How to Submit to 10words
10words is a directory that describes each product in 10 words or less and shares it to its email newsletter, Twitter, and "discover" app. It's around DR 34, and submission is free, with a catch or two: you have to create an account, the listing is curated rather than guaranteed (the most popular get featured), and there's no committed timeline, so the wait can be very long.
One honest thing up front: 10words is an exposure play, not a backlink one. Your project link runs through a click-tracking redirect, not a direct link to your site, so what you get is referral traffic and newsletter or Twitter exposure, not SEO link equity. Submitator submits you to 10words as one of 100+ directories, so it's one less account to make, plus 99 more directories, most of which are real dofollow listings that go live far faster.
Between the account, the 10-word rules, and the long curated wait, 10words is a fiddly one to do by hand. With Submitator you fill your details once: we submit you to 10words and up to 99 more directories from one dashboard, from $29, and most of the other 99 give you real dofollow backlinks.
10words at a glance
| Feature | 10words |
|---|---|
| Format | 10-word listings + newsletter, Twitter, discover |
| Domain Rating | DR 34 |
| Cost | Free (paid $150/week sponsorship option) |
| Account | Required to submit |
| Listing | Curated, no committed timeline |
| Link | Tracking redirect (exposure, not dofollow) |
10words submission is free (your project is included on its newsletter, website, Twitter, and discover app); a $150/week sponsorship buys premium placement. It requires an account, listings are curated (the most popular are featured, no committed wait time), and the project link routes through a click.10words.io tracking redirect rather than a direct dofollow link. Around DR 34 (third-party estimate). Verify current terms on 10words.io. Last checked July 2026.
How to submit to 10words, step by step
- 1
Create an account
The submit page requires you to sign up first (email and password) before you can add a project.
- 2
Fill in the short form
Your project name only, extra words get rejected. A description of 10 words or less. Your project URL (it's shared to the 10words network, so tracking parameters are fine). An optional Twitter handle to get tagged in tweets. And what best describes your project: Mobile App, Website, SaaS, Newsletter, or Other.
- 3
Submit and wait for curation
Submit the project. There's no set timeline, the most popular get featured in the weekly newsletter, so it can be a long wait before you're listed.
It's exposure, not a backlink
Worth being clear about what 10words does and doesn't give you. Because your project link routes through a click.10words.io tracking redirect instead of a direct anchor to your domain, it passes little to no link equity, so this isn't the dofollow backlink a directory listing usually is. What it is: a spot in a newsletter that goes to thousands of subscribers, a tweet to their followers, and a card in their discover app, in other words, referral traffic and eyeballs. If that audience is yours, it's a fine free listing. If you're after backlinks, that's what the other 99 directories are for.
Fill it once, we submit you everywhere
The 10words form itself is quick, it's just one more account, one more set of rules, and one more long wait on top of every other directory. Submitator takes your details once and submits you to 10words and 99 more directories, so you're not re-registering and re-typing the same pitch into form after form, and most of those 99 are real dofollow listings that go live in a day or two:
10words + 99 more, one form.
Fill your details once, and we submit you to 100+ directories you pick. From $29, one-time.
FAQ
Is 10words free to submit to?
Yes, submission is free, and your project gets included on 10words' newsletter, website, Twitter, and 'discover' app. You do have to create an account first, and listings are curated (the most popular get featured in the weekly newsletter), with no committed timeline, so in practice the wait can be very long. There's also a paid $150-per-week sponsorship for premium newsletter and homepage placement.
How do you submit to 10words?
Create an account, then fill in the short form: your project name only (extra words get rejected), a description of 10 words or less, your project URL, an optional Twitter handle (you get tagged in tweets), and what best describes your project (Mobile App, Website, SaaS, Newsletter, or Other).
Do you get a backlink from 10words?
Not a conventional one. Your project link on 10words routes through a click-tracking redirect (click.10words.io) rather than a direct link to your site, so the value is referral traffic and exposure (its newsletter, Twitter, and discover app), not a clean dofollow backlink that passes SEO equity. Submitator focuses on real, dofollow directories for the backlink part.
How long does 10words take to list you?
There's no published timeline. Listings are curated, the site says the most popular get featured in that week's newsletter, so being listed isn't guaranteed or time-bound, and makers report waiting a long time (often a year or more). Submitator submits you to 10words plus 99 more directories, many of which list far faster.
Does Submitator submit to 10words?
Yes. 10words is one of the 100+ directories Submitator covers. We fill the form and submit you here, plus 99 more directories, from $29 one-time. The curation and wait are on 10words' side, but you don't have to create the account or fill yet another form yourself.
What's 10words' Domain Rating?
Around DR 34. But because the project link is a tracking redirect rather than a direct dofollow link, treat 10words as an exposure channel, not a backlink source. Submitator's other directories reach DR 90-plus and give you real, verifiable dofollow links.
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