Submit to Startup Fame

How to Submit Your Startup to Startup Fame (DR 83)

Startup Fame is one of the strongest directories you can get a backlink from: Domain Rating 83, a founder-and-maker audience, and a free listing that earns dofollow links. The catch is the badge. To get the free Verified listing, you add Startup Fame's verification badge to your homepage, and it's reviewed and published within about 7 days. There are paid promotions too (Highlight at $19/mo, Spotlight at $149/mo), but the free tier is the one that earns the link.

Submitator tip

Startup Fame's free listing needs their badge on your site, and it has to stay live. With Submitator you don't add it by hand: install our badge component once and it places and keeps the Startup Fame badge live for you. You get the free DR-83 dofollow listing without the manual work, and for $29 you also land on 29 other directories.

Startup Fame at a glance

Feature	Startup Fame
Domain Rating	DR 83
Audience	Founders / makers
Link type	Dofollow (free listing)
Free tier	Verified: badge required, ~7-day review
Paid	Highlight $19/mo · Spotlight $149/mo
Badge	Required on the free tier

Domain Rating by Ahrefs

Startup Fame's free Verified listing requires its badge on your homepage and a ~7-day review; paid Highlight ($19/mo) and Spotlight ($149/mo) add placement, not the backlink. DR 83 (Ahrefs). Verify current terms on startupfa.me before relying on them. Last checked June 2026.

How to submit to Startup Fame, step by step

1
Fill in the General details
Your website, name, category, a tagline, a description, and your key features. Add your location and mark yourself as the founder, each is worth an extra dofollow link.
2
Add your media
A logo (256x256) and an image (1200x630) for your listing card.
3
Add your links
Your social and product links on the Links tab.
4
Pick a promotion
Verified is free and reviewed within ~7 days. Highlight ($19/mo) and Spotlight ($149/mo) add instant premium placement, but the free Verified tier is what earns the backlink.
5
Install the badge
On the free tier, add Startup Fame's verification badge to your homepage to start the review, and keep it live.

Startup Fame submission form, General tab: website, name, category, tagline, description, features, and +1 dofollow link for location and for being the founder — The General tab: details, features, and two +1 dofollow extras (location, founder).

Media: a 256x256 logo and a 1200x630 image.

The badge, handled for you

The whole reason the free listing is free is the badge: Startup Fame wants its verification badge on your homepage before it reviews you, and it has to stay live for the listing to stay up. That's a fair trade for a DR-83 link, but it adds up when you're listing across dozens of directories, each with its own badge. Submitator handles every one of these for you, you install one component, once:

Badges Submitator places + keeps live

Featured onTurbo0

DR 80

Featured onStartupFame

DR 83

Featured onDang.ai

DR 81

Featured onToolpilot

DR 78

Featured onTwelve Tools

DR 81

Featured onMicrolaunch

DR 62

Install one component once; we place and keep every directory badge live, Startup Fame (DR 83) included.

The free listing, without the badge chore

Startup Fame's paid promotions are recurring monthly fees for placement, not for the backlink, so the free Verified tier is the one worth your time. Submitator covers Startup Fame itself (badge and all), so this isn't Submitator instead of Startup Fame, it's the way to get the Startup Fame listing without the badge work, plus a stack of others.

Startup Fame promotion tiers: Verified (free, reviewed and published within 7 days), Highlight ($19/month), and Spotlight ($149/month, sold out) — Verified is free (with a badge); Highlight and Spotlight are monthly placement fees.

Feature	Free Verified	Submitator
Cost	Free	from $29
Badge on your site	You add + keep live	Handled + kept live
Dofollow backlink	Yes (DR 83)	Yes (DR 83)
Directories	Startup Fame only	Startup Fame + 29 more

Domain Rating by Ahrefs

Submitator includes Startup Fame and handles its badge. Startup Fame's own ~7-day review still applies to the Startup Fame listing. Verify current terms before relying on them.

DR 83 dofollow, badge handled.

Startup Fame plus 29 more directories, every badge kept live for you. From $29, one-time.

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Bonus

A DR-83 link, badge and all

Startup Fame's free listing needs a badge kept live on your site, which is the fiddly part. Submitator places and maintains that badge for you, gets you the DR-83 dofollow listing, and submits you to 29 more directories, all for $29 one-time.

FAQ

Is Startup Fame free to submit to?

Yes. The free Verified tier reviews and publishes your startup within about 7 days and gives you dofollow links. The catch is that it requires you to add Startup Fame's verification badge to your homepage to start the review. There are paid promotions (Highlight at $19/mo and Spotlight at $149/mo) for extra visibility, but the free tier is what earns the backlink.

What is Startup Fame's Domain Rating?

Around DR 83 (Ahrefs), which makes it one of the strongest directories you can get a dofollow backlink from. That high DR is the main reason it's worth submitting to.

Is a Startup Fame link dofollow?

Yes. The free listing gives you dofollow links from the DR-83 domain: you get one for adding your location and another as the verified founder. Confirm on your own live listing, since link attributes can change.

Do I have to put a badge on my site for Startup Fame?

On the free tier, yes. Startup Fame requires its verification badge on your homepage before it reviews you, and it has to stay live. With Submitator you don't add it by hand: our badge component installs and keeps the Startup Fame badge live for you automatically.

Does Submitator submit to Startup Fame?

Yes. Startup Fame is one of the 100+ directories Submitator covers. We submit you, handle the badge and keep it live so the dofollow link stays up, and submit you to 29 other real directories on the Starter plan, all for $29 one-time.

How long does Startup Fame take to publish?

The free Verified listing is reviewed and published within about 7 days. The paid Highlight and Spotlight promotions go live in under 30 seconds, but they're recurring monthly fees for placement, not the backlink itself.

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