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Startup Fame

Directory of startups

Marketplace · Founded 2024 · France

Marketplace
Marketing
Content Creation

Visit startupfa.me ↗Founder interest ↓

Can you vibecode this?

Yes

A curated startup directory with tiered paid listings, AI-assisted onboarding, and Stripe billing ships. The review queue is a manual step but not a gatekeeper — it's just ops. Nothing here requires a licence, catalogue, or body of engineering.

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The business

Total revenue

$15K+

Verified recently

Monthly revenue

$1K+/mo

→ Steady · 60-day average

Peak month

~$2K

Best single month

Growth

~2×

Early months vs recent

For owners

Own Startup Fame? List it for sale.

Founders read this page looking for a business to build like your $1K+/mo one — some would rather buy one that already works. They skip the line, you get a clean exit. $25 one-time, no commission.

Why it works

Value proposition
Founders earn a DR 80+ do-follow backlink by listing their startup.
Problem
Quality backlinks are hard to earn without diluting link value.
Audience
Startups, micro-startups and side-project founders seeking SEO authority.
Business model
Free tier with badge requirement; paid monthly plans for instant listing and premium placement.

Good to knowFree planBadge required for freeInstant publish on paidAhrefs DR 80+

Can you vibecode this?

Yes

Moat

Proprietary data
Brand & trust

Why people pay Startup Fame

Startup Fame has accumulated over a thousand curated listings and maintained a DR 80+ domain rating since 2024. A fresh copy starts with DR zero, and the backlink is only valuable because of the authority already built up in the existing directory.

Product complexity
Low
A directory web app with AI-assisted listing creation, review workflow and tiered placement.
Data
Low
Listing content is submitted by founders; AI fills details from the startup's own URL.
Integrations & infrastructure
Low
Standard hosted web app with Stripe billing and an AI model for auto-filling listing details.
Human operations
Low
Human review of submitted listings is part of the product but requires minimal ongoing headcount.
Regulation / hardware
Low
No licences, approvals or compliance regimes are required to operate a startup directory.

Build this business

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Leapd builds

Directory web app with AI listing creation, review queue and tiered placement
Free, Highlight and Spotlight subscriptions with Stripe
Ahrefs connection
A landing page

Leapd runs

Cold email outreach to potential customers
Meta ads
LinkedIn and X posts
SEO and AI-search visibility
A daily report of what shipped

Opportunity check

Passes: Proven market: $1K+/mo already paid for it
Passes: Proven model: Free, $19/month or $149/month tiers
Passes: Proven need: Startups need backlinks every month
Passes: Buildable: Leapd builds it end to end

build-spec.txt

Build a curated startup directory web app where founders submit listings to earn do-follow backlinks, sold on free and paid monthly subscription plans via Stripe.

Product:
- Founder accounts with a profile page listing all their submitted startups at a single public URL
- AI-assisted listing creation that auto-fills startup details from a submitted website URL
- Listing review queue where submitted startups are checked for quality before publication
- Free Verified tier that publishes a listing when the founder adds a Startup Fame badge to their homepage
- Paid tiers that bypass the badge requirement and publish instantly with premium placement
- Browsable directory with category, location and founder filters and a daily-updated feed

Billing:
- Free Verified plan, Highlight at $19/month and Spotlight at $149/month, charged with Stripe subscriptions

Data:
- AI model reads submitted startup URLs to extract and fill listing details automatically