An AI tools directory attached to a prompt shop, where the free queue is measured in months and the dofollow is the thing you pay for.
tipseason.com
Eligibility
Who TipSeason accepts
You need
A live product URL
A contact email
A description of 30 words or fewer for the card
You'll be rejected if
Products with no working URL
AI toolsSaaS productsMarketing toolsSEO toolsDeveloper tools
What you actually get
A listing page under /aitool/ with a nofollow link, if it ever clears review. The site tells free submitters themselves that over 95% of free tools expire without approval, so plan on this being a lottery ticket rather than a link.
How to submit to TipSeason
1
Read the tier table, not the headline
The submit page opens with a promise of a do-follow backlink, then crosses that line out in the Free column. Free gets one green tick: the queue.
2
Open the free form
Submit for Free goes to /ai-tools/submit-free. No account, no logo, no screenshot: it is one page of text fields.
3
Fill the fields
Email, tool name, a 30-word short description, a 500-word long description, category, pricing model, primary use case and website URL.
4
Decline the advertising question
A radio pair asks whether you want CPC advertising on the home page. Answer it either way; leaving it blank blocks the submit.
5
Submit and read the upsell
Submit for Review posts to /api/tools and lands on a success page that is mostly a countdown timer selling you the paid tier.
TipSeason requirements
Contact email
Tool name
Short description, 30 words maximum
Long description, 500 words maximum
One category from their fixed list
Primary use case
Live website URL
Social media URLoptional
Gotchas
The page sells a do-follow backlink in its opening paragraph and then crosses that same line out in the Free column; the link is a $49 feature.
The wait gets worse after you commit: the form promises a 90+ day queue, and the page you land on after submitting says 180+ days, position #1,842, and that over 95% of free tools expire without approval.
Your contact email is readable in the page source of live listing pages, so submitting publishes the address you filled in.
Let your agent submit to TipSeason
Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the TipSeason 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 TipSeason rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 8 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: $49 Premium lists in 24-48 hours and adds the dofollow; $99 Ultimate adds home page placement.
Types it into TipSeason 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 TipSeason?".
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TipSeason FAQ
How long does TipSeason approval take?
TipSeason's typical time from submission to going live is 90+ days.
How much does it cost to submit to TipSeason?
TipSeason has a free submission option plus paid placement ($49 Premium lists in 24-48 hours and adds the dofollow; $99 Ultimate adds home page placement).
Does TipSeason give a dofollow backlink?
No, links from TipSeason are nofollow. The site has a domain rating of 44.
Does TipSeason require a backlink to your site?
No, TipSeason does not require a link back from your site.
What gets you rejected from TipSeason?
Products with no working URL.