How it works

The indie maker directory
that works for you

BuiltByMe is a weekly product competition + permanent directory for indie makers. Submit your product, earn community upvotes, and get discovered.

Getting started

Submit your product

Create an account and submit your product with a name, tagline, description, logo, and website. Free submissions get a NoFollow link. Launch ($19) gets a DoFollow SEO backlink, instant approval, and a dedicated product review blog post.

Pick your launch week

Choose which ISO week you want your product to go live. Each week is a fresh competition. Free plan has limited slots per week — Launch plan has no slot limits and skips the queue.

Compete in the weekly leaderboard

Every Monday–Sunday, all live products compete for the top spot based on community upvotes. The #1 product at the end of the week wins a newsletter feature and X (Twitter) promotion to our audience.

Earn Maker Points

Every time you upvote a product (+10 pts), visit an external product link (+5 pts), leave a comment (+25 pts), or log in daily (+5 pts), you earn Maker Points. Reach Gold tier (500 pts) for 50% off your next Launch. Reach Diamond (5,000 pts) for a free Launch plan.

Build your maker profile

Your public maker profile shows all your submitted products, upvote count, and star tier. Google indexes maker profiles — fill yours out properly with a bio, Twitter handle, and website.

Community guidelines

Be genuine

Only submit products you actually built or are actively working on. Resellers, affiliate products, and pure info sites are not accepted.

No vote manipulation

Organically ask your audience to upvote your product. Coordinated voting rings, paid votes, and bot upvotes will get your product removed and account banned.

Keep it civil in comments

The reply section is for constructive feedback. No spam, no self-promotion in others' product comments, no harassment.

One product per submission

Each submission is for one distinct product. Do not submit landing pages, waitlists without a working product, or duplicate submissions of the same tool.

Upvote honestly

Upvote products you genuinely find interesting or useful. The daily cap (3 upvotes per day earn points) is there to keep voting meaningful — not to stop you from discovering products.

Free vs Launch

Free