Directory profile
Spot Startups: how to submit, cost, DR and traffic
Spot Startups is a launch platform and maker community with about 53 visits a month and a Domain Rating of 30. Free. The product link is dofollow.
Our take
A free dofollow weekly launch.
What Spot Startups is
Spot Startups is a free weekly launch platform with 830 startups, ranked by engagement.
Checked on Spot Startups's own pages in November 2026.
Spot Startups at a glance
| Monthly visits | 53 (estimate) |
|---|---|
| Domain Rating | 30 |
| Category | Launch platform / maker community |
| Cost | Free |
| Link type | Dofollow |
| Badge required | No |
| Account required | Yes (google sign-in) |
| CAPTCHA | reCAPTCHA |
| Submit page | spotstartups.com/submit.php |
| Last checked | November 2026 |
Good
- Free to list
- Dofollow product link
Watch out
- Less traffic than most directories in its category
- Needs an account (google sign-in works)
- reCAPTCHA on the form
What a listing on Spot Startups gets you
Submitting is free and makers get a dofollow backlink.
How to submit to Spot Startups
- Search Spot Startups for your product first. If it's already listed, claim or update that listing instead of submitting again.
- Open the submit page: spotstartups.com/submit.php.
- Create an account, or sign in with Google.
- Fill in the form. When our agent walked it, it asked for product name (required), your email (required).
- Expect a reCAPTCHA check before you can submit.
- Save the listing URL once it's public, so you can check the link later.
What our agent saw on Spot Startups's submit flow
- Route: spotstartups.com/submit.php → spotstartups.com/login.php → spotstartups.com/register.php.
- An account step came up (sign-up or sign-in) before the listing could go further.
- Options seen along the way: a free option.
- We didn't reach the last screen, so later steps may ask for more.
Recorded by our submission agent on 3 October 2026. Directory flows change, so check the live page.
Submit to Spot Startups with your AI agent
AgentLaunch is a launch kit you open in Claude Code, Codex or Cursor. Your agent submits your product to 300+ hand-checked directories, Spot Startups included, from your own browser, and tracks every listing. On Spot Startups specifically:
- It already knows Spot Startups's submit flow from the path we recorded (spotstartups.com/submit.php → spotstartups.com/login.php → spotstartups.com/register.php).
- Spot Startups needs an account, so the agent signs up and confirms the email itself.
- It writes the listing copy for Spot Startups's audience (launch platform and maker community) instead of pasting the same description everywhere.
- It stops for the reCAPTCHA check, you solve it, and it carries on.
- When Spot Startups publishes the listing, it saves the URL and checks the dofollow link in your launch tracker.
How Spot Startups compares
- Traffic: #102 of 103 in its category, against a category median of 5K visits a month.
- Domain Rating: 30, against a category median of 51.
- Cost: 54% of directories in this category have a free route; Spot Startups is one of them.
- Links: 59% of this category give a dofollow product link; Spot Startups's is dofollow.
- Accounts: 65% need no account; Spot Startups does need one.
Spot Startups alternatives
Other directories in the same category (launch platform and maker community), by traffic:
| Directory | Visits/mo | DR | Cost | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product Hunt | 3.7M | 91 | Free | Dofollow |
| Peerlist | 486K | 77 | Free | Nofollow |
| BetaList | 259K | 76 | Check the site | Dofollow |
| Uneed | 173K | 76 | Free, paid extras from $14.99 | Dofollow |
| MicroLaunch | 93K | 64 | Free | Dofollow |
FAQ
Is Spot Startups free?
Yes. Listing on Spot Startups is free.
Does Spot Startups give a dofollow backlink?
Yes. In our check the product link on Spot Startups was dofollow.
Do I need an account to submit to Spot Startups?
Yes, you need an account (sign-in with google works).
How much traffic does Spot Startups get?
About 53 visits a month (third-party estimate, September 2026). That ranks it #350 of 352 directories in our catalog.
Can I submit to Spot Startups automatically?
Yes. AgentLaunch is a launch kit you open in Claude Code, Codex or Cursor, and Spot Startups is one of the 300+ hand-checked directories in its catalog. Your AI agent fills in Spot Startups's form from your product details, handles the sign-up, stops for the reCAPTCHA check and tracks the listing until it's live.
Terms used here: Launch platform · Domain Rating · Directory traffic · Dofollow link · CAPTCHA · Free listing · Email verification. Data across all 352 directories: launch directory statistics 2026.
Traffic and Domain Rating are third-party estimates. Prices, link types and rules change, so check Spot Startups's own page before paying.