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Launching your project to the world? Try these sites to get the word out

507 points by sideproject 13y ago

I know these type of lists exist elsewhere. But I wanted to list some of the sites that I know where you can quite easily submit your project to get the word out initially.

sideproject 13y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com http://news.ycombinator.com - (duh), post with Show HN, easy submission, will get listed on http://showinghn.com/ http://showinghn.com/ and http://hnshowcase.com http://hnshowcase.com as well. http://betali.st http://betali.st - quite well known, moderated, gets a decent amount of traffic if you get featured, not too many form fields to fill out. http://www.kickoffboost.com http://www.kickoffboost.com - moderated, and relatively new, easy submission http://www.reddit.com/r/sideproject http://www.reddit.com/r/sideproject - moderated, easy submission https://www.sideprojectors.com https://www.sideprojectors.com - relatively new, easy submission http://thestartuppitch.com http://thestartuppitch.com - moderated, has quite a few more form fields to fill out than others http://www.erlibird.com/startups http://www.erlibird.com/startups - paid $149, last time checked out http://forrst.com http://forrst.com - Easy submission, used to be a great community for feedback - not sure now http://www.bootstrappist.com http://www.bootstrappist.com - a mailing list of bootstrapped projects - has quite a few subscribers I think. http://angel.co http://angel.co - Angelist, of course - new startups gets tweeted via various accounts http://crunchbase.com http://crunchbase.com - Crunchbase - similar to Angelist
- sideproject 13y ago
  http://pineapple.io/ http://pineapple.io/ - if you are building something for the design/development community - easy submission
  - webvet 13y ago
    Just submitted one here - fairly quick and easy :)
- Apane 13y ago
  fantastic list, thanks for sharing!
- phildini 13y ago
  http://reddit.com/r/startups http://reddit.com/r/startups http://reddit.com/r/entrepreneur http://reddit.com/r/entrepreneur I think your best bet (based on advice from this site and my own experience) is to find the community most relevant to your product and make sure everyone in that community knows you're launching.
  - mootothemax 13y ago
    Regarding http://reddit.com/r/startups http://reddit.com/r/startups and http://reddit.com/r/entrepreneur http://reddit.com/r/entrepreneur One word of caution: take the comments on Reddit with a grain of salt. For every decent point, you'll see tonnes of comments like: It costs too much, charge $0.99/month instead! Or I hate it, change x, y, z and make it free and I'll consider it Which can be safely discarded. Definitely don't take any criticism received to heart!
    - silverbax88 13y ago
      Reddit is a great site to hang out on, but most of the people on there - at least from the comments - are college kids with no world or business experience.
    - rfnslyr 13y ago
      Grain of salt? There isn't enough Sodium on this planet I can read Reddit with. Comments are garbage most of the time unless you find some super niche undeveloped subreddit unplagued by the masses, only retaining passionate users. What happens is a community starts with people passionate about the topic of the community, and then the focus shifts from content to community preservation once the masses leak in and it devolves from there. Because it's unmoderated for the most part (subreddit moderators don't count, most are bad at what they do, source: most subreddit content is bad), communities quickly devolve into the lowest common denominator of discussion, memes, bad unfunny overused jokes, and puns (which I really don't mind actually). Sorry, I have a severe distaste for Reddit once I realized how "dumb" it actually is. I realized this when I saw articles posted to Reddit from HN that hit r/all and how different the comments were. Reddit for the most part seems fueled by hormones, HN is level headed.
- lcasela 13y ago
  This is incredibly useful! Also http://www.reddit.com/r/startups http://www.reddit.com/r/startups Edit: Oops. Someone beat me to it.
- uladzislau 13y ago
  I like your marketing approach - post a list and include your project https://www.sideprojectors.com https://www.sideprojectors.com right in the middle. Wouldn't it be fair to disclose such a thing?
  - tokenizer 13y ago
    Why? OP gave you a list and a fairly non bias summary for each. Besides, using their site is completely optional and based on volunteerism. If you think it was of poor character, don't use their site. Is mentioning they run the site necessary? Absolutely not IMO.
    - dsowers 13y ago
      Yeah, this isn't reddit. We don't care if people are trying to promote their work on this site. We all have projects that need promotion.
      - dopamean 13y ago
        Also, he hardly even promoted it... "relatively new, easy submission." Pretty tame to me.
        nulagrithom 13y ago
        I thought it was obvious at first glance he'd be promoting his own site anyway; his username is 'sideproject'. Personally I think it beats Show HN: Sideprojectors, which was his alternative. I saved the list in my notes. Thread was useful to me and good advertising for him. Win-Win.
        tokenizer 13y ago
        Exactly. No need to complain about win-win scenarios that aren't coercive.
        13y ago
- quaffapint 13y ago
  How do you actually submit to bootstrappist though?
- leokun 13y ago
  Ugh, I'm not a fan of the idea of a whole bunch of people spamming crunchbase and angel.co with a side project that goes nowhere. It will make crunchbase useless as the dead links and dead projects pile up like so many abandoned github projects. Oh sorry downvoters for quashing your dreams of wealth and fame with your bootstrap styled 10 hour project consisting of largely code copy and pasted from stackoverflow that will revolutionize everything everywhere. Yes please submit that to all the places. We all want to try it out.
  - lcasela 13y ago
    That's the right attitude! :3 /s
    - leokun 13y ago
      The right attitude is to not throw shit to the wall and see if it sticks, but to think of an idea and commit to it. With commitment comes the responsibility of doing right by your users, finishing your idea out and not giving up two weeks later. If you aren't prepared for it, if you aren't committed, if you are already nearly burned out from the work you've already put in and have no traction to speak of, well then maybe just leave it alone.
      - redblacktree 13y ago
        Which project/idea have you committed to?
        leokun 13y ago
        This is an anonymous account so I wont list them, but a couple of them that you probably know of.
        leokun 13y ago
        Yeah I don't like how this statement came across.
- chrisjleaf 13y ago
  For side projects you should checkout http://www.thinkero.us http://www.thinkero.us, they love seeing new ideas or hearing about issues you see around you that you wish could be fixed. It's more of a community for open innovation and collaboration with less of the pressures than some of the more financially incentivized sites listed above.
- Achshar 13y ago
  Actually I have my startup featured on crunchbase and a ton of people contact me monthly fro there for all kinds of services to startups. I guess it's both a good and a bad thing.
  - unclebucknasty 13y ago
    Nobody's buying and everyone's selling. Kinda like MLM.
- deleted 13y ago
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- covgjai 13y ago
  Few more, http://startups.fm/ http://startups.fm/ http://www.betakit.com/ http://www.betakit.com/ http://www.reddit.com/r/sideproject http://www.reddit.com/r/sideproject http://startupli.st/ http://startupli.st/ http://momb.socio-kybernetics.net/ http://momb.socio-kybernetics.net/ http://www.inviteshare.com/ http://www.inviteshare.com/ http://projects.metafilter.com/ http://projects.metafilter.com/ http://www.inbound.org/ http://www.inbound.org/ http://firespotting.com/ http://firespotting.com/
- kehers 13y ago
  showinghn.com needs pagination though.
- januaryjin 13y ago
  I find that leveraging the most popular which are Social Media and social bookmarking works best. Linkedin generates lots of traffic as well so be sure to create a company page in linkedin. Professionals thrive in Linkedin and it's a good platform for you to get introduced to your target market. We are currently developing a Digital Collaboration Platform that incorporates both file sharing, data capture and social (www.phoenary.com) and we'll be using those sites for the soft launch next month including the sites you've listed. Thanks!
ivankirigin 13y ago
It would also be helpful to post to other posts with lists
webmonks 13y ago
Here is one more comprehensive list.. http://www.quora.com/What-other-services-besides-betali-st-and-startupli-st-are-there-to-promote-startups http://www.quora.com/What-other-services-besides-betali-st-a...
hopeless 13y ago
Better advice would be better to find out where your customers are and go there. So, yeah, go ahead and post to HN but only if your target market is actually on HN otherwise you'll get a lot of tyre-kickers and no actual customers. Addendum: if you don't know how to reach your customers. Stop what you're doing and find out
- Avalaxy 13y ago
  Indeed. I wonder how many people actually read these websites where lots of people spam a link to their new "startup" and where the content is nothing else than just a collection of links. I think the answer is: no one.
  - muddylemon 13y ago
    Usually aimed at an audience of one: the googlebot
webjay 13y ago
awesome, will post http://www.konfect.com http://www.konfect.com soon
amac 13y ago
http://www.octopus.org http://www.octopus.org - Marketing apps only
quaffapint 13y ago
It's funny with ShowHN - I know it can be quite useful, but I'm so paranoid to do it. It's a one time shot (I don't want to spam it over again), and if you don't get any feedback, your shot is lost.
- tarr11 13y ago
  I don't think it's a one time shot, unless you get banned.
  - quaffapint 13y ago
    I'm more thinking etiquette wise, I don't want to keep posting the same Show HN over and over :-]
  - peacemaker 13y ago
    HN recognizes if a link has been posted before so if you submit your homepage once that's it. I've run two Show HN posts for my new project (https://wecombinate.com https://wecombinate.com) and had zero replies or even visits from both. It seems you need to have a group of people upvote early on otherwise you'll disappear very quickly.
- mixmastamyk 13y ago
  And it is tough to get seen if you've not got a group of friends to upvote it early.
galapago 13y ago
Is this list focuses on "commercial projects"? I would like also to know websites to promote your open-source initiative (like openhatch.org)
diydsp 13y ago
If it's any kind of audio/music/instrument project, you can post it to one of the groups on: http://www.reddit.com/user/diydsp/m/digi_instruments http://www.reddit.com/user/diydsp/m/digi_instruments
uptownhr 13y ago
www.startuptabs.com. They have a chrome extension where their users see a random startup site every time a new tab is opened up.
kyro 13y ago
While these sources are great, this is not a good approach to getting traction. The type of attention you'll capture won't be of high quality, unless of course these outlets cater to your target market. Like others have said, you're better off focusing your time and energy finding out where your prospects go for their information and entertainment. TC and the like will give you a big surge in traffic initially, but it won't be the traffic you want, and it'll die off quickly. Now, a truly great resource for those launching side projects would be a list of sites/magazines broken down my major target market -- eg. pregnant mothers, hackers, foodies, athletes, etc.
tarr11 13y ago
And, if you are on the other side of the fence and shutting it down, please post your site here: http://www.reddit.com/r/shutdown http://www.reddit.com/r/shutdown
olegp 13y ago
If you're doing SaaS and are at least in public beta, please submit it to https://starthq.com/apps/submit https://starthq.com/apps/submit
kirillzubovsky 13y ago
Also check out http://started.in http://started.in - they are aggregating startups by location. If you want to help gather more startups, I hear they are expanding rapidly and could certainly use your help.
DanielKehoe 13y ago
I've got a new book project, "Learn Ruby on Rails" that I'm launching with a Kickstarter campaign (the book is nearly complete). Should I post it as "Show HN" or just submit the link? [edit: removed the link because I don't want to be spammy]
- gruseom 13y ago
  I believe "Show HN" is for showing something you've made that other people can try out. In other words, it's for when the thing is ready, not when it's being funded. (Or, pet peeve, for collecting email addresses with a landing page that looks deceptively like a product).
- mattjaynes 13y ago
  Please don't hesitate to post links to your own work. You're putting serious effort into providing value to the community. How else will we know about it? Here's the link: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/909377477/learn-ruby-on-rails http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/909377477/learn-ruby-on-...
chrisfrees 13y ago
How about Designer News? http://news.layervault.com http://news.layervault.com
6thSigma 13y ago
If your product has an API, you can submit it to an API directory - http://www.apiforthat.com/ http://www.apiforthat.com/ (Disclaimer: I run the site)
elilux 13y ago
Also check out http://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/ http://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/
- rowbot 13y ago
  That is a great resource! Also check out http://breakpoint.io http://breakpoint.io - show your side project to the world! http://sideprojects.web3canvas.com/ http://sideprojects.web3canvas.com/
tomekmarchi 13y ago
Great question and links. I'v been waiting to see someone ask this.
vlokshin 13y ago
Have you tried http://www.LaunchSky.com http://www.LaunchSky.com? 19$ to pitch the idea or launch to a crowd of entrepreneurs -- you get stats, feedback, and emails -- and it's rumored that promo codes for free or super cheap submissions are as simple as emailing info@launchsky.com :) Full disclosure: I'm on of the guys behind LaunchSky, but we've seen a few startups use LaunchSky.com to launch their project and iterate on it, not just get feedback on an idea that doesn't exist yet.
jaggs 13y ago
http://redferret.net http://redferret.net - regular reviews of established and new web apps.
sirwanimayur 13y ago
http:\\givemefootie.com Up to date football news
vuzum 13y ago
We're launching Blogvio (http://www.blogvio.com http://www.blogvio.com) tomorrow, after 10 months of work. We submitted the project to the following websites: 1. CrunchBase http://www.crunchbase.com/company/blogvio http://www.crunchbase.com/company/blogvio 2. Angel List https://www.angel.co/blogvio https://www.angel.co/blogvio 3. http://www.betali.st/ http://www.betali.st/ 39$ - http://betali.st/startups/blogvio http://betali.st/startups/blogvio 4. http://www.romanianstartups.com/ http://www.romanianstartups.com/ 5. http://www.startupli.st/ http://www.startupli.st/ 6. http://www.kickoffboost.com/ http://www.kickoffboost.com/ 7. http://www.geekopedia.me/startupsubmit/ http://www.geekopedia.me/startupsubmit/ 8. http://www.killerstartups.com/ http://www.killerstartups.com/ 9. http://www.startupbird.com/ http://www.startupbird.com/ 10. http://www.ratemystartup.com/ http://www.ratemystartup.com/ 11. http://www.new-startups.com/ http://www.new-startups.com/ 12. http://www.nextbigwhat.com/ http://www.nextbigwhat.com/ 13. http://www.leanstack.io/ http://www.leanstack.io/ 14. http://www.launchingnext.com/ http://www.launchingnext.com/ 15. http://www.startupproject.org/ http://www.startupproject.org/ 16. http://www.erlibird.com/ http://www.erlibird.com/ - they ask 199$. 17. http://www.thestartuppitch.com/ http://www.thestartuppitch.com/ 18. http://www.startuplift.com/ http://www.startuplift.com/ 19. http://www.feedmyapp.com/submit/ http://www.feedmyapp.com/submit/ (http://feedmyapp.com/p/a/blogvio/28928 http://feedmyapp.com/p/a/blogvio/28928) 20. http://www.siliconallee.com/contact http://www.siliconallee.com/contact 21. http://www.f6s.com/ http://www.f6s.com/ 22. http://www.paggu.com/ http://www.paggu.com/ 23. http://www.aboutyourstartup.com/ http://www.aboutyourstartup.com/ (http://aboutyourstartup.com/?s=blogvio http://aboutyourstartup.com/?s=blogvio) 24. http://www.eu-startups.com/directory/ http://www.eu-startups.com/directory/ 25. http://www.go2web20.net/ http://www.go2web20.net/ 26. http://www.101bestwebsites.com/ http://www.101bestwebsites.com/ 27. http://www.vator.tv/ http://www.vator.tv/ 28. http://www.springwise.com/ http://www.springwise.com/ 29. http://www.techpluto.com http://www.techpluto.com 30. http://www.cee-startups.com/ http://www.cee-startups.com/ 31. http://www.appuseful.com/ http://www.appuseful.com/ 32. http://www.startupwizz.com/ http://www.startupwizz.com/ 33. http://www.startuptunes.com/ http://www.startuptunes.com/ - http://directory.startuptunes.com/b/Blogvio http://directory.startuptunes.com/b/Blogvio 34. http://www.venturebeatprofiles.com/ http://www.venturebeatprofiles.com/ 35. http://www.techhunger.com/ http://www.techhunger.com/ 36. https://www.gust.com https://www.gust.com - https://gust.com/c/blogvio https://gust.com/c/blogvio 37. http://www.cee-startups.com/ http://www.cee-startups.com/ We plan to submit it here as well: 38. http://www.startupbook.co http://www.startupbook.co 39. http://www.launch.it/contact_form/1/0/contact http://www.launch.it/contact_form/1/0/contact 40. http://www.netted.net/contact-us/ http://www.netted.net/contact-us/ 41. http://www.minisprout.com/about/ http://www.minisprout.com/about/ 42. http://www.makeuseof.com/contact-team/ http://www.makeuseof.com/contact-team/ 43. http://www.venturevillage.eu/about-us/contact/ http://www.venturevillage.eu/about-us/contact/ 44. http://www.appvita.com/ http://www.appvita.com/ 45. http://www.webdevtwopointzero.com/ http://www.webdevtwopointzero.com/ 46. http://www.dzineblog.com/ http://www.dzineblog.com/ 47. http://www.rev2.org/ http://www.rev2.org/ 48. http://www.techattitude.com/contact http://www.techattitude.com/contact 49. http://www.eastist.com/ http://www.eastist.com/ 50. http://www.siliconallee.com/ http://www.siliconallee.com/ 51. http://www.en.startit.rs/ http://www.en.startit.rs/ 52. http://www.en.startupbusiness.it/ http://www.en.startupbusiness.it/ 53. http://www.blogs.wsj.com/tech-europe/ http://www.blogs.wsj.com/tech-europe/ 54. http://www.rudebaguette.com/ http://www.rudebaguette.com/ 55. http://www.venturevillage.eu/ http://www.venturevillage.eu/ 56. http://www.en.webrazzi.com/about/ http://www.en.webrazzi.com/about/ 57. http://www.sociableblog.com/contact-us/ http://www.sociableblog.com/contact-us/ Be warned, we still think press plays a major role as a distribution channel, compared to these sites that will only bring you beta users, in the hundreds. :)
31reasons 13y ago
Pardon my ignorance but I see most of the suggested links from tech news/blog sites. But unless your customers are entrepreneurs and tech readers, shouldn't you launch where your customers are ? (which could be any aggregation website from farming, medicine or any other subject matter)
mceoin 13y ago
http://startupli.st/ http://startupli.st/
RT1780 13y ago
well i am just your common joe, with no such nunchuck skills as you badace Jedis! so i appreciate the post and shall check it out!
adrianwaj 13y ago
Is there one just for bitcoin sites?
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siliconesoul 13y ago
Its okay, how you did that. Much appreciated.
ClayFerguson 13y ago
Thanks for the links. I needed this help promoting my site product!
abdophoto 13y ago
I'm founder of http://thetechblock.com http://thetechblock.com. We're always happy to help too.
svmegatron 13y ago
Hey - thanks! I did a bunch of these, and it was a great way to get started with http://www.merchantprotector.net http://www.merchantprotector.net I liked sideprojectors.com quite a lot too, thank you!

507 points by sideproject 13y ago

I know these type of lists exist elsewhere. But I wanted to list some of the sites that I know where you can quite easily submit your project to get the word out initially.

sideproject 13y ago

http://news.ycombinator.com http://news.ycombinator.com - (duh), post with Show HN, easy submission, will get listed on http://showinghn.com/ http://showinghn.com/ and http://hnshowcase.com http://hnshowcase.com as well. http://betali.st http://betali.st - quite well known, moderated, gets a decent amount of traffic if you get featured, not too many form fields to fill out. http://www.kickoffboost.com http://www.kickoffboost.com - moderated, and relatively new, easy submission http://www.reddit.com/r/sideproject http://www.reddit.com/r/sideproject - moderated, easy submission https://www.sideprojectors.com https://www.sideprojectors.com - relatively new, easy submission http://thestartuppitch.com http://thestartuppitch.com - moderated, has quite a few more form fields to fill out than others http://www.erlibird.com/startups http://www.erlibird.com/startups - paid $149, last time checked out http://forrst.com http://forrst.com - Easy submission, used to be a great community for feedback - not sure now http://www.bootstrappist.com http://www.bootstrappist.com - a mailing list of bootstrapped projects - has quite a few subscribers I think. http://angel.co http://angel.co - Angelist, of course - new startups gets tweeted via various accounts http://crunchbase.com http://crunchbase.com - Crunchbase - similar to Angelist

sideproject 13y ago
http://pineapple.io/ http://pineapple.io/ - if you are building something for the design/development community - easy submission
- webvet 13y ago
  Just submitted one here - fairly quick and easy :)
Apane 13y ago
fantastic list, thanks for sharing!
phildini 13y ago
http://reddit.com/r/startups http://reddit.com/r/startups http://reddit.com/r/entrepreneur http://reddit.com/r/entrepreneur I think your best bet (based on advice from this site and my own experience) is to find the community most relevant to your product and make sure everyone in that community knows you're launching.
- mootothemax 13y ago
  Regarding http://reddit.com/r/startups http://reddit.com/r/startups and http://reddit.com/r/entrepreneur http://reddit.com/r/entrepreneur One word of caution: take the comments on Reddit with a grain of salt. For every decent point, you'll see tonnes of comments like: It costs too much, charge $0.99/month instead! Or I hate it, change x, y, z and make it free and I'll consider it Which can be safely discarded. Definitely don't take any criticism received to heart!
  - silverbax88 13y ago
    Reddit is a great site to hang out on, but most of the people on there - at least from the comments - are college kids with no world or business experience.
  - rfnslyr 13y ago
    Grain of salt? There isn't enough Sodium on this planet I can read Reddit with. Comments are garbage most of the time unless you find some super niche undeveloped subreddit unplagued by the masses, only retaining passionate users. What happens is a community starts with people passionate about the topic of the community, and then the focus shifts from content to community preservation once the masses leak in and it devolves from there. Because it's unmoderated for the most part (subreddit moderators don't count, most are bad at what they do, source: most subreddit content is bad), communities quickly devolve into the lowest common denominator of discussion, memes, bad unfunny overused jokes, and puns (which I really don't mind actually). Sorry, I have a severe distaste for Reddit once I realized how "dumb" it actually is. I realized this when I saw articles posted to Reddit from HN that hit r/all and how different the comments were. Reddit for the most part seems fueled by hormones, HN is level headed.
lcasela 13y ago
This is incredibly useful! Also http://www.reddit.com/r/startups http://www.reddit.com/r/startups Edit: Oops. Someone beat me to it.
uladzislau 13y ago
I like your marketing approach - post a list and include your project https://www.sideprojectors.com https://www.sideprojectors.com right in the middle. Wouldn't it be fair to disclose such a thing?
- tokenizer 13y ago
  Why? OP gave you a list and a fairly non bias summary for each. Besides, using their site is completely optional and based on volunteerism. If you think it was of poor character, don't use their site. Is mentioning they run the site necessary? Absolutely not IMO.
  - dsowers 13y ago
    Yeah, this isn't reddit. We don't care if people are trying to promote their work on this site. We all have projects that need promotion.
    - dopamean 13y ago
      Also, he hardly even promoted it... "relatively new, easy submission." Pretty tame to me.
      - nulagrithom 13y ago
        I thought it was obvious at first glance he'd be promoting his own site anyway; his username is 'sideproject'. Personally I think it beats Show HN: Sideprojectors, which was his alternative. I saved the list in my notes. Thread was useful to me and good advertising for him. Win-Win.
        tokenizer 13y ago
        Exactly. No need to complain about win-win scenarios that aren't coercive.
        13y ago
quaffapint 13y ago
How do you actually submit to bootstrappist though?
leokun 13y ago
Ugh, I'm not a fan of the idea of a whole bunch of people spamming crunchbase and angel.co with a side project that goes nowhere. It will make crunchbase useless as the dead links and dead projects pile up like so many abandoned github projects. Oh sorry downvoters for quashing your dreams of wealth and fame with your bootstrap styled 10 hour project consisting of largely code copy and pasted from stackoverflow that will revolutionize everything everywhere. Yes please submit that to all the places. We all want to try it out.
- lcasela 13y ago
  That's the right attitude! :3 /s
  - leokun 13y ago
    The right attitude is to not throw shit to the wall and see if it sticks, but to think of an idea and commit to it. With commitment comes the responsibility of doing right by your users, finishing your idea out and not giving up two weeks later. If you aren't prepared for it, if you aren't committed, if you are already nearly burned out from the work you've already put in and have no traction to speak of, well then maybe just leave it alone.
    - redblacktree 13y ago
      Which project/idea have you committed to?
      - leokun 13y ago
        This is an anonymous account so I wont list them, but a couple of them that you probably know of.
        leokun 13y ago
        Yeah I don't like how this statement came across.
chrisjleaf 13y ago
For side projects you should checkout http://www.thinkero.us http://www.thinkero.us, they love seeing new ideas or hearing about issues you see around you that you wish could be fixed. It's more of a community for open innovation and collaboration with less of the pressures than some of the more financially incentivized sites listed above.
Achshar 13y ago
Actually I have my startup featured on crunchbase and a ton of people contact me monthly fro there for all kinds of services to startups. I guess it's both a good and a bad thing.
- unclebucknasty 13y ago
  Nobody's buying and everyone's selling. Kinda like MLM.
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covgjai 13y ago
Few more, http://startups.fm/ http://startups.fm/ http://www.betakit.com/ http://www.betakit.com/ http://www.reddit.com/r/sideproject http://www.reddit.com/r/sideproject http://startupli.st/ http://startupli.st/ http://momb.socio-kybernetics.net/ http://momb.socio-kybernetics.net/ http://www.inviteshare.com/ http://www.inviteshare.com/ http://projects.metafilter.com/ http://projects.metafilter.com/ http://www.inbound.org/ http://www.inbound.org/ http://firespotting.com/ http://firespotting.com/
kehers 13y ago
showinghn.com needs pagination though.
januaryjin 13y ago
I find that leveraging the most popular which are Social Media and social bookmarking works best. Linkedin generates lots of traffic as well so be sure to create a company page in linkedin. Professionals thrive in Linkedin and it's a good platform for you to get introduced to your target market. We are currently developing a Digital Collaboration Platform that incorporates both file sharing, data capture and social (www.phoenary.com) and we'll be using those sites for the soft launch next month including the sites you've listed. Thanks!

ivankirigin 13y ago

It would also be helpful to post to other posts with lists

webmonks 13y ago

Here is one more comprehensive list.. http://www.quora.com/What-other-services-besides-betali-st-and-startupli-st-are-there-to-promote-startups http://www.quora.com/What-other-services-besides-betali-st-a...

hopeless 13y ago

Better advice would be better to find out where your customers are and go there. So, yeah, go ahead and post to HN but only if your target market is actually on HN otherwise you'll get a lot of tyre-kickers and no actual customers. Addendum: if you don't know how to reach your customers. Stop what you're doing and find out

Avalaxy 13y ago
Indeed. I wonder how many people actually read these websites where lots of people spam a link to their new "startup" and where the content is nothing else than just a collection of links. I think the answer is: no one.
- muddylemon 13y ago
  Usually aimed at an audience of one: the googlebot

webjay 13y ago

awesome, will post http://www.konfect.com http://www.konfect.com soon

amac 13y ago

http://www.octopus.org http://www.octopus.org - Marketing apps only

quaffapint 13y ago

It's funny with ShowHN - I know it can be quite useful, but I'm so paranoid to do it. It's a one time shot (I don't want to spam it over again), and if you don't get any feedback, your shot is lost.

tarr11 13y ago
I don't think it's a one time shot, unless you get banned.
- quaffapint 13y ago
  I'm more thinking etiquette wise, I don't want to keep posting the same Show HN over and over :-]
- peacemaker 13y ago
  HN recognizes if a link has been posted before so if you submit your homepage once that's it. I've run two Show HN posts for my new project (https://wecombinate.com https://wecombinate.com) and had zero replies or even visits from both. It seems you need to have a group of people upvote early on otherwise you'll disappear very quickly.
mixmastamyk 13y ago
And it is tough to get seen if you've not got a group of friends to upvote it early.

galapago 13y ago

Is this list focuses on "commercial projects"? I would like also to know websites to promote your open-source initiative (like openhatch.org)

diydsp 13y ago

If it's any kind of audio/music/instrument project, you can post it to one of the groups on: http://www.reddit.com/user/diydsp/m/digi_instruments http://www.reddit.com/user/diydsp/m/digi_instruments

uptownhr 13y ago

www.startuptabs.com. They have a chrome extension where their users see a random startup site every time a new tab is opened up.

kyro 13y ago

While these sources are great, this is not a good approach to getting traction. The type of attention you'll capture won't be of high quality, unless of course these outlets cater to your target market. Like others have said, you're better off focusing your time and energy finding out where your prospects go for their information and entertainment. TC and the like will give you a big surge in traffic initially, but it won't be the traffic you want, and it'll die off quickly. Now, a truly great resource for those launching side projects would be a list of sites/magazines broken down my major target market -- eg. pregnant mothers, hackers, foodies, athletes, etc.

tarr11 13y ago

And, if you are on the other side of the fence and shutting it down, please post your site here: http://www.reddit.com/r/shutdown http://www.reddit.com/r/shutdown

olegp 13y ago

If you're doing SaaS and are at least in public beta, please submit it to https://starthq.com/apps/submit https://starthq.com/apps/submit

kirillzubovsky 13y ago

Also check out http://started.in http://started.in - they are aggregating startups by location. If you want to help gather more startups, I hear they are expanding rapidly and could certainly use your help.

DanielKehoe 13y ago

I've got a new book project, "Learn Ruby on Rails" that I'm launching with a Kickstarter campaign (the book is nearly complete). Should I post it as "Show HN" or just submit the link? [edit: removed the link because I don't want to be spammy]

gruseom 13y ago
I believe "Show HN" is for showing something you've made that other people can try out. In other words, it's for when the thing is ready, not when it's being funded. (Or, pet peeve, for collecting email addresses with a landing page that looks deceptively like a product).
mattjaynes 13y ago
Please don't hesitate to post links to your own work. You're putting serious effort into providing value to the community. How else will we know about it? Here's the link: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/909377477/learn-ruby-on-rails http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/909377477/learn-ruby-on-...

chrisfrees 13y ago

How about Designer News? http://news.layervault.com http://news.layervault.com

6thSigma 13y ago

If your product has an API, you can submit it to an API directory - http://www.apiforthat.com/ http://www.apiforthat.com/ (Disclaimer: I run the site)

elilux 13y ago

Also check out http://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/ http://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/

rowbot 13y ago
That is a great resource! Also check out http://breakpoint.io http://breakpoint.io - show your side project to the world! http://sideprojects.web3canvas.com/ http://sideprojects.web3canvas.com/

tomekmarchi 13y ago

Great question and links. I'v been waiting to see someone ask this.

vlokshin 13y ago

Have you tried http://www.LaunchSky.com http://www.LaunchSky.com? 19$ to pitch the idea or launch to a crowd of entrepreneurs -- you get stats, feedback, and emails -- and it's rumored that promo codes for free or super cheap submissions are as simple as emailing info@launchsky.com :) Full disclosure: I'm on of the guys behind LaunchSky, but we've seen a few startups use LaunchSky.com to launch their project and iterate on it, not just get feedback on an idea that doesn't exist yet.

jaggs 13y ago

http://redferret.net http://redferret.net - regular reviews of established and new web apps.

sirwanimayur 13y ago

http:\\givemefootie.com Up to date football news

vuzum 13y ago

We're launching Blogvio (http://www.blogvio.com http://www.blogvio.com) tomorrow, after 10 months of work. We submitted the project to the following websites: 1. CrunchBase http://www.crunchbase.com/company/blogvio http://www.crunchbase.com/company/blogvio 2. Angel List https://www.angel.co/blogvio https://www.angel.co/blogvio 3. http://www.betali.st/ http://www.betali.st/ 39$ - http://betali.st/startups/blogvio http://betali.st/startups/blogvio 4. http://www.romanianstartups.com/ http://www.romanianstartups.com/ 5. http://www.startupli.st/ http://www.startupli.st/ 6. http://www.kickoffboost.com/ http://www.kickoffboost.com/ 7. http://www.geekopedia.me/startupsubmit/ http://www.geekopedia.me/startupsubmit/ 8. http://www.killerstartups.com/ http://www.killerstartups.com/ 9. http://www.startupbird.com/ http://www.startupbird.com/ 10. http://www.ratemystartup.com/ http://www.ratemystartup.com/ 11. http://www.new-startups.com/ http://www.new-startups.com/ 12. http://www.nextbigwhat.com/ http://www.nextbigwhat.com/ 13. http://www.leanstack.io/ http://www.leanstack.io/ 14. http://www.launchingnext.com/ http://www.launchingnext.com/ 15. http://www.startupproject.org/ http://www.startupproject.org/ 16. http://www.erlibird.com/ http://www.erlibird.com/ - they ask 199$. 17. http://www.thestartuppitch.com/ http://www.thestartuppitch.com/ 18. http://www.startuplift.com/ http://www.startuplift.com/ 19. http://www.feedmyapp.com/submit/ http://www.feedmyapp.com/submit/ (http://feedmyapp.com/p/a/blogvio/28928 http://feedmyapp.com/p/a/blogvio/28928) 20. http://www.siliconallee.com/contact http://www.siliconallee.com/contact 21. http://www.f6s.com/ http://www.f6s.com/ 22. http://www.paggu.com/ http://www.paggu.com/ 23. http://www.aboutyourstartup.com/ http://www.aboutyourstartup.com/ (http://aboutyourstartup.com/?s=blogvio http://aboutyourstartup.com/?s=blogvio) 24. http://www.eu-startups.com/directory/ http://www.eu-startups.com/directory/ 25. http://www.go2web20.net/ http://www.go2web20.net/ 26. http://www.101bestwebsites.com/ http://www.101bestwebsites.com/ 27. http://www.vator.tv/ http://www.vator.tv/ 28. http://www.springwise.com/ http://www.springwise.com/ 29. http://www.techpluto.com http://www.techpluto.com 30. http://www.cee-startups.com/ http://www.cee-startups.com/ 31. http://www.appuseful.com/ http://www.appuseful.com/ 32. http://www.startupwizz.com/ http://www.startupwizz.com/ 33. http://www.startuptunes.com/ http://www.startuptunes.com/ - http://directory.startuptunes.com/b/Blogvio http://directory.startuptunes.com/b/Blogvio 34. http://www.venturebeatprofiles.com/ http://www.venturebeatprofiles.com/ 35. http://www.techhunger.com/ http://www.techhunger.com/ 36. https://www.gust.com https://www.gust.com - https://gust.com/c/blogvio https://gust.com/c/blogvio 37. http://www.cee-startups.com/ http://www.cee-startups.com/ We plan to submit it here as well: 38. http://www.startupbook.co http://www.startupbook.co 39. http://www.launch.it/contact_form/1/0/contact http://www.launch.it/contact_form/1/0/contact 40. http://www.netted.net/contact-us/ http://www.netted.net/contact-us/ 41. http://www.minisprout.com/about/ http://www.minisprout.com/about/ 42. http://www.makeuseof.com/contact-team/ http://www.makeuseof.com/contact-team/ 43. http://www.venturevillage.eu/about-us/contact/ http://www.venturevillage.eu/about-us/contact/ 44. http://www.appvita.com/ http://www.appvita.com/ 45. http://www.webdevtwopointzero.com/ http://www.webdevtwopointzero.com/ 46. http://www.dzineblog.com/ http://www.dzineblog.com/ 47. http://www.rev2.org/ http://www.rev2.org/ 48. http://www.techattitude.com/contact http://www.techattitude.com/contact 49. http://www.eastist.com/ http://www.eastist.com/ 50. http://www.siliconallee.com/ http://www.siliconallee.com/ 51. http://www.en.startit.rs/ http://www.en.startit.rs/ 52. http://www.en.startupbusiness.it/ http://www.en.startupbusiness.it/ 53. http://www.blogs.wsj.com/tech-europe/ http://www.blogs.wsj.com/tech-europe/ 54. http://www.rudebaguette.com/ http://www.rudebaguette.com/ 55. http://www.venturevillage.eu/ http://www.venturevillage.eu/ 56. http://www.en.webrazzi.com/about/ http://www.en.webrazzi.com/about/ 57. http://www.sociableblog.com/contact-us/ http://www.sociableblog.com/contact-us/ Be warned, we still think press plays a major role as a distribution channel, compared to these sites that will only bring you beta users, in the hundreds. :)

31reasons 13y ago

Pardon my ignorance but I see most of the suggested links from tech news/blog sites. But unless your customers are entrepreneurs and tech readers, shouldn't you launch where your customers are ? (which could be any aggregation website from farming, medicine or any other subject matter)

mceoin 13y ago

http://startupli.st/ http://startupli.st/

RT1780 13y ago

well i am just your common joe, with no such nunchuck skills as you badace Jedis! so i appreciate the post and shall check it out!

adrianwaj 13y ago

Is there one just for bitcoin sites?

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siliconesoul 13y ago

Its okay, how you did that. Much appreciated.

ClayFerguson 13y ago

Thanks for the links. I needed this help promoting my site product!

abdophoto 13y ago

I'm founder of http://thetechblock.com http://thetechblock.com. We're always happy to help too.

svmegatron 13y ago

Hey - thanks! I did a bunch of these, and it was a great way to get started with http://www.merchantprotector.net http://www.merchantprotector.net I liked sideprojectors.com quite a lot too, thank you!