Submission & backlink guides
Plain-English playbooks for launching on Product Hunt, getting your first backlinks, and picking the right directories for your product stage. Written from watching hundreds of launches, not recycled listicles.
How to Submit Your Product to Startup Fame: A Step-by-Step Guide
What Startup Fame is, why a free DR 83 dofollow link is worth grabbing, how to actually win Top of the Day, and how to pair it with Product Hunt. All in one place.
11 min readHackMD Submission Guide: How to Publish, Pass the New-Account Gate, and Get Google Traffic
What HackMD is, if it's worth it, why new accounts can't publish, how to warm up an account, how to write so Google indexes you, and how it compares to dev.to and Medium.
11 min readGumroad Submission Guide: How to List, Price, and Get Sales from Discover
What Gumroad is, if it's still worth it, how Discover ranks, what to prep, how the fees really work, how to get sales, and how it compares to Lemon Squeezy and Etsy.
13 min readHow to Post on Indie Hackers: Get Read, Get Users, List Your Product Right
What Indie Hackers is, whether it's still worth it, which Group to pick, how to fill the product listing, how to share revenue without being annoying, IH vs Product Hunt vs Reddit, and how not to look like an ad.
12 min readWebwiki Submission Guide: How to Claim the Listing You Already Have
What Webwiki is, why your site is probably already in there, how to claim a profile for the DR 77 backlink, how to handle stray reviews, and how it pairs with Google Business and Crunchbase.
11 min readSourceForge Submission Guide: How to List Your Software on a DR 92 Directory
What SourceForge is, how to claim a free business software listing, how to collect reviews and badges, how it differs from G2 and Capterra, and how to handle the open-source vs commercial split.
12 min readToolify.ai Submission Guide: Free Listing, Paid Tiers, and How to Land in the Top Rankings
What Toolify is, who uses it, how long the free queue takes, when paid is worth it, how the Top rankings really work, and how it compares to TAAFT and Futurepedia.
11 min readCapterra Submission Guide: How to List Your B2B SaaS, Get Reviews, and Hit the Shortlist
What Capterra is, who buys software there, how to claim a free profile, how to collect reviews without breaking rules, how to make the Shortlist, and how it ties to G2 / GetApp / Software Advice.
13 min readHow to Post on dev.to: Get Read, Get Traffic, Get the Backlink Right
What dev.to is, how to write a post that gets traction, how to pick tags, how canonical_url works, what backlinks you actually get, dev.to vs Medium vs Hashnode, and how not to look like marketing spam.
12 min readHow to Submit Your Tool to 10015.io: Does the Suggest Form Work?
What 10015.io is, whether you should submit, what really happens after the suggest form, what kind of tools get picked, and better sites to try if you want a real backlink.
11 min readHow to Submit Your Product to G2: A Step-by-Step Guide
What G2 is, how to submit a new profile, why you need a work email, how to get real reviews without breaking the rules, and how G2 stacks up against Capterra. All in one place.
12 min readProduct Hunt Launch Playbook: How to Execute a Flawless Launch in 2026
The Product Hunt Launch Guide: How to Prepare for the First Two Weeks, the Launch Day Schedule, What the Algorithm *Really* Looks For, and the Platforms That Truly Matter for a 2026 Launch.
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