30% discount code for HN crowd: HN2014
Good luck. I think that your emphasizing that it is manually submitted is important, and makes me expect that it'd be done with a higher level of quality than by an automated tool.
It has crossed my mind to automate a service like this, and then remembered back when there were competing search engines and directories. There were many automated, pay-for services that'd submit your site to them all at once, which of course never worked as well as doing it by hand.
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$('#post').deserialize(form);Also, the Useful Resources links at the bottom need hrefs and growthackers should be growthhackers :)
I debated adding the top sources like Product Hunt, Crunchbase, Angel.co, and others but felt that those top tiered sites deserve a higher attentiveness than can be served by Startuplister.com. I think the idea here is to serve the longtail of directories...
That said, i'm open to suggestions. I did debate this for a while.
BTW, you have mixed content (HTTP vs HTTPS) on your signup page.
1) Didn't see the HN discount, any chance that can be applied to my account retroactively? tim@onarbor.com.
2) There is alot to fill out on this one form. Can I save a partially completed application? What happens when I hit the submit button?
1) Just sent a refund and fixed the discount so it now will apply. 2) I think that is great feedback. I will work on implementing that tonight. When you hit submit, it's saved, but I will provide the functionality to edit it as well so you can have a partially completed application.
It would be useful to have some sense of the relative importance of the sites on your list. Maybe Alexa ranks, as a start? Or data from e.g. compete.com
Besides adding a list of what sites you syndicate to, maybe startuplister could also provide a list of submitted sites (with an API too).
I can see the value, if you are going to list your startup on all of these services yourself by hand. But I do wonder about the intrinsic value of being listed on them too.
Nothing against your Service, 50 Dollars are a good price.