Okay so if someone just casually reads your message, then his first question will be why you need only smal exchanges?
I mean it's always better if we use trusted and big exchanges.
But after reading your post, i came to know that you want to list your token in the exchange.
I can say you that if you're legit and your coin is legit, then you gonna surely make it out.
And yeah you can see the list of the exchanges that accept tokens to be listed for mors info.
Not necessarily. People lost a lot of money because they trusted big exchanges,,, who does not know about Mt Gox for example or now Bitfinex and all the thousands of customers who are withdrawing their funds in panic. Whether or not Bitfinex is really covering up almost $1B of losses is no longer relevant,,, the thing is people no longer trust it so are leaving.
Small services are advantageous because they have less clients. More attention to you and your project. For users, it means less lag on orders. Faster customer support.