A 15,800-subscriber newsletter that publishes how much each product makes, and files nothing until the $29 clears.
startups.fyi
Eligibility
Who Startups.fyi accepts
You need
A payment of at least $29
A real name and contact email on the form
A product that passes their content and quality guidelines
You'll be rejected if
Anything a human reviewer judges below their basic guidelines
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What you actually get
A permanent listing in a searchable directory, a dofollow link, and exposure to a newsletter of about 15,800 founders and early adopters. Listings are framed around money: cards carry a revenue badge and titles read 'How X earns $1000 MRR', with Pre-revenue as its own badge.
How to submit to Startups.fyi
1
Open the Tally form
Share your project in the header goes to tally.so/r/3lOGLk, not to a page on their own domain. It opens with first name, last name and email.
2
Fill about five minutes of detail
Their own estimate. The form collects the project details a listing needs, and says your email is not published.
3
Pay
Featured listings start at $29. Their wording is blunt: the listing is not complete until payment is received, and resubmitting the form to bypass it will not result in publication.
4
Wait for a human
Every project is reviewed by a person against their content and quality guidelines. Publication is guaranteed once it passes.
Startups.fyi requirements
Payment from $29
First name, last name and a contact email
Project details for the listing
A revenue figure, since listings display oneoptional
Gotchas
There is no free lane. Their form states that only completed, paid listings enter the publication queue and that resubmitting to bypass payment will not work.
The whole site is framed around revenue: every card carries a badge, either an MRR figure or Pre-revenue, and article titles read 'How X earns $1000 MRR'. Expect to be asked what you make.
The submission leaves their domain for a Tally form, so there is no account, no dashboard and no way to check status other than email.
Let your agent submit to Startups.fyi
Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the Startups.fyi 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 Startups.fyi rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 4 fields this form asks for, 1 of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Tells you what paying buys here, so you pick it on purpose: featured listings start at $29; their form says nothing enters the queue until payment lands.
Types it into Startups.fyi 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 Startups.fyi?".
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Startups.fyi FAQ
How long does Startups.fyi approval take?
Startups.fyi's typical time from submission to going live is not stated.
How much does it cost to submit to Startups.fyi?
Submitting to Startups.fyi is paid (Featured listings start at $29; their form says nothing enters the queue until payment lands).
Does Startups.fyi give a dofollow backlink?
Yes, a listing on Startups.fyi carries a dofollow link. The site has a domain rating of 30.
Does Startups.fyi require a backlink to your site?
No, Startups.fyi does not require a link back from your site.
What gets you rejected from Startups.fyi?
Anything a human reviewer judges below their basic guidelines.