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Congrats on your first launch! I launched a service like this in 2014 on HN as well :) I'd really encourage you to focus on quality vs quantity here. I see you have 366 sites in your google sheet. Having spent A LOT of time going through those sites in the past, I am certain that 70% of those listed are either low quality, inactive, or irrelevant. I found the best success for customers when I spent most of my time sourcing/curating the list of only the most relevant and actively maintained sites. That's where you can deliver value.

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Tim,

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.

Sycren, Yes... I did debate this for a while. I ended up deciding that sites like Crunchbase, Angel.co, and similar caliber have more involved than can be served by Startuplister. That being said, i'd be curious to hear if you think it'd be of value to be able to submit to Crunchbase, Angel.co, Producthunt, and other similar services all at the same time.

Thanks -- fixed the links.

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.