location, first commentoptional
Gotchas
The free lane is gated on four community actions before it will schedule you at all: three upvotes and one comment or review on other people's launches, counted as 0/3 and 0/1 on the launch page.
Their AI writes your listing from your site the moment you claim the slug, and it invents specifics. Ours opened "SubmitMap provides a comprehensive database of over 160 startup directories", a scraped live count that is wrong within a week. Overwrite the tagline and description before you go further.
The badge is described as required on the free card and as optional in the panel below it. Optional is the truthful half, but skipping it costs you: the priority queue it unlocks runs about four to five weeks against a standard queue their own page estimates at 10+ weeks.
Let your agent submit to StartupBase
Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the StartupBase 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 StartupBase rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 9 fields this form asks for, 1 of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Warns you that StartupBase 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: $39 launches now or on a date you choose, guarantees a homepage feature and a DR 71+ dofollow, and skips the badge and the chores; $99 Boost adds 30 days on the homepage.
Types it into StartupBase 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 StartupBase?".
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StartupBase FAQ
How long does StartupBase approval take?
StartupBase's typical time from submission to going live is 4-5 weeks.
How much does it cost to submit to StartupBase?
StartupBase has a free submission option plus paid placement ($39 launches now or on a date you choose, guarantees a homepage feature and a DR 71+ dofollow, and skips the badge and the chores; $99 Boost adds 30 days on the homepage).
Does StartupBase give a dofollow backlink?
No, links from StartupBase are nofollow. The site has a domain rating of 71.
Does StartupBase require a backlink to your site?
Yes, StartupBase expects a link back from your site as part of listing.
What gets you rejected from StartupBase?
Nothing stated beyond their content policy.