What it does
Stay Up is a project directory where owners can list their website from $1 to get a permanent project page, a direct backlink, and a Domain Rating (DR) badge sourced from Ahrefs data. Listings are ranked by a combination of visitor clicks and optional paid boosts, though both ranking signals decay over time. The service also lets anyone look up or track a site's Domain Rating without submitting a listing.
Use cases
- A founder lists a new tool to gain a permanent dofollow backlink and monitor how their Ahrefs Domain Rating changes over time.
- A developer embeds the DR badge on their site to display their current Domain Rating to visitors.
- A marketer uses the directory's DR checker to quickly look up a competitor's or prospective partner's Domain Rating.
- A bootstrapper pays a small boost to raise their listing's rank temporarily and attract more early visitors.
Who it is for
- Indie founders and solo developers who want a low-cost backlink and public project page for a new product.
- SEO practitioners who need a quick way to check or track Domain Rating for multiple sites.
- Early-stage startups looking for additional distribution through a browsable project directory.
Alternatives and comparison
Stay Up occupies a niche combining a paid startup directory with Domain Rating tracking and badging. The page references outdr.lol as a related site that ranks projects by DR. General alternatives would include other startup directories and DR-checker tools, but no named competitors are cited on the page beyond outdr.lol, so broader comparisons cannot be verified from the available content.
- outdr.lol
- Also listed on the page; ranks sites by Ahrefs Domain Rating globally and by category, with a free option if you display their badge, making it more focused on DR leaderboards than on general project discovery.
- Product Hunt
- Not mentioned on the page; included only as a general category example of launch-oriented directories. No direct comparison can be made from the available content.