About List Maro
We are early-stage, and we say so
List Maro is still building its catalog, independent voting community, referral volume, and authority. Founders should use it for a maintained product profile and an additional discovery surface—not as a guaranteed traffic or SEO channel.
Why use another directory?
Because most launch pages go stale. Profiles can include features, pricing notes, and best-for guidance when the product page states them, plus transparent moderation and a way to request a correction. Established directories may offer a larger audience today. List Maro aims to offer a cleaner, more accountable record alongside them.
Every listing is reviewed
Nothing publishes automatically. A person reads each submission before it appears, which is what keeps the directory worth browsing and stops it filling up with scraped filler.
Ranking is community-driven
Sparse categories are ordered by freshness and explicitly say that ranking is not established. Numbered rankings begin only after the published evidence thresholds are met. Owners, makers, employees, agencies, claimants, and same-domain accounts cannot self-vote. Read the complete methodology.
What paid placement buys
A paid slot is three follow links to your site, on the homepage hero, the category page, and the listing page. A free listing is one follow link, on the listing page. A paid placement buys a labelled position on the right rail and referral traffic from those three links. It does not buy editorial approval, favorable copy, votes, verification, or a higher organic rank. List Premium is a labelled Featured row at the top of the launch week you pick. It still requires upvotes and the badge, and its three links are follow links. The right rail opens the listing.
We also list our competitors
A directory that pretends it is the only one worth being in is not being straight with you. We keep a public, re-checked list of every startup directory worth submitting to, including the ones we compete with — with the domain rating, the link type, and what each one actually costs. Submit to those too.
Who builds this
List Maro is built in the open by @umar_who_code. Follow the product at @listmaro. If something here is broken, missing, or wrong, the fastest way to change it is the Send feedback link in the footer — it goes straight to us, and you do not need an account.