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A startup directory that gives indie developers and small startups exposure and backlinks. It is a curated, daily-updated directory of startups and products; founders can submit a product and get listed for free, and pay for homepage featured slots and high-authority do-follow backlinks in exchange for exposure and traffic.
French indie deOne-line growth story, compiled by us from public sources; speculation is marked separately below.
Revenue over time
Real payments synced by TrustMRR, in USD, by calendar month, renewals included.
- MRR
- $1,560
- Revenue, last 30 days
- $1,967
- All-time revenue
- $21,420
- Active subscriptions
- 87
- Payments via
- Stripe
- Source
- TrustMRR, synced from the founder's payment account
1. Productwhat it sells, to whom, and how it charges
- Product
- A startup directory that gives indie developers and small startups exposure and backlinks. It is a curated, daily-updated directory of startups and products; founders can submit a product and get listed for free, and pay for homepage featured slots and high-authority do-follow backlinks in exchange for exposure and traffic.
- Users
- Indie developers, micro startup teams and side-project founders who want high-authority do-follow backlinks and exposure in the founder community
- Positioning
- Compared with the cheap directory-submission sites everywhere, it pitches being 'curated, not unlimited listings' to protect backlink authority (Ahrefs DR 85), with cheap plans (from $19/month)
- Pricing
- Verified free (with a homepage badge); Highlight $19/month; Spotlight $149/month Billing: subscription Free tier: yes Source: TrustMRR
2. Channelswhere new users come from and what the traffic looks like
New-user source: Other (Direct / referral / email / paid). Similarweb 2026-09: direct visits 74.3%, referral 19.3% (71 referring sites, the top three receiptbaker.com 2.2%, yaps.ai 2.1%, xingqiaosub.com 1.3%), organic search only 3.9%; last month's visits were about 69,000. Among search terms, 'startup fame' and 'startupfa.me' are brand keywords, and sotwe, unorouter and hifun ai look like the names of other products listed on the site (Speculation). Outbound links go to bio.site 12%, x.com 11% and vibemusicing.com 6%, which shows visitors mainly come to click through to listed projects. The founder did not fill in a channel on TrustMRR; there was one Product Hunt launch (19 upvotes); an HN comment listed it in a 'directories you can submit to' list. Paying users are the founders of the listed products, who renew by subscription each month.
Last month's traffic sources
Top channel measured by Similarweb, others estimated by rank
Five-class attribution
| Attributable new users, last month | Share |
|---|---|
| SEO | 2% |
| Other | 98% |
Direct + brand search 76%. Direct and brand search count as viral only when the site shows sharing mechanics; the largest share wins, under 5% means Other.
Countries
| Country | Share of visits |
|---|---|
| United States | 10.79% |
| India | 9.03% |
| Canada | 4.4% |
| Brazil | 3.56% |
| Germany | 3.5% |
Language
English
Keywords
460 keywords · brand ~76% · organic 99.5% / paid 0.5%
| Similarweb top 5 keywords |
|---|
| sotwe |
| startup fame |
| unorouter |
| hifun ai |
| startupfa.me |
Non-brand queries: sotwe, unorouter, hifun ai
Referring sites
71 referring sites
| Site | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| receiptbaker.com | 2.24% |
| yaps.ai | 2.07% |
| xingqiaosub.com | 1.31% |
Referrer categories
| Category | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| Graphics Multimedia and Web Design | 9.07% |
| Business Services | 7.49% |
| Social Media Networks | 5.3% |
| Computers Electronics and Technology - Other | 1.49% |
| Search Engines | 0.52% |
Site metrics (Similarweb, last month)
- Visits, last 3 months
- 69K
- Visits MoM
- -12.98%
- Country rank
- United States #775046
- Category rank
- Graphics Multimedia and Web Design (United States) #5520
- Bounce rate
- 38.01%
- Pages / visit
- 1.76
- Visit duration
- 00:00:15
- Top 3 channels
- Direct › Referrals › Organic Search (top channel 74.3%)
3. Growth pathhow the first users arrived and what kept it growing
Classification
Basics
Timeline
Growth loop
Revenue and scale clues
Confidence and gaps
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FAQ
How much revenue does Startupfa make per month?
About $2,414 last month (real payments synced by TrustMRR), #371 of 563 TrustMRR sites; the month before was $1,815.
Where do Startupfa's new users come from?
New-user source: Other (Direct / referral / email / paid). Mostly referrals, email or paid, or mostly direct with no clear source Similarweb 2026-09: direct visits 74.3%, referral 19.3% (71 referring sites, the top three receiptbaker.com 2.2%, yaps.ai 2.1%, xingqiaosub.com 1.3%), organic search only 3.9%; last month's visits were about 69,000. Among search terms, 'startup fame' and 'startupfa.me' are brand keywords, and sotwe, unorouter and hifun ai look like the names of other products listed on the site (Speculation). Outbound links go to bio.site 12%, x.com 11% and vibemusicing.com 6%, which shows visitors mainly come to click through to listed projects. The founder did not fill in a channel on TrustMRR; there was one Product Hunt launch (19 upvotes); an HN comment listed it in a 'directories you can submit to' list. Paying users are the founders of the listed products, who renew by subscription each month.
How much does Startupfa cost?
Verified free (with a homepage badge); Highlight $19/month; Spotlight $149/month
Dossier confidence: medium. Parts 1 and 2 come from reading the site and Similarweb data; part 3 from public reporting, founder posts, Wayback snapshots, WHOIS and similar, with speculation marked.
The numbers: revenue comes from TrustMRR: real payments synced automatically from the founder's Stripe or other payment account, summed by calendar month, renewals included, in USD. Site visits come from the Similarweb public page; where it shows none, they are estimated from global rank or the TrustMRR payment count, as noted on the page.
Data through last month. Page updated 2026-10-31.