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Submit to Awwwards
Awwwards is a web design awards and inspiration site where a jury scores submitted websites and picks Sites of the Day and Month. Submissions cost money but can put a site in front of a large audience of designers, agencies and clients.
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Awwwards at a glance
- Pricing
- Paid
- Standard submission $65 per website; membership plans give 10-50% off submissions
- Link type
- Mixed
- Site page https://www.awwwards.com/sites/gil-huybrecht: main visit link to https://gilhuybrecht.com/ has rel="noopener" while a secondary link has rel="noopener nofollow" (checked 2026-09-23)
- Review
- Manual review
- Link back required
- No
- Account required
- Not verified
- Domain Rating
- DR89
- Domain Rating by Ahrefs, checked Sep 24, 2026. A score of the whole site’s backlinks, not a Google metric.
- Tranco rank
- #11,526
- Research top-sites ranking. Lower is more popular.
- Who browses it
- Web designers, agencies and brands looking for design inspiration
- Last checked
How to submit to Awwwards
Open the Awwwards submission page
This is the page makers use to add a product.
Sign up if asked
We couldn’t confirm whether an account is required. Use a company email if one is needed.
Have your assets ready
Name, tagline, description, logo and screenshots. The checklist below covers what to prepare so you can fill the form in one go.
Fill in the form carefully
Pick the most specific category the form offers and write the description for the people who browse Awwwards (Web designers, agencies and brands looking for design inspiration), not for search engines.
Wait for review
A person reviews submissions, so it can take a while. Once it’s live, check the link on your listing points to the right page.
Tips for Awwwards
- It is aimed at visually ambitious websites; a plain SaaS landing page is unlikely to score well.
- Membership plans discount submissions, which helps if you will submit several sites a year.
- Credit your team and agency; profiles are part of how the site drives traffic back to makers.
From Awwwards’s own guidelines and pages, in our words.
What to prepare
The basics every directory asks for, plus what matters most for design directories.
- Product name and a one-line tagline (about 60 characters)
- A short description (1–2 sentences) and a longer one (a short paragraph)
- Square logo, at least 256×256 px, PNG or SVG
- 2–3 screenshots at a consistent size
- The exact page you want the link to point to
- Pricing model (free, freemium or paid) and a contact email
- High-resolution screenshots or preview images (no blurry crops)
- A short loop or video if your product has motion
- Links to a Figma community file, Dribbble or Behance page if relevant
- Licence terms if you sell assets or templates
Is Awwwards worth it?
Depends on the listing
Awwwards uses followed links on some listings and not others. Read the evidence above and check which kind your listing gets before you pay for anything.
- Domain Rating by Ahrefs: 89 (very strong). That's the strength of links to the whole site, not a promise about what your listing passes on.
- Tranco rank #11,526: an established site, inside the top 100,000.
- A person reviews submissions, so expect a wait and a real quality bar.
- Listing costs money. Pay for the audience, not the link: Google’s spam policies treat buying links that pass ranking value as a link scheme.
This verdict is worked out from the facts above with fixed rules (link type, review, price, Domain Rating by Ahrefs, Tranco rank), not paid for. The directory has no say in it.
Questions about Awwwards
Is Awwwards free?
No. Awwwards charges for listings. Pricing details: Standard submission $65 per website; membership plans give 10-50% off submissions. We checked on Sep 23, 2026.
Does Awwwards give a dofollow link?
It depends. Some listing links on Awwwards are followed and some are not. Evidence: Site page https://www.awwwards.com/sites/gil-huybrecht: main visit link to https://gilhuybrecht.com/ has rel="noopener" while a secondary link has rel="noopener nofollow" (checked 2026-09-23).
How do I submit to Awwwards?
Submit at https://www.awwwards.com/submit/. A person reviews each submission before it goes live. Tip: It is aimed at visually ambitious websites; a plain SaaS landing page is unlikely to score well.
Alternatives to Awwwards
All design directoriesFree · Tranco #866
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Paid · DR 75 · Tranco #313,518
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