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Frequently Asked Questions

I submitted a tool and it hasn't been approved yet. When will my tool go live?

Submitting a tool does not guarantee that you will be included on the website and you will likely not hear back from us either way. The tools that are submitted are manually reviewed, by a human (not AI). This site represents Matt Wolfe's personal curation of tools. He and his team members, who are trained on what tools should be approved and which tools shouldn't, make the final decision. This is not Product Hunt and we are not a SaaS. It's simply a private curation and we give you the ability to let us know your tool exists. We decide if we think it's worth sharing with others or not. If you submitted a tool and it was not listed within a week of submission, you can resubmit it and we will review it again. Not waiting a week before submitting again will almost guarantee we will not add it. Do not spam the submit form.

It's been over a week since I submitted my tool? Why didn't it get approved?

Over 75% of the tools that are submitted to this site do not get approved. We personally curate which tools we'd like to list and which ones we don't.

Here are the most common reasons we decide not to list certain tools:

The same exact concept is already listed multiple times - We want to help people make decisions on which tools to use. If the same exact concept for a tool exists on the site a whole bunch already, we will likely not list it. Make your product standout from similar tools and resubmit.
The website is low effort or has a poor user experience - If your site looks like it was created in 15-minutes by a 12-year old, we'll typically assume the tool you're promoting had the same effort put into it. If you want us to take you seriously, make sure you put some effort into making your website and user experience professional.
Your product is not publicly available yet - If your product is in "waitlist" mode, please submit your product after it's launched and publicly available. We had too many tools create "waitlists" and then just never launch, effectively collecting emails without ever creating a product. We no longer accept products that are "waitlist only."
You submitted a custom GPT from the GPT Store - We don't currently accept custom GPTs. There are just too many of them to list so we need to draw the line somewhere.
Your website contains adult content - If your site has adult content and does not have filters turned on by default, we will not accept your site. This is meant to be a family friendly site.
You're not actually submitting a tool - We don't share newsletters, new tool aggregators (sites that copy the Future Tools concept), blogs, links directly to Discord, Telegram, or WhatsApp bots, etc. We want to share software tools.
Your site looks like a scam or has poor reviews - If our red-flag radars go off when looking at your site or your site has an overwhelming amount of poor reviews (for iOS, Android, Chrome apps, etc.), we likely won't list your tool.

At the end of the day, we're trying to curate cool tools that we think will be helpful to people. Matt's YouTube call-to-action is to check out Future Tools where he curates the coolest tools he comes across. We added a submission form to raise the likelihood that your tool is one we actually come across. But submission doesn't guarantee addition to the site. There are plenty of other tool aggregators out there that accept everything. We curate carefully.

What are featured listings? How do I feature my tool?

Featured listings are paid promotions. We give tool creators the opportunity to purchase a one-week listing at the top of the site. We only have two featured listings per week because we want to keep the user interface clean. These featured listings often sell out weeks in advance. If you'd like to purchase one, please get in contact here.

*Do not ask about your tool submission on that form. It does NOT go to the people that decide which tools get listed!

I want to update information about my tool. How do I do that?

At the moment, all of the summaries of the tools are generated via AI. Our site looks at the contents of your homepage and then uses the GPT-3.5 API to summarize what your site does. The image that's presented on the page is either the Open Graph image that is set in your meta data or a screenshot of your homepage. Because much of this process is automated, it can get some of the information wrong. We do manually review the descriptions before they go public on the site to make sure they're not completely off but some nuances occasionally slip through the cracks. We also know that a tool's features, pricing, and even branding may change over time. If your tool has changes that need to be made, please navigate to the tool page on Future Tools. Every tool has a "Suggest Changes" button. Click this button and submit your suggested changes. Our team will manually review the change and update if needed.

I want to sponsor Matt Wolfe's YouTube channel or Newsletter. How do I do that?

At the moment, Matt is mostly working with just a small amount of long-term partners for the YouTube channel. However, there are occasional sponsorship opportunities. If you're interested in exploring a sponsorship in the newsletter or on the YouTube channel, please get in touch with this form.

*Do not ask about your tool submission on that form. It does NOT go to the people that decide which tools get listed!

How does this site make money?

This website makes money from several ways. Featured listings at the top of the home page are paid product promotions. Companies can purchase 1-week featured listings. Some of the tools on this site are affiliate links. Any tool that is an affiliate link has it clearly stated on the tool's page. Affiliate links are not an endorsement of the tool and they also do not effect the price that you pay for the tool. However, the Future Tools team may receive a small commission if you choose to purchase paid plans through those affiliate links. The Future Tools Weekly Newsletter has between one and two sponsors in each issue which are also paid placements.

We've specifically chosen not put advertisements all over this site. Featured listings, affiliate links, and newsletter sponsorships are our way of supporting and maintaining the site without cluttering the site or hurting the user experience with advertising everywhere. These help keep this site free for both people looking for tools and those who want to submit tools.

How can I get in contact with Matt?

Matt gets hundreds of DMs and emails every day. It is fairly unlikely that you'll get a reply by sending an email or DM. We have created designated areas to reach out based on what you need to reach out for. You can comment on Matt's YouTube videos, reply to posts Matt makes on X, or jump into the Future Tools Discord. Matt sees most of what's posted in all of those places. If you have a tool you want to submit, use the submission form. If you want to work with Matt on a partnership, use this partnership form.

What is news.futuretools.com?

Matt created a news blog at news.futuretools.io. This site is not designed to share all AI news. Matt prefers to curate the news instead of sharing it all himself. For most news, use this page. However, sometimes Matt comes across news on Twitter or Discord or through a phone conversation and there is no other news outlet sharing it yet. In these cases, Matt has news.futuretools.io to make sure the news is shared in a proper format. The news that Matt finds is run through a tool like ChatGPT or Claude to fill out the details a little bit more and the featured images are created with an AI image generator. It's just another way that Matt can share interesting AI news, even when other news outlets aren't sharing it yet.

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