19 terms
Glossary: the words on submit pages
What directories, launch platforms, newsletters and communities mean by the terms on their submit and pricing pages, one sentence each, and what each one means for an AI startup.
- AI directory
- A website that lists AI tools by category, usually with a search, a page per tool and a submit form.
- The first places to apply to: most take a free submission, and the big ones send steady visitors for years.
- SaaS directory (software review site)
- A catalogue of software with a profile per product, often with user reviews, comparisons and lists of alternatives.
- Buyers compare tools here before they pay; a complete profile and a few real reviews do more than a paid spot.
- Launch platform
- A site where new products are announced for a day or a week of attention, such as Product Hunt.
- Some launches are events you run yourself; get listed on the directories first so the launch traffic finds pages about you.
- Startup database
- A database of companies with profiles of founders, funding, team and links, used by investors, journalists and recruiters.
- Free to create or claim on most; give the same facts everywhere and update them after every round.
- Marketplace (app store)
- A platform that distributes the product itself: a GPT store, a model hub, a browser extension store, an integration directory, a deal site.
- Getting in means passing the platform's review, not filling a form; read its policies before you build.
- Verdict
- This site's reading of a place's rules: it accepts AI tools, takes only the products its own rule allows, or says no.
- A verdict comes from the place's own submit page, rules or listings, and the page shows the day it was read.
- Conditions (a place's rule)
- A limit a place puts on what it takes, such as open-source projects only, launched products only or one category only.
- Shown as the place's stamp; read the rule before you submit, because a product that does not fit is turned away.
- Dofollow link
- A normal link with no rel=nofollow or rel=sponsored attribute, which search engines may count as a vote for the linked site.
- Worth more for search; on this site the link type is read from a live listing, not from the sales page.
- Nofollow link
- A link marked rel=nofollow, which tells search engines not to pass authority through it.
- Still sends visitors; do not pay a search-engine premium for it.
- Sponsored link
- A link marked rel=sponsored because it was paid for; search engines treat it like nofollow.
- Normal for paid placements; the value is the traffic and the visibility on the page.
- Reciprocal link
- A free listing given on condition that your site links back to the directory.
- Common among smaller directories; put the link somewhere honest, such as a press or partners page.
- Featured spot (paid placement)
- A paid position at the top of a category or the home page, usually for a week or a month at a time.
- Prices on this site are the cheapest stated paid spot; the listing itself is often free.
- Submit page
- The form or email address a place uses to take new listings.
- Every place page here links to it for signed-in visitors; a missing form means you write to them.
- Review time
- How long a place says it takes between a submission and a decision.
- Stated by fewer than half the places; give the silent ones two weeks before following up.
- Launch day
- The day a product is shown on a launch platform's front page, when votes and comments decide where it ranks.
- Prepare the page and the first hours in advance, and answer every comment on the day.
- Self-promotion rules
- A community's rules on when and how members may post about their own products.
- Read them first: most communities allow it only in a set thread or as part of real participation.
- Listing kit
- The set of texts and images every form asks for: a one-line pitch, descriptions in several lengths, a square logo, a cover, screenshots, categories and links.
- Prepare it once and reuse it; the tracker's Pro plan builds one from your website.
- Checked date
- The day this site last read a place's terms on the place's own pages.
- Terms change; a fact older than a few months deserves a look at the source before you pay.
See the terms in use on any place's page, for example among the AI directories, or read the listing guide.