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28 Jun, 27 tweets, 13 min read
Marketing your startup & getting early traction is not easy.

Over last 4 years, I've launched my startups & 10+ products on multiple platforms while growing to $2mn revenues.

Here's my curated list of 25 startup launch platforms, compared across 5 parameters. 🧵
1/ Product Hunt (@ProductHunt)

Listing: Free
Link: Do-follow
Domain Rating: 90
Monthly Traffic: 4-5M
Time taken to get listed: Immediate/Flexible

Website: producthunt.com
2/ Remote Tools (@RemoteTools)

Listing: Free
Link: Do-follow
Domain Rating: 53
Monthly Traffic: 200-250K

Time taken to get listed: < 5 days

Website: remote.tools
3/ BetaList (@BetaList)

Listing: Free
Link: Do-follow
Domain Rating: 72
Monthly Traffic: 150-200K
Time taken to get listed: < 30 days

Website: betalist.com
4/ BetaPage (@beta_page)

Listing: Free
Link: No-follow
Domain Rating: 54
Monthly Traffic: < 25K
Time taken to get listed: < 30-35 days

Website: betapage.co
5/ AlternativeTo (@AlternativeTo)

Listing: Free
Link: No-follow
Domain Rating: 79
Monthly Traffic: 5-5.5M
Time taken to get listed: NA

Website: alternativeto.net
6/ Startup Stash (@startupstash)

Listing: Paid
Link: Do-follow
Domain Rating: 61
Monthly Traffic: 150-200K
Time taken to get listed: NA

Website: startupstash.com
7/ Launching Next (@LaunchingNext)

Listing: Free
Link: No-follow
Domain Rating: 47
Monthly Traffic: < 25K
Time taken to get listed: < 7 days

Website: launchingnext.com
8/ Startup Buffer (@startupbuffer)

Listing: Paid
Link: No-follow
Domain Rating: 36
Monthly Traffic: < 25K
Time taken to get listed: NA

Website: startupbuffer.com
9/ AppsZoom (@Appszoom)

Listing: Free
Link: No Link
Domain Rating: 69
Monthly Traffic: 40-50K
Time taken to get listed: < 7 days

Website: appszoom.com
10/ GetApp (@GetApp)

Listing: Free
Link: No-follow
Domain Rating: 81
Monthly Traffic: 150-200K
Time taken to get listed: < 7 days

Website: getapp.com
11/ StackShare (@stackshareio)

Listing: Free
Link: No-follow
Domain Rating: 79
Monthly Traffic: 100-150K
Time taken to get listed: NA

Website: stackshare.io
12/ EU Startups (@EU_Startups)

Listing: Free
Link: No Link
Domain Rating: 75
Monthly Traffic: 350-400K
Time taken to get listed: NA

Website: eu-startups.com
13/ SaaSHub (@SaaSHubCom)

Listing: Free
Link: Do-follow
Domain Rating: 55
Monthly Traffic: 1M
Time taken to get listed: < 7 days

Website: saashub.com
14/ Betafy (@betafy)

Listing: Free
Link: Do-follow
Domain Rating: 30
Monthly Traffic: < 25K
Time taken to get listed: < 7 days

Website: betafy.co
15/ The Startup Pitch (@startuppitchno1)

Listing: Paid
Link: Do-follow
Domain Rating: 40
Monthly Traffic: < 25K
Time taken to get listed: 1-2 days

Website: thestartuppitch.com
16/ Launched! (@LaunchedIO)

Listing: Free
Link: Do-follow
Domain Rating: 24
Monthly Traffic: < 25K
Time taken to get listed: < 7 days

Website: launched.io
17/ SaaSworthy (@saasworthy)

Listing: Free
Link: No Link
Domain Rating: 69
Monthly Traffic: 200-250K
Time taken to get listed: NA

Website: saasworthy.com
18/ Startup Ranking (@StartupRanking)

Listing: Free
Link: No-follow
Domain Rating: 56
Monthly Traffic: 150-200K
Time taken to get listed: < 90 days

Website: startupranking.com
19/ Webwiki (@Webwiki_en)

Listing: Free
Link: No-follow
Domain Rating: 74
Monthly Traffic: 50-75 days
Time taken to get listed: < 7 days

Website: webwiki.com
20/ Startup Collections (@stupcollections)

Listing: Free
Link: No-follow
Domain Rating: 32
Monthly Traffic: < 25K
Time taken to get listed: < 30 days

Website: startupcollections.com
21/ BigStartups (@BigStartupsco)

Listing: Free
Link: No-follow
Domain Rating: 14
Monthly Traffic: < 25K
Time taken to get listed: < 30 days

Website: bigstartups.co
22/ Startup Lister (@startuplister)

Listing: Free
Link: No-follow
Domain Rating: 33
Monthly Traffic: < 25K
Time taken to get listed: < 30 days

Website: startuplister.com
23/ Prefundia (@prefundia)

Listing: Free
Link: No-follow
Domain Rating: 43
Monthly Traffic: < 25K
Time taken to get listed: < 30 days

Website: prefundia.com
24/ Side Projectors (@sideprojectors)

Listing: Free
Link: No-follow
Domain Rating: 59
Monthly Traffic: 75-100K
Time taken to get listed: < 30 days

Website: sideprojectors.com
25/ Startup Base (@startupbaseio)

Listing: Free
Link: No-follow
Domain Rating: 52
Monthly Traffic: < 25K
Time taken to get listed: < 30 days

Website: startupbase.io
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But how do you do it?

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So the following framework helps you find that goldmine of lucrative keywords.
1/ Come up with seed keywords

These are keywords, topics or even broad themes you already know or have read about.

Just jog your memory and list down all keywords you can remember.

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