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How to submit to SideProjectors

Marketplace to sell, buy and showcase side projects, and to look for co-founders

Submitting to SideProjectors is free. The listing we checked marked its link to the product nofollow.

Free routeLink observed: nofollow — marked nofollow — search engines are asked not to pass ranking creditTop 200k
Open SideProjectors's submit page ↗

At a glance

Free route
Free route

The site's FAQ says basic project submissions and browsing are free and premium features (visibility, priority support, analytics) may exist without prices shown; its former help center (help.sideprojectors.com, no longer resolving) stated there is no cost to submit and no commission on sales; projects can be listed for sale, as a co-founder search or as a showcase.

Paid listing from

No paid listing — the free route is the way in.

Review time
  • Free route: every project goes through a review before approval; duration not stated
Link on a live listing
Link observed: nofollow — marked nofollow — search engines are asked not to pass ranking credit

Marked nofollow — search engines are asked not to pass ranking credit. SideProjectors does not say what kind of link it gives.

What we read: https://www.sideprojectors.com/project/98318/ai3d-studio (showcase listing of 2026-10-03) - website link rel='nofollow ugc noopener'

Requirements
  • Account required to submit a project.
  • Submission is reviewed and approved by the team before it appears.
  • Project type chosen at submission: sell, find a co-founder, or showcase.
Popularity

#144,280 in the Tranco top-1M list of 9 October 2026 — Top 200k.

How to submit to SideProjectors, step by step

  1. 1Get the kit ready. Name, a one-line tagline, a short description, a square logo, two or three screenshots and your pricing in numbers — the same kit works on every directory.
  2. 2Open SideProjectors's submit page. It is at sideprojectors.com/submit/type.
  3. 3Take the free route, if it fits. The site's FAQ says basic project submissions and browsing are free and premium features (visibility, priority support, analytics) may exist without prices shown; its former help center (help.sideprojectors.com, no longer resolving) stated there is no cost to submit and no commission on sales; projects can be listed for sale, as a co-founder search or as a showcase.
  4. 4Check the rules first. Account required to submit a project. Submission is reviewed and approved by the team before it appears. Project type chosen at submission: sell, find a co-founder, or showcase.
  5. 5Once it is live, check the link. Open your listing, right-click the link to your site and choose Inspect: the rel attribute says whether it is a plain link, nofollow, ugc or sponsored.

What a launch there gets you

A showcase listing is a project page with a description, details and a link to the project; the site is mainly a marketplace for selling side projects and also supports co-founder posts. Suits early or hobby-scale AI products looking for feedback rather than a launch-day ranking.

  • 16 of the 35 launch platforms and directories whose live listings we read gave a plain link; SideProjectors's was marked nofollow.
  • By traffic rank it is number 16 of the 27 launch platforms and directories here that appear in the Tranco top-1M list.

SideProjectors: the questions founders ask

How much does it cost to submit to SideProjectors?

Submitting to SideProjectors is free.

Is SideProjectors free?

Yes, with conditions. The site's FAQ says basic project submissions and browsing are free and premium features (visibility, priority support, analytics) may exist without prices shown; its former help center (help.sideprojectors.com, no longer resolving) stated there is no cost to submit and no commission on sales; projects can be listed for sale, as a co-founder search or as a showcase.

How long does a submission on SideProjectors take?

Free route: every project goes through a review before approval; duration not stated.

Does SideProjectors give a dofollow backlink?

SideProjectors does not say. The listing we checked marked its link to the product nofollow.

What does SideProjectors require?

Account required to submit a project. Submission is reviewed and approved by the team before it appears. Project type chosen at submission: sell, find a co-founder, or showcase.

Sources

Read on 10 October 2026. Every fact above comes from SideProjectors's own pages.

Next to the others

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