# Where To Submit — Full Guide Content > Concatenated long-form playbooks from https://wheretosubmit.org. Each section is one complete guide, English first then Chinese, separated by horizontal rules. Source-of-truth pages: https://wheretosubmit.org/guides/. --- # Free Backlink Sites: 20 Dofollow Ones We Checked Canonical URL: https://wheretosubmit.org/guides/free-backlink-sites Last updated: 2026-10-10 12:36:22 ## English > **TL;DR** > > - **"Free backlink sites" come in three kinds, and each asks something different of you.** Some want you to post content, like [Tumblr](/sites/tumblr-com) and [Hacker News](/sites/news-ycombinator-com), and the link lives in what you post. Some want a company profile, like [Dun & Bradstreet](/sites/dnb-com) and [Foursquare](/sites/business-foursquare-com), and the link sits on the profile. Some want a software listing, like [SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net) and [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net), and the link sits on the product page. > - **All 20 below are free, DR 72 to 99, and we checked the link attribute ourselves.** The method is simple: open a real page and read the `rel`. We re-sampled a batch of sites our database had as dofollow today, and some had switched to nofollow. Feedspot was one. It's not on this list. > - **A few "free" ones come with strings.** [Twelve Tools](/sites/twelve-tools) wants its badge in your footer on the free tier. [Hacker News](/sites/news-ycombinator-com) links are only dofollow once the post hits the front page. Posts sitting in /newest carry nofollow. > - **These links get Google crawling you often. They don't push rankings.** Do all 20 and a new site gets indexed faster and crawled more. Expecting these 20 links to rank you on page one for a competitive term isn't realistic. > - **Stop after 20.** Everything past this point is low DR or low quality. The time is better spent writing something people want to link to. ## What free backlink sites are now Sites that let you place a link to your own website yourself, and that don't put `nofollow` on it. Ten years ago there were more of these than anyone could count. Forum signatures, blog comments, bookmarking sites, directories. Anywhere took a link. Then Google tightened up, round after round, and most platforms slapped `nofollow` on every user-placed link, or later `ugc`. The ones that still pass dofollow are the minority. So the phrase "free backlink sites" now needs a qualifier: actually dofollow. Otherwise you spend an afternoon posting 50 links, open the source, and every one says `rel="nofollow ugc"`. Wasted afternoon. The 20 sites here passed one test. We opened a real page on each and read the `rel` attribute on the outbound links. Not copied from another list. ## Is it still worth doing First, what it does and doesn't do. **What it does.** A new domain with zero backlinks gets its homepage indexed and then Google mostly stops coming. With these 20 links in place, the crawler drops by every few days and new pages get indexed within days. That's the direct effect. Also, a new site whose links come from one or two sources looks odd. Twenty different sources spread the profile out and it looks normal. **What it doesn't do.** Push a competitive keyword to page one. All these links are user-placed, Google weights them low, and no amount of them stacks up to a ranking. Rankings come from people citing your content on their own. So think of this as a new site's starter kit. Do it once and you're done. An older site with a few dozen natural backlinks can mostly skip it. One note. If Baidu is your target, most of these won't help. Baidu barely counts links from these overseas platforms. ## What to prepare The three groups want different things. **Content sites** want something to post. Doesn't need to be long. A 300-word intro, or a short piece on what problem your product solves. One piece, lightly edited, covers five sites. **Company profile sites** want real company details. Name, address, phone, email, founding date. Dun & Bradstreet verifies, and fake details don't pass. **Software listing sites** want product materials. Name, one-liner, long description, category, screenshots, logo. Same kit you'd use for any directory. Make it once, reuse it. One thing for all of them. Check `yourdomain.com/robots.txt` and your homepage for `noindex` first. If your own site is blocking crawlers, the links arrive and nothing comes through. ## The 20, grouped by what they ask of you ### Post content, get a link (6) - [Tumblr](/sites/tumblr-com), DR 99. Start a blog, post an article, put the link in the body. We checked today: dofollow. Highest DR on the list, and no review at all. - [Hacker News](/sites/news-ycombinator-com), DR 91. Post a Show HN. Only posts that reach the front page get a dofollow link. Posts stuck in /newest carry `nofollow`. So whether this counts depends on whether your post gets upvoted. - [PRLog](/sites/prlog-org), DR 80. Free press release distribution, and the release body can carry dofollow links. Write an "X launches" release. There doesn't need to be real news. - [Alltop](/sites/alltop-com), DR 73. Submit your RSS feed and it lists your posts on the matching topic page. Checked today: dofollow. Good if you have a blog. - [Scoop.it](/sites/scoop-it), DR 91. Make a topic page and curate your own pages into it. Links on the curation page are dofollow. - [Diigo](/sites/diigo-com), DR 85. Social bookmarking. Post the link with tags and set it public. The page we checked was half dofollow, half nofollow. The public bookmarks are the dofollow half. ### Build a company profile, get a link (5) - [Dun & Bradstreet](/sites/dnb-com), DR 93. Business database. Getting a D-U-N-S number is free, and the profile page carries your website link. They verify company details, which takes days to weeks. - [Foursquare](/sites/business-foursquare-com), DR 90. Business listing for companies with a physical address. Profile link is dofollow. - [F6S](/sites/f6s-com), DR 86. Platform for startups and founders. Company page is free, link is dofollow. You'll also see accelerator and event applications there. - [Chamber of Commerce](/sites/chamberofcommerce-com), DR 80. Business directory, free, dofollow, wants a real company name, address and phone. - [Webwiki](/sites/webwiki-com), DR 77. Website review directory. Claim your domain's page and add a description. Dofollow. Has its own guide. ### List your software, get a link (9) - [SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net), DR 93. Free hosting for open-source projects, and commercial software can claim a product page. Dofollow, and Google trusts this site a lot. - [Software Advice](/sites/softwareadvice-com), DR 87. Owned by Gartner, shares a vendor portal with GetApp and Capterra. Free tier gets a basic page. - [GetApp](/sites/getapp-com), DR 85. Same portal as above. Fill in once, show up on all three. - [Twelve Tools](/sites/twelve-tools), DR 83. The free tier gives one dofollow link, but wants its badge on your homepage or footer. That's trading a homepage link for a directory link. Do the math first. - [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net), DR 81. Software alternatives directory. Anyone can submit, with moderation. Dofollow. - [TheSaaSDirectory](/sites/thesaasdirectory-com), DR 88. SaaS directory, free, dofollow, live a day or two after submitting. - [Tool Pilot](/sites/toolpilot-ai), DR 79. AI tools directory, free tier is dofollow. Non-AI products get in too. Review is loose. - [Indie Dev Tools](/sites/indiedev-tools), DR 90. Directory of tools for indie developers. Checked today: dofollow. Developer-facing products first. - [Viesearch](/sites/viesearch-com), DR 72. A small search engine that still takes URL submissions. Free, dofollow, a few days of review. Each site's submit page and the things to watch for are on its detail page. Click through. ## How to confirm a link is really dofollow This is the most important section, because lists go stale. A site that's dofollow today can change next year. There's one method. After your link is live, open that page, view the source, search for your domain, and read the `rel` attribute on that `` tag. - No `rel`, or `rel` with only `noopener` or `noreferrer`: dofollow. - `rel` with `nofollow`, `ugc` or `sponsored` anywhere in it: not dofollow. Ten seconds. Don't trust any list, this one included. Look yourself. One catch. Some sites render with JavaScript, and the link won't show in view-source. Use the browser's "Inspect element" to see the rendered DOM, or use Google's URL Inspection tool to see the HTML it fetched. ## After you're done Once the links are posted, watch two places in Search Console. **The "Links" report.** New referring domains usually start showing up here after two to four weeks. If one doesn't appear, that doesn't mean it didn't count. Google only shows the subset it thinks is worth showing. **"Crawl stats."** This is more direct. About a week after posting, the daily crawl request count should move. If it moves, the links are working. Then stop. With these 20 done, a new site's starter kit is complete. The time from here goes into content, not into finding more backlink sites. ## Common mistakes - **Assuming dofollow without reading the rel.** What a list says and what the page does often differ. Check after posting. - **Counting a Hacker News post that stayed in /newest.** Those are nofollow. Only front-page posts count. - **Skipping the Twelve Tools badge.** On the free tier, no badge means the link doesn't go live. - **Fake company details.** Dun & Bradstreet and Chamber of Commerce verify. Fakes don't pass, and the domain may get flagged. - **Posting all 20 in one day.** No evidence this gets penalized, but spreading it over three or four days looks more natural and is less tiring. - **Pointing every link at the homepage.** If you have inner pages, send a few links there. The profile looks healthier and the inner pages get indexed. - **Hunting for more after 20.** Past this point the sites are low DR and low quality. Write content instead. ## Side by side | | Content sites | Company profile sites | Software listing sites | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Examples | Tumblr, Hacker News, PRLog | Dun & Bradstreet, Foursquare, F6S | SourceForge, AlternativeTo, GetApp | | DR | 73-99 | 77-93 | 72-93 | | What they want | Something to post | Real company details | Product materials | | Review | Mostly none | Yes, they verify the company | Yes, a few days | | Time | Ten minutes each | Fifteen minutes each, then wait | Fifteen minutes each | | Best for | Any site | Anyone with a registered company | Software and SaaS | | Side benefit | One more distribution channel | Company info gets cited elsewhere | Directory pages get search traffic | ## FAQ **How much do free backlink sites actually help?** They get Google crawling you often and spread a new site's link sources out. Direct ranking effect is small. **How long does it take to do all 20?** The six content sites, an hour. The five company profiles, an hour plus waiting on review. The nine software listings, two hours. One day to post, a week for reviews. **Why aren't Medium, Reddit and Quora on here?** Their user links are nofollow or ugc, so they're outside this guide's scope. Use them if you like, but don't count them as backlinks. **Which one should I do first?** Tumblr and SourceForge. Highest DR, and no review or a loose one. **Should I buy paid backlinks?** Not this guide's topic. Do the free 20, then see whether your content earns links on its own before deciding. **It's been a month and the Search Console "Links" report doesn't show them. Did they fail?** Not necessarily. Google only shows a subset. "Crawl stats" moving is the better signal. ## Where the rest of the list lives These 20 are the ones we checked and thought worth writing up. Our directory has over a hundred sites tagged dofollow and free, each with link type, pricing, and submission notes. Browse by category: [content sites](/c/content), [directories](/c/directory), [SaaS directories](/c/saas). On the homepage, set link type to dofollow and pricing to free, and that's the full set. ## 中文 > **TL;DR** > > - **"免费外链站"分三类，要你做的事不一样。** 一类要你发内容，比如 [Tumblr](/sites/tumblr-com)、[Hacker News](/sites/news-ycombinator-com)，链接在你发的东西里。一类要你建公司资料，比如 [Dun & Bradstreet](/sites/dnb-com)、[Foursquare](/sites/business-foursquare-com)，链接在资料页上。一类要你提交软件，比如 [SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net)、[AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net)，链接在产品页上。 > - **下面 20 个全部免费、DR 72 到 99，链接属性是我们自己核的。** 核的方法就是打开一个真实页面看 `rel`。库里存量标 dofollow 的站我们今天又抽了一批，有的已经改成 nofollow 了，比如 Feedspot，没放进来。 > - **有几个"免费"是有条件的。** [Twelve Tools](/sites/twelve-tools) 的免费档要你在自己站的页脚挂它的 badge。[Hacker News](/sites/news-ycombinator-com) 的链接只有上了首页才是 dofollow，沉在 /newest 里的是 nofollow。 > - **外链的作用是让谷歌常来爬你，不是直接提升排名。** 20 个做完，新站的收录速度和爬取频率会有明显变化。想靠这 20 条链接排到一个竞争词的首页，不现实。 > - **做完这 20 个就停。** 再往下的站要么 DR 低，要么质量差，花时间不如去写一篇别人愿意引用的内容。 ## 免费外链站现在是怎么回事 就是那些允许你自己放一条指向你网站的链接、而且这条链接不带 `nofollow` 的站。 十年前这种站多得数不清。论坛签名、博客评论、书签站、目录站，随便一个都能放链接。后来谷歌一轮一轮收紧，大部分平台把用户放的链接统一加了 `nofollow`，或者后来的 `ugc`。现在还给 dofollow 的，是少数。 所以"免费外链站"这个词现在要加一个前提：真的 dofollow 的。不然你花一下午发了 50 条链接，打开源码一看全是 `rel="nofollow ugc"`，等于白干。 这篇的 20 个站，判断标准就一条，我们自己打开过它的真实页面，看过外链的 `rel` 属性。不是从别的清单抄的。 ## 还值得做吗 先说清楚它能干什么、不能干什么。 **能干的。** 一个新域名，零外链，谷歌收了首页之后基本不会再来。有了这 20 条链接，爬虫会隔三差五来一趟，新页面几天就能收录。这是最直接的效果。另外一个新站的外链画像如果只有一两个来源，看着不自然，这 20 个来源分散开，画像就正常了。 **不能干的。** 靠这 20 条链接把一个有竞争的词推到首页。这些站的链接都是用户自己放的，谷歌给的权重很低，再多也堆不出排名。排名要靠别人主动引用你的内容。 所以这件事的定位就是新站的"起步包"。做一次，做完就不用再碰了。老站有几十条自然外链的，这个基本可以跳过。 一个补充。如果你的目标是百度，这篇的站大部分没用，百度对这些海外平台的链接基本不认。 ## 开始前准备什么 三类站要的东西不一样。 **发内容的站**要一篇能发的东西。不用长，一篇 300 字的介绍，或者一篇你产品解决了什么问题的短文。一篇改改能发五个站。 **建公司资料的站**要真实的公司信息。名字、地址、电话、邮箱、成立时间。Dun & Bradstreet 会核对，填假的过不了。 **提交软件的站**要产品材料。名字、一句话、长描述、分类、截图、logo。和提交目录站要的一样，备一份标准材料反复用。 通用的一条，先把 `你的域名/robots.txt` 和首页的 `noindex` 检查一遍。链接发出去之前自己的站别挡着爬虫，不然链接来了也进不去。 ## 20 个站，按要你做什么来分 ### 发内容就有链接的（6 个） - [Tumblr](/sites/tumblr-com)，DR 99。建一个博客，发一篇文章，正文里放链接。我们今天核的是 dofollow。整个清单里 DR 最高的，而且完全不审核。 - [Hacker News](/sites/news-ycombinator-com)，DR 91。发一条 Show HN。注意只有上了首页的帖子链接才是 dofollow，沉在 /newest 里的带 `nofollow`。所以这条链接要不要算，看你的帖子能不能被顶上去。 - [PRLog](/sites/prlog-org)，DR 80。免费发新闻稿，稿子正文可以带 dofollow 链接。写一篇"X 发布"的稿子就行，不用真有新闻。 - [Alltop](/sites/alltop-com)，DR 73。提交你的 RSS，它会在对应主题页列出你的文章。今天核的 dofollow。有博客的站适合。 - [Scoop.it](/sites/scoop-it)，DR 91。建一个主题页，往里收藏你自己的页面。收藏页上的链接 dofollow。 - [Diigo](/sites/diigo-com)，DR 85。社交书签，发链接加标签，设为公开。我们核的页面一半 dofollow 一半 nofollow，公开书签那部分是 dofollow。 ### 建公司资料就有链接的（5 个） - [Dun & Bradstreet](/sites/dnb-com)，DR 93。企业信息库，申请 D-U-N-S 号码免费，资料页带你的官网链接。它会核实公司信息，要几天到几周。 - [Foursquare](/sites/business-foursquare-com)，DR 90。商家资料，有实体地址的公司可以建。资料页链接 dofollow。 - [F6S](/sites/f6s-com)，DR 86。创业公司和创始人的平台，建公司页面免费，链接 dofollow。顺带能看到一些加速器和活动的申请入口。 - [Chamber of Commerce](/sites/chamberofcommerce-com)，DR 80。商会目录，免费，dofollow，要真实的公司名、地址、电话。 - [Webwiki](/sites/webwiki-com)，DR 77。网站评价目录，认领你的域名页面，加描述。dofollow。有单独的 guide。 ### 提交软件就有链接的（9 个） - [SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net)，DR 93。开源项目免费托管，商业软件也可以认领产品页。dofollow，谷歌很认这个站。 - [Software Advice](/sites/softwareadvice-com)，DR 87。Gartner 旗下，和 GetApp、Capterra 共用厂商后台。免费档有基础页面。 - [GetApp](/sites/getapp-com)，DR 85。同上，一次填表三个站都有。 - [Twelve Tools](/sites/twelve-tools)，DR 83。免费档给一条 dofollow 链接，但要你在自己站的首页或者页脚挂它的 badge。这是拿一条首页链接换一条目录链接，算清楚再做。 - [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net)，DR 81。软件替代品目录，任何人能提交，有审核。dofollow。 - [TheSaaSDirectory](/sites/thesaasdirectory-com)，DR 88。SaaS 目录，免费，dofollow，交完一两天上线。 - [Tool Pilot](/sites/toolpilot-ai)，DR 79。AI 工具目录，免费档 dofollow。不是 AI 产品也能交，审核松。 - [Indie Dev Tools](/sites/indiedev-tools)，DR 90。独立开发者工具目录，今天核的 dofollow。开发者向的产品优先。 - [Viesearch](/sites/viesearch-com)，DR 72。还接受网址提交的小型搜索引擎，免费，dofollow，审核几天。 每个站的提交入口和注意事项在站点详情页里，点进去看。 ## 怎么确认链接真的是 dofollow 这是整篇最重要的一段，因为清单会过期。今天 dofollow 的站，明年可能就改了。 方法就一个。链接上线之后，打开那个页面，右键查看源代码，搜你的域名，看那个 `` 标签的 `rel` 属性。 - 没有 `rel`，或者 `rel` 里只有 `noopener`、`noreferrer`，就是 dofollow。 - `rel` 里有 `nofollow`、`ugc`、`sponsored` 任何一个，就不是。 花十秒钟。别信任何清单，包括这篇，自己看一眼。 还有一个坑。有的站用 JavaScript 渲染页面，右键看源码看不到链接。这种情况用浏览器的"检查元素"看渲染后的 DOM，或者直接用谷歌的网址检查工具看它抓到的 HTML。 ## 做完之后 链接发完，去 Search Console 看两个地方。 **"链接"报告。** 一般两到四周后，新的引荐域名会陆续出现在这里。没出现不代表没生效，谷歌只展示它认为值得展示的一部分。 **"抓取统计"。** 这个更直接。发完链接一周左右，每天的抓取请求数应该有变化。有变化就说明链接起作用了。 然后就停。这 20 个做完，新站的起步包就齐了。接下来该花时间的是内容，不是继续找外链站。 ## 常见翻车点 - **不看 rel 就当 dofollow。** 清单上写的和实际的经常不一样。发完自己看一眼。 - **发在 Hacker News 的 /newest 就算一条。** 没上首页的帖子是 nofollow。 - **Twelve Tools 没挂 badge。** 免费档不挂 badge 链接不生效。 - **公司资料填假的。** Dun & Bradstreet 和 Chamber of Commerce 会核，假信息过不了，还可能把域名拉黑。 - **一天发完 20 个。** 没证据说这会被罚，但分三四天发看着更自然，也不累。 - **把链接全指向首页。** 有内页的话分几条给内页，画像更正常，内页也能被收录。 - **做完 20 个还往下找。** 后面的站 DR 低、质量差，不如写内容。 ## 横向对比 | | 发内容的站 | 建公司资料的站 | 提交软件的站 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 代表 | Tumblr、Hacker News、PRLog | Dun & Bradstreet、Foursquare、F6S | SourceForge、AlternativeTo、GetApp | | DR | 73-99 | 77-93 | 72-93 | | 要什么 | 一篇能发的东西 | 真实公司信息 | 产品材料 | | 审核 | 基本没有 | 有，核公司信息 | 有，几天 | | 耗时 | 每个十分钟 | 每个十五分钟，等几天 | 每个十五分钟 | | 适合谁 | 所有站 | 有公司主体的 | 软件和 SaaS | | 顺带的好处 | 内容多一个分发渠道 | 公司信息被各平台引用 | 目录页本身有搜索流量 | ## 常见问题 **免费外链站的链接有多大用？** 让谷歌常来爬你，让新站的外链来源分散开。对排名的直接作用很小。 **这 20 个都做要多久？** 发内容的六个一个小时，公司资料的五个一个小时加等审核，软件目录的九个两个小时。一天能发完，审核等一周。 **为什么没有 Medium、Reddit、Quora？** 它们的用户链接是 nofollow 或者 ugc，不在这篇的范围。想做可以做，但别当外链算。 **清单里哪个最该先做？** Tumblr 和 SourceForge，DR 最高、不审核或者审核松。 **付费的外链要不要买？** 这篇不讨论。免费的 20 个做完，先看内容能不能自然拿到链接，再说买不买。 **链接发了一个月，Search Console 的"链接"报告里没有，是不是没生效？** 不一定。谷歌只展示一部分。看"抓取统计"有没有变化更靠谱。 ## 剩下的在哪儿看 20 个是我们核过的、值得写的。目录里标了 dofollow 加免费的站有一百多个，每个都有链接类型、收费情况和提交注意事项。 按分类看：[内容类](/c/content)、[目录类](/c/directory)、[SaaS 目录](/c/saas)。在首页把链接类型筛成 dofollow、收费筛成免费，就是全部。 --- # App Directories: 20 Places to Submit Your App Canonical URL: https://wheretosubmit.org/guides/app-directories Last updated: 2026-10-10 12:36:18 ## English > **TL;DR** > > - **"App directory" means three different things.** Integration marketplaces like [Slack](/sites/slack-com) and [Zapier](/sites/zapier-com), where you build an integration before you can list. Software catalogs like [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net) and [GetApp](/sites/getapp-com), where you fill in a form. And small app sites like [AppaList](/sites/appalist-com) and [Tool Finder](/sites/toolfinder-co), where you submit and move on. Figure out which one your app is before you start. > - **Integration marketplaces have the highest DR and the best-fit users, but it's development, not submission.** Slack, Zapier and Make review your integration code and your support page. Weeks, minimum. Links are mostly nofollow. The value is their in-app traffic, not the backlink. > - **Only a few software catalogs give dofollow.** [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net), [GetApp](/sites/getapp-com) and [SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net) we've checked as dofollow. [SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com), [Slant](/sites/slant-co) and [StackShare](/sites/stackshare-io) are nofollow. > - **n8n is the one integration marketplace with dofollow.** The [n8n Integrations](/sites/n8n-io) page links to your GitHub repo, and we checked it today: dofollow, DR 90. If you build dev tools, don't skip it. > - **Apple's App Store and Google Play aren't in this guide.** Those are stores, not directories. Different process entirely. ## What "app directory" actually means Search the term and the lists you get are a mess. Some count Slack's App Directory. Some count download sites like Softonic. Some count Product Hunt. They don't agree on what "app" means. Three kinds, sorted out. **Integration marketplaces.** A plugin store for one big product. Slack's App Directory, Zapier's App Directory, the integration pages at Make and n8n, Notion's Marketplace, Pipedream's Sources. They don't list your product. They list "how your product connects to theirs." You build that connection first, they review it, then you get a page. **Software catalogs.** Sites that list software so people can find and compare tools. AlternativeTo, GetApp, SaaSHub, Slant, StackShare, SourceForge, Softonic. You fill in a form. Some review for a few days. **Small app-only sites.** AppaList, Appvizer, AppAgg, That App Show, Tool Finder. Not much traffic, but quick to submit, and several give dofollow. The three differ on effort, on what you get, and on how long it takes. The rest of this guide goes through them in that order. ## Is it still worth doing **Integration marketplaces.** If your product should connect to Slack or Zapier anyway, this isn't a "worth it" question. It's required. Users in those marketplaces search with "I want to use X inside Slack" in mind, and that converts better than any directory. Just be clear that it's a dev project, not a submission. **Software catalogs.** Yes, and they're the best value of the three. An AlternativeTo page can sit there for years, and it shows up whenever someone searches "X alternatives." GetApp and Capterra are both Gartner, so one form covers both. **Small app sites.** Do them on the side. Each one sends little traffic, but together they're a batch of dofollow links, which a new domain can use. One rule of thumb. If your product is a standalone tool, catalogs come first. If it's something people use alongside other tools, marketplaces come first. If it's both, do both. ## What to prepare The three kinds want very different things. **Marketplaces want:** a working integration, a support page (a web page, not an email address), a privacy policy, your logo in a few sizes, and a description of what the integration does. Slack also runs a security review. Zapier wants real users in a beta before it'll list you publicly. **Catalogs want:** product name, a one-liner, a longer description, a category, a few screenshots, your website link, and pricing. AlternativeTo also asks "what is this an alternative to," and how well you answer that decides which pages you'll show up on. **Small app sites want:** name, link, one line, logo. Five minutes. One piece of advice that applies to all of them. Write a standard kit once: product name, three description lengths (one line, 50 words, 150 words), five screenshots, logo in three sizes. Then copy from that for every site instead of rewriting each time. ## The 20, in three groups ### Integration marketplaces (6) - [Slack App Directory](/sites/slack-com), DR 92, nofollow. Build a Slack app first, then submit it for directory review. The review checks security, your support page, and your privacy policy. Usually a few weeks. Once you're in, your app shows up in the app search inside the Slack client, and that's where the value is. - [Zapier App Directory](/sites/zapier-com), DR 91, nofollow. Build the integration on Zapier's developer platform. It starts in private beta, and you need real users on it before you can apply for public listing. After launch, Zapier generates a pile of "X + Y" combination pages for your integration. Google indexes a lot of them. That's the hidden upside. - [Make App Directory](/sites/make-com), DR 90, nofollow. Similar to Zapier. Build the app in Make's developer platform, submit for review, land in the directory. The user base leans European. - [n8n Integrations](/sites/n8n-io), DR 90, dofollow. Open-source automation tool. You write a community node, publish it to npm, then apply for verification. The integration page links to your GitHub repo, and we checked today: that link is dofollow. For developer tools, this is the only dofollow in the marketplace group. Don't skip it. - [Pipedream Sources](/sites/pipedream-com), DR 84, nofollow. Write a component and open a PR to their repo. Once merged, it appears in their app list. Developer-leaning. - [Notion Marketplace](/sites/notion-so), DR 92, nofollow. Two halves: templates and integrations. Templates can go up and sell right away. Integrations need approval. If your product has a Notion integration, this one's required. ### Software catalogs (8) - [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net), DR 81, dofollow. Anyone can submit, with moderation. The key field is "alternative to." Get it right and you show up when people search for alternatives to those products. Of all the catalogs, this is the one to fill in carefully. - [GetApp](/sites/getapp-com), DR 85, dofollow. Owned by Gartner. Shares a vendor portal with Capterra and Software Advice, so one form puts you on all three. The free tier gets you a basic page. Paid means buying clicks. - [SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net), DR 93, dofollow. Free hosting plus a directory page for open-source projects, and commercial software can claim a product page too. Old site, and Google trusts it. - [Softonic](/sites/softonic-com), DR 86, nofollow. Long-running download site with a developer submission channel. Good for products with a desktop client. Pointless for a pure web app. - [SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com), DR 80, nofollow, free. Fast to submit, live in a day or two. It auto-generates "X alternatives" pages for you, and those rank decently. - [Slant](/sites/slant-co), DR 70, nofollow. Q&A-style comparison site. You add your product as an option under the relevant questions. People see you while they're actually comparing. - [StackShare](/sites/stackshare-io), DR 78, nofollow. Developer tools only. Non-technical products mostly get rejected. - [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com), DR 75, nofollow, free. Strictly a launch platform, not a directory, but most "app directory" lists include it. It works differently and has its own guide. ### Small app-only sites (6) - [Tool Finder](/sites/toolfinder-co), DR 59, dofollow. Tool directory with human review after submission. - [AppaList](/sites/appalist-com), DR 55, dofollow. We checked two listing pages, one dofollow and one nofollow. Depends on which category you land in. - [Appvizer](/sites/appvizer-com), DR 52, dofollow. B2B software comparison site that started in France, with an English version. Free listing. - [AppAgg](/sites/appagg-com), DR 51, nofollow. Mobile app aggregator. It pulls from the big stores automatically. If you have a store page, you can claim it. - [That App Show](/sites/thatappshow-com), DR 50, dofollow. A podcast plus a directory. Submit and you're in. - [Chrome Web Store](/sites/chrome-google-com), DR 99. Browser extensions only. One-time $5 developer fee, review takes a few days. If you have an extension, this is the highest-DR page on this list. Each site's submit page, review time, and the things we tripped over are on its detail page. Click through. ## Getting through marketplace review This is where people get stuck, so it gets its own section. Slack, Zapier and Make check roughly the same things: - **Support page has to be a web page.** Not a mailto link. Not a Discord invite. A FAQ page with a contact form is enough. - **Privacy policy has to say what data you take.** A template won't do. Spell out which fields your integration reads. - **Don't over-ask on permissions.** Slack's review asks what each scope is for, one by one. Remove the ones you don't use before you submit. - **Have real users.** Zapier says outright that public listing needs people on the beta. Slack doesn't say it, but apps with zero installs clearly pass less often. - **Screenshots have to be real.** Your integration actually running, not a mockup. Expect the first submission to bounce on one or two items. Fix, resubmit. Budget a month for the whole cycle. ## Filling in catalogs so they send traffic Whether a catalog page brings traffic comes down to two fields. **Category.** Traffic on AlternativeTo, GetApp and SaaSHub comes from category pages and "X alternatives" pages. The category you pick decides which pages you appear on. Don't pick the biggest one. Pick the most accurate one. A note-taking app goes under "notes," not "productivity." **Alternatives.** AlternativeTo's "alternative to" field and SaaSHub's auto-generated alternatives pages are where people actually click in from. List three to five products people really compare you with. Don't pad it with industry giants. In the description, get the product name, the core feature, and the target user into the first two sentences. Google indexes these descriptions, and the first two sentences become the snippet. ## After you're listed **Marketplaces.** Add an "Integrations" page on your own site that links back to each marketplace page. Zapier's combination pages will link to your site in turn. **Catalogs.** A week or two later, search `site:alternativeto.net your-product-name` to confirm Google indexed the page. If it hasn't, share the page's link once on social. **All of them.** When pricing or positioning changes, come back and update. Stale info on a directory is worse than none. People click in, it doesn't match, they leave. ## Common mistakes - **Treating a marketplace like a directory.** Slack doesn't take "I have a product." It takes "I have a Slack app." No integration, no point going. - **Padding AlternativeTo's alternatives field.** Ten unrelated big names gets the submission rejected. - **Submitting a non-dev tool to StackShare.** It mostly won't take it. - **Submitting a pure web app to Softonic.** It's a download site. Nothing to download, nothing to list. - **Applying for public listing on Zapier before the beta has users.** It gets sent back. - **Picking the biggest category.** The biggest category has the most competition. You won't place. - **Trying to skip the Chrome Web Store developer fee.** There's no way around it. It's $5. ## Side by side | | Marketplaces | Catalogs | Small app sites | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Examples | Slack, Zapier, n8n | AlternativeTo, GetApp, SaaSHub | Tool Finder, AppaList | | DR | 84-92 | 70-93 | 50-59 | | Build first | An integration | Your materials | Your materials | | Time | Weeks to a month | Half an hour to a few days | Five minutes | | Links | Mostly nofollow, n8n the exception | About half dofollow | Mostly dofollow | | Main value | In-app user traffic | Pages Google keeps indexed | Backlinks | | Best for | Products used alongside other tools | Standalone tools | Every new product | ## FAQ **Do the App Store and Google Play count as app directories?** No. Those are stores. Every directory in this guide gives you a page without hosting your product. **Are nofollow links from marketplaces useful?** The link itself does nothing for rankings. But the users the page sends are real, and Zapier's combination pages get indexed heavily, so people searching "X Slack integration" will find you. **Which ones give dofollow?** Ones we've checked: AlternativeTo, GetApp, SourceForge, n8n, Tool Finder, That App Show, Appvizer. AppaList depends on the category. **Which should a SaaS do first?** AlternativeTo and GetApp, half an hour total. Then check whether the product has a Slack or Zapier integration. If so, go do the marketplaces. **How long until it's live?** Small sites, same day to two days. AlternativeTo and GetApp, a few days. Marketplaces, weeks. **Should Product Hunt go in the same batch?** No. Product Hunt is a single-day event and needs its own plan. It has its own guide. ## Where the rest of the list lives The 20 above are the representative ones. Our directory has over a hundred sites tagged "saas" or "directory," each with link type, pricing, and submission notes. Browse by category: [SaaS directories](/c/saas), [general directories](/c/directory), [developer tools](/c/dev). On the homepage, set the DR filter to 70+ and link type to dofollow for the batch to start with. ## 中文 > **TL;DR** > > - **"App 目录"这个词底下是三种完全不同的东西。** 一种是 [Slack](/sites/slack-com)、[Zapier](/sites/zapier-com) 这种集成市场，你得先写一个集成才能上。一种是 [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net)、[GetApp](/sites/getapp-com) 这种软件目录，填表就收。还有一种是 [AppaList](/sites/appalist-com)、[Tool Finder](/sites/toolfinder-co) 这类小站，交完就完事。先想清楚你的 app 属于哪种。 > - **集成市场 DR 最高、用户最准，但不是提交，是开发。** Slack、Zapier、Make 的上架流程是审核你的集成代码和支持页面，几周起步。链接基本都是 nofollow，图的是它们站内的用户流量，不是外链。 > - **软件目录里 dofollow 的就那几个。** [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net)、[GetApp](/sites/getapp-com)、[SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net) 我们核过是 dofollow，[SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com)、[Slant](/sites/slant-co)、[StackShare](/sites/stackshare-io) 是 nofollow。 > - **n8n 是集成市场里唯一给 dofollow 的。** [n8n Integrations](/sites/n8n-io) 页面链向你的 GitHub 仓库，我们今天核的是 dofollow，DR 90。做开发工具的别漏。 > - **苹果 App Store 和 Google Play 不在这篇里。** 那是商店，不是目录，流程完全另一套。 ## "App 目录"到底指什么 你搜这个词，出来的清单大概率是乱的。有人把 Slack App Directory 算进去，有人把 Softonic 这种下载站算进去，有人把 Product Hunt 也算进去。它们对"app"的理解根本不一样。 分三类说清楚。 **集成市场。** 就是一个大产品的插件商店。Slack 的 App Directory、Zapier 的 App Directory、Make 和 n8n 的集成页、Notion 的 Marketplace、Pipedream 的 Sources，都是这种。它们列的不是你的产品，是"你的产品和它们的产品怎么连"。你得先写这个连接，它们审核通过了才给你一个页面。 **软件目录。** 列各种软件的站，用户来这找工具、比工具。AlternativeTo、GetApp、SaaSHub、Slant、StackShare、SourceForge、Softonic 都是。这类填表就行，有的要审核几天。 **专门收 app 的小站。** AppaList、Appvizer、AppAgg、That App Show、Tool Finder。流量不大，但提交快，有几个给 dofollow。 三类的提交难度、拿到的东西、花的时间都不一样。下面按这个分法挨个说。 ## 还值得做吗 **集成市场。** 如果你的产品本来就该和 Slack 或者 Zapier 连，那这不是"值不值得"的问题，是必须做。这些市场里的用户是带着"我要在 Slack 里用一个 X"的需求来搜的，转化比任何目录都高。只是要想清楚，这是一个开发项目，不是提交项目。 **软件目录。** 值得，而且是这三类里性价比最高的。AlternativeTo 一个页面能挂好几年，用户搜"X alternatives"的时候就会看到你。GetApp 和 Capterra 同属 Gartner，一次填表两边都有。 **小 app 站。** 顺手做。单个站流量很少，加起来能有一批 dofollow 链接，对新域名有用。 一个判断标准。你的产品如果是"独立使用的工具"，软件目录优先。如果是"配合别的工具使用的东西"，集成市场优先。两种都是的话两种都做。 ## 提交前准备什么 三类要的材料差很多，按类说。 **集成市场要的。** 一个能跑的集成，一个支持页面（不是邮箱，是网页），一份隐私政策，产品 logo 的几个尺寸，一段说明这个集成能干什么的描述。Slack 还要你过安全审核，Zapier 要你先拉一批真实用户进 beta。 **软件目录要的。** 产品名、一句话介绍、一段长介绍、分类、几张截图、官网链接、定价信息。AlternativeTo 还要你填"它是哪些产品的替代品"，这个填得准不准直接决定你会出现在哪些页面上。 **小 app 站要的。** 名字、链接、一句话、logo。五分钟。 一个通用建议。先在本地写好一份标准材料，产品名、三种长度的介绍（一句话、50 词、150 词）、五张截图、logo 三个尺寸。后面每个站都从这份材料里复制，不用每次重新想。 ## 20 个站，分三类 ### 集成市场（6 个） - [Slack App Directory](/sites/slack-com)，DR 92，nofollow。上架要先建 Slack 应用，然后提交目录审核。审核看安全、看支持页面、看隐私政策，一般几周。过了之后你的应用会出现在 Slack 客户端的应用搜索里，这是它最值钱的地方。 - [Zapier App Directory](/sites/zapier-com)，DR 91，nofollow。在 Zapier 开发者平台写集成，先进私有 beta，要有一批真实用户在用才能申请公开上架。上架后 Zapier 会给你的集成生成一堆"X + Y"的组合页面，这些页面谷歌收录很多，是它的隐藏价值。 - [Make App Directory](/sites/make-com)，DR 90，nofollow。和 Zapier 类似，在 Make 的开发者平台建应用，提交审核，通过后进目录。用户群偏欧洲。 - [n8n Integrations](/sites/n8n-io)，DR 90，dofollow。开源自动化工具，你写一个社区节点发到 npm，然后申请验证。集成页面链向你的 GitHub 仓库，这条链接我们今天核过是 dofollow。做开发者工具的，这是集成市场里唯一的 dofollow，别漏。 - [Pipedream Sources](/sites/pipedream-com)，DR 84，nofollow。写一个组件提 PR 到它的仓库，合并后出现在它的应用列表里。偏开发者。 - [Notion Marketplace](/sites/notion-so)，DR 92，nofollow。分模板和集成两块。模板可以直接上架卖，集成要申请。你的产品如果有 Notion 集成，这里是必做的。 ### 软件目录（8 个） - [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net)，DR 81，dofollow。任何人都能提交，有审核。填"替代哪些产品"是关键，填对了用户搜那些产品的替代品时就能看到你。这是软件目录里最该认真填的一个。 - [GetApp](/sites/getapp-com)，DR 85，dofollow。Gartner 旗下，和 Capterra、Software Advice 共用一个厂商后台，填一次三个站都有。免费档有基础页面，付费是买点击。 - [SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net)，DR 93，dofollow。开源项目免费托管加目录页，商业软件也可以认领一个产品页。老站，谷歌很认。 - [Softonic](/sites/softonic-com)，DR 86，nofollow。老牌下载站，有开发者提交通道，适合有桌面客户端的产品。纯网页应用意义不大。 - [SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com)，DR 80，nofollow，免费。提交快，一两天上线。它会给你生成"X alternatives"页面，这些页面排名不错。 - [Slant](/sites/slant-co)，DR 70，nofollow。问答式比较站，你把产品加到相关问题下面做选项。用户是在真比较的时候看到你。 - [StackShare](/sites/stackshare-io)，DR 78，nofollow。只收开发工具，非技术产品基本过不了。 - [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com)，DR 75，nofollow，免费。严格说是发布平台不是目录，但大多数"app directory"清单都会把它算进去。做法不一样，有单独的 guide。 ### 专门收 app 的小站（6 个） - [Tool Finder](/sites/toolfinder-co)，DR 59，dofollow。工具目录，提交后有人工审核。 - [AppaList](/sites/appalist-com)，DR 55，dofollow。我们核过两个列表页，一个 dofollow 一个 nofollow，看你落在哪个分类。 - [Appvizer](/sites/appvizer-com)，DR 52，dofollow。法国起家的 B2B 软件比较站，有英文版，免费列表。 - [AppAgg](/sites/appagg-com)，DR 51，nofollow。移动应用聚合站，从各大商店自动抓，有商店页面的话可以认领。 - [That App Show](/sites/thatappshow-com)，DR 50，dofollow。播客加目录，提交就收。 - [Chrome Web Store](/sites/chrome-google-com)，DR 99。只针对浏览器扩展，一次性交 5 美元开发者费，审核几天。有扩展的话这是 DR 最高的一个页面。 每个站的提交入口、审核时间和我们自己提交时踩的坑，都在站点详情页里，点进去看。 ## 集成市场怎么过审 这是三类里最容易卡住的，单独说。 Slack、Zapier、Make 的审核看的东西差不多，就这几项： - **支持页面要是个网页。** 不是 mailto 链接，不是 Discord 邀请。一个 FAQ 页加一个联系表单就够。 - **隐私政策要写清楚拿了什么数据。** 模板不行，要写你的集成具体读了哪些字段。 - **权限别多要。** Slack 审核会逐个问你每个 scope 用来干什么，用不上的提前去掉。 - **要有真实用户。** Zapier 的公开上架明确要先有一批人在 beta 里用。Slack 没明说，但零安装的应用过审率明显低。 - **截图要是真的。** 用你的集成实际跑起来的截图，不是设计稿。 一般第一次提交都会被打回一两项，改完再交。整个周期按一个月算。 ## 软件目录怎么填才有流量 软件目录的页面能不能带来流量，看两个字段。 **分类。** AlternativeTo、GetApp、SaaSHub 的页面流量主要来自分类页和"X alternatives"页。你选的分类决定你出现在哪些页面上。别选最大的那个，选最准的那个。一个笔记应用选"笔记"而不是"生产力"。 **替代关系。** AlternativeTo 的"替代哪些产品"和 SaaSHub 自动生成的 alternatives 页，是用户真正会点进来的入口。填三到五个用户真会拿来比的产品，别填行业巨头凑数。 描述里把产品名、核心功能、目标用户三样写在前两句。这些站的描述是会被谷歌收录的，前两句就是它的摘要。 ## 提交之后 **集成市场。** 上架之后在你自己的官网加一个"集成"页面，链回这些市场的页面。Zapier 的组合页面会反过来引用你的官网。 **软件目录。** 隔一两周搜一下 `site:alternativeto.net 你的产品名`，确认页面被谷歌收了。没收的话在社交媒体发一次那个页面的链接。 **所有站。** 产品改了定价、改了定位，回来改页面。目录上过时的信息比没有还糟，用户点进来发现对不上就走了。 ## 常见翻车点 - **把集成市场当目录提交。** Slack 不收"我有个产品"，它收"我有个 Slack 应用"。没写集成就别去。 - **AlternativeTo 的替代关系乱填。** 填了十个不相干的大牌，审核直接拒。 - **StackShare 提交非开发工具。** 基本不收。 - **Softonic 提交纯网页应用。** 它是下载站，没有可下载的东西就没意义。 - **Zapier 没拉够 beta 用户就申请公开。** 会被退回。 - **分类选最大的。** 最大的分类竞争最多，你排不上。 - **Chrome Web Store 不交开发者费想白嫖。** 没这个选项，5 美元。 ## 横向对比 | | 集成市场 | 软件目录 | 小 app 站 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 代表 | Slack、Zapier、n8n | AlternativeTo、GetApp、SaaSHub | Tool Finder、AppaList | | DR | 84-92 | 70-93 | 50-59 | | 要先做什么 | 写一个集成 | 准备材料 | 准备材料 | | 耗时 | 几周到一个月 | 半小时到几天 | 五分钟 | | 链接 | 基本 nofollow，n8n 例外 | 一半 dofollow | 多数 dofollow | | 主要价值 | 站内用户流量 | 谷歌长期收录的页面 | 外链 | | 适合谁 | 和别的工具配合用的产品 | 独立使用的工具 | 所有新产品 | ## 常见问题 **App Store 和 Google Play 算 app 目录吗？** 不算，那是商店。这篇说的目录都是不托管你的产品、只给你一个页面的站。 **集成市场的 nofollow 链接有用吗？** 链接本身对排名没用。但页面带来的用户是真的，而且 Zapier 的组合页面会被谷歌大量收录，用户搜"X Slack integration"时会看到。 **哪几个有 dofollow？** 我们核过的：AlternativeTo、GetApp、SourceForge、n8n、Tool Finder、That App Show、Appvizer。AppaList 看分类。 **一个 SaaS 该先做哪个？** AlternativeTo 和 GetApp 先做，半小时。然后看产品有没有 Slack 或 Zapier 集成，有就去做集成市场。 **提交之后多久上线？** 小站当天到两天。AlternativeTo 和 GetApp 几天。集成市场几周。 **Product Hunt 要不要跟这些一起做？** 别一起。Product Hunt 是一天的事，要单独安排，有专门的 guide。 ## 剩下的在哪儿看 上面是 20 个有代表性的。我们目录里标了"saas"和"directory"分类的站有一百多个，每个都有链接类型、收费情况和提交注意事项。 按分类看：[SaaS 目录](/c/saas)、[通用目录](/c/directory)、[开发者工具](/c/dev)。在首页把 DR 筛到 70 以上、链接类型选 dofollow，就是最该先做的那批。 --- # How to Submit Your Website to Search Engines (Free) Canonical URL: https://wheretosubmit.org/guides/submit-website-to-search-engines Last updated: 2026-10-10 12:36:13 ## English > **TL;DR** > > - **Submitting to a search engine means telling it "there's a new site here." It doesn't rank you.** How fast you get indexed depends on the site. Where you rank depends on links. Don't mix the two up. > - **Only a handful of places take submissions:** Google through Search Console, Bing through Webmaster Tools, Yandex through Webmaster, Baidu through its Search Resource Platform, plus the IndexNow protocol that pings Bing, Yandex, Naver and Seznam in one call. DuckDuckGo, Yahoo and Ecosia run on Bing's index, so submitting to Bing covers them. > - **Google hasn't had a submit form for years.** It killed the "Add URL" page in 2018. Now you submit a sitemap in Search Console and request indexing page by page, with a quota of roughly ten a day. > - **After submitting, give it one real link.** A new domain with zero backlinks gets indexed and then ignored. Post a link on [Digg](/sites/digg-com) or [Scoop.it](/sites/scoop-it) right after and the crawl rate changes within days. > - **Skip every "submit to 1,000 search engines" tool and service.** 990 of those engines are dead. The rest are Bing mirrors or junk directories. ## What submitting to search engines means now You put up a new site. The search engines don't know it exists yet. You go tell them. Ten-plus years ago this was a real form. Google had an "Add URL" page. You typed in the address, hit submit, done. Bing had one too. Back then a new site that didn't submit could sit for months without a single crawl. It's different now. Google pulled that page in 2018. The reason it gave was that its crawler is fast enough to find you through links. That's half true. If your site has backlinks, it'll get found without submitting. If it has none, nobody comes, and it can sit for weeks. So today "submitting to search engines" means a few concrete things. You claim your domain in each engine's webmaster console. You hand it a sitemap. Then you request indexing for the few pages that matter most. All of it is free. Each engine takes about twenty minutes. One thing to be clear on. This only controls indexing, not ranking. Indexed means the engine has your page in its database and you show up when someone searches your domain. Ranking is where you land when someone searches a keyword. That's a separate system driven by content and links, and it has nothing to do with whether you submitted. ## Does it still matter Depends on the situation. **New site, no backlinks at all.** Yes, do it. Google may not visit this kind of site for weeks. Submit, and you'll usually see the homepage indexed in three days to two weeks. **New site, a few backlinks already.** Still do it. Google would find you anyway, but without a console you can't see indexing status or what went wrong. The real value of Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools isn't the submit button. It's seeing which pages got indexed, which got blocked, and why. **Older site, want a new page indexed fast.** Do it. Page-by-page indexing requests exist for exactly this. Usually one or two days. **Hoping submitting will lift your rankings.** Don't bother. It won't. Submitting only makes the engine aware of you. Ranking needs links, and there's a section later on where to go post them. One more case worth its own line. If your site is for Chinese users, you'll want Baidu. Baidu's process is clunkier than Google's. It wants a phone number, site verification, and it crawls overseas servers slowly. But a site hosted outside China that doesn't submit to Baidu will basically never get indexed there. So for Chinese-language sites, that step isn't optional. ## Three things to fix first Check these before you submit anything, or the submission does nothing. **Have a sitemap.xml.** It's an XML file listing every page on your site, at your domain root, like `yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml`. Most frameworks and CMSs generate it on their own now. Open the URL and see if it's there. If not, Next.js, WordPress and Hugo all have a plugin or config for it. Ten minutes. **Make sure robots.txt and noindex aren't blocking you.** This is the number one way new sites blow it. During development someone adds a `noindex` tag or writes `Disallow: /` in robots.txt so the staging site stays out of Google, then forgets to remove it at launch. Weeks go by with nothing indexed, and it turns out you blocked yourself. Before launch, open `yourdomain.com/robots.txt` and check the homepage source for `noindex`. **Have at least one real backlink.** Not required, but it makes a big difference. A domain with zero links pointing at it gets its homepage indexed and then rarely gets crawled again. Post one link somewhere, say [Pearltrees](/sites/pearltrees-com) or [Diigo](/sites/diigo-com). Takes a few minutes, and the crawler comes around a lot more often. ## The engines, one by one ### Google: Search Console Around 90% of the world's searches happen here, so start here. 1. Open Search Console, sign in with a Google account, click "Add property." 2. Pick the "Domain" type and type your domain. It gives you a DNS TXT record to add at your DNS provider. This is the least fuss: one verification covers http, https, www and non-www. If you can't touch DNS, pick "URL prefix" instead and verify by uploading an HTML file or adding a meta tag. 3. Once verified, find "Sitemaps" in the left menu and submit the URL of your `sitemap.xml`. 4. Go to the search bar at the top, paste your homepage URL, wait for the check to finish, then click "Request indexing." 5. Repeat step 4 for your three to five most important pages. Step 4 has a quota. Google doesn't publish the number, but in practice it's around ten requests per property per day. After that it tells you to come back tomorrow. So don't use it to push the whole site. Submit the sitemap and let the crawler work, and only request the key pages by hand. Expect the homepage in one to three days and other pages in one to two weeks. After you submit the sitemap it'll show "Success," but that only means Google read the file. It doesn't mean everything got indexed. For that, open the "Pages" report. It lists which pages are in, which are out, and why. Google doesn't support IndexNow and has no other push channel. It does have an Indexing API, but that's only for job postings and livestream pages. Regular sites can't use it, no matter what a tutorial says. ### Bing: Webmaster Tools Second most important, and it covers several engines at once. Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia and AOL all pull their results from Bing. Submit to Bing and you've submitted to all of them. 1. Open Bing Webmaster Tools. You can sign in with your Google account. 2. On sign-in it asks if you want to import from Search Console. Say yes, authorize it, and it copies over every site and sitemap you've already verified at Google. No second verification. This is the fastest route. 3. No Search Console? Add the site by hand. Same three verification options: DNS, HTML file, or meta tag. 4. "URL Submission" in the left menu lets you paste a batch of URLs at once. Bing's per-URL quota is far more generous than Google's. A freshly verified site gets 10 a day. Once the site has some history there, that goes up to 10,000 a day. So on Bing, don't ration. Submit every page that matters. Indexing is quick too, usually a day or two. ### Yandex: Webmaster The number one engine for Russian-language search, with more share than Google inside Russia. If you don't care about that market, this one's optional. If you do, it's fast. 1. Open Yandex Webmaster and create a Yandex account. 2. Add the site. Same three verification methods. 3. Submit the sitemap. 4. Under "Indexing" there's "Reindex pages" for individual URLs. There's a daily cap, somewhere around twenty or thirty. Yandex supports IndexNow, so if you set that up (next section), you can skip the per-URL step here. ### Baidu: Search Resource Platform Only for sites with Chinese content. Otherwise skip this section. 1. Open Baidu Search Resource Platform and create a Baidu account. It wants a phone number. Most non-Chinese numbers receive the code. If yours doesn't, try a different carrier. 2. Add the site under "User Center." Verification is file, HTML tag, or CNAME. 3. Once verified, "Normal Inclusion" offers three ways in: API push, sitemap, or manual. Manual takes up to 20 URLs per batch. Sitemap has no limit. 4. If you see a "Fast Inclusion" option, don't count on it. It now requires linking a Baidu Mini Program. Regular websites don't get it. Baidu crawls sites on overseas servers slowly. Some wait a month or two just for the homepage. Hosting in China with an ICP license speeds it up a lot, but that's a separate topic. Also, Baidu mostly indexes Chinese content. Submitting an English site does close to nothing. ### IndexNow: one ping, several engines This is a protocol Bing and Yandex launched in 2021. The idea is simple. You put a key file at your site root. Then every time you publish or update a page, you send one request to an endpoint, and every participating engine hears about it. Participants today: Bing, Yandex, Naver (Korea), Seznam (Czech Republic) and Yep. Google doesn't take part. Neither does Baidu. How to set it up depends on your stack: - **WordPress:** install an IndexNow plugin, or turn it on inside Rank Math or Yoast. - **Sites behind Cloudflare:** in the dashboard under "Caching" there's a toggle called "Crawler Hints." Turn it on and Cloudflare sends IndexNow pings for you. It's on the free plan. - **Custom-built sites:** generate a key on the IndexNow site, drop it at your root, and add one HTTP request to your publish step. There's one endpoint and the docs fit on a page. With this done, you don't need to hand-submit URLs to Bing or Yandex anymore. Publish, and they know. ### The ones that don't take submissions A few engines have nowhere to submit, so you can stop looking. - **DuckDuckGo** has no submit form. Its results mostly come from Bing. Submit there. - **Brave Search** runs its own index but doesn't accept submissions. It discovers new sites from user browsing. - **Yahoo, Ecosia, AOL** are Bing results. Nothing to do separately. - **Naver** has its own console (Search Advisor). Only bother if Korea is a target market. Otherwise IndexNow covers it. ## How long indexing takes Rough ranges from experience. It varies a lot from site to site, so treat these as orders of magnitude. | Engine | Homepage | Inner pages | Where to check | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Google | 1-3 days | 1-2 weeks | "Pages" report in Search Console | | Bing | 1-2 days | 2-5 days | "Site Explorer" in Webmaster Tools | | Yandex | 2-5 days | 1-2 weeks | "Indexing" page in Webmaster | | Baidu | 1-4 weeks | 1-2 months | "Index Volume" in the Resource Platform | The simplest check is typing `site:yourdomain.com` into the search box. If results come up, you're in. That works on Google, Bing and Baidu. If you're past these windows with nothing, open the console and read the reason it gives. Eight times out of ten it's a leftover noindex, a robots.txt block, or the server returning a 5xx. "Google just doesn't want it" is rare, and when it happens the console says so. ## Indexed. Now what Getting indexed is step one. A freshly indexed site with no backlinks shows up when someone searches your brand name and almost nowhere else. To show up for anything else, other already-indexed pages need to link to you. So submitting to search engines usually goes together with submitting links. You submit the engines, then you go post your URL on a few sites that accept links. Those two steps together are a new site's full starting kit. Places to post links come in two kinds. **Bookmarking and content aggregators.** Post a link with a description. Most go live instantly. Whether the link is dofollow varies by site, and each detail page says which. - [Digg](/sites/digg-com), DR 89. The old-timer, back online and taking submissions again. - [Scoop.it](/sites/scoop-it), DR 91. Make a topic page and curate your own pages into it. - [Diigo](/sites/diigo-com), DR 85. Social bookmarking. Post the link with tags. - [Pearltrees](/sites/pearltrees-com), DR 84. Same idea, with collections. - [Alltop](/sites/alltop-com), DR 73. Submit an RSS feed. Good if you have a blog. - [Blogarama](/sites/blogarama-com), DR 64. Blog directory. Submit the feed and you're done. **Small search engines and link directories.** These are the "search engines that still accept submissions." After the big ones pulled their forms, these are what's left where you can hand in a URL directly. Little traffic, but the links are real. - [ActiveSearchResults](/sites/activesearchresults-com), DR 73. Free submission, dofollow. - [Viesearch](/sites/viesearch-com), DR 72. Free submission, dofollow, a few days of review. - [Link Centre](/sites/secure-linkcentre-com), DR 72. Free submission, dofollow. - [ExactSeek](/sites/exactseek-com), DR 70. The free tier is nofollow. Fine for getting indexed, not for the link. Each site's submit page and the things to watch for are on its detail page. Click through. Once those are posted, Google's crawl rate usually shifts within three to seven days. You can see it under "Crawl stats" in Search Console. ## Common mistakes - **Forgot to remove noindex.** The number one cause, nothing else close. Check the source before launch. - **robots.txt says Disallow: /.** Number two. - **Sitemap full of wrong URLs.** Still the staging domain, or http and https mixed. Open the sitemap yourself before submitting it. - **Burning the per-URL quota on the whole site.** Google gives you about ten a day. Submit the sitemap and let it crawl. - **Buying "submit to 1,000 search engines."** 990 of them are dead. The rest are Bing mirrors or junk directories. Keep the money. - **Submitting and never looking again.** Go back in a week or two and read the "Pages" report. Unindexed pages come with a reason. - **Expecting Baidu to be fast for an overseas site.** Overseas server, no ICP license, a month with nothing is normal. Can't be rushed. - **Only doing Google.** The Bing import takes two minutes and covers Yahoo and DuckDuckGo in the same go. ## Side by side | | Google | Bing | Yandex | Baidu | IndexNow | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Account needed | Google | Microsoft or Google | Yandex | Baidu, with phone number | None, just a key file | | Verification | DNS / HTML / meta | Same, or import from Google | DNS / HTML / meta | File / HTML / CNAME | None | | Per-URL quota | ~10 a day | 10 a day new, 10,000 a day later | ~20-30 a day | 20 per manual batch | Unlimited | | Homepage indexed in | 1-3 days | 1-2 days | 2-5 days | 1-4 weeks | Depends on engine | | Also covers | Nothing | Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia | Nothing | Nothing | Bing, Yandex, Naver, Seznam | | Worth it for an English site | Must | Must | Optional | Almost none | Easy win | ## FAQ **Does submitting improve rankings?** No. Submitting only makes the engine aware of you. Rankings come from content and links. **Does Google have a submit URL page anymore?** Not a public one. You submit a sitemap in Search Console and use "Request indexing" page by page. **What happens if I don't submit?** A site with backlinks gets found eventually, usually within weeks. A site with zero backlinks might not get crawled at all. And without submitting, you have no console, so when indexing breaks you can't see why. **Should I use those "free website submission" tool sites?** No. All they do is ping Bing plus a pile of dead engines on your behalf. Bing takes you two minutes on your own, and the rest do nothing. **Two weeks and still not indexed. Now what?** Open the "Pages" report in Search Console and read the reason. Usually it's noindex, robots.txt, or very thin pages. If it's none of those, go post a few links and give it another week. **Do I have to do Baidu?** Only for Chinese content. An English site won't get indexed there anyway, so skip it. **What's the difference between IndexNow and a sitemap?** A sitemap sits there waiting to be read. IndexNow pushes the update out. Do both. They don't conflict. ## Where the rest of the list lives There are only a handful of search engines, and once they're submitted, they're submitted. The part that actually takes time is the link posting that comes after. Our directory has over a hundred sites that take free dofollow links, each tagged with link type, pricing, and our own notes from submitting. Browse by category: [content and bookmarking sites](/c/content), [directories](/c/directory). Want the strongest ones first? On the homepage, set the DR filter to 80+ and link type to dofollow. ## 中文 > **TL;DR** > > - **搜索引擎提交就是告诉它"我这有个新站"，不是让它给你排名。** 提交完多久收录看站本身，排在哪看外链。这两件事别混。 > - **真正接受提交的就这几家：** 谷歌走 Search Console，必应走 Webmaster Tools，Yandex 走 Webmaster，百度走搜索资源平台，再加一个 IndexNow 协议一次通知必应、Yandex、Naver、Seznam。DuckDuckGo、Yahoo、Ecosia 用的是必应的库，提交必应就等于提交它们。 > - **谷歌没有提交入口已经很多年了。** 2018 年就把"添加网址"那个页面撤了，现在只能在 Search Console 里交 sitemap 和逐条请求收录，逐条的额度一天大概十来个。 > - **提交完还要给它一条真实的外链。** 一个零外链的新站，谷歌就算收了也懒得常来。提交完顺手去 [Digg](/sites/digg-com)、[Scoop.it](/sites/scoop-it) 这类能发链接的地方发一条，收录速度明显不一样。 > - **"提交到 1000 个搜索引擎"的服务和软件一律别碰。** 那 1000 个里有 990 个早就没人用了，剩下的要么就是必应的镜像，要么是垃圾目录。 ## 提交搜索引擎现在是怎么回事 就是你新上了一个站，搜索引擎还不知道它存在，你主动去说一声。 十几年前这事真有个表单。谷歌有个"添加网址"页面，填个网址点提交就完了。必应也有。那会儿新站不提交，可能几个月都没人来爬。 现在不一样了。谷歌 2018 年把那个页面撤了，理由是它的爬虫已经够快，靠链接就能找到你。这话对一半。有外链的站，确实不提交也能被发现。没外链的新站，不提交就是真的没人来，能挂好几周。 所以现在"提交搜索引擎"实际上是这么几件事：在它的站长后台认领你的域名，交一份 sitemap，然后逐条请求收录你最重要的几个页面。整个过程免费，一家二十分钟。 要说清楚的是，这事只管"收录"，不管"排名"。收录就是搜索引擎的库里有你这个页面了，搜你的域名能搜出来。排名是搜一个词的时候你排第几，那是另一套逻辑，靠内容和外链，跟你提交没提交没关系。 ## 还有必要做吗 分情况。 **新站，还没有任何外链。** 必须做。这种站谷歌真的可能几周都不来。提交完，一般三天到两周就能看到首页被收录。 **新站，已经有几条外链了。** 还是做。不做谷歌也会来，但你没法看收录状态，出了问题也不知道。Search Console 和必应站长工具真正的价值不是提交，是提交完能看到它到底收了没、哪个页面被挡了、为什么。 **老站，想让某个新页面快点被收。** 做。逐条请求收录就是干这个的，一般一两天就进库。 **想靠提交提升排名。** 别做了，没这个效果。提交只是让它知道你存在。排名要外链，这篇后面有一段专门讲提交完去哪儿发链接。 还有一种情况值得单独说。你的站是给中文用户的，想做百度。百度的提交比谷歌麻烦不少，要手机号注册、验证站点，海外服务器还爬得慢。但不提交百度，海外站基本永远不会被百度收。所以做中文内容的站，百度这步省不掉。 ## 开始前先把三件事弄好 提交之前先检查这三个，不然提交了也白提交。 **sitemap.xml 要有。** 就是一个列出你全站页面的 XML 文件，放在域名根目录，比如 `你的域名/sitemap.xml`。现在大部分建站框架和 CMS 都自动生成，打开看一眼在不在。不在的话，Next.js、WordPress、Hugo 都有现成的插件或者配置，十分钟的事。 **robots.txt 和 noindex 别挡着。** 这是新站最常见的翻车点。开发的时候为了不让测试站被收录，加了 `noindex` 标签或者在 robots.txt 里写了 `Disallow: /`，上线忘了删。结果提交完几周都不收录，最后发现是自己挡的。上线前打开 `你的域名/robots.txt` 看一眼，再看首页源码里有没有 `noindex`。 **至少有一条真实外链。** 不是必须，但差别很大。一个一条外链都没有的域名，谷歌收了首页之后也不会常来爬。随便找个能发链接的地方发一条，比如 [Pearltrees](/sites/pearltrees-com) 或者 [Diigo](/sites/diigo-com)，几分钟的事，爬虫来的频率会明显高一截。 ## 一家一家来 ### 谷歌：Search Console 全世界 90% 的搜索量在这，先做这个。 1. 打开 Search Console，登录谷歌账号，点"添加资源"。 2. 选"网域"类型，输入你的域名。它会给你一条 DNS TXT 记录，去你的域名解析那加上。这种验证方式最省事，一次验证，http、https、带 www 不带 www 全覆盖。DNS 改不了的话选"网址前缀"类型，用上传 HTML 文件或者加 meta 标签的方式验证。 3. 验证通过后，左边菜单找"站点地图"，把 `sitemap.xml` 的地址填进去提交。 4. 回到顶部搜索框，输入你的首页网址，等它检查完，点"请求编入索引"。 5. 把最重要的三五个页面照第 4 步挨个请求一遍。 第 4 步那个"请求编入索引"有额度，官方没公布数字，实测一个资源一天大概十来次，用完会提示你明天再来。所以别拿它请求全站，交 sitemap 让它自己爬，手动只请求最关键的几页。 一般首页一到三天收录，其他页面一到两周。sitemap 交上去之后状态会显示"成功"，但那只是说它读到了文件，不代表都收录了。真要看收录情况去"网页"报告，那里会告诉你哪些页面收了、哪些没收、没收的原因是什么。 谷歌不支持 IndexNow，也没有其他推送方式。它有个 Indexing API，但只给招聘信息和直播活动两种页面用，普通网站用不了，别被教程骗了。 ### 必应：Webmaster Tools 第二重要，而且它一家顶好几家。Yahoo、DuckDuckGo、Ecosia、AOL 的搜索结果都是从必应拿的，提交了必应就等于提交了它们。 1. 打开 Bing Webmaster Tools，可以直接用谷歌账号登录。 2. 登录后它会问你要不要从 Search Console 导入。点同意，授权一下，它会把你在谷歌那边验证过的站点和 sitemap 直接搬过来，连验证都不用再做一遍。这是最快的路径。 3. 没有 Search Console 的话，手动添加站点，验证方式和谷歌一样，DNS、HTML 文件、meta 标签三选一。 4. 左边菜单"URL 提交"，可以一次贴一批网址。 必应的逐条提交额度比谷歌大方得多。一个新验证的站一天 10 条，站点在它那儿有点历史之后额度会涨到一天一万条。所以在必应这边不用省，全站的重要页面都可以直接交。 收录速度也快，一般一两天。 ### Yandex：Webmaster 俄语市场的第一搜索引擎，在俄罗斯本土份额比谷歌高。你的站如果不做俄语市场，这家可做可不做。要做也很快。 1. 打开 Yandex Webmaster，注册一个 Yandex 账号。 2. 添加站点，验证方式还是老三样。 3. 交 sitemap。 4. "索引"菜单下有个"重新索引页面"，可以逐条提交，每天有限额，大概二三十条。 Yandex 支持 IndexNow，所以做了下面那步的话，这里的逐条提交也可以省了。 ### 百度：搜索资源平台 做中文内容的站才需要。不做的直接跳过这段。 1. 打开百度搜索资源平台，注册百度账号。要手机号，海外手机号大部分能收到验证码，收不到的话换个运营商试试。 2. "用户中心"里添加站点，验证方式和前面一样，文件、HTML 标签、CNAME 三选一。 3. 验证通过后，"普通收录"里有三种提交方式：API 推送、sitemap、手动提交。手动提交一次最多 20 条网址，sitemap 没限制。 4. 有"快速收录"这个选项的话别指望，它现在要求绑定百度小程序才给开，普通网站没有。 百度对海外服务器的站爬得慢，有的要等一两个月才收首页。站在国内有备案的话会快很多，但备案这事跟这篇无关，不展开。还有一点，百度基本只收中文内容，英文站提交了也没什么用。 ### IndexNow：一次通知好几家 这是 2021 年必应和 Yandex 牵头搞的一个协议。原理很简单，你在站点根目录放一个密钥文件，然后每次有新页面或者页面更新，往一个接口发个请求，参与的搜索引擎就都知道了。 现在参与的有必应、Yandex、Naver（韩国）、Seznam（捷克）、Yep。谷歌不参与，百度也不参与。 接入方式看你的站是怎么搭的： - **WordPress** 装个 IndexNow 插件，或者 Rank Math、Yoast 这类 SEO 插件里直接开。 - **Cloudflare** 托管的站，在控制台"缓存"里有个"爬虫提示"（Crawler Hints），打开就行，它会自动替你发 IndexNow，免费版也有。 - **自己写的站** 去 IndexNow 官网生成一个密钥，放到根目录，然后在你发布页面的流程里加一个 HTTP 请求。接口就一个，文档一页纸。 做了这步，必应和 Yandex 那边的逐条提交就不用手动做了，发布即通知。 ### 不接受提交的几家 有几家搜索引擎是没地方提交的，省得你到处找。 - **DuckDuckGo** 自己没有提交入口，结果主要来自必应，提交必应就行。 - **Brave Search** 有自己的索引，但不开放提交，靠用户浏览行为发现新站。 - **Yahoo、Ecosia、AOL** 全是必应的结果，不用单独管。 - **Naver** 有自己的站长工具（Search Advisor），只做韩国市场的话再去弄，否则靠 IndexNow 就覆盖了。 ## 提交之后多久收录 实测的大致范围，不同站差别很大，只能给个量级。 | 搜索引擎 | 首页 | 内页 | 用什么看状态 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 谷歌 | 1-3 天 | 1-2 周 | Search Console 的"网页"报告 | | 必应 | 1-2 天 | 2-5 天 | Webmaster Tools 的"站点浏览器" | | Yandex | 2-5 天 | 1-2 周 | Webmaster 的"索引"页 | | 百度 | 1-4 周 | 1-2 个月 | 资源平台的"索引量" | 自己验证最简单的方法是在搜索框输 `site:你的域名`，能搜出来就是收了。这个命令在谷歌、必应、百度都通用。 超过这个时间还没收，先去站长后台看它给的原因。十次有八次是 noindex 没删、robots.txt 挡了、或者服务器返回了 5xx。真正因为"谷歌不想收"的情况很少，而且后台会明确告诉你。 ## 收录了，然后呢 收录只是第一步。一个刚收录、没有外链的站，搜你的品牌名能搜到，搜别的词基本不会出现。要让它出现，需要有其他已经被收录的页面链向你。 所以提交搜索引擎这件事，一般和"提交链接"是连着做的。提交完搜索引擎，接着去几个能发链接的站把你的网址发出去。这两步加起来才是一个新站的完整起步。 能发链接的地方分两类。 **书签和内容聚合站。** 发一条带描述的链接，大部分秒过。链接是不是 dofollow 各家不一样，详情页里标了。 - [Digg](/sites/digg-com)，DR 89，老牌，重新上线后又能发了。 - [Scoop.it](/sites/scoop-it)，DR 91，建个主题页，往里面收藏你的页面。 - [Diigo](/sites/diigo-com)，DR 85，社交书签，发链接加标签。 - [Pearltrees](/sites/pearltrees-com)，DR 84，同类，可以建收藏夹。 - [Alltop](/sites/alltop-com)，DR 73，提交 RSS 源，适合有博客的站。 - [Blogarama](/sites/blogarama-com)，DR 64，博客目录，提交 RSS 就行。 **小型搜索引擎和链接目录。** 这几家本身就是"接受提交的搜索引擎"，是上面那些大厂撤了提交表单之后仅剩的几个还能直接提交网址的地方。流量没多少，链接是真的。 - [ActiveSearchResults](/sites/activesearchresults-com)，DR 73，免费提交，dofollow。 - [Viesearch](/sites/viesearch-com)，DR 72，免费提交，dofollow，审核几天。 - [Link Centre](/sites/secure-linkcentre-com)，DR 72，免费提交，dofollow。 - [ExactSeek](/sites/exactseek-com)，DR 70，免费档是 nofollow，图个收录可以交，图链接就别了。 每家的具体提交入口和注意事项在站点详情页里，点进去看。 上面这些发完，一般三到七天内谷歌的爬取频率会有明显变化，Search Console 的"抓取统计"里能看到。 ## 常见翻车点 - **noindex 忘了删。** 排第一的原因，没有之一。上线前看一眼源码。 - **robots.txt 写了 Disallow: /。** 第二名。 - **sitemap 里全是错的网址。** 比如还是测试域名，或者 http 和 https 混着。交之前自己打开 sitemap 看一眼。 - **用逐条提交刷全站。** 谷歌那边一天就十来条额度，刷完也就那样，交 sitemap 让它自己来。 - **买"提交到 1000 个搜索引擎"的服务。** 那 1000 个里 990 个早没了，剩下的要么是必应镜像要么是垃圾目录。这钱不如不花。 - **提交完就不管了。** 一两周后要回去看"网页"报告，没收的页面它会给原因。 - **海外站指望百度快速收录。** 海外服务器、无备案的站，百度一个月不收很正常，急不来。 - **只做了谷歌。** 必应导入一下只要两分钟，顺手就把 Yahoo、DuckDuckGo 一起覆盖了。 ## 横向对比 | | 谷歌 | 必应 | Yandex | 百度 | IndexNow | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 要注册什么 | 谷歌账号 | 微软或谷歌账号 | Yandex 账号 | 百度账号，要手机号 | 不用，放个密钥文件 | | 验证方式 | DNS / HTML / meta | 同左，或从谷歌导入 | DNS / HTML / meta | 文件 / HTML / CNAME | 不用验证 | | 逐条提交额度 | 每天约 10 条 | 新站每天 10 条，老站每天 1 万 | 每天二三十条 | 手动每次 20 条 | 不限 | | 首页收录时间 | 1-3 天 | 1-2 天 | 2-5 天 | 1-4 周 | 看各家 | | 顺带覆盖 | 无 | Yahoo、DuckDuckGo、Ecosia | 无 | 无 | 必应、Yandex、Naver、Seznam | | 对英文站的价值 | 必做 | 必做 | 可选 | 几乎没有 | 顺手做 | ## 常见问题 **提交了会提升排名吗？** 不会。提交只管让它知道你存在，排名看内容和外链。 **谷歌现在到底有没有提交网址的地方？** 没有公开的了。只能在 Search Console 里交 sitemap 和逐条"请求编入索引"。 **不提交会怎样？** 有外链的站早晚会被发现，一般几周。零外链的新站可能一直没人来。而且不提交你就没有站长后台，收录出了问题看不到原因。 **要不要提交到那些"免费网站提交"的工具站？** 不要。它们干的事就是帮你往必应和一堆已经死掉的引擎各发一次，必应你自己两分钟就能交，其他的发了也没用。 **提交了两周还没收录怎么办？** 先去 Search Console 的"网页"报告看原因。多半是 noindex、robots.txt、或者页面质量太薄。都不是的话，去发几条外链，然后再等一周。 **百度一定要做吗？** 中文内容才需要。英文站提交了也不收，不用浪费时间。 **IndexNow 和 sitemap 有什么区别？** sitemap 是你放在那儿等它来读，IndexNow 是你主动推过去。两个都做，不冲突。 ## 剩下的在哪儿看 搜索引擎就这几家，提交完就是提交完了。真正花时间的是后面发链接这步。我们的目录里有一百多个能免费发 dofollow 链接的站，每个都标了链接类型、收费情况和我们自己提交时的注意事项。 按分类看：[内容和书签类](/c/content)、[目录类](/c/directory)。想直接看最强的，在首页把 DR 筛到 80 以上，链接类型选 dofollow。 --- # Do Nofollow Backlinks Help SEO? We Checked 495 Sites Canonical URL: https://wheretosubmit.org/guides/nofollow-backlinks Last updated: 2026-09-04 13:05:50 ## English > **TL;DR:** Nofollow links don't pass PageRank. That's the design, and Google hasn't changed it. But "doesn't pass PageRank" and "worthless" are two different claims, and only the first one is true. In our own directory of 495 sites, 80 are confirmed nofollow and some of them are the highest-DR entries we have. The right move isn't to skip them. It's to stop treating one hour on Reddit and one hour on a dead DR 8 directory as the same hour. ## What a nofollow link actually is A nofollow link is a normal link with one extra bit of markup: ```html my site ``` That `rel="nofollow"` tells Google "don't count this as a vote for that page." It was added back in 2005, and the reason was blog comment spam. People were dropping links in comment sections by the million, and site owners needed a way to say "I didn't choose this link, don't hold it against me and don't reward it." Two things changed since then, and both matter: **September 2019.** Google split nofollow into three values. `rel="ugc"` for user-generated content like comments and forum posts. `rel="sponsored"` for paid and affiliate links. Plain `rel="nofollow"` for everything else. Most sites never bothered to switch, so you'll still see plain nofollow on comment forms today. **March 2020.** Google started treating all three as *hints* instead of hard rules. Their words, not ours. A hint means Google reserves the right to look at the link anyway and decide what to do with it. That's the whole factual base. Everything past this point is inference, including ours. Nobody outside Google can measure how a hint gets applied, and anyone who tells you they have the exact number is selling something. ## Do nofollow backlinks help SEO? Short answer: not the way a dofollow link does. But they do things a dofollow link on a dead directory can't. Here's what a nofollow link on a real site still gets you. **Traffic.** This is the boring one and it's the one that pays. A link in a Reddit thread that 4,000 people read sends you actual humans. A dofollow link on a directory nobody visits sends you nothing but a row in Ahrefs. One of those pays rent. **Discovery.** Googlebot follows links to find pages. Even when it doesn't count a link as a vote, the crawler still walks the web. A brand new site with zero links has a crawl problem before it has a ranking problem. Getting mentioned on a page Google crawls hourly fixes the crawl problem fast. **Brand queries.** People read your name, then search it later. Brand searches are one of the few signals that's hard to fake and clearly good for you. Our own Search Console shows this pattern in reverse: the site's biggest query is a brand name we don't own, which is exactly the problem you want to avoid. **Looking normal.** A backlink profile that's 100% dofollow looks built, because real ones never are. Every real site picks up nofollow links from Reddit, forums, and comment sections without trying. If yours has none, that's a pattern. What nofollow links don't do: move you up for a hard keyword on their own. If you need to rank for "project management software," a hundred comment links won't get you there. Nothing about this post says otherwise. ## What we found in our own directory We track `link_type` on every site we list. Here's the current state of 495 published entries: | link type | sites | share | | --- | --- | --- | | dofollow (confirmed) | 239 | 48% | | nofollow (confirmed) | 80 | 16% | | not verified yet | 176 | 36% | Two things worth pulling out of that table. **The unverified third is the real story.** We check `link_type` by hand, one site at a time, and 176 of them still aren't done. Any list that claims 100% dofollow across hundreds of sites either didn't check or is guessing. Sites change this setting without telling anyone. A directory that was dofollow in 2023 may not be now. **The nofollow pile is not the junk pile.** Sorted by DR, our confirmed-nofollow entries include some of the strongest sites in the whole list: | site | DR | link type | | --- | --- | --- | | [Letterboxd](/sites/letterboxd-com) | 99 | nofollow | | [Reddit](/sites/reddit-com) | 95 | nofollow | | [Medium](/sites/medium-com) | 94 | nofollow | | [Behance](/sites/behance-net) | 94 | nofollow | | [Disqus](/sites/disqus-com) | 92 | nofollow | | [G2](/sites/g2-com) | 91 | nofollow | | [DEV Community](/sites/dev-to) | 90 | nofollow | | [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com) | 75 | nofollow | If you filter your whole strategy on dofollow, you just cut [Reddit](/sites/reddit-com) and [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com) out of it. That's not a strategy, that's a spreadsheet running your life. ## Comment backlinks: where they fit Blog commenting is the oldest link tactic there is, and it earned its bad name honestly. For about ten years people ran automated tools that posted "Great post! Check out my site" on anything with a comment box. That's why nofollow exists in the first place. So here's the honest position on comment links. **They are almost always nofollow.** Assume it. Most comment systems, including [Disqus](/sites/disqus-com), add the attribute automatically. If you find a dofollow comment section, it's usually because the site owner never configured anything, and that's not a promise you can plan around. **They are worth an hour a week, not a weekend.** A comment link is cheap to place and cheap to lose. Treat it as a traffic and discovery play. If the post you're commenting on gets 200 readers a month and 30 of them read the comments, that's a small trickle of relevant people. Multiply by 50 posts and it stops being nothing. **The value is in the page, not the domain.** This is the part most lists get wrong. A DR 80 news site's dead 2019 article is worth less to you than a DR 20 blog post that's still getting readers this week. You're commenting on a page, so judge the page. **Relevance decides everything.** A comment on a post about your actual problem space can send a reader who's already looking for what you built. The same comment on a recipe blog sends nobody and looks like exactly what it is. ## How to leave a comment that doesn't get deleted This is the part that actually decides whether the hour was worth it. Most comments get removed, and they get removed for the same handful of reasons every time. **Read the post first.** All of it. Your comment has to prove you did. This sounds obvious and it's the single biggest filter, because the spam it competes with never does. **Add one thing the post doesn't have.** A number, a counter-case, a "we tried this and here's where it broke." One specific fact is enough. If your comment could be pasted under any post on the site, it's getting deleted. **Don't lead with the link.** Write the comment. If the link genuinely belongs, put it at the end, and only when it's the thing that supports what you just said. A comment that's three sentences of filler wrapped around a URL is transparent. **Use the website field.** Almost every comment form has Name / Email / Website. That field is where your link goes. It's a normal use of the form, it doesn't interrupt anything, and moderators don't mind it. In-body links are what gets flagged. **Use a real name and a real photo.** Set up a [Gravatar](https://gravatar.com) once and your face shows up on most comment systems automatically. Anonymous comments with a company name in the name field get deleted on sight. **Come back once.** If the author replies, reply again. That's the difference between a link and a relationship, and the second one occasionally turns into a guest post. Rough hit rate to expect: leave 20 careful comments, expect 12 to 15 to survive moderation. Automated garbage survives at close to zero, which is why the bar is lower than it looks. ## Where to find pages that still take comments This is the annoying part. Most blogs turned comments off years ago. Finding the ones that didn't, on pages that still get readers, is most of the work. You can do it by hand with search operators: ``` "leave a comment" + "your topic" "comments are closed" -site:yoursite.com inurl:blog "post a comment" your niche ``` That works and it's slow. You'll open 40 pages to find 6 that still have an open form, and half of those will be moderated into oblivion. We built [our comment link list](/comments) to skip that step. It's a set of pages that currently accept comments, pulled from live backlink data and checked before it goes in. Every entry is a specific page, not a homepage, because you can't comment on a homepage. Current state: - **405 pages** across **322 domains** - Authority Score range **0 to 48**, average **7.8** - **131 pages** at AS 10 or above Two things to be straight about, since we'd rather you hear it here than feel misled later. **The Authority Scores are low.** That's Semrush's 0-100 domain score, and 7.8 average is a small-blog number. This isn't a list of DR 90 news sites with open comment forms, because those mostly don't exist. It's a list of real pages you can actually get a link on today. For what those pages look like and how we checked them one at a time, see [Blog commenting sites: we checked 405 pages](/guides/blog-commenting-sites). **The full URLs are behind the paywall.** Domain, page count, and Authority Score are open to everyone. The exact page URLs need a Pro plan. We're telling you upfront so you don't click through expecting the full list for free. Every entry gets checked for 404 and 500 before it's loaded, dead pages get dropped, and there's a per-project submit tracker on each row so you don't comment on the same page twice. ## When comment links are just spam Worth saying plainly, because the line isn't blurry. You're over it when: - You're posting the same comment text on more than one site. - You're using a tool to place them. - You wouldn't post the comment if it didn't have a link in it. - You're commenting on posts you didn't read, in a language you don't speak, on topics you know nothing about. - You bought a "10,000 comment backlinks" package. That is a link scheme under Google's spam policies, and the downside isn't "it doesn't work," it's a manual action. Nothing in this post is a workaround for that. If your plan is volume, comment links are the wrong tool and always were. ## Nofollow platforms worth your time anyway These are all in our directory, all nofollow or partly nofollow, and all worth doing for reasons that have nothing to do with PageRank. | platform | DR | why bother | | --- | --- | --- | | [Reddit](/sites/reddit-com) | 95 | Real traffic in the right subreddit. Get the tone wrong and you're banned in an hour. | | [Medium](/sites/medium-com) | 94 | Republish your own posts with a canonical back to yours. Reaches people who'll never find your blog. | | [DEV Community](/sites/dev-to) | 90 | Dev audience, low friction, cross-posting is normal and welcomed. | | [Disqus](/sites/disqus-com) | 92 | Your profile collects every comment you leave. One page that grows on its own. | | [Hacker News](/sites/news-ycombinator-com) | 85 | Show HN is a real launch channel. Comments there get read by people who build things. | | [Indie Hackers](/sites/indiehackers-com) | 68 | Lower DR, high relevance if you're building a small product. | | [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com) | 75 | Nofollow, and still the launch everyone plans around. | If you want dofollow on top of this, [Tumblr](/sites/tumblr-com) (DR 99), [Blogger](/sites/blogger-com) (DR 94), [Substack](/sites/substack-com) (DR 93), [LiveJournal](/sites/livejournal-com) (DR 91) and [SitePoint Forums](/sites/sitepoint-com) (DR 89) are all confirmed dofollow in our data. [Ko-fi](/sites/ko-fi-com) and [Letterboxd](/sites/letterboxd-com) are nofollow but take five minutes each if you're filling out a profile set. ## Common mistakes - **Filtering the whole plan on dofollow.** You just deleted Reddit and Product Hunt from your list. - **Trusting a "dofollow" label you didn't check.** Ours is hand-verified and it's still only 48% done. Everyone else's is worse. - **Judging a comment page by domain DR.** You're getting a link on one page. Look at whether that page still has readers. - **Commenting to place a link.** Moderators have seen ten thousand of these. Yours isn't different. - **Doing comment links instead of the real work.** This is a side dish. Your own content and a handful of strong dofollow listings are the meal. - **Chasing the same page twice.** Easy to do across months. Track what you've submitted. ## Dofollow vs nofollow: how to split your time A rough weekly split that holds up for a small product: | what | time | why | | --- | --- | --- | | Your own content | 60% | The only asset that compounds and that nobody can take away. | | High-DR dofollow listings | 25% | Directories, profile pages, product listings. One-time work, permanent link. | | Nofollow platforms with real traffic | 10% | Reddit, DEV, Hacker News. Traffic now, brand searches later. | | Comment links | 5% | An hour a week. Discovery and small trickles of relevant readers. | If comment links are more than 5% of your week, something's off. If they're 0%, you're leaving a cheap, low-risk channel on the table for a reason that turns out to be half-true. ## FAQ **Do nofollow links pass any link equity?** By design, no. Google says it treats nofollow as a hint since March 2020, which means it may consider the link. Nobody outside Google can measure that. Plan as if the answer is no and take the traffic as the actual payoff. **Are comment backlinks safe?** A few careful comments on relevant posts are safe. Bulk automated commenting is a link scheme under Google's spam policies and can earn a manual action. The risk is entirely in the volume and the automation, not in commenting itself. **Should my backlink profile have nofollow links in it?** Yes. Every real site has them. A profile that's 100% dofollow is the unusual one. **How many comment links should I go after?** An hour a week, maybe 10 to 20 good comments a month. If you're counting in thousands, you've switched tactics without noticing. **Is a DR 20 blog with an active comment section better than a DR 80 news site's dead archive page?** For a comment link, usually yes. You want a page people still read. The domain number tells you about the domain, not about that page. **Does the website field in a comment form still work?** Yes, and it's the right place for your link. It's nofollow almost every time. It's also the one spot moderators expect a link, so it doesn't count against you. ## Where to go next If you want the shortest path from here: pick five strong dofollow listings for your category, then add one hour a week of comments on pages that still have readers. For the listings, start with [high-DR sites](/c/high-dr) and narrow by what you built. [Content and blogging platforms](/c/content) are the easiest dofollow wins for most people, and [dev communities](/c/dev) are worth it if your users are technical. For the comment side, [our comment link list](/comments) is the page we built for exactly this. ## 中文 > **TL;DR:** nofollow 不传 PageRank，这是设计如此，谷歌也没改过。但"不传权重"和"没用"是两回事，只有前一句是真的。我们自己库里 495 个站，80 个确认是 nofollow，其中好几个是整个库里 DR 最高的。正确做法不是把它们划掉，而是别再把"在 Reddit 上花一小时"和"在一个死掉的 DR 8 目录上花一小时"当成同一小时。 ## nofollow 到底是个什么东西 nofollow 就是普通链接多带一个标记： ```html 我的站 ``` 这个 `rel="nofollow"` 是在跟谷歌说：这条链接不算我给那个页面投票。2005 年加的，起因就是博客评论区被灌爆。那会儿有人拿工具往任何带评论框的地方批量贴链接，站长需要一个说法：这链接不是我选的，别算我头上，也别给它好处。 之后有两次变化，都得知道： **2019 年 9 月。** 谷歌把 nofollow 拆成三种。`rel="ugc"` 给评论、论坛这类用户发的内容；`rel="sponsored"` 给付费和联盟链接；剩下的还是 `rel="nofollow"`。大部分站根本没去换，所以你今天在评论表单里看到的还是普通 nofollow。 **2020 年 3 月。** 谷歌开始把这三种都当成**提示**，不再是硬规则。这是他们自己的原话。提示的意思就是，谷歌保留看一眼再决定怎么办的权利。 事实部分到这就完了。再往后都是推测，包括我们的。谷歌外面没人能测出这个"提示"到底怎么用，谁要是给你一个精确数字，那是在卖东西。 ## nofollow 外链到底有没有用 短答案：跟 dofollow 不是一回事。但它能干一些"死目录上的 dofollow"干不了的事。 一条真实站点上的 nofollow 链接，还是能给你这些。 **流量。** 这条最无聊，也最实在。Reddit 一个帖子四千人看过，链接就能给你带真人。一个没人去的目录站给你个 dofollow，除了 Ahrefs 里多一行什么都没有。这两样只有一样能交房租。 **被爬到。** Googlebot 靠跟着链接找页面。就算它不把这条算成投票，爬虫还是会走这一遍。一个全新的站，在有排名问题之前先有被收录的问题。在一个谷歌每小时都来爬的页面上被提到，收录问题解决得很快。 **品牌词。** 人看到你名字，过阵子再去搜。品牌搜索是少数几个不好伪造、而且明确对你有利的信号。我们自己的 Search Console 反过来印证了这点：站点曝光最大的查询词是一个不属于我们的品牌名，这正是你要避开的局面。 **看着正常。** 一个 100% 全 dofollow 的外链档案是假的，因为真实的档案从来不长这样。任何真站都会莫名其妙从 Reddit、论坛、评论区攒一堆 nofollow。你要是一条都没有，这本身就是个特征。 nofollow 干不了的事：靠它自己把一个难词推上去。你要是想排"项目管理软件"，一百条评论链接也到不了。这篇文章没有一句话是相反意思。 ## 我们自己库里是什么情况 我们给每个站都标了 `link_type`。495 个已发布条目现在是这样： | 链接类型 | 站点数 | 占比 | | --- | --- | --- | | dofollow（已核） | 239 | 48% | | nofollow（已核） | 80 | 16% | | 还没核 | 176 | 36% | 这张表里有两件事值得单拎出来。 **没核那三分之一才是重点。** `link_type` 是一个站一个站手工核的，176 个还没轮到。任何号称几百个站全是 dofollow 的清单，要么没核，要么在猜。站点改这个设置不会通知谁。2023 年是 dofollow 的目录，今天可能已经不是了。 **nofollow 那一堆不是垃圾堆。** 按 DR 排，我们确认是 nofollow 的条目里，有几个是整个库里最硬的： | 站点 | DR | 链接类型 | | --- | --- | --- | | [Letterboxd](/sites/letterboxd-com) | 99 | nofollow | | [Reddit](/sites/reddit-com) | 95 | nofollow | | [Medium](/sites/medium-com) | 94 | nofollow | | [Behance](/sites/behance-net) | 94 | nofollow | | [Disqus](/sites/disqus-com) | 92 | nofollow | | [G2](/sites/g2-com) | 91 | nofollow | | [DEV Community](/sites/dev-to) | 90 | nofollow | | [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com) | 75 | nofollow | 你要是拿 dofollow 去筛整个策略，等于把 [Reddit](/sites/reddit-com) 和 [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com) 一起删了。这不叫策略，这叫让表格替你做主。 ## 评论外链是怎么回事 博客评论是最老的外链手法，坏名声也是自己挣来的。有差不多十年时间，一堆人拿自动工具在任何有评论框的地方贴"写得真好，欢迎来我站看看"。nofollow 就是被这批人逼出来的。 所以说点实在的。 **它基本一定是 nofollow。** 就这么假设。绝大多数评论系统会自动加，[Disqus](/sites/disqus-com) 也一样。偶尔碰到 dofollow 的评论区，多半是站长压根没配过，这种事没法当计划来做。 **它值一周一小时，不值一个周末。** 评论链接便宜，掉了也不心疼。当成引流和被收录的手段用。你评论的那篇文章一个月两百人看，其中三十个会往下拉到评论区，那就是一小股相关的人。乘以五十篇，就不是零了。 **值钱的是页面，不是域名。** 这点大部分清单都搞错了。一个 DR 80 新闻站 2019 年的死文章，对你的价值不如一篇 DR 20 的博客文章——只要后者这周还有人在看。你是在一个页面上留链接，那就看这个页面。 **相关性决定一切。** 在一篇正好讲你这个问题的文章底下留评论，能带来一个本来就在找你这东西的人。同样一条评论放在菜谱博客底下，谁也带不来，而且一眼就能看出是什么货色。 ## 怎么留一条不被删的评论 这一步才真正决定那一小时值不值。大部分评论会被删，而且被删的理由翻来覆去就那几个。 **先把文章读完。** 整篇。你的评论得能证明你读了。听着像废话，但这就是最大的一道筛子，因为跟你竞争的那些垃圾评论从来不读。 **加一条原文没有的东西。** 一个数字，一个反例，一句"我们试过，卡在哪儿了"。一条具体的事实就够。如果你这条评论贴到这个站任何一篇文章底下都成立，那就是要被删的。 **别一上来就是链接。** 先把评论写完。链接真的该出现，就放最后，而且只在它能支撑你刚说的那句话时才放。三句废话裹一个 URL，太明显了。 **用好网址那一栏。** 几乎每个评论表单都有 Name / Email / Website。链接就放那儿。这是表单的正常用法，不打断任何人，版主也不介意。正文里插链接才是被标记的那种。 **用真名和真头像。** 去注册一个 [Gravatar](https://gravatar.com)，之后大部分评论系统会自动带出你的头像。匿名、名字栏填公司名的评论，看见就删。 **回来一次。** 作者要是回你了，你再回一句。这就是"一条链接"和"一个人认识你"的区别，后者偶尔能变成一次约稿。 大致命中率：认真留 20 条，能活下来 12 到 15 条。自动生成的垃圾活下来的接近零，所以这个门槛比看上去低。 ## 上哪找还能留评论的页面 这是最烦的一步。大部分博客早就把评论关了。找出没关的、而且页面现在还有人看的，工作量全在这儿。 手工搜也行，用搜索语法： ``` "leave a comment" + 你的主题 "comments are closed" -site:yoursite.com inurl:blog "post a comment" 你的领域 ``` 管用，但慢。你得开 40 个页面才能找到 6 个评论框还开着的，这 6 个里还有一半会被审核卡死。 我们做了[一个评论外链清单](/comments)就是为了省掉这步。里面是当前还能留评论的页面，从实时外链数据里扒出来，入库前核过。每一条都是具体页面，不是首页——首页你没法留评论。现在的状态： - **405 个页面**，分布在 **322 个域名**上 - 权威分（Authority Score）范围 **0 到 48**，平均 **7.8** - 其中 **131 个**页面权威分在 10 以上 有两件事得先说清楚，免得你后面觉得被忽悠了。 **权威分不高。** 这是 Semrush 的 0-100 域名分，平均 7.8 是小博客的水平。这不是一份"DR 90 新闻站且评论区开着"的清单，因为那种东西基本不存在。这是一份你今天真能留上链接的页面清单。想看这批页面到底长什么样、我们是怎么一条条核出来的，看 [博客评论外链站：405 个页面实测](/guides/blog-commenting-sites)。 **完整 URL 是付费内容。** 域名、页面数量、权威分所有人都能看，具体的页面地址要 Pro。提前讲明白，省得你点进去以为免费能拿全。 每条入库前都验过 404 和 500，死链直接剔掉，每行还带一个按项目记录的提交状态，免得同一个页面留两次。 ## 什么时候就是纯 spam 这条线不模糊，直说。 以下任何一条中了，你就过线了： - 同一段评论文字往两个以上的站贴。 - 用工具批量发。 - 这条评论要是不带链接你就不会发。 - 评论没读过的文章，用不会的语言，聊不懂的话题。 - 买了"一万条评论外链"套餐。这在谷歌的垃圾内容政策里属于链接方案，代价不是"没效果"，是人工处罚。 这篇文章没有任何一句是给上面这些找补的。你要是奔着量去，评论外链从来就不是那个工具。 ## 值得做的 nofollow 平台 下面都在我们库里，都是 nofollow 或部分 nofollow，值得做的理由跟 PageRank 一点关系没有。 | 平台 | DR | 为什么还要做 | | --- | --- | --- | | [Reddit](/sites/reddit-com) | 95 | 选对 subreddit 有真流量。语气不对一小时就被封。 | | [Medium](/sites/medium-com) | 94 | 把自己的文章转过去，canonical 指回原站。够到那些永远找不到你博客的人。 | | [DEV Community](/sites/dev-to) | 90 | 开发者受众，门槛低，转载是这儿的常规操作。 | | [Disqus](/sites/disqus-com) | 92 | 你留的每条评论都会攒到个人主页上。一个自己会长大的页面。 | | [Hacker News](/sites/news-ycombinator-com) | 85 | Show HN 是真能用的发布渠道，评论区看的人是真在做东西的。 | | [Indie Hackers](/sites/indiehackers-com) | 68 | DR 低一些，但你要是在做小产品，相关性很高。 | | [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com) | 75 | nofollow，但所有人还是围着它排发布计划。 | 想在这之外补 dofollow，我们数据里确认是 dofollow 的有 [Tumblr](/sites/tumblr-com)（DR 99）、[Blogger](/sites/blogger-com)（DR 94）、[Substack](/sites/substack-com)（DR 93）、[LiveJournal](/sites/livejournal-com)（DR 91）和 [SitePoint Forums](/sites/sitepoint-com)（DR 89）。[Ko-fi](/sites/ko-fi-com) 和 [Letterboxd](/sites/letterboxd-com) 是 nofollow，但你要是在批量填个人主页，一个五分钟就完事。 ## 常见翻车点 - **拿 dofollow 筛掉整个计划。** 你刚把 Reddit 和 Product Hunt 从清单里删了。 - **信一个自己没核过的 dofollow 标签。** 我们的是手工核的，也才核到 48%。别人的只会更差。 - **拿域名 DR 判断一个评论页。** 你是在一个页面上拿链接，看这个页面现在还有没有人看。 - **为了放链接而评论。** 版主见过一万条这种，你这条不特别。 - **拿评论外链代替正事。** 这是配菜。自己的内容加几个硬 dofollow 收录才是主菜。 - **同一个页面做两遍。** 隔几个月很容易重复，记录一下做过哪些。 ## dofollow 和 nofollow，时间怎么分 小产品的一周时间，大致这么分比较站得住： | 干什么 | 时间 | 为什么 | | --- | --- | --- | | 自己的内容 | 60% | 唯一会越滚越大、而且谁也拿不走的资产。 | | 高 DR 的 dofollow 收录 | 25% | 目录、个人主页、产品页。一次性的活，链接长期在。 | | 有真流量的 nofollow 平台 | 10% | Reddit、DEV、Hacker News。当下有流量，之后有品牌词。 | | 评论外链 | 5% | 一周一小时。被收录，加一小股相关读者。 | 评论外链要是占了你一周的 5% 以上，方向有问题。要是占 0%，那你为了一个只对了一半的理由，放着一个便宜、风险又低的渠道不用。 ## 常见问题 **nofollow 到底传不传权重？** 按设计不传。谷歌说 2020 年 3 月起把它当提示看，意思是可能会考虑。谷歌外面没人能测这个。就当不传来做计划，把流量当成实际收益。 **评论外链安全吗？** 在相关文章底下认真留几条，安全。批量自动发，在谷歌的垃圾内容政策里属于链接方案，可能吃人工处罚。风险全在量和自动化上，不在"评论"这个动作本身。 **我的外链档案里该有 nofollow 吗？** 该有。任何真站都有。100% 全 dofollow 的那个才是异类。 **评论外链该做多少？** 一周一小时，一个月十到二十条好的。你要是开始按千算，说明已经不知不觉换了打法。 **一个 DR 20、评论区还活着的博客，和一个 DR 80 新闻站的死存档页，选哪个？** 留评论的话，一般选前者。你要的是还有人看的页面。域名那个数字说的是域名，不是那一页。 **评论表单里的网址栏现在还有用吗？** 有用，而且链接就该放那儿。基本一定是 nofollow。但那也是版主唯一预期会出现链接的地方，所以不扣分。 ## 接下来做什么 想走最短路径的话：按你的品类挑五个硬 dofollow 收录做掉，然后每周留一小时，在还有人看的页面上评论。 收录那部分从[高 DR 站点](/c/high-dr)开始，再按你做的东西缩范围。[内容和博客平台](/c/content)对大多数人是最容易拿的 dofollow，用户偏技术的话[开发者社区](/c/dev)值得做。评论那部分，[我们的评论外链清单](/comments)就是为这件事做的页面。 --- # Blog Commenting Sites: We Checked 405 Pages Canonical URL: https://wheretosubmit.org/guides/blog-commenting-sites Last updated: 2026-09-04 13:05:46 ## English > **TL;DR:** Those "1000+ High DA blog commenting sites" lists are guesses. Nobody checked them. We opened 405 pages one at a time and looked for a working comment box. Across 322 domains, exactly one scored above 40 authority, and the top score was 48. What's still open is mostly small university blogs, local nonprofits, and small business sites. These links are almost all nofollow, so they won't move rankings. But they're alive, and they help Google find a new site faster. ## What blog commenting actually is You leave a comment under someone's blog post, and your name or the comment body carries a link back to your site. Before 2005 this worked well. Comment links counted the same as links in the body, so people wrote scripts and stuffed them into every comment box on the web. Google's answer was `rel="nofollow"`, a bit of markup that says "the site owner didn't choose this link." Almost every comment form you can find today ships with it by default. So set your expectations first. This is not how you rank for a keyword. Accept that line, and the rest of this page will make sense. We wrote a separate piece on what nofollow is still worth, [Do nofollow backlinks help SEO](/guides/nofollow-backlinks), using link data from 495 sites in our own directory. This page only covers two things. What pages with open comments actually look like, and where to find them. ## The "High DA blog commenting sites" claim is made up Search for blog commenting sites and the first page is all the same headline. 500+. 1000+. 1400+. High DA. Instant Approval. We don't have a thousand. We have 405 pages across 322 domains, and a person opened every one. Here's how they score: | Authority score | Pages | Domains | | --- | --- | --- | | 40 to 59 | 1 | 1 | | 20 to 39 | 17 | 16 | | Under 20 | 387 | 308 | The highest score in the whole set is 48, a Brazilian bar association. Second and third are both 36, a Swedish law firm and an Indian outsourcing shop. That's the real answer to "High DA blog commenting sites." Nobody's hiding the good ones from you. Pages like this don't have high authority in the first place. Think about it. A site scoring 70 either closed comments years ago or moderates hard enough that you'll never get through. What stays open and unwatched is small sites nobody's fighting over. So any list handing you a thousand DA 50+ comment sites is doing one of two things. Making up the numbers, or pointing at pages that stopped taking comments a long time ago. Usually both. ## How we checked these 405 pages The method is dumb. Dumb methods are the ones that produce numbers. **Step one, look for a comment box on every page.** Open the page, count the `textarea` elements. Zero means it's out. That one check alone killed a pile of URLs that looked like article pages but turned out to be directory listings and category archives. **Step two, drop what you shouldn't touch.** Adult content, gambling, obvious link farms. None of it goes in. Those pages would hurt you even if they handed out dofollow links. **Step three, drop what's useless.** Rows with a bare domain and no path are gone, because you can't leave a comment on a home page. Anything returning 404 through 500 is gone. Pages that say "comments are closed" right on them are gone. **Step four, re-check on a schedule.** Rows that passed once still die. Twelve pages are currently flipped to archived after a re-check. We don't delete rows, we only change status, so it's always possible to roll one back. One group we kept, and you should know about it. Thirty-six pages showed no comment box to our script, but the comment section might be rendered by JavaScript where a script can't see it. Those stay in. Open them yourself and confirm. We won't claim this data is 100% right. Comment sections open and close and nobody sends a notice. What we do claim is that a person looked at every row, instead of copying somebody else's list. ## What sites with open comments look like Splitting by category tells you more than the total does: | Category | Pages | Domains | Average authority | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Education | 101 | 57 | 10.6 | | Lifestyle | 70 | 61 | 6.8 | | Other | 50 | 47 | 6.0 | | Media | 46 | 40 | 6.3 | | Nonprofit | 35 | 30 | 6.7 | | Business | 32 | 28 | 8.4 | | Tech | 30 | 26 | 5.6 | | Government | 21 | 15 | 7.3 | | Health | 20 | 19 | 9.2 | Education is a quarter of the set, which makes sense. University blog platforms usually got set up years ago and then nobody touched them again, comments still on. Three domains alone account for 30 pages. A Spanish university blog with 11, a German university with 10, a Spanish research body with 9. Tech is only 30 pages, with the lowest average authority of any category. That's worth saying out loud. Tech sites were the first to close comments, because they got hit the hardest. If you run a SaaS or a dev tool and you want to comment on sites in your own space, it's mostly not happening. What's open is in other industries. That also sets the ceiling on this whole tactic. The places you can comment probably have nothing to do with what you do. Low relevance, lower value. ## Do dofollow blog commenting sites still exist? This is the second most common question and the answer isn't fun. We don't tag comment links dofollow or nofollow, because it isn't worth tagging. Comment boxes have defaulted to nofollow since 2005, and after 2019 some sites switched to `rel="ugc"`, which amounts to the same thing. You'll hit a site now and then that forgot to set it, but that's luck, not a plan. Sites like that are usually already stuffed with junk links, so yours sits in a pile that Google discounts anyway. Those "dofollow blog commenting sites" lists you find were mostly tested years ago. A site changes one plugin setting and doesn't announce it, and nobody updates the list. If you actually want dofollow, don't look in comment sections. Go to the [free sites](/c/free) or [high DR](/c/high-dr) sections of our directory, where link type is checked by hand, one site at a time. ## Is commenting worth your time? Depends on where you are. **Worth it: a new site that isn't indexed yet.** This is the one case where comment links genuinely earn their hour. Google finds pages by following links. Get mentioned on a page Google crawls every few days and indexing speeds up a lot. A site that just launched has an existence problem before it has a ranking problem. **Worth it: you were reading the post anyway.** You read something, you have an actual thought, you leave it with your link attached. That costs you nothing extra. **Not worth it: commenting to hit a number.** Twenty comments an hour, all nofollow, all on small sites in industries unrelated to yours, all of them possibly deleted by a moderator. Spend that same hour picking three live directories from [free sites](/c/free) and the return is much better. **Not worth it: paying for it.** Somebody sells you a thousand blog comment backlinks for twenty or thirty dollars. That's a script. The links get cleaned up within weeks, or they were never indexed at all. ## How to leave a comment that survives Most comments get deleted, and it's usually not the link. It's that you obviously didn't read the post. - **Open with something specific from the article.** Quote a line, name a number, point at something the author skipped. A moderator reads your first sentence and decides. - **Use a real name.** Don't sign as "Best SEO Services." A keyword-stuffed name is the single easiest thing to filter on. - **Put the link in the website field, not the body.** Comment forms almost always have a separate URL field. That's where it goes. Adding a second one in the text reads as greedy and gets you removed. - **One comment per site.** Ten comments on the same domain in a row and the owner clears all of them tomorrow. - **Don't use a template.** "Great post, thanks for sharing" has its own rule in every spam filter ever written. For where the line sits and what gets scored as spam, [Do nofollow backlinks help SEO](/guides/nofollow-backlinks) goes deeper. ## When it's just spam There are a few lines. Cross them and this stops being link building. - Running a tool to submit in bulk. - Pasting the same paragraph on hundreds of sites. - Commenting on pages with no connection to you, purely for the link. - Buying a comment package. - Dropping a link on a site that says in plain text not to. The consequence isn't usually a ranking drop. It's wasted time. The link gets deleted or the page was never indexed, and you get nothing back for the hour. ## Platforms worth doing before blog comments If the goal is getting a new site crawled, these move faster than comment sections, and real people see them. DR figures come from our own directory. - [DEV Community](/sites/dev-to): DR 90, write a technical post, links are nofollow but crawlers come by often. - [Hashnode](/sites/hashnode-com): DR 83, same idea, and the links are dofollow. - [Medium](/sites/medium-com): DR 94, nofollow, but it indexes fast and carries real traffic. - [Substack](/sites/substack-com): DR 93, dofollow, good if you'll keep publishing. - [Indie Hackers](/sites/indiehackers-com): DR 68, nofollow, but the readers are your peers. - [Hacker News](/sites/news-ycombinator-com): DR 85, the Show HN section, and a front page is thousands of people in a day. - [Reddit](/sites/reddit-com): DR 95, nofollow, and the right subreddit sends real traffic. - [Disqus](/sites/disqus-com): DR 92, it powers the comment system on a lot of blogs, and your profile takes a link. To see everything else you can submit to, browse [all sites](/). ## Common mistakes - **Treating somebody's list as data.** We spot-checked a few of those 1000+ lists. More than half the comment sections were closed. - **Thinking Instant Approval is good news.** No moderation means it's already full. Your link sits in a pile of junk and Google likely discounts the page. - **Hammering one domain.** One comment per domain is the whole budget. Ten gets all ten removed. - **Keywords in your display name.** The fastest way to out yourself. - **Expecting rankings.** Once more: nofollow doesn't pass PageRank. The value is getting crawled and getting seen. - **Never re-checking.** That comment you left three months ago may have gone away with the whole page. ## FAQ **Do blog comment backlinks still work in 2026?** For getting a new site indexed, yes. For rankings, basically no. Don't mix the two up. **Why do you only have 405 when other lists have 1000?** Because we opened every one. Pick ten rows from one of those thousand-row lists and try them yourself. **Are there dofollow blog commenting sites?** A few, and they don't stay that way. Comment boxes default to nofollow. If you want dofollow, go find directories in [free sites](/c/free) instead of gambling in comment sections. **How long should one comment take?** Ten to fifteen minutes if you actually read the post. Faster than that and it usually gets deleted. **How often is the data updated?** We re-check on no fixed schedule. Twelve pages are archived so far. Comment sections close whenever they want, so we don't promise real time. **Can commenting get me penalized?** Normal commenting, no. Bulk stuffing, yes, but the usual outcome is that the links don't count, not that your site gets hit. ## What to do next Start at [comment backlinks](/comments) and pick five to ten pages in categories close to what you do. Education and media have the most pages and tend to hold comments the longest. Then stop there and move on. Comment links are a helper while a site is young, not the main line. The main line is the directories that hand out dofollow links, in [free sites](/c/free) and [high DR](/c/high-dr). And if you want the full math on nofollow first, read [Do nofollow backlinks help SEO](/guides/nofollow-backlinks). ## 中文 > **TL;DR:** 网上那些"1000+ High DA 博客评论站"清单基本没人验过。我们把 405 个页面一个一个打开看过评论框，322 个域名里权威分超过 40 的只有 1 个，最高的那个是 48。还开着评论的多半是小型大学博客、地方非营利组织和小公司站。这些链接几乎全是 nofollow，指望它推排名是白搭。但它们还活着，而且能让爬虫更快找到你的新站。 ## 博客评论外链到底是什么 就是你在别人博客文章底下留言，署名或者正文里带一条指向自己站的链接。 2005 年以前这招是真好使。评论链接跟正文链接一样算权重，于是有人写脚本往全网评论框里灌。谷歌的回应就是 `rel="nofollow"` 这个标记，意思是"这条链接不是站长选的，别算数"。今天你能找到的评论框，绝大多数默认就带这个标记。 所以先把预期放正：这不是一个把词推上首页的办法。先接受这句，后面的内容才有意义。 nofollow 到底还剩多少价值，我们单独写过一篇 [nofollow 外链有没有用](/guides/nofollow-backlinks)，那篇拿库里 495 个站的实测数据算过这笔账。这一篇只管两件事：还开着评论的页面到底长什么样，以及上哪找。 ## "High DA 博客评论站"这事基本是编的 搜 blog commenting sites，首页清一色是这种标题：500+、1000+、1400+、High DA、Instant Approval。 我们没有 1000 个。我们有 405 个页面、322 个域名，但每一个都被人打开看过。分档是这样： | 权威分 | 页面数 | 域名数 | | --- | --- | --- | | 40 到 59 | 1 | 1 | | 20 到 39 | 17 | 16 | | 20 以下 | 387 | 308 | 全库最高的一个是 48，一家巴西的律师协会。第二和第三都是 36，一家瑞典律所和一家印度外包公司。 这就是所谓"High DA 评论站"的真相。不是谁藏着好资源不给你，是这类页面本来就不存在高权威的。想想也合理：一个权威分 70 的站，评论区要么早关了，要么审核严到你根本进不去。还开着、还没人管的，只可能是没什么人惦记的小站。 所以那种给你 1000 个 DA 50+ 评论站的清单，只有两种可能。数字是编的，或者那些页面早就不能留言了。多半两样都占。 ## 这 405 个页面是怎么核出来的 方法很笨，但笨办法才有结果。 **第一步，逐页看有没有评论框。** 打开页面，数 `textarea` 的数量。数量是 0 的直接判掉。光这一条就刷掉了一批看着像文章页、其实是目录页和分类列表页的东西。 **第二步，筛掉不能碰的。** 成人内容、赌博博彩、明显的链接农场，一律不进库。这些页面就算给你 dofollow 也不能要，它们只会把你拖下水。 **第三步，筛掉没用的。** 只有域名没有具体路径的行去掉，因为你没法在一个首页上"留评论"。返回 404 到 500 的去掉。页面上明写着评论已关闭的去掉。 **第四步，定期复检。** 已经入库的也会死。目前有 12 个页面复检之后改成了归档状态。我们不删行，只改状态，这样以后想回滚还找得回来。 有一类我们保留了但要说清楚：有 36 个页面没检出评论框，但评论区可能是 JS 渲染的，脚本看不见。这些留在库里，你自己打开确认。 我们不会号称这份数据 100% 准。评论区这东西今天开明天关，没人会通知你。我们能保证的是每一条都被人看过一眼，而不是从别人的清单里抄过来的。 ## 还开着评论的站都长什么样 按分类拆开看，比看总数有意义： | 分类 | 页面数 | 域名数 | 平均权威分 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 教育 | 101 | 57 | 10.6 | | 生活 | 70 | 61 | 6.8 | | 其他 | 50 | 47 | 6.0 | | 媒体 | 46 | 40 | 6.3 | | 非营利 | 35 | 30 | 6.7 | | 商业 | 32 | 28 | 8.4 | | 科技 | 30 | 26 | 5.6 | | 政府 | 21 | 15 | 7.3 | | 健康 | 20 | 19 | 9.2 | 教育类占了四分之一，这个不意外。大学的博客平台通常是几年前搭的，搭完就没人管，评论区一直开着。有三个域名单独贡献了 30 个页面：一个西班牙大学的博客站 11 个，一个德国大学的 10 个，一个西班牙科研机构的 9 个。 科技类只有 30 个，而且平均权威分最低。这条值得单说：科技类站点是最早关评论区的一批，因为他们被灌得最狠。你要是做 SaaS 或者开发工具，想在同行业的站上留评论，基本没戏。能留的都是别的行业。 这也决定了这件事的上限。你能留言的地方，跟你的行业大概率没关系。相关性差，价值就更低。 ## dofollow 博客评论站还有吗 这是搜索量第二高的一个问题，答案不太好听。 我们没有给评论外链标 dofollow 或 nofollow，因为不值得标。评论框自 2005 年起默认就是 nofollow，2019 年之后一部分站改成了 `rel="ugc"`，本质一样。你偶尔能碰到一个忘了设的站，但那是运气，不是策略，而且这种站通常已经被灌满了垃圾链接，你的那条混在里面也没什么意义。 网上那些"dofollow 博客评论站"清单，通常是几年前测的。站点改一个插件设置不会公告，清单不会更新。 真想要 dofollow，别在评论区找。去我们库里的 [免费专区](/c/free) 或者 [高 DR 推荐](/c/high-dr)，那里的 link_type 是一个站一个站手工核过的。 ## 这事到底值不值得花时间 分情况。 **值得的情况：新站，还没被收录。** 这是评论外链唯一真正有用的场景。谷歌靠跟着链接找页面。你在一个谷歌隔三差五就来爬一次的页面上被提到，收录会快不少。一个刚上线的站，先解决"存在"的问题，再谈排名。 **值得的情况：你本来就在读这些内容。** 你在看一篇文章，确实有话说，顺手留个言带上链接。这个成本接近于零。 **不值得的情况：为了留言而留言。** 一小时留 20 条，20 条全是 nofollow，全在跟你行业无关的小站上，全都可能被审核删掉。同样一小时，去 [免费专区](/c/free) 挑三个还活着的目录站提交，回报高得多。 **不值得的情况：花钱买。** 有人卖"1000 条博客评论外链"，二三十美元。那就是脚本灌的，链接会在几周内被清掉，或者根本没被收录过。 ## 怎么留一条活得下来的评论 大部分评论会被删，不是因为带链接，是因为一眼就能看出没读文章。 - **先说文章里的一件具体事。** 引一句、提一个数字、指出一个作者没提到的点。站长审核时只看第一句。 - **署名用真名。** 不要用"Best SEO Services"当名字。带关键词的署名是最容易被判掉的特征。 - **链接放网址栏，别塞正文。** 评论表单基本都有单独的网址栏，那是给你放链接的地方。正文里再塞一条就是双份，会被删。 - **一个站只留一条。** 同一个域名下连着留十条，站长第二天全清掉。 - **别用模板。** 那种"Great post, thanks for sharing"的句子，垃圾过滤器上有专门的规则。 更细的判断标准和什么时候会被判成 spam，[nofollow 外链有没有用](/guides/nofollow-backlinks) 那篇里写得更全。 ## 什么时候就纯粹是 spam 了 有几条线，越过去就不是外链建设了。 - 用工具批量提交。 - 同一段话复制到几百个站。 - 在跟你完全无关的页面上留言，只为了那条链接。 - 买现成的评论包。 - 在明确写了"评论不要放链接"的站上放链接。 这些事的后果不是排名掉，是白费功夫。链接被删或者页面根本没被收录，你花的时间一分回报都没有。 ## 比博客评论更该先做的几个地方 如果你的目标是让新站被爬到，下面这几个平台比博客评论快得多，而且都是真人会看到的地方。DR 数据来自我们自己的库。 - [DEV Community](/sites/dev-to)：DR 90，写技术文章，链接 nofollow，但爬虫来得勤。 - [Hashnode](/sites/hashnode-com)：DR 83，同类平台，链接是 dofollow。 - [Medium](/sites/medium-com)：DR 94，nofollow，但收录快、有真流量。 - [Substack](/sites/substack-com)：DR 93，dofollow，适合做长期内容。 - [Indie Hackers](/sites/indiehackers-com)：DR 68，nofollow，但社区里都是同行。 - [Hacker News](/sites/news-ycombinator-com)：DR 85，Show HN 板块，能上首页就是一天几千人。 - [Reddit](/sites/reddit-com)：DR 95，nofollow，选对子版块流量很实在。 - [Disqus](/sites/disqus-com)：DR 92，很多博客的评论系统就是它，个人主页可以放链接。 想一次看完还有哪些地方能提交，去 [全部站点](/) 翻。 ## 常见翻车点 - **拿别人的清单当数据。** 那些 1000+ 的清单里，我们抽查过的部分有一多半评论区已经关了。 - **以为 Instant Approval 是好事。** 免审核的站基本已经被灌满了，你的链接在一堆垃圾里，谷歌大概率整页都不算数。 - **在同一个域名下反复留。** 一个域名留一条就够了，留十条只会连那一条也保不住。 - **署名塞关键词。** 这是最省事的自曝方式。 - **指望它推排名。** 再说一遍，nofollow 不传权重。它的价值在被爬到和被人看到。 - **不复检。** 你三个月前留的评论，可能连着整个页面一起没了。 ## 常见问题 **博客评论外链 2026 年还有用吗？** 对新站的收录有用，对排名基本没用。别把这两件事混在一起。 **为什么你们只有 405 个，别人有 1000 个？** 因为我们每一条都打开看过。他们的 1000 条里有多少还能留言，你可以自己抽十条试试。 **有 dofollow 的博客评论站吗？** 有，但极少，而且不稳定。评论框默认就是 nofollow。想要 dofollow 去 [免费专区](/c/free) 找目录站，别在评论区碰运气。 **留一条评论要多久？** 认真读完文章再写，十到十五分钟。低于这个数的基本会被删。 **你们的数据多久更新一次？** 不定期复检，目前有 12 个页面已经改成归档。评论区随时会关，我们不承诺实时。 **留评论会被谷歌惩罚吗？** 正常留言不会。批量灌链接会，但后果通常是链接不算数，不是站被罚。 ## 接下来做什么 先去 [评论外链](/comments) 那页，按分类挑五到十个跟你沾点边的页面。教育和媒体两类页面最多，也最容易留得住。 留完之后别停在这。评论外链是新站起步阶段的辅助，不是主线。主线在 [免费专区](/c/free) 和 [高 DR 推荐](/c/high-dr) 那些能给你 dofollow 的目录站上。想先搞清楚 nofollow 这笔账怎么算，看 [nofollow 外链有没有用](/guides/nofollow-backlinks)。 --- # Toolify.ai Review: Is It Worth Submitting? (2026) Canonical URL: https://wheretosubmit.org/guides/toolify-submission-guide Last updated: 2026-09-04 12:36:35 ## English > **TL;DR:** [Toolify.ai](/sites/toolify-ai) is one of the fastest-growing AI tool directories. DR 64. Around 20,000 tools listed. It ranks them on real traffic data (the SimilarWeb kind) and ships weekly Top AI Websites & Tools rankings. Free submission works, but expect a 2-4 week queue and a basic listing page once you're through. Paid tiers run from queue-skip to homepage-featured. **The play here is: submit free to lock the spot, fill the profile fully (screenshots, video, long description), and let your site's real traffic carry you up the Top rankings — paid spots don't change organic rank.** If you're building anything AI (a site, a SaaS, a GPT), you should list. If your product isn't AI, [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com) or one of the directories at [/c/directory](/c/directory) fits better. ## What is Toolify [Toolify.ai](/sites/toolify-ai) (https://www.toolify.ai) is an AI tool discovery and ranking site. It launched in 2023, built by a Chinese team going for a global audience. A few million visitors a month. Most of the traffic comes from the US, India, Southeast Asia, and China. Some Japan, Korea, Europe. What it does is simple. Pull in every AI tool out there, sort them, score them, and publish weekly and monthly Top rankings. Two kinds of people show up. One group is searching for a specific kind of tool ("AI video generator", "AI writing"). The other group is browsing the rankings to see what's new. Searchers come in via Google. Browsers come back to the site directly. Here's the thing that sets it apart: **Toolify ranks mostly on real traffic data**. It pulls visit numbers for each tool's website from sources like SimilarWeb. That's a different logic from [There is an AI for that](/sites/theresanaiforthat-com) (which ranks on user submissions and tags) and [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com) (which ranks launch-day upvotes). On Toolify, who sits at the top is tied directly to whose product is actually getting used. The site's own SEO is brutal. Long-tail searches like "best ai writing tools", "top ai video generator", "ChatGPT alternatives" — Toolify pages show up in the top 5 on Google more often than not. That means once you're listed, **users will land on Toolify from Google, then click through to your site**. That traffic is less sticky than people searching your brand name directly, but the volume is way higher. ## Is Toolify still worth it Depends on whether you have an AI product, and what stage you're at. **Worth doing:** - AI SaaS or AI websites. That's Toolify's core territory. - Products chasing English long-tail traffic. The site is English-first, with US and India as top traffic sources. - Projects that already get some organic traffic. Top rankings use SimilarWeb data, so you'll need a few thousand visits a month before you can crack the top 20 in any niche category. - Multilingual products. Toolify itself runs zh/ja/ko/fr/es and a dozen other language versions, and your listing gets translated automatically. Free multilingual traffic. - GPTs, Agents, ChatGPT plugins. Toolify has a dedicated GPTs Store section. **Skip it:** - Non-AI products. Adding an "AI" tag won't help. Editors check whether the product actually does AI, and traditional SaaS gets rejected. - Early projects with zero users. SimilarWeb has nothing to pull, so your listing shows "zero traffic" forever. Looks bad. - Pure enterprise B2B AI platforms. Toolify visitors are mostly indie devs and small teams. Enterprise buyers don't show up. - Products targeting only China. Toolify has a Chinese language version, but accessing toolify.ai from mainland China takes a VPN. Conversion is low. So if you have an AI product, list — the cost is just filling in a form. But **don't expect Toolify to drive your traffic on its own**. Think of it as the standard listing slot for an AI tool. It pairs well with [Futurepedia](/sites/futurepedia-io), [There is an AI for that](/sites/theresanaiforthat-com), and [AI Tools Guide](/sites/aitoolsguide-com). The combo is what works. ## What Toolify rewards Top rankings and category-page order on Toolify come down to a few signals: - **SimilarWeb monthly visits.** This is the biggest weight. 10K vs 100K vs 1M monthly visits — gap decides everything. Top rankings refresh weekly. Your traffic goes up, your rank follows. - **On-site CTR.** How often people click from your listing page to your actual site. Clear screenshots and a sharp description push CTR up. - **Profile completeness.** Listings with screenshots, video, long description, pricing, and feature tags rank ahead of half-empty ones. - **Category fit.** Pick the right subcategory (not the big "AI Writing" bucket but "AI Article Writing" or "AI Paraphrasing") and you'll show up much higher. - **Paid tier.** Sponsor and Featured slots show in the top "Sponsored" position on the homepage and category pages. They're separate from organic rank. The most common screwup: submit free, then forget about it. Toolify's free queue is long, and even after approval there's editorial sorting on top. **If two or three weeks pass and nothing happens, ping their Twitter or Discord with a follow-up that includes your listing link. It speeds things up a lot.** ## Before you submit ### One month out First decide if you should bother. Search toolify.ai for your keyword ("AI writing", "AI image generator"). Check the top 20 — how much traffic each gets, how full their profiles are. That's the bar. Your own site needs to be near it for the listing to actually do work. Pick a niche subcategory. Toolify's subcategories go deep. Under "AI Writing" there's "AI Article Writing", "AI Email Writing", "AI Paraphrasing". **Cracking the top 10 of a niche is way easier than the top 100 of the big category.** Get your own site SEO into decent shape first. The Toolify listing will link out to you. If your site can't convert the visitor, the traffic is wasted. ### Two weeks out Get your profile assets ready. - 1 logo (512×512px PNG, transparent background, larger is fine). - 4-6 product screenshots (1920×1080 is safe, screenshot the actual product UI, not your landing page). - 1 product demo video (30 seconds to 2 minutes, show a real feature). YouTube or Vimeo link works. - 200-400 word English product description. Lead with **who you serve and what problem you solve**. Editors use this to decide your category. - One tagline (10-15 words, English) for the top of the listing. - Pricing info (free / freemium / paid plus a starting price). Transparent pricing beats "contact us". - Tag list (5-10 English keywords picked from Toolify's tag library). ### One week out Sign up for a Toolify account (work email is best, personal Gmail works too). Search to see if your product is already listed. Toolify pulls listings from external sources sometimes, so an empty shell might exist already. If yes, claim it. If no, submit. ### Submission day Once the form is in, the wait is 2-4 weeks for free, 24-72 hours for paid. Don't spam the editors. **After two weeks of silence, send one polite follow-up email.** ## The submission flow ### Step 1: Sign up Go to https://www.toolify.ai/. Sign up button is top right. Google login or email both work. ### Step 2: Search for an existing listing Search your product name in the top bar. **Some products already have a shell listing pulled from Product Hunt or other sources** (data may be incomplete). If yes, hit "Claim this tool" at the bottom of the listing page — faster than submitting from scratch. Claiming asks you to prove ownership: usually a confirmation email sent to your domain email address. ### Step 3: Fill out the submit form If there's no existing listing, go to https://www.toolify.ai/submit-tool. The fields: 1. **Tool name.** Your product's English name. 2. **Website URL.** Full URL with https. 3. **Tagline.** One short sentence, 10-15 words. 4. **Description.** 200-400 words of English copy. 5. **Category.** One main + 1-2 secondary categories. **Don't pick 5 unrelated ones.** Editors notice and downrank. 6. **Tags.** Pick 5-10 from Toolify's tag library. 7. **Pricing model.** Free / Freemium / Paid / Free Trial — pick one. 8. **Logo + Screenshots + Video.** Upload or paste links. 9. **Use cases.** 3-5 specific scenarios. Specific is better than general. "Write 50 SEO articles in a week with X" beats "boost content production". ### Step 4: Pick a tier After submitting you'll see the tier picker: - **Free.** Free queue, 2-4 week review. Basic listing page after approval. - **Express / Skip the Queue.** One-time fee (price moves around, usually around $100), 24-72 hour review. - **Sponsor / Featured.** Monthly fee (a few hundred up to a few thousand), homepage placement, top of category, mention in the newsletter. There's a full section below on free vs paid. ### Step 5: Wait and revise During review, Toolify editors might email asking for more (sharper screenshots, longer description, better category fit). Reply fast and you move through faster. Once approved, the listing goes live. You'll start seeing it show up when you Google your product name + Toolify. ## Free vs paid: which one for you This is the question most people get stuck on. Whole section. **What free gets you.** A profile page with a link to your site. Inclusion in the category directory. Showing up in search. If your site has real traffic, the Top rankings still rank you using SimilarWeb data — **paid and free are treated the same in the organic ranking**. **What paid adds.** Mostly three things: 1. **Faster review.** Free is 2-4 weeks. Paid is 24-72 hours. If you're launching and the timing matters, this is what you pay for. 2. **Sponsor slot.** Top of homepage and top of category pages, in a "Sponsored" frame. Visual sweet spot but separate from organic rank. Usually monthly billing. 3. **Featured slot + newsletter mention.** Toolify's newsletter has a few hundred thousand subscribers. Featured tier puts you in the weekly digest. **Should you pay? A few rules:** - Site under 5K visits/month: free is fine. You can't convert Sponsor traffic anyway. - Site at 5K-50K monthly visits: consider Express to skip the queue. Earlier listing means earlier SimilarWeb data accrual. - Site at 50K+: testing 1-2 months of Sponsor for ROI makes sense. Math is ACV / CAC — your price has to absorb the click cost. - Indie or early-stage: **don't buy Sponsor day one.** Run free for three months. See your organic placement and click numbers. Then decide. **A counterintuitive thing:** Whether the Top rankings are worth chasing depends entirely on whether your product is actually growing. Buying Sponsor doesn't increase your organic traffic. **And organic traffic is the only thing that drives Top ranking.** So what paid actually buys is "speed + visual placement", not "ranking boost". ## How to actually pull traffic from Toolify Going live is the start. Being on Toolify alone doesn't ship traffic to you. **One. Write the title and description for search intent.** Toolify listing pages rank really well in Google. The keywords in your tagline and description help that page rank higher — and the higher that page ranks, the more clicks come back to your site. **Don't write "the best AI tool ever".** Write "cut a 1-hour video down to 10 minutes of editing with X". Specific verbs and numbers beat marketing fluff every time. **Two. Screenshots have to be sharp.** The highest-CTR listings on Toolify all have clean screenshots that show what the product does at a glance. Don't use landing-page screenshots — those don't tell the user what your product looks like inside. Capture the real interface. Highlight the key buttons. Add annotations if it helps. **Three. Link back to Toolify from your own site.** Add a Toolify link to your footer or your "as featured on" section. Toolify editors notice and it earns small goodwill. SimilarWeb also picks up the cross-link signal, which barely helps but doesn't hurt. **Four. Cash in on the multilingual versions.** Toolify runs zh/ja/ko/de/fr and around a dozen other language versions. Your listing gets translated automatically. **A solid English description leads to good translations downstream.** Multilingual traffic is free, but only if the source copy is tight. **Five. Get on the editors' radar.** Their Twitter (@toolifyai) and Discord are open. When you ship something big — funding, V2, a major new feature — DM an editor with "we just shipped X, want to update the listing?" Cold pitches lose, but warm follow-ups often land you in the newsletter or homepage feature. ## After Toolify Once your listing is live and Googleable, don't stop there. **One. Embed the "Featured on Toolify" badge on your site.** Toolify gives you embed code from the listing page. Drop it in your footer or about page. Free social proof. Good for your own SEO too — bidirectional links between your site and Toolify make Google see them as related. **Two. Reuse the listing content elsewhere.** Same description, screenshots, video — drop them into [Futurepedia](/sites/futurepedia-io), [There is an AI for that](/sites/theresanaiforthat-com), [AI Tools Guide](/sites/aitoolsguide-com), [Top AI tools](/sites/topai-tools). Each site has its own SEO. More listings, more long-tail Google traffic. **Three. Watch the listing's data.** If you claimed it, the vendor dashboard shows weekly clicks, source page, conversions to your site. Whichever subcategory drives the most clicks — go optimize that listing's description first. **Four. Play the Top rankings game.** Toolify refreshes the rankings weekly. The top 10 often get retweeted by AI tool accounts on Twitter. **Your site traffic goes up, your Toolify rank goes up. Higher rank means more eyeballs on the listing, more clicks back to your site.** Positive feedback loop. So the real work is still on your own site. **Five. Reply to comments.** Toolify listing pages have comment threads. Users ask things, you answer. Active reply threads get algorithm weight, and prospects reading the page see you actually care. ## Common mistakes - Submit free, hear nothing for two months, never follow up. The queue is long. Polite follow-up is fine and actually helpful. - Use raw ChatGPT output for the description. Editors have seen it all. AI-flavored copy gets rejected. - Ship the profile with one logo and one paragraph. Half-empty profiles get downranked even after approval. - Pick 5 unrelated categories to "maximize visibility". Algorithm sees through it. You get downranked. - Buy Sponsor with zero site traffic. **SimilarWeb has nothing to pull. The Sponsor slot shows, but organic rank stays at zero.** - Let listing info go stale. Renamed product, new feature, new pricing — and the listing still shows old info. Visitors click in, see a mismatch, leave. - Try to fake SimilarWeb data with bot traffic. Both Toolify and SimilarWeb have anti-fraud. You'll get caught and you'll have wasted money. - Treat it as a one-and-done. This is a long-term channel. Monthly listing maintenance and quarterly screenshot refreshes are what compound. ## Toolify vs TAAFT vs Futurepedia vs Product Hunt | Dimension | Toolify | [TAAFT](/sites/theresanaiforthat-com) | [Futurepedia](/sites/futurepedia-io) | [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Scope | All AI tools | All AI tools | All AI tools | AI + non-AI | | Ranking signal | Real traffic (SimilarWeb) | User submissions + tags | Editorial pick + traffic | Launch-day upvotes | | DR | 64 | 74 | 62 | 75 | | Free submission | Yes (2-4 week queue) | Yes (2-3 week queue) | Yes (curated) | Yes (self-publish) | | Paid speed-up | Yes (Express, $100+) | Yes (Express path) | Yes (Sponsor) | No (fair queue) | | Multilingual | zh/ja/ko + 10 more | English-first | English-first | English-first | | Best for | AI products with real traffic | Any AI tool, fast inclusion | Mid-stage AI projects | Launch-day plays | Practical advice: do all four. Toolify + Futurepedia + TAAFT are the AI directory triple — one description and screenshot set covers all three. Product Hunt sits separately for the launch day. ## FAQ **Does Toolify charge for inclusion?** Not necessarily. Free submission works, but the queue is 2-4 weeks. Express is a one-time fee (around $100) and gets you 24-72 hours. Sponsor and Featured are monthly ad slots. Your basic organic ranking has nothing to do with whether you paid. **How long does review take?** Free: 2-4 weeks depending on queue length. Express: 24-72 hours. After two weeks of silence, a polite follow-up email is fair. **Can I list with no traffic?** You can list, but you won't crack the Top rankings. SimilarWeb has nothing on you, so you sit at the bottom of every list. Best to wait until your site has 5K+ monthly visits before chasing rank. **Are Toolify backlinks dofollow?** Free tier is mostly nofollow (rel="nofollow" on the outbound link). Some paid tiers may give dofollow (depends on the package). Either way, the traffic is real — Toolify's listing pages rank well in Google, and a click from there to your site is real traffic. **Can I edit the listing later?** Yes. After claiming, log into the vendor dashboard. Screenshots, description, tags — all editable. Changes go live in 1-2 business days. **Is Sponsor worth buying?** Depends on ACV. Tools under $100/year pricing rarely pencil out. SaaS over $500/year can test it for a month or two and check conversions. If you're launching and just want speed, Express ($100 one-time) is way better ROI than Sponsor. **How does the weekly Top ranking refresh?** Toolify pulls fresh SimilarWeb data roughly every Monday and re-ranks based on the last 7 days. So a big traffic spike one week can put you on the list the next. Same in reverse — your traffic drops, your rank drops. ## Other platforms in the same window Toolify matters but shouldn't be your only channel. Combo for AI products: - [There is an AI for that](/sites/theresanaiforthat-com): DR 74. Probably the largest AI directory by listing count. Open to fast inclusion. - [Futurepedia](/sites/futurepedia-io): DR 62. Curated, higher bar but higher quality. - [AI Tools Guide](/sites/aitoolsguide-com): DR 77. Older AI directory with strong long-tail coverage. - [AI Agents Directory](/sites/aiagentsdirectory-com): DR 71. Focused on AI Agents and autonomous tools. List here if your product fits. - [Dang AI](/sites/dang-ai): DR 60. Free inclusion, decent for long-tail backlinks. - [Top AI tools](/sites/topai-tools): DR 58. Sits across AI and dev categories. Good fit for developer-leaning AI tools. - [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com): DR 75. Launch-day ignition. Pairs well with Toolify's long-term SEO. Main play: claim Toolify + TAAFT + Futurepedia in parallel (one set of content covers all three). Goal is real click data on each within three months. AI Tools Guide / AI Agents Directory / Dang AI sit as filler — fill the profile, move on. Product Hunt waits for your next big release. Run that for a year and your AI product's English search visibility moves up a tier. For more AI and directory listings, check [/c/ai](/c/ai) and [/c/directory](/c/directory). ## 中文 > **TL;DR:** [Toolify.ai](/sites/toolify-ai) 是这两年长得最猛的 AI 工具目录之一，DR 64，全站 2 万多个工具，按真实流量数据（SimilarWeb 那一套）跑 Top 周榜月榜。免费能提交，但排队两到四周很正常，过审之后给的也是基础页。付费方案分几档，从加速审核到首页推荐都有。**核心打法是这个：免费先把 listing 丢上去占位置，profile 把截图视频和长描述都填齐；想拿 Top 榜要靠你自己网站的真实流量，而不是花钱买位置。**如果你做的是 AI 产品（不管是网站、SaaS、还是 GPT），Toolify 是该上的；如果是非 AI 工具，去 [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com) 或 [/c/directory](/c/directory) 里别的目录更对路。 ## Toolify 是什么 [Toolify.ai](/sites/toolify-ai)（域名 `https://www.toolify.ai`）是一个 AI 工具发现 + 排名站，2023 年起来的，团队背景是华人但产品全球做。月活几百万，主流量来自美国、印度、东南亚和中国，一部分日韩和欧洲。 它做的事很简单：把市面上所有 AI 工具都收一份，分类、打分、排序，按周和月发"Top AI Websites & Tools"榜单。访问者基本两类——一类是想找特定 AI 工具的人（"AI 视频生成"、"AI 写作"），一类是看榜单跟新工具的人。前者搜索过来，后者订阅或者直接刷站。 跟别家不一样的一点：**Toolify 的排名主要看真实流量数据**，从 SimilarWeb 一类的渠道拿你网站的访问量来排。这跟 [There is an AI for that](/sites/theresanaiforthat-com)（看用户上传量）和 [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com)（看发布日 upvote）的逻辑都不一样——Toolify 上谁排前面，跟你产品本身火不火直接挂钩。 它的 SEO 很猛。"best ai 写作工具"、"top ai video generator"、"ChatGPT alternatives" 这种长尾词，Google 前几位经常能看见 Toolify 的页面。这意味着你产品被收录之后，**用户可能从 Google 直接走到 Toolify 的 listing，再点到你站**——这条路比直接搜你品牌词的人粘性差点，但量大。 ## 还该上 Toolify 吗 要看你产品是不是 AI 工具，以及在什么阶段。 **值得花时间上的：** - AI SaaS / AI 网站工具。这是 Toolify 的核心收录范围。 - 想吃英文长尾流量的产品。Toolify 主语言是英文，美国和印度访问者最多。 - 已经有一些自然流量的项目。Top 榜按 SimilarWeb 数据排，自己站每月几千访问量起步，才有可能挤进细分类目前 20。 - 多语言产品。Toolify 自己有 zh/ja/ko/fr/es 等十几个语言版本，你 listing 会被翻译过去——多语言流量白送。 - GPTs、Agents、ChatGPT 插件类。Toolify 有专门的 GPTs Store 板块。 **别花时间上的：** - 非 AI 产品。哪怕加了个 AI 标签，编辑会按真实功能审，纯传统 SaaS 上来也是被退。 - 完全没用户的早期项目。SimilarWeb 拿不到数据，listing 上去就是 zero traffic 一栏挂着，反而难看。 - 纯 to B 企业级 AI 平台。Toolify 受众偏个人开发者和小团队，企业 buyer 几乎不来。 - 国内市场为主的产品。Toolify 中文页有，但中国大陆访问 Toolify 本身需要梯子，转化率低得多。 老实说，做 AI 产品的话 Toolify 该上——成本就是填个 form 的时间。但**别期待它独立把流量拉起来**。它更像是个"你产品在 AI 圈的标准 listing 位"，跟 [Futurepedia](/sites/futurepedia-io)、[There is an AI for that](/sites/theresanaiforthat-com)、[AI Tools Guide](/sites/aitoolsguide-com) 这几家配合做才有意义。 ## Toolify 在按什么排序 Toolify 的 Top 榜和分类页排序，主要看这几个信号： - **SimilarWeb 月访问量**。这是最大权重。你网站每月 1 万 vs 10 万 vs 100 万，差距决定一切。Top 榜每周刷新，自己站涨流量了排名跟着升。 - **Toolify 站内点击**。listing 页的点击率（点击外链跳到你站的次数）。截图清楚、描述写得好，CTR 就高。 - **Profile 完整度**。截图、视频、长描述、定价、feature 全填的 listing，比半空 profile 优先。 - **类别相关度**。选对子类目（比如不是大类"AI Writing"，而是"AI 长文写作"或"AI 改写"），排进细分类目前 10 的概率高得多。 - **付费档位**。买了 Sponsor 或 Featured 的会出现在首页和分类页顶部"Sponsored"位，但这跟 organic 排名是分开的。 最常见的翻车点：免费提交完就放着不管。Toolify 的免费审核队列长，过了之后还要再等编辑分类。**提交完两三周还没动静，去他们的 Twitter / Discord 发一条带 listing 链接的 follow-up，能加速很多**。 ## 提交前要准备什么 ### 还有一个月 先决定要不要做。去 toolify.ai 搜你的关键词（"AI writing"、"AI image generator"），看排前面那 20 个工具各有多少访问量、profile 多详细。这就是你要打到的水位线——你自己网站要能跟得上，listing 才有意义。 挑细分子类目。Toolify 子类目分得很细，"AI Writing" 下面还有"AI Article Writing"、"AI Email Writing"、"AI Paraphrasing"。**进细分类目前 10 比硬挤大类前 100 容易得多**。 把自己网站的 SEO 先弄到能看的状态。Toolify 的 listing 页一定会回链你站——你站接得住流量，转化才出得来。 ### 还有两周 准备 profile 素材。 - 1 张 logo（512×512px 以上 PNG，透明底）。 - 4-6 张产品截图（1920×1080 推荐，截真功能页，不是 landing page）。 - 1 段产品 demo 视频（30 秒到 2 分钟，演示核心功能）。YouTube 或 Vimeo 链接都行。 - 一段 200-400 字的英文产品描述。突出**为谁解决什么问题**、有哪些核心功能。Toolify 编辑会按这段描述判断分类。 - 一句 tagline（10-15 字，英文），用来挂在 listing 顶部。 - 定价信息（free / freemium / paid 选项 + 起步价）。透明定价比"contact us"管用得多。 - Tag 列表（5-10 个英文关键词，按 Toolify 的 tag 库选）。 ### 还有一周 注册 Toolify 账号（用公司邮箱，gmail 个人邮箱也能用但不推荐）。 去看你产品是不是已经被自动收录——Toolify 偶尔会从外部数据源抓 listing 自动建。如果已经有了，走 claim 流程；没有就走 submit 流程。 ### 提交当天 填完 form 后审核窗口：免费档 2-4 周，付费档 24-72 小时。这期间别催客服，但**两周后没动静可以礼貌发邮件 follow up**。 ## 提交流程 ### 第一步：注册账号 地址 ，右上角 Sign up。Google 登录或者邮箱注册都行。 ### 第二步：搜索是否已有 listing 登录后在搜索框搜你产品名。**有些产品 Toolify 已经从 Producthunt 或别的源抓过空壳 listing**（数据不一定全）。如果有，点 listing 页底部的"Claim this tool"——比新建快。 走 claim 流程要验证你是这家公司的：通常方式是用公司域名邮箱收一封确认信，点链接确认。 ### 第三步：填 submit 表单 如果没有 listing，去 https://www.toolify.ai/submit-tool 走新提交流程。需要填： 1. **Tool name**：产品英文名。 2. **Website URL**：完整带 https 的官网链接。 3. **Tagline**：10-15 字一句话。 4. **Description**：200-400 字英文长描述。 5. **Category**：选 1 主类 + 1-2 副类。**别贪心选 5 个不相关的**，编辑会判低相关度。 6. **Tags**：从 Toolify 的 tag 库勾 5-10 个。 7. **Pricing model**：Free / Freemium / Paid / Free Trial 选一个。 8. **Logo + Screenshots + Video**：上传或贴链接。 9. **Use cases**：3-5 个具体场景，越具体越好（"用 X 一周写完 50 篇 SEO 文章"比"提升内容生产效率"管用得多）。 ### 第四步：选档位 提交完会让你选审核档位： - **Free**：免费排队，2-4 周审核。过审后给基础 listing 页。 - **Express / Skip the Queue**：一次性付费（具体价格看当下页面，通常 100 美元上下），24-72 小时过审。 - **Sponsor / Featured**：每月付费（几百到上千美元），首页推荐 + 分类页顶部 + Newsletter 提及。 我后面有一节专门讲免费 vs 付费怎么选。 ### 第五步：等审核 + 修订 审核期间 Toolify 编辑可能会回邮件让你补材料（截图模糊、描述太短、分类不合适）。回得越快过得越快。 通过后 listing 上线，能在 Google 搜到自己产品名 + Toolify 的组合。 ## 免费 vs 付费到底怎么选 这是 Toolify 上最多人纠结的事，单独一节讲清楚。 **免费档能拿到什么。** Profile 页一份（带你站外链）、被收录到分类目录、出现在搜索结果里。如果你网站本身有流量，Top 榜那块也照样按 SimilarWeb 数据给你排——付费的人和免费的人在 organic 排名里**没有区别**。 **付费档加什么。** 主要是三件事： 1. **审核加速**。免费 2-4 周，付费 24-72 小时。新发布的产品想赶热度，时间敏感的话买这一档。 2. **Sponsor 位**。首页和分类页顶部的"Sponsored"专属位置——黄金视觉位但跟 organic 排名独立。一般按月计费。 3. **Featured 位 + Newsletter 提及**。Toolify 自己有几十万订阅者的 newsletter，付了 Featured 的会被收到 weekly digest 里。 **该花钱吗，看几个判断：** - 自己站每月 < 5000 访问量：免费档就行。Sponsor 位带来的流量你接不住，转化率低。 - 自己站 5000-50000 月访：考虑 Express 加速通道。早点上线意味着早开始攒 SimilarWeb 数据。 - 自己站 5 万 +：可以测试 1-2 个月 Sponsor 位看 ROI。算法是 ACV / CAC——你产品的客单价能不能摊得平 click 成本。 - 个人开发者 / 早期项目：**别上来就买 Sponsor**。先免费跑三个月，看自然位置和点击，再决定要不要付费提速。 **一个反直觉的点：** Toolify 的 Top 榜值不值得追，要看你产品本身火不火。买 Sponsor 不会让你的 organic 流量数据涨——**而 organic 流量才是 Top 榜唯一的排序依据**。所以付费的真实价值是"加速审核 + 视觉位"，不是"刷榜"。 ## 怎么拿到 Toolify 来的真实流量 profile 上线后才是开始。光收录在 Toolify 上不会自动给你流量。 **第一，标题和描述按搜索意图写**。Toolify 的 listing 页本身在 Google 排名很猛。你 tagline + description 里出现的关键词，会反过来帮 Toolify 这一页排得更靠前——而这一页排得越靠前，回链给你的流量越多。**别写"the best AI tool ever"这种空话**，写"用 X 把 1 小时的视频剪辑压到 10 分钟"这种带具体动作和数字的。 **第二，截图要专业**。Toolify 上 CTR 最高的 listing 都是截图清晰、能一眼看出产品干啥的。别用 landing page 截图——那不能告诉用户你产品长什么样。截真功能界面，框出关键按钮，能加 annotation 加 annotation。 **第三，自己站要有反链给 Toolify**。在自己站的 footer 或者 "as featured on" 一段挂一个 Toolify 的链接。一来 Toolify 编辑看到觉得你重视这事，二来对 SimilarWeb 收数据有微小帮助。 **第四，吃 Toolify 的多语言版本**。Toolify 自己跑了 zh/ja/ko/de/fr 等十多个语言版本，你 listing 会被自动翻译过去。**英文 description 写得好，多语言版本翻译质量也跟着好**。多语言流量是免费的，但前提是英文原文要扎实。 **第五，跟 Toolify 编辑混个脸熟**。他们的 Twitter（@toolifyai）和 Discord 是开放的。在你产品有大更新（融资、上 V2、加新功能）的时候私信编辑一句"我们刚发了 X，要不要更新一下 listing"，被收进 newsletter 或者首页推荐的概率比冷投高一截。 ## Toolify 之后做什么 profile 上线、listing 在 Google 能搜到之后，别就停在这。 **第一，挂"Featured on Toolify"badge 到自己网站**。Toolify 在 listing 页提供 embed badge 代码，直接拷到自己 footer 或者 about 页。这是免费的硬背书，对自己站 SEO 也加分（带反链回 Toolify，反向被 Google 关联）。 **第二，把 listing 内容同步到别的 AI 目录**。同一份描述、截图、视频，可以丢去 [Futurepedia](/sites/futurepedia-io)、[There is an AI for that](/sites/theresanaiforthat-com)、[AI Tools Guide](/sites/aitoolsguide-com)、[Top AI tools](/sites/topai-tools) 几家。每个站是独立 SEO，多挂几个 listing 在 Google 出现，长尾流量都是你的。 **第三，盯着自己 listing 的数据**。Toolify 的 vendor dashboard（如果你 claim 了的话）能看每周点击量、来源页面、转化进站。哪个分类带量最多就把那个分类的 description 再优化一遍。 **第四，参与 Top 榜**。每周 Toolify 会更新榜单，前 10 通常会被 Twitter 上 AI 工具账号转发。**你网站自然流量涨了，Toolify 的排名会跟着涨；排名涨了，又会带更多人来看 listing 再点到你站**——这是个正反馈。所以重点还是把自己站本身做好。 **第五，回评论**。Toolify listing 页底部有用户评论区。用户提问或者反馈了，及时回——回复频率高的 listing 会被算法加权，潜在用户看到也觉得你重视。 ## 常见翻车点 - 免费提交完两个月没消息，也不去 follow up。Toolify 队列堵得长，主动催是合理的。 - Description 用 ChatGPT 直接生成。Toolify 编辑见多了，AI 味重的会被退回让你重写。 - 只填 1 张 logo + 1 段 description 就交。半空 profile 即使过了，Toolify 算法会判低质量，分类页排到末尾。 - 选了 5 个不相关的 category 想刷曝光。算法识别相关度，反而降权。 - 网站零流量就买 Sponsor。**SimilarWeb 拿不到你站数据，Sponsor 位再亮 organic 也是零**。 - 自己 listing 信息过期不更新。产品改名、加新功能、调价了，listing 还是老内容——用户点进来发现对不上，就是流失。 - 想着用 fake traffic（机器人流量）刷 SimilarWeb 数据。Toolify / SimilarWeb 都有反作弊机制，长期看会被识别且白浪费钱。 - 上完就以为完事。这是个长期渠道，每月 listing 维护、每季度截图更新一次才有复利。 ## Toolify vs TAAFT vs Futurepedia vs Producthunt | 维度 | Toolify | [TAAFT](/sites/theresanaiforthat-com) | [Futurepedia](/sites/futurepedia-io) | [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 主要范畴 | AI 工具全品类 | AI 工具全品类 | AI 工具全品类 | AI + 非 AI 全品类 | | 排名依据 | 真实流量（SimilarWeb） | 用户提交 + tag 系统 | 编辑精选 + 流量 | 发布日 upvote | | DR | 64 | 74 | 62 | 75 | | 免费提交 | 是（队列 2-4 周） | 是（队列 2-3 周） | 是（手工筛选） | 是（自助发布） | | 付费加速 | 有（Express 100 + 美元） | 有（Express 通道） | 有（Sponsor） | 无（公平队列） | | 多语言版本 | zh/ja/ko 等十多种 | 英文为主 | 英文为主 | 英文为主 | | 适合谁 | 有点流量的 AI 产品 | 任何 AI 工具，发布即收 | 中后期 AI 项目 | 所有产品发布日打法 | 实操建议：四个站全做。Toolify + Futurepedia + TAAFT 是 AI 目录三件套，一份 description / 截图能套着用；Product Hunt 单独打发布日。 ## 常见问题 **Toolify 收录收费吗？** 不一定。免费提交可以，但要排队 2-4 周。Express 加速档付一次性费用（100 美元上下）24-72 小时过审。Sponsor / Featured 是月付的广告位。基础 organic 排名跟付不付费无关。 **多久能审核通过？** 免费档 2-4 周，看队列长度。Express 24-72 小时。两周没动静可以礼貌发邮件 follow up。 **没流量的早期产品能上吗？** 能上 listing，但 Top 榜进不了。SimilarWeb 拿不到你站数据，Top 榜按数据排你就在最末页。建议自己网站每月 5000 访问量起步再来追排名。 **Toolify 的 backlink 是 dofollow 吗？** 免费档大部分是 nofollow（外链 rel="nofollow"），付费档有可能给 dofollow（看具体方案）。但即使 nofollow 流量价值还在——Toolify listing 页本身在 Google 排得高，用户从那里点到你站是真流量。 **能改 listing 内容吗？** 能。claim 之后进 vendor dashboard，截图、描述、tag 都能改。改了之后通常 1-2 个工作日刷新到前台。 **Sponsor 值不值得买？** 看 ACV。年合同价 < 100 美元的工具基本跑不出 ROI。500 美元以上的 SaaS 可以测一两个月看转化。新发布想赶热度的话 Express 通道（100 美元一次性）性价比远比 Sponsor 高。 **Top 榜每周怎么刷新？** Toolify 大概每周一更新榜单，按近 7 天 SimilarWeb 数据。所以你站某一周流量爆涨，下一周就可能进榜。同理跌了排名也跟着跌。 ## 同期可以一起打的其他平台 Toolify 重要但不该是唯一渠道。AI 产品的组合打法： - [There is an AI for that](/sites/theresanaiforthat-com)：DR 74，AI 圈最大的目录之一，发布即收，UI 友好。 - [Futurepedia](/sites/futurepedia-io)：DR 62，编辑精选制，质量高但门槛高。 - [AI Tools Guide](/sites/aitoolsguide-com)：DR 77，老牌 AI 工具目录，长尾词覆盖广。 - [AI Agents Directory](/sites/aiagentsdirectory-com)：DR 71，专做 AI Agent / Autonomous 类工具，相关产品必上。 - [Dang AI](/sites/dang-ai)：DR 60，免费收录，长尾词补一份外链。 - [Top AI tools](/sites/topai-tools)：DR 58，跨 AI / dev 双类目，开发者向 AI 工具适合。 - [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com)：DR 75，发布日的爆点平台，跟 Toolify 长期 SEO 互补。 主线建议：Toolify + TAAFT + Futurepedia 三个一起 claim（同一份内容），目标三个月内每个站 listing 都有点击数据；AI Tools Guide / AI Agents Directory / Dang AI 占位，profile 填齐；Product Hunt 留给产品大版本发布日做爆点。整套跑下来 AI 产品在英文搜索的可见度能上一个台阶。 更多 AI 和目录类站点可以看 [/c/ai](/c/ai) 和 [/c/directory](/c/directory) 两个分类。 --- # How to Post on Indie Hackers and List Your Product Canonical URL: https://wheretosubmit.org/guides/indiehackers-submission-guide Last updated: 2026-09-04 12:29:08 ## English > **TL;DR:** Indie Hackers is the indie founder community Stripe bought back in 2017. It's mostly solo developers, bootstrappers, and small teams. It's not a launch platform — it's a discussion platform. Posting "I just made X" gets ignored. Posting "I built X for 3 months, MRR went 0 to $800, here's where I screwed up" gets a wave of comments. The thing is **the story and the numbers**, not the product. Links are nofollow, so don't use IH as a backlink farm. The real value is three things: a precise indie audience, a product listing page that ranks in Google long-term, and Milestones that keep you visible without writing full posts. If all you want is a hard backlink, [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com) or [Betalist](/sites/betalist-com) is more direct. If you want "to be seen, get discussed, slowly build a following of indie folks," IH pays back well. ## What is Indie Hackers [Indie Hackers](/sites/indiehackers-com) (the site is at https://www.indiehackers.com) is a community Courtland Allen started in 2016 and Stripe acquired in 2017. Basically a **forum + product directory for indie founders**. The people there are a few types: solo indie hackers, bootstrappers (no funding, running on revenue), engineers shipping side projects, and early-stage small teams. The topics are pretty narrow: how to go from 0 to 1, how to find your first users, how to grow MRR from a few dozen bucks to a few thousand or more. It has several features. Worth knowing them apart: - **Discussions (the forum)**: split into Groups. The active ones are Growth, Building, Marketing, Money, and Launch. Your post shows up in the Group, and upvotes plus comments push it to the front page. - **Products (the directory)**: you can build a listing page for your product with the URL, description, stack, and revenue. The listing page gets indexed by Google. - **Milestones**: under your product listing, you can post milestones — "Launched," "First paying customer," "MRR hit $1k." Each one shows up in your followers' feeds. - **Interviews**: IH did hundreds of founder interviews back in the early days. New ones are rare now but the old ones still pull search traffic. - **Newsletter & Podcast**: subscriber count is in the six figures. Stripe kept both running. Free to sign up. Every feature is free. No paywall. No premium tier. ## Should you still post here Depends who you are. **Worth your time if:** - You're an indie hacker or bootstrapper. Solo or small team. Aiming for revenue, not VC funding. That's the core IH crowd. Anything you post lands somewhere. - You want early users. A lot of IH people are also building products, so they're potential users *and* potential early feedback. Way better than the LinkedIn "we're providing innovative SMB solutions" crowd. - You want to do building in public. Drop monthly revenue updates and retros. Slowly grow a following. - Your product itself is for indie founders (no-code tools, newsletter tools, analytics, indie payment integrations). The audience matches exactly. **Skip it if:** - You're a Series A company posting press releases. IH readers are cold to "We just raised $5M" because that's not their world. - Your product is enterprise SaaS (selling to 100+ person companies). Wrong audience entirely. - You only want to drop a product ad and leave. The community sniffs that out fast. Three upvotes and silence. - You're an agency batch-posting other people's products. IH mods and old-timers spot this immediately and the bans come quick. The honest read: IH fits "one to three people building something on their own." If that's not you, posting probably won't pay back. ## What IH rewards The IH front page has a few tabs: Latest (by time), Top (by heat), Following (people you follow). Each Group has its own ranking too. To get seen, here's what matters: - **Early comments**. Getting 5-10 real comments in the first hours beats 50 upvotes. The algorithm loves discussion. - **Upvote speed**. If you have 0 votes after an hour, the post is basically dead. Best to ping a few people you know to come upvote first. - **Title style**. "How I went from 0 to $1k MRR in 90 days" — number + time + change — gets way more clicks than "My journey building X." - **Right Group**. "Just launched" goes to Launch. "Can't find my first users" goes to Growth or Marketing. Wrong Group and a mod moves the post, killing all heat. - **Author rep**. New accounts have a hard time on the first post. Go leave 5-10 substantive comments on other posts first. Get your face known. The biggest screw-up: writing the post like a press release. "Introducing X, the future of Y" — devs are trained to scroll past that on sight. Write "the process of building X" or "what I learned building X." Don't write "what X is." ## Before you post ### Two weeks out Pick a specific angle. **Not "I made X."** Try "I hit problem Y while building X, and Z is what fixed it." Or "I tried approach X for 3 months, here's what happened." Narrow enough that one 800-1500 word post can cover it. Look at last week's Top posts in your target Group. See what the front-runners look like — titles, lengths, comment counts. Copy the structure. Don't copy the content. If you've never done anything on IH before, sign up, fill the profile, and **go leave 10 substantive comments**. Not "great post!" stuff. Real replies that add information. Two weeks of that and you've got at least a little name recognition. ### One week out Write the post. Markdown. The first three sentences have to grab. Most people scroll halfway and leave. Lead with the result or the conflict. If your post will use numbers, get the data ready: MRR, user count, conversion rate, growth chart screenshots. **The more specific, the more believable**. "I made some money" doesn't work. "Last month was $1,247 MRR with 38 paying users" works. Have an image ready if the topic fits. Screenshots, charts, product shots. Posts don't need images, but ones with images get noticeably more clicks. If you don't have a product listing yet, **build it first**. Linking to your listing in the post beats linking straight to your site. The listing page gets follow-link traffic from inside IH (the external links are nofollow, but internal IH page weight flows fine). ### Day of posting Pick the time. **US morning, 7-10am Eastern, is when IH traffic peaks**. If your readers are global, dodge weekends. Saturday and Sunday post traffic drops noticeably. After posting, **don't just leave**. Watch the comment section for two hours. Reply to every comment. Reply honestly. If someone challenges you, just admit the limit. Early engagement decides whether the algorithm pushes the post. ## The submission flow ### Step 1: Sign up and fill the profile Go to https://www.indiehackers.com/start. Sign up with email, Google, or Twitter. Twitter is recommended — a lot of IH people are also active on Twitter, and using the same identity makes cross-posting easier. Fill the profile completely. Avatar (a real photo or a clear avatar, not the default), bio (one sentence on what you do), Website link (your own site here), Twitter / GitHub links, Location. A blank profile gets no follows when you post. How to write the bio: **"Building [product] for [who]"** is the simplest format and gets the message across. Like "Building a Notion alternative for solo founders" or "Working on an indie game studio. Currently $4k MRR." Skip "Passionate entrepreneur and visionary" stuff. It says nothing. ### Step 2: Build the product listing It's in the top-right dropdown under your avatar — "Add a Product." You'll fill in: - **Product name + tagline**: tagline is one sentence, 10 words or less. Make it clear: what it is + who it's for. - **Website URL**: your product site. The link is nofollow, but the listing page itself can rank for your brand name. - **Description**: 200-500 words. **Don't paste in your homepage copy**. Write "why I started this, how it began, where it's at now." Make it feel like a story. - **Tech stack**: be honest. The stack tags get your listing surfaced to other devs using the same things. - **Revenue** (optional): you can put monthly MRR here. If you fill it in, it shows on the listing page. Whether to fill this gets its own section below. - **Founders**: add yourself. If you're a multi-person team, add everyone. Build the listing. You'll need it to attach posts and milestones later. ### Step 3: Write a post Click "Start a discussion" in the top right. Pick a Group. Picking the wrong one kills the post. The common ones: - **Growth**: how to acquire users, do SEO, run growth experiments. - **Marketing**: content, cold email, community work, brand. - **Building**: tech choices, product decisions, the MVP process. - **Money**: pricing, revenue, funding (rarely), bootstrapping vs VC. - **Launch**: launch day, launch retro. - **Self-Care**: indie founder mental health, burnout, work-life. How to write the title (this matters): - Specific number + time + result: `How I got 1,000 users in 30 days using cold email` - Or conflict + reflection: `I built for 6 months and got nothing. Here's what I learned.` - Don't use: `Introducing X`, `The future of Y`, `5 tips for Z` (IH pushes back on listicles). Body length, 800-2000 words is the sweet spot. Structure usually goes: background (what you're working on) → problem (what you hit) → process (what you tried) → result (numbers + screenshots) → reflection (what you learned). You **can** mention your product and listing link at the end, but keep it to two sentences max. `If you want to see what I'm building, here's the product page: yoursite.com` is enough. More than that and it reads like an ad. ### Step 4: Engage after posting The first two hours after posting are critical. - Drop the link on Twitter. Post a tweet about it. Send a little seed traffic. - Watch the comment section. Reply to every comment. If someone questions your method, respond directly. If someone asks for details, give specific numbers. - Find two or three related posts from other people. Leave a substantive comment. The system pushes active users in front of more eyes. Come back the next day and check the dashboard. If you hit Top, push it to Reddit r/SideProject, Hacker News, and your newsletter for a second wave. ### Step 5: Post a milestone A lot of people skip this, but it's the easiest way to **stay visible** on IH. Go to your product listing → "Add Milestone" → pick the type (Launch / First Customer / MRR Milestone / Press / other) → write 1-3 short paragraphs and the number. Milestones show up in your followers' feeds. The bar is way lower than writing a full post. One or two milestones a month and your followers grow steadily over six months. ## How to share numbers without being annoying This is the most delicate thing on IH. The community culture pushes transparency — people really do put MRR, user counts, conversion rates out in the open. But there are two ways to share numbers: the kind that gets praised, and the kind that gets eye-rolled. **The kind people like:** - **Numbers + story**. Not "I made $5k." Try "8 months in, $0 to $5k MRR, almost gave up in month 3, what changed was a cold email tweak." - **Honest about the limits**. "$3k MRR but churn's still at 8%, fixing that next month." The community respects people who admit problems. - **Charts that show movement**. Screenshot the revenue chart, the user growth chart. Something with a trend. A static number is boring. A line tells a story. - **Even small numbers**. "$200 MRR, first paying customer came from Reddit" gets a much warmer response than "We just raised $2M to disrupt the industry." **The kind that bombs:** - Title says `$50k MRR in 6 months 🚀🚀🚀`. Emojis maxed, no detail. Reads as bragging. - Just the number with no process. "I hit $10k MRR" and that's it. Nobody engages. - Numbers that look fake. IH old-timers can sniff out fake numbers — the growth curve gives it away, the conversion rate doesn't add up. Once you're caught, the account is basically dead. - Comment section asks "how exactly did you do it" and you reply "DM me" or "check my course." **This is the worst one**. IH reacts fastest to course/coaching pitches. The honest read: **the point of sharing numbers isn't "how much I made." It's "what I went through."** A heartfelt $300 MRR post does much better on IH than a $50k MRR brag. Should you fill in the MRR field on the listing? Three cases: - If MRR is actually growing (even $50 to $200), put it in. Update it regularly. The community likes upward curves. - If MRR is dropping or stuck, **leave it blank**. It looks stagnant otherwise. - If you're pre-revenue, leave it blank too. Show "User Count" or "Beta Signups" instead. ## How to actually get something out of IH Most links on IH are nofollow (product website link, profile Website, links inside posts). So **don't use IH as a backlink farm**. The real value is in four places: **One: the product listing page gets indexed by Google**. Your listing URL looks like `indiehackers.com/product/xxx`, the domain has high authority, and over time it ranks for your brand name and some long-tail terms. One more entry point. **Two: precise early users**. IH people are indie founders. The pain points of your SaaS often map to theirs directly. A Top post can drive 50-200 real trials with a way higher conversion rate than cold traffic. **Three: follower compounding**. Every milestone or post lands in your followers' feeds. After a few hundred followers, every post starts with a baseline of engagement. **Four: social proof**. Once a post hits Top, screenshot it for your landing page — "Featured on Indie Hackers." It's also something to put in cover letters when you're raising or looking for cofounders. How to actually do it: - **One deep post every two weeks**. Way better than three thin posts a week. The algorithm penalizes low-quality batch posting. - **One or two milestones a month**. Low bar, but staying visible adds up. - **Real engagement**. Pick 5-10 people who post often in your space. Upvote and comment on them regularly. Six months later your visibility is way higher than just posting your own stuff. - **Don't hide links in bio and listing**. Put your product URL in every field that takes one. Nofollow yes, but the clicks are real. ## What to do after Posting isn't the finish. **It's the start of a content asset.** Push the link to Hacker News (Show HN format), Reddit r/SideProject and r/Entrepreneur, and Twitter. Adds fuel for the first few hours. Reddit subs have different rules though — read the sidebar first. r/SideProject is loose about self-promotion. r/Entrepreneur is stricter. Once the post stabilizes (about a week in), put it in your blog's "As featured in" section, or use it as social proof on the product landing page. An IH link with a few hundred comments is pretty convincing. If a post does really well (hits Top), expand it into a Twitter thread, a newsletter piece, or a podcast script. One content idea, at least three formats. Last thing — **make IH a regular column**. One deep post a month plus 2 milestones. Six months in you'll find you have a few hundred followers, your product listing ranks in Google, and a few of your posts come up when people search IH. That kind of slow-built asset can't be replaced by one-shot launch-day pushes. ## Common mistakes - Title says "Introducing X." That's press release format. IH readers don't bite. - The whole post is praising your product. The community is sensitive to hard ads. Three paragraphs in, nobody's reading. - Wrong Group. A growth post in Building gets the wrong eyes. - Posting without building a product listing. You lose a return path, and followers can't find your product. - Fake numbers. Caught once and the account's done. IH old-timers have long memories. - Fighting back hard when challenged in the comments. The community watches how you handle pushback. Tone matters more than being right. - Posting and leaving. No engagement in the first two hours basically buries the post. - AI-generated content with no rewriting. IH readers spot AI prose fast. Two paragraphs and they're gone. - Forgetting to post milestones. The easiest ongoing visibility on IH and most people waste it. - Ad CTAs in every post. IH isn't where you sell. Hard CTAs cost you points. ## Indie Hackers vs Product Hunt vs Reddit r/SideProject | Dimension | Indie Hackers | [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com) | Reddit r/SideProject | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | What it is | Indie founder discussion community | Product launch platform | Reddit subreddit | | Best content | Story + numbers + process | Launch day | Early side project self-promo | | Link type | nofollow | nofollow | nofollow | | Audience size | Mid-sized but very precise | Large, mixed | Mid-sized, devs + indies | | Algorithm bar | Early comments + right Group | First-hour vote velocity | Upvotes + comments | | Long-term visibility | Strong (followers + milestones) | Weak (gone after launch day) | Weak (post sinks in half a day) | | Best for | Bootstrappers, indies | Anyone wanting a launch-day spike | Early MVP feedback | Suggested play: at MVP stage, hit r/SideProject for raw feedback. Once the product's stable and pulling revenue, go to IH for ongoing posts and milestones. When you're ready for a launch-day push, do Product Hunt. They're not substitutes — different stages, different tools. ## FAQ **Is Indie Hackers free?** Completely. Sign-up, posts, product listings, milestones, and following are all free. No paid features after the Stripe acquisition. **Are external links dofollow or nofollow?** Nofollow, basically all of them. Product site link, profile Website, links in posts. Don't use IH as a backlink farm. The value is the precise audience, the listing page SEO, and ongoing visibility. **How fast does the response come?** The first 1-2 hours after posting are critical. If you have single-digit comments and under 10 upvotes after 2 hours, the post's basically buried. The next day's view count usually settles things. Milestones are slower — most attention comes from your followers' feeds. **Can I cross-post stuff I posted elsewhere?** Yes. IH doesn't have a `canonical_url` field like dev.to does, but the community is fine with cross-posting. Best to rewrite the angle for IH readers (lean into the indie founder angle), not paste verbatim. Better results that way. **Nobody's reading my post. What now?** Check three things: did you pick the right Group, is the title too marketing-flavored, is the profile blank. If those are fine, go leave more comments on other posts. Build face recognition. New accounts cold-starting is normal. Don't get discouraged. **Should I fill in MRR?** If it's growing, yes. Adds credibility. If it's dropping or stuck, leave it blank. If you're pre-revenue, show user count or beta signups instead. **Can I cross-post my product launch announcement?** Yes, but reframe it as a story of building X, not an ad. "After 5 months building X, here's what I learned about [niche]" — same product, story angle, the community accepts it. **How many posts a week?** No required cadence. One deep post every two weeks beats three thin ones a week. The algorithm penalizes low-quality batch posting. Pair with 1-2 milestones a month and the rhythm's about right. ## Other platforms to hit in the same window IH is the biggest forum in the indie space, but not the only one. Stack these: - [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com): DR 75. The launch-day standard. IH for ongoing output, PH for the launch-day spike. Pair them. - [Betalist](/sites/betalist-com): DR 70. Specifically for early beta products. Hitting Betalist for waitlist before IH is a standard indie playbook move. - [Startup Fame](/sites/startupfa-me): DR 83. Launch-day site. Can run alongside PH. - [Awesome Indie](/sites/awesomeindie-com): A collection of indie tools. Easy listing. Good as a backup. - [Indie Hacker Tools](/sites/indiehacker-tools): DR 55. Directory specifically for indie tools. Audience overlaps a lot with IH. - [IndieHustles](/sites/indiehustles-com): DR 66. Indie SaaS directory. Gets you a listing page that stays indexed long-term. - [dev.to](/sites/dev-to): DR 90. If your product's for developers, IH for the story, dev.to for the technical writeup. The combo is strong. - [Micro Launch](/sites/microlaunch-net) and [Uneed](/sites/uneed-best): smaller launch sites with low bar to entry. Good for stacking on a launch day. - [Fazier](/sites/fazier-com): another indie-friendly launch site. Pairs well with PH same day. Suggested play: early product → Betalist for waitlist; MVP up → IH for stories + r/SideProject for feedback; official launch day → Product Hunt + Startup Fame + Fazier together; ongoing → IH milestones every month + Twitter building in public. The whole loop gets one indie project surfaced on multiple long-indexed pages. For more indie-space and launch sites, see [/c/startup](/c/startup) and [/c/directory](/c/directory). ## 中文 > **TL;DR:** Indie Hackers 是 Stripe 收购的 indie 创业社区，主要给独立开发者、bootstrapper、小团队用。它不是发布平台，是讨论平台——你发"我刚做了 X 这个产品"基本没人理，但你发"我做 X 三个月，MRR 从 0 到 $800，踩了哪些坑"就有一堆人来评论。重点不是产品本身，是**故事和数字**。链接是 nofollow，所以别把它当外链工厂。它真正值钱的地方有三个：精准的 indie 读者、产品 listing 页能在 Google 长期收录、和"Milestones"功能能让你持续刷脸。如果你只想要硬外链，去 [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com) 或 [Betalist](/sites/betalist-com) 更直接。如果你想要"被看到、被讨论、慢慢攒一批 indie 圈关注者"，IH 是性价比挺高的一个。 ## Indie Hackers 是什么 [Indie Hackers](/sites/indiehackers-com)（域名 `https://www.indiehackers.com`）是 Courtland Allen 2016 年做的一个社区，2017 年被 Stripe 收购。说白了就是一个**给独立创业者用的论坛 + 产品目录**。 里面的人主要是这几类：一个人做产品的 indie hacker、bootstrapper（不融资靠自己跑收入）、做 side project 的工程师、早期小团队创始人。话题集中在三件事：怎么从 0 到 1 做产品、怎么找早期用户、怎么把月收入从几十块跑到几千几万美金。 它有几个功能，先分清楚： - **Discussions（论坛）**：按 Group 分类，最活跃的是 Growth、Building、Marketing、Money、Launch 几个组。你发的帖子在 Group 里出现，被点赞和评论会顶到首页。 - **Products（产品目录）**：你可以给自己的产品建一个 listing 页，挂网址、描述、stack、收入数据。这个 listing 页 Google 是收录的。 - **Milestones（里程碑）**：在你的产品 listing 下，你可以发 milestone——"上线了"、"第一个付费用户"、"MRR 破 $1000"。每条 milestone 会出现在你关注者的 feed 里。 - **Interviews（专访）**：早年 IH 自己做过几百篇创始人专访，现在更新少了但老文章还在跑流量。 - **Newsletter & Podcast**：订阅量级在六位数，Stripe 接手后还在继续做。 注册免费。所有功能都免费。没有付费墙，没有 premium。 ## 还该来 IH 发吗 要看你是哪种人。 **值得花时间的：** - 你是 indie hacker 或者 bootstrapper，自己一个人或小团队做产品，目标是跑收入而不是融资。这就是 IH 的核心人群，发什么都有人接。 - 你想找早期用户。IH 上的人很多自己也是做产品的——他们既是潜在用户，也是潜在的早期反馈来源，比 LinkedIn 上"我们在为 SMB 提供创新解决方案"那种受众强一万倍。 - 你想做 building in public，每月发个收入更新、做个 retro，慢慢攒一批关注者。 - 你的产品本身就是给 indie 创业者用的（无代码工具、newsletter 工具、analytics、独立支付集成）。读者维度对得很准。 **别投的：** - 你是融了 A 轮的公司想发 PR 稿。IH 读者对"我们刚融了 $5M"这种帖子很冷淡，因为不在他们生活范围内。 - 你的产品是 enterprise SaaS（销售给 100+ 人公司的那种）。受众完全错位。 - 你只想发一条产品广告就走人。社区人嗅到这种意图反应很快，三个赞就沉了。 - 你是机构在批量发别人产品的"代发"账号。IH 上 mods 和老用户对这种识别很快，封号也很果断。 老实说，IH 最适合的就是"一个人或两三个人在自己做点东西"的那群人。你不在这个画像里，发了大概率没回报。 ## IH 在按什么排序 IH 首页有几个 tab：Latest（按时间）、Top（按热度）、Following（你关注的）。每个 Group 也有自己的排序。要被看到，主要看几件事： - **早期评论数**。帖子发出去前几个小时拿到 5-10 条真评论比拿 50 个 upvote 还重要。算法很吃讨论度。 - **upvote 速度**。如果发完一小时还是 0 vote，基本就埋了。最好提前打个招呼让认识的人来点。 - **标题写法**。"How I went from 0 to $1k MRR in 90 days" 这种带数字+周期+变化的标题，点击率比 "My journey building X" 高一个量级。 - **Group 选对**。发"上线了"应该去 Launch Group，发"找不到第一批用户"应该去 Growth 或 Marketing。乱选 Group 会被 mod 移走，帖子热度归零。 - **作者信誉**。新号第一帖很难起来。先去给别人留 5-10 条有内容的评论，混个脸熟再发自己的。 最常见的翻车点：把帖子写成产品发布稿。"Introducing X, the future of Y"——开发者读者训练有素，看到立刻划走。要写"做 X 的过程"或"做 X 学到的事"，不是写"X 是什么"。 ## 发帖前要准备什么 ### 还有两周 挑一个具体的角度。**不要"我做了 X 这个产品"**，要"我做 X 时遇到了 Y 这个具体问题，最后用 Z 解决了"。或者"我用 X 这种方式做了三个月，结果是 Y"。颗粒度要细到一篇 800-1500 字的帖子能讲完。 去 IH 翻你目标 Group 里最近一周的 Top 帖，看排在前面的长什么样、什么标题、多少评论。模仿结构，不抄内容。 如果你还没在 IH 上有过任何动作，先注册账号，把 profile 填齐，然后**去给别人留 10 条有内容的评论**。不是"great post!"那种水评，是真有信息量的回复。两周下来你已经在社区里有一点点能见度了。 ### 还有一周 写正文。Markdown 写。开头三句话必须抓住人——大多数人滑到一半就走，开头要直接说结果或冲突。 如果帖子里要带数字，提前把数据整理清楚：MRR、用户数、转化率、增长曲线截图。**数字越具体越有人信**。"我赚了点钱"不行，"上个月 MRR $1,247，有 38 个付费用户"才行。 准备一张配图（如果话题适合）。截图、图表、产品截图都行。IH 帖子不强制配图，但有图的明显点击率高。 如果你还没建产品 listing，**先建好**。帖子里链到 listing 页比直接链产品官网好——listing 页能拿到 follow 链接里的曝光（虽然外链是 nofollow，但 IH 内部页面权重传得通）。 ### 发布当天 挑发布时间。**北美时间早上 7-10 点（美东）是 IH 流量最高的时段**。如果你目标读者全球分布，避开周末，周六周日帖子流量明显低。 发出去之后**别只发完就走**——前两小时盯着评论区。每条评论都回，回得诚恳一点。有人质疑就大方承认局限。早期互动直接决定算法推不推。 ## 发布流程 ### 第一步：注册并填好 profile 地址 。可以用邮箱、Google、Twitter 注册。建议用 Twitter——很多 IH 用户也活跃在 Twitter 上，用同一身份方便联动。 profile 一定要填齐：头像（真实照片或清楚的 avatar，不要默认头）、bio（一句话讲你做什么）、Website 链接（这里挂你自己网站）、Twitter / GitHub 链接、Location。空白 profile 发帖没人会点关注。 bio 写法：**"Building [产品名] for [谁]"** 这种格式最简单也最能传达信息。比如 "Building a Notion alternative for solo founders" 或 "Working on an indie game studio. Currently $4k MRR."。别写"Passionate entrepreneur and visionary"这种空话。 ### 第二步：建产品 listing 入口在右上角你头像下拉里 "Add a Product"。需要填： - **Product name + tagline**：tagline 一句话，10 个词以内。讲清楚"是什么 + 给谁用"。 - **Website URL**：你产品的官网。这里链是 nofollow，但 listing 页本身能在 Google 排你品牌名。 - **Description**：200-500 字。**别复制官网首页文案**——写"为什么做这个、怎么开始的、目前进度"，叙事感强一点。 - **Tech stack**：诚实填。stack 标签会让其他用同 stack 的开发者看到你。 - **Revenue**（可选）：可以填月 MRR。填了会显示在 listing 页上。这一项填不填，下一节专门讲。 - **Founders**：把自己加进去。多人团队全加进去。 listing 一定要建，因为后面发帖、发 milestone 都要绑定到 listing。 ### 第三步：写一篇帖子 点右上角 "Start a discussion"。选 Group——这一步选错帖子就废了。常用的几个： - **Growth**：怎么获取用户、怎么做 SEO、怎么跑增长实验。 - **Marketing**：内容、cold email、社区运营、品牌。 - **Building**：技术选型、产品决策、做 MVP 的过程。 - **Money**：定价、收入、融资（少数情况）、bootstrapping vs VC。 - **Launch**：发布日、发布前后的反思。 - **Self-Care**：indie 创业者的心理健康、burnout、work-life。 标题写法（重要）： - 用具体数字 + 时间 + 结果：`How I got 1,000 users in 30 days using cold email` - 或者用冲突 + 反思：`I built for 6 months and got nothing. Here's what I learned.` - 别用：`Introducing X`、`The future of Y`、`5 tips for Z`（IH 反 listicle） 正文 800-2000 字最合适。结构基本是：背景（你在做什么）→ 问题（你遇到了什么）→ 过程（你试了什么）→ 结果（数字 + 截图）→ 思考（你学到了什么）。 文末**可以**简单提一下你的产品和 listing 链接，但不要超过两句话。`If you want to see what I'm building, here's the product page: yoursite.com` 这种就够了。多了就成广告。 ### 第四步：发完互动 发出去之后头两小时是关键。 - 把链接转到你 Twitter，发个 tweet 提一下，引一波种子流量。 - 留意评论区，每条都回。有人质疑你的方法，正面回应；有人问细节，给具体数字。 - 找两三篇相关话题别人的帖子，认真留个评论。系统会把活跃用户推到更多人面前。 第二天回来看 dashboard。如果上 Top 了，转到 Reddit r/SideProject、Hacker News、自己的 newsletter 再扩散一波。 ### 第五步：发 milestone 这一步很多人忽略，但其实是 IH 上最容易的"持续刷脸"方式。 进你的产品 listing → "Add Milestone" → 选类型（Launch / First Customer / MRR Milestone / Press / 其他）→ 写 1-3 段简短文字 + 数字。 milestone 出现在你关注者的 feed 里，比发一篇完整帖子门槛低得多。每个月发 1-2 条 milestone，半年下来你的关注者会稳定增长。 ## 怎么晒数据又不让人反感 这是 IH 上最微妙的一件事。社区文化鼓励 transparency——大家会真把 MRR、用户数、转化率放出来。但发数据的方式分两种：被夸的和被烦的。 **被夸的发法：** - **数字 + 故事**。不是"我赚了 $5k"，是"做了 8 个月，从 $0 到 $5k MRR，第三个月差点放弃，是某个 cold email 改了之后才起来的"。 - **诚实承认局限**。"$3k MRR 但 churn 还有 8%，下个月重点解决这个"。社区对承认问题的人很买账。 - **数据有变化曲线**。截图收入图、用户增长图，能看到趋势。一个静态数字没意思，一条曲线才有故事。 - **赚得不多也敢发**。"$200 MRR，第一个付费用户来自 Reddit"——比"我们刚融了 $2M 准备 disrupt 行业"在 IH 受欢迎得多。 **被烦的发法：** - 标题 `$50k MRR in 6 months 🚀🚀🚀`。emoji 拉满 + 没细节。看着就像炫耀。 - 只发数字不发过程。"我做到了 $10k MRR" 完了。完全没人接。 - 数字假。IH 老用户对假数字嗅觉很灵——增长曲线一看就知道真假，转化率不合理一眼看出。一被识破账号基本毁了。 - 评论区有人问"具体怎么做的"，你回"加我私聊"或者"看我课程"。**这条最致命**，发课程广告 IH 的反应是最快的。 老实说，**晒数据的精髓不是"我赚了多少"，是"我经历了什么"**。一个 $300 MRR 的真诚帖比一个 $50k MRR 的炫耀帖在 IH 上吃香得多。 要不要填 listing 上的 MRR 数字？三种情况： - 如果你 MRR 真的在增长（哪怕从 $50 到 $200），填上，定期更新。社区喜欢看上升曲线。 - 如果你 MRR 在下降或者很久没动，**别填**，会显得停滞。 - 如果你刚开始还没收入，可以不填，发"User Count"或者"Beta Signups"这种数字代替。 ## 怎么真的从 IH 拿到东西 IH 上的链接大部分是 nofollow（包括产品官网链接、profile 上的 Website、帖子里的外链），所以**别把 IH 当纯外链工厂**。它的真实价值在四个地方： **第一，产品 listing 页 Google 收录**。你的 listing 页 URL 类似 `indiehackers.com/product/xxx`，DR 高，长期能在 Google 排你品牌名 + 一些长尾。这等于多一个被搜到的入口。 **第二，精准早期用户**。IH 上的人本身就是 indie 创业者，他们的痛点跟你 SaaS 解决的问题往往直接相关。一篇 Top 帖能带来 50-200 个真试用，转化率比冷流量高一个量级。 **第三，关注者复利**。每发一条 milestone 或一篇帖子都会出现在关注者 feed 里。攒到几百关注者之后，每发一次就有基础互动量。 **第四，社交证明**。IH 帖子被 Top 之后可以截图放进自己的 landing page："Featured on Indie Hackers"。发布融资 / 找合伙人时也是个能写进 cover letter 的背景。 具体打法： - **每两周发一篇深的**。比一周三篇水的有用得多。算法对低质量批量发反而扣分。 - **每月发 1-2 条 milestone**。门槛低，但持续刷脸效果好。 - **真互动**。在你领域里活跃 5-10 个常发帖的人，定期给他们点赞加评论，半年下来你能见度比闷头自发要高很多。 - **bio 和 listing 别藏链接**。所有能挂网址的字段都挂上你产品官网。虽然 nofollow，但点击是真的。 ## 发完之后做什么 帖子发出来不是终点，**是一个内容资产的起点**。 把链接转到 Hacker News（用 Show HN 格式）、Reddit r/SideProject 和 r/Entrepreneur、Twitter。能给前几小时再加把火。注意 Reddit 各 sub 规则不同，先看 sidebar，r/SideProject 对自荐宽松，r/Entrepreneur 严格一些。 帖子数据稳了之后（一周左右），把它写进自己博客的"As featured in"区，或者作为社交证明放进产品 landing page。IH 链接 + 几百评论是一种说服力很强的背书。 如果一篇帖子效果特别好（上 Top 之后），把它扩展成 Twitter thread、newsletter 专题、播客脚本。一个内容点至少出三种形式。 最后，**把 IH 当固定栏目**。每月稳定发 1 篇深贴 + 2 条 milestone，半年后你会发现自己有了几百关注者、产品 listing 在 Google 排得上、几条帖子在 IH 上长期被搜到。这种慢慢攒的资产，发一次刷一次榜的玩法替代不了。 ## 常见翻车点 - 标题写"Introducing X"。这是产品发布稿格式，IH 读者不吃。 - 全文夸自己产品。社区对硬广特别敏感，三段以后没人看。 - Group 选错。增长帖发到 Building 组，看的人完全不对。 - 不建产品 listing 就发帖。少了一个回流入口，关注者也找不到你产品在哪。 - 数字假。被识破账号毁了，IH 老用户记性很好。 - 评论区被质疑就硬刚。社区看的就是你怎么处理质疑，态度比对错重要。 - 一发就走。前两小时不互动，帖子基本就埋了。 - 用 AI 生成内容不改一笔。IH 读者识别 AI 文风很灵，看两段就划走。 - 发完忘了发 milestone。这是 IH 上最容易拿到的持续曝光，被很多人浪费掉。 - 每篇都带广告 CTA。IH 不是给你卖东西的地方，太硬的 CTA 反而扣分。 ## Indie Hackers vs Product Hunt vs Reddit r/SideProject | 维度 | Indie Hackers | [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com) | Reddit r/SideProject | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 性质 | indie 创业讨论社区 | 产品发布平台 | Reddit 子版块 | | 适合的内容 | 故事 + 数字 + 过程 | 产品发布日 | 早期 side project 自荐 | | 链接性质 | nofollow | nofollow | nofollow | | 受众规模 | 中等，但很精准 | 大，混杂 | 中等，开发者+ indie 多 | | 算法门槛 | 早期评论 + Group 选对 | 第一小时 vote 速度 | upvote + 评论 | | 持续曝光 | 强（关注者 + milestone） | 弱（发布日就过） | 弱（帖子半天就沉） | | 适合人群 | bootstrapper、indie | 任何要做发布日爆点的人 | 早期 MVP 想拿反馈 | 主线建议：MVP 阶段去 r/SideProject 拿原始反馈；产品稳定能跑收入了去 IH 持续输出+发 milestone；准备做发布日爆点去 Product Hunt。三者不是替代关系，不同阶段用不同的。 ## 常见问题 **Indie Hackers 收费吗？** 完全免费。注册、发帖、产品 listing、milestone、关注他人都不收钱。Stripe 收购后没加付费功能。 **外链是 dofollow 还是 nofollow？** 基本都是 nofollow。包括产品官网链接、profile 上的 Website、帖子里的外链。别把 IH 当纯外链工厂。它的价值是精准受众 + 产品 listing 页 SEO + 持续刷脸。 **多久会有反应？** 帖子发出去 1-2 小时是关键期。如果 2 小时内评论是个位数、upvote 不到 10 个，基本就埋了。第二天回来看数据基本能定型。milestone 反应更慢，attention 主要来自你的关注者 feed。 **可以发已经在别处发过的帖子吗？** 可以。IH 不像 dev.to 那样有 canonical_url 字段，但社区不反对二发。建议改一下角度——同样的故事，针对 IH 受众重写一版（更聚焦在 indie 创业角度），效果比原文照搬好。 **没人看怎么办？** 检查三件事：Group 选对了没、标题是不是太营销味、profile 是不是空的。还不行就去给别人多评论几次，混脸熟。新号没人脉冷启动是常态，别灰心。 **MRR 该不该填上？** 增长中的话填上有加分。下降或停滞就别填。完全没收入的话发 user count 或者 beta signups 数字代替。 **可以转发自己的产品发布稿吗？** 可以，但要包装成"做 X 的故事"，不是产品广告。"After 5 months building X, here's what I learned about [niche]"——同样的产品但角度变成叙事，社区就接受了。 **一周该发几篇？** 不强求频率。两周一篇深的远好过一周三篇水的。IH 算法对低质量批量发反而扣分。配上每月 1-2 条 milestone，节奏就够了。 ## 同期可以一起打的其他平台 IH 是 indie 圈最大的论坛，但不是唯一。下面这些可以组合着打： - [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com)：DR 75，产品发布的硬通货。IH 做长期持续输出，PH 做发布日爆点，搭配着用。 - [Betalist](/sites/betalist-com)：DR 70，专门收早期 beta 产品。IH 之前先去 Betalist 攒 waitlist，是不少 indie 的标准动作。 - [Startup Fame](/sites/startupfa-me)：DR 83，发布日类站点，可以跟 PH 同期打。 - [Awesome Indie](/sites/awesomeindie-com)：indie 工具集合，listing 不难拿，作为补充曝光不错。 - [Indie Hacker Tools](/sites/indiehacker-tools)：DR 55，专做 indie 工具的目录，受众跟 IH 重合度高。 - [IndieHustles](/sites/indiehustles-com)：DR 66，indie SaaS 目录，能拿到一个长期收录的 listing 页。 - [dev.to](/sites/dev-to)：DR 90，如果你产品是给开发者用的，IH 发故事，dev.to 发技术文章，搭配最有效。 - [Micro Launch](/sites/microlaunch-net) 和 [Uneed](/sites/uneed-best)：小型发布站，门槛低适合做"发布日组合"。 - [Fazier](/sites/fazier-com)：另一个 indie 友好的发布站，跟 PH 同期打效果不错。 主线建议：早期产品 → Betalist 攒 waitlist；MVP 上线 → IH 发故事 + r/SideProject 收反馈；正式发布日 → Product Hunt + Startup Fame + Fazier 同期推；持续运营期 → IH 每月 milestone + Twitter building in public。一整套跑下来一个 indie 项目能在多个长期收录页面里拿到曝光。 更多 indie 圈和发布类站点，可以看 [/c/startup](/c/startup) 和 [/c/directory](/c/directory) 两个分类。 --- # How to Submit Your Tool to 10015.io Canonical URL: https://wheretosubmit.org/guides/10015-io-submission-guide Last updated: 2026-09-04 12:29:01 ## English > **TL;DR:** 10015.io is a free online tools site run by one person — Volkan Şengül from Turkey. DR 41. The key thing to know: **it's not a directory, it's a curation**. All 100+ tools on the site are built by him. The "Suggest a Tool" form takes ideas, not your product as an entry. So even if your tool gets picked up, the more likely outcome is that he writes his own version of it and may or may not link to you. Go in with the mindset "if it inspires him, that's a win" — not "I need a backlink." If you want a steady DR 40+ backlink, [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net), [SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com), or [Toolify](/sites/toolify-ai) are way more efficient. ## What is 10015.io [10015.io](/sites/10015-io) (the site is at https://10015.io) is a free online tools collection built by Volkan Şengül. DR 41. About a million visits per month. Open it and you see 100+ tools: CSS generators, image compressors, color pickers, text utilities, social card previews. They're sorted by use case. No signup. No paywall. Almost no ads. The whole site is clean and the UI is consistent across all the tools. But here's the thing you need to know first: **10015.io is not Product Hunt and not AlternativeTo. It's not a directory.** Every tool on the site is written by Volkan himself. Third-party tools don't get added. So when you open the suggest page, you're handing him an idea — not filing an application. Once you get this difference, everything else makes sense. ## Should you still submit It depends. **Worth a shot if:** - You built a very simple, single-purpose, pure-frontend web tool. The vibe matches what's already on 10015. - You're OK with "being inspiration." He may not take your tool, but he might write a similar one. - You want a DR 41 mention and you're not in a rush for a real backlink. **Don't bother if:** - You're shipping a SaaS, a paid tool, or anything with a login wall. Ignored on sight. - You sell AI wrappers, prompt collections, or API key resales. 10015 stays away from that whole space. - You're B2B, enterprise, or a template marketplace. Wrong fit. For most indie hackers, 10015.io isn't the top priority channel. But DR 41 is sitting right there. If you do it right, half an hour is worth spending. ## What 10015.io picks up 10015 has no leaderboard. But you can tell what Volkan likes and doesn't. After watching for a while, the pattern is: - **Solves one small clear problem.** One tool, one thing. Not "convert + compress + generate code" all at once. - **No signup.** Tools on 10015 work the moment you click in. Input, button, result. Three steps. - **Runs on the client.** If it can run in the browser, no backend. So Volkan doesn't need to keep servers alive. - **Useful to many people.** Tools that help front-end devs, designers, and marketers all do better than tools made for one niche. - **Looks decent.** The whole site is clean. He doesn't bother copying tools with rough UI. The most common mistake: you think you're submitting a "tool," but it's a "product" — with pricing, login, orgs. 10015 won't take that. ## What to prep before you submit ### Two weeks out Strip your tool to the bone. If it has 3 features, split it into 3 separate pages, each doing one thing. 10015 takes atomic tools. Speed it up. Use WASM if you can. Use client-side if you can. Slow tools don't survive here. ### One week out Write a 1-2 sentence description of the tool. The kind of language your mom would get — "compress images to under 50KB," not "advanced lossy compression engine." Get a clean screenshot or short GIF ready. The current 10015 tool pages have very plain screenshots. You don't need a marketing-style cover image. ### The day you submit Open https://10015.io/suggest. That's the main entry. Have your link ready, a short description, and one sentence about why 10015 doesn't have it but should. ## The submission flow ### Step 1: Fill the suggest form URL: https://10015.io/suggest. The form is short — tool name, link (optional), description, your email (optional). Remember when you fill it out: **one person reads this, not a machine**. So the tone can be relaxed, but the content has to be solid. Don't pile on adjectives. Just say what the tool does, when it's useful, and whether anything like it already exists. ### Step 2: Reach out directly The form alone gets no reply most of the time. Dozens come in every day. He can't answer them all. If you're serious, find his X / Twitter (the 10015 account or his personal one) and send a short DM. Tell him what you submitted and why you think it's interesting. Don't blast it out. Don't use a template. Anything that looks like marketing spam gets skipped. ### Step 3: Wait To be honest, most likely no reply. Volkan has a day job. 10015 is his side project. Don't follow up every week. If you hear nothing in a month, drop this channel and move your energy somewhere else. The next section lists backups. ## Why most suggestions go nowhere This is the real situation with sites like 10015.io. No point hiding it. First, **way more come in than go out**. Volkan probably adds 10-20 new tools a year. But suggestions come in by the dozens every week. The cut rate is over 95%. Second, **he writes his own**. Even if your tool is open source, with full docs and a clean link, he might still pick up the idea and rewrite it. The reason is simple. He wants the whole site's code style to be the same, performance under control, and no outside services to depend on. Third, **no backlink promise**. Even if your tool gets used as inspiration, 10015 might not put your link on the tool page. He sometimes writes "inspired by," but that's not the default. Fourth, **no paid lane**. 10015 doesn't open sponsorships or paid listings. So you can't pay your way to the front of the line. Sounds harsh, but that's how it is. **Going in with "if it inspires him, that's a win" is way more realistic than "I need a backlink."** ## How to actually get a backlink If your real goal is a DR 41 backlink, the ideas below work better than the suggest form. **Idea 1: Build your own small site like 10015.** The 10015 model isn't complex. A bunch of static tools, one shared UI, SEO keyword pages stacked up. You can do this too. Once your DR climbs, link with 10015 instead of begging for a one-way link. **Idea 2: Get talked about on Reddit.** 10015 has no comments. But r/webdev and r/SideProject talk about tool sites all the time. If your tool gets traction on Reddit first, the chance that Volkan picks it up later goes up. **Idea 3: Contribute to open source.** If 10015 uses an open-source library (lots of front-end tools sit on top of npm packages), submit a PR there. If it gets merged, 10015 benefits and you ride along. **Idea 4: Reach out for a real partnership.** In rare cases, if your tool is genuinely better than what 10015 has (more accurate, faster, has an API), email Volkan with a partnership pitch — he links you, you give him user analytics or cross-promote. The chance is small. But the cost is small too. Worth one try. ## What to do after If your tool ends up listed or referenced on 10015, **don't stop at one link**. Find the attribution link at the bottom of his tool page. Screenshot it. Put it in your "As seen on" strip on your own site. Tweet about it. @ the 10015 account. He'll probably retweet. That retweet brings you more eyeballs than the raw backlink does. Write it up in your changelog or blog: "Our X tool got picked up by 10015.io." That kind of post then earns search traffic of its own. Last thing — if you shipped one tool that 10015 took, **that's a signal**. The market says you can build small tools. So build a few more. Stack them into your own collection. Then come back and trade with sites like 10015 as a peer. ## Common mistakes - Submitting a SaaS. 10015 doesn't take SaaS, no matter how much it looks like a tool. - Submitting a tool that needs login or signup. Ignored. - Submitting a tool that already exists on 10015. There are 100+ tools. Search first. - Mass DMs and template messages. Volkan spots these instantly. - Following up three times in one week. Patience is basic etiquette for indie projects. - AI-generated descriptions. "A revolutionary tool that empowers developers across the full stack" — he reads two words and closes the tab. ## 10015.io vs other tool collection sites | Aspect | 10015.io | [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net) | [Toolify](/sites/toolify-ai) | [Future Tools](/sites/futuretools-io) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Type | One-person curated tools | Software alternatives directory | AI tools directory | AI tools curation | | Takes third-party tools | Almost never | Yes, open | Yes, paid and free | Yes, with review | | DR | 41 | 80 | 64 | 44 | | Chance of backlink | Low | High | High (higher with paid) | Medium | | Best fit | Single-purpose small tools | Any SaaS or software | AI products | AI products | If your goal is "fast, sure, steady backlinks," AlternativeTo is way more useful than 10015.io. The value of 10015.io is **vibe match**. If you build the kind of free small tool the site already has, getting picked up there is more of a story than a regular backlink. ## FAQ **Does 10015.io charge anything?** No. The suggest form is fully free. But that also means there's no paid fast lane. **How long until you hear back?** No promise. Usually if you hear nothing within a week, the answer is no. **Will he keep the link I submitted with my tool?** Not always. He might use your tool as a reference but write his own version. The link at the bottom of the tool page may or may not be yours. **Can you edit or take back a suggest after sending it?** No. The form only submits. If you got something wrong, just send another one or DM him. **How many times should you submit?** Once per tool is enough. Repeat submissions get ignored. If you have 5 tools, space them out by weeks and send the strongest one each time. **Will 10015.io take AI tools?** Most of the time, no. 10015 leans toward classic frontend / design / dev utilities. AI wrappers aren't his thing. ## Other platforms to hit at the same time If you ship free tools or a small SaaS, 10015.io shouldn't be your only channel. The combo below works much better: - [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com): DR 75. Launch day is the gold standard for tool sites. Any free tool deserves a run there. - [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net): DR 80 open directory. List your tool and you start getting SEO traffic right away. - [SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com): DR 68. Free to submit. Friendly to small tools and SaaS alike. - [Toolify](/sites/toolify-ai): DR 64. AI tool focus. Has a paid fast lane. - [Tool Pilot](/sites/toolpilot-ai): DR 51. Newer, but the bar to get in is low. - [Future Tools](/sites/futuretools-io): DR 44. AI curation. Decent quality. When you run these, treat 10015.io as one long-tail experiment, not the main play. The main play is Product Hunt first, then AlternativeTo + SaaSHub + Toolify in parallel — those are the DR 60+ open directories that pay off. For more sites like these, see [/c/other](/c/other) and [/c/dev](/c/dev). ## 中文 > **TL;DR:** 10015.io 是土耳其开发者 Volkan Şengül 一个人维护的免费在线工具站，DR 41。重点是：**它不是目录，是策展**。上面 100 多个工具全是他自己写的，suggest 表单收的是"工具点子"，不是你产品的入驻申请。所以哪怕你的工具被采纳，更可能的结果是他参考着自己重写一个，链不链你看心情。带着"被启发就赚到"的心态去投，比"必须拿外链"更现实。如果你的目标是稳拿 DR 40+ 反向链接，[AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net)、[SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com)、[Toolify](/sites/toolify-ai) 这几个开放目录效率高得多。 ## 10015.io 是什么 [10015.io](/sites/10015-io)（域名 `https://10015.io`）是 Volkan Şengül 做的一个免费在线工具集合，DR 41，月访问量百万级。打开就能看到 100+ 个工具：CSS 生成器、图片压缩、颜色提取、文本处理、社交卡片预览，按场景分类堆在一起。 不用注册，没有付费墙，广告也基本看不到。整体调性挺干净，UI 一致性做得很好。 但有件事得先讲清楚：**10015.io 不是 Product Hunt，也不是 AlternativeTo，它不是一个"目录"**。上面所有工具都是 Volkan 自己写的，不接受第三方工具入驻。所以你打开 suggest 页面，本质上是在给他递一个想法，不是在交申请表。 这个区别想明白，后面的事就好谈了。 ## 还该往这里投吗 要分情况。 **值得试一下的：** - 你做了一个非常单一、小巧、纯前端的网页工具，跟 10015 已有的风格对得上。 - 你愿意接受"被参考"——他可能不收你的，但会自己写一个类似的放上去。 - 你想找一条 DR 41 的高质量曝光，并且不指望立马拿到外链。 **真的别投的：** - SaaS 产品、付费工具、需要登录的东西。直接被忽略。 - AI 包装站、prompt 集合、API key 转手卖的——10015 完全不沾这个。 - B2B、企业服务、模板商城。维度不对。 老实说，对绝大多数 indie hacker 来说，10015.io 不是优先级最高的渠道。但 DR 41 的盘子摆在这里，搞对路子值得花半小时试一下。 ## 10015.io 在按什么收工具 10015 没有"排行榜"，但你能看出 Volkan 收什么、不收什么。盯了一阵能总结几条规律： - **解决一个明确的小问题**。一个工具一件事，别又转格式又压缩又生成代码。 - **不用注册**。10015 上的工具点进去就能用——输入框、按钮、结果，三步到位。 - **客户端跑得动**。能在浏览器里完成的，绝不要后端。这意味着 Volkan 不用养服务器。 - **有一定通用性**。给前端、设计师、运营都能用上的，比给某个细分行业用的更受欢迎。 - **视觉风格不能太丑**。10015 整体调性干净，UI 太糙的工具他自己也懒得照搬。 最常见的翻车点：你以为提的是"工具",其实是"产品"——带定价、带登录、带组织管理。10015 不收这种。 ## 提交前要准备什么 ### 还有两周 把你的工具简化到极限。如果目前有 3 个功能，拆成 3 个独立页面，每个只干一件事。10015 收的是原子级工具。 把响应速度压下去。能用 WASM 就 WASM，能 client-side 就 client-side。慢的工具在这里没活路。 ### 还有一周 写一段 1-2 句话的工具描述。要那种你妈也能看懂的话——"把图片压成 50KB 以下"，不要"先进的 lossy compression engine"。 准备一张极简截图或者短 GIF。10015 的现有工具页都是非常朴素的截图，不需要营销味的封面图。 ### 提交当天 打开 ——这是核心入口。准备好链接、简短描述、一句话讲清"为什么 10015 上没有，但应该有"。 ## 提交流程 ### 第一步：填 Suggest 表单 地址 。表单很短：工具名、链接（可选）、描述、邮箱（可选）。 填的时候记住，**这是给 Volkan 一个人看的，不是机器审**。所以语气可以放松，但内容要扎实。别堆形容词，直接说：这个工具干啥、解决什么场景、市面上有没有现成的。 ### 第二步：直接联系 光填表单基本没回音。表单一天可能涌进来几十条，他不可能都回。如果你认真想做成，去他的 X / Twitter（10015 官号或者本人账号）发一条短私信，说一下你提了什么、为什么觉得有意思。 不要群发，不要复制粘贴。看起来像营销轰炸的他直接划走。 ### 第三步：等 老实说，大概率没回应。Volkan 自己也是有正职的，10015 是副业。不要每周追问。一个月内没动静，基本可以放弃这条线，把精力转到别的渠道。后面那一节列了几个备胎。 ## 为什么大多数建议没下文 这是 10015.io 这种站的真实情况，没什么好回避的。 第一，**接收量远小于建议量**。Volkan 一年可能加 10-20 个新工具，但建议每周都有几十条。淘汰率 95% 以上。 第二，**他自己写**。哪怕你的工具开源、链接齐全、文档清晰，他也可能选择参考你的思路自己重写一遍。理由很简单：要保证整站代码风格统一、性能可控、不依赖外部服务。 第三，**没有外链承诺**。即使你的工具被参考、被启发，10015 不一定会在工具页放你的链接。他偶尔会写"inspired by"，但绝不是默认行为。 第四，**没有付费通道**。10015 暂时没开放赞助/付费上架，所以你想花钱跳队，渠道也没有。 听上去挺残酷，但这是真实情况。**带着"被启发就赚到"的心态去投，比"必须拿到外链"心态现实得多**。 ## 怎么真的拿到外链 如果你的目标就是 DR 41 的反向链接，下面这几条思路比 suggest 表单管用得多。 **思路一：自己造一个对标 10015 的小站**。10015 的玩法不复杂——一堆静态工具、共享一套 UI、SEO 关键词页堆起来。你自己也能做，DR 涨上来之后跟 10015 互链，比单方面求他链你强。 **思路二：在 Reddit 自然发酵**。10015 没有评论区，但 Reddit 的 r/webdev、r/SideProject 上工具站经常被聊到。你的工具如果先在 Reddit 火过一轮，10015 看到再收的概率高一些。 **思路三：贡献开源**。如果 10015 用了开源库（很多前端工具是基于 npm 包的），你给那个库提 PR、被合进来，10015 间接受益的同时你也跟着沾光。 **思路四：直接合作**。极少数情况下，如果你的工具确实做得比 10015 好（更准确、更快、有 API），可以直接给 Volkan 发邮件提合作——比如他链你，你给他用户分析或者互推。概率很低，成本也低，值得一试。 ## 之后做什么 如果你的工具最终被 10015 收录或参考了，**别只满足于一条链接**。 去他的工具页底部找 attribution 链接，截图保存，作为社交证明放进自己官网"As seen on"区。 发一条 Twitter，@10015 官号说一声，他大概率会转一下。这一转能给你带来比直接外链更大的可见度。 把这件事写进 changelog 或博客："我们的 X 工具被 10015.io 收录"。这种内容反过来又能拿到搜索流量。 最后，如果你做了一个被收录的工具，**这是个信号**——说明你做小工具的能力被市场认可，可以顺势再做几个，慢慢攒成自己的工具集，然后回头跟 10015 这种站做交换。 ## 常见翻车点 - 提交一个 SaaS。10015 不收 SaaS，不管你包装得多像工具。 - 提交一个需要登录或注册的工具。直接 ignore。 - 提交一个已经存在的工具。10015 已经有 100+ 个，提之前先搜一下。 - 群发邮件、模板私信。Volkan 一眼就看出来。 - 一周追问三次。耐心是这种独立项目的基本礼貌。 - 用 AI 生成的描述。"革命性的工具，赋能开发者全流程"——这种话他读两个字就划走。 ## 10015.io vs 其他工具集合站 | 维度 | 10015.io | [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net) | [Toolify](/sites/toolify-ai) | [Future Tools](/sites/futuretools-io) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 性质 | 单人维护的工具站 | 软件替代品目录 | AI 工具目录 | AI 工具策展 | | 接收第三方 | 几乎不接 | 接，开放 | 接，付费/免费两种 | 接，需审核 | | DR | 41 | 80 | 64 | 44 | | 拿到外链概率 | 低 | 高 | 高（付费更稳） | 中 | | 适合人群 | 单一功能小工具 | 任何 SaaS / 软件 | AI 产品 | AI 产品 | 如果你的目标是"快、准、稳拿外链"，AlternativeTo 比 10015.io 高效得多。10015.io 的价值在于**调性匹配**——如果你做的就是免费小工具风的东西，被这个站收录的故事性比一条普通外链更有用。 ## 常见问题 **10015.io 收费吗？** 不收。Suggest 表单完全免费，但也意味着没有"付费插队"通道。 **多久会有回应？** 没承诺。一般来说一周内没动静基本就没戏了。 **他会保留我提交时附的链接吗？** 不一定。他可能参考你的工具但自己重写，工具页底部不一定放你的链接。 **suggest 之后能撤回或修改吗？** 没这功能，表单只有提交。如果填错了就再发一次，或者私信他。 **我应该提交多少次？** 一个工具一次就够，重复提交会被忽略。如果你有 5 个工具想提，间隔几周分批提，每次只挑最强的一个。 **10015.io 会接受 AI 工具吗？** 绝大多数情况下不会。10015 偏向"经典"前端/设计/开发小工具，AI 包装类的不在他口味里。 ## 同期可以一起打的其他平台 如果你做的是免费工具或小型 SaaS，10015.io 不该是你唯一的渠道。下面这几个组合着打效率更高： - [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com)：DR 75，发布日是工具站的硬通货，任何免费工具值得在这里走一轮。 - [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net)：DR 80 的开放目录，工具直接挂上去就有 SEO 流量。 - [SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com)：DR 68，免费提交，对小工具/SaaS 都友好。 - [Toolify](/sites/toolify-ai)：DR 64，AI 工具方向，有付费快速通道。 - [Tool Pilot](/sites/toolpilot-ai)：DR 51，新一些但接收门槛低。 - [Future Tools](/sites/futuretools-io)：DR 44，AI 策展型，质量过得去。 打这些站的时候，10015.io 可以作为"长尾里的一个尝试"，不要当主线。主线是 Product Hunt 之后摆开打 AlternativeTo + SaaSHub + Toolify 这种 DR 60+ 的开放目录。 更多类似的工具集合和目录站，可以看 [/c/other](/c/other) 和 [/c/dev](/c/dev) 两个分类。 --- # How to Post on dev.to and Get the Backlink Right Canonical URL: https://wheretosubmit.org/guides/dev-to-submission-guide Last updated: 2026-09-04 12:29:01 ## English > **TL;DR:** dev.to is a developer blogging community by Forem. DR 90, tens of millions of monthly visits. It's not a directory. It's a place to write articles. The key thing: **you're posting an article, not an ad**. The community spots marketing-flavored posts in seconds, and the reactions stay cold. But if you write something real — a debugging story, building-in-public notes, a tech comparison — dev.to pays back well. Articles rank in Google for a long time. Your profile page can link to your site. The big move is `canonical_url` — use dev.to as a second channel. Your own blog keeps the SEO weight, dev.to gets the eyeballs. If all you want is a hard backlink without writing, [Hashnode](/sites/hashnode-com) or [Medium](/sites/medium-com) work too. But dev.to has the most active developer readers. ## What is dev.to [dev.to](/sites/dev-to) (the site is at https://dev.to) is a developer community built by Forem. DR 90. It's basically a "Medium for devs" — anyone can sign up, write articles, add tags, and get reactions and comments. The readers are almost all developers. Front-end, back-end, DevOps, AI engineers, all in there. Topics range from React hooks to Postgres tuning to vibe coding. Pretty wide. Posting is free. No review process. Sign up and you can post right away. But **no review doesn't mean anything goes**. The community has its own taste. Marketing posts lose reactions fast and end up read by nobody. A few things that are different from Medium: - The audience is mostly developers. Non-tech posts get almost no upvotes. - Markdown is native. Code blocks work. Liquid tags let you embed CodePen or GitHub Gists right in. - No paywall. Authors don't earn money from posts here. The payoff is followers, links, and long-term article SEO. - There's a `canonical_url` field made for cross-posting. This single feature is dev.to's most valuable thing. ## Should you still post here Depends. **Worth your time if:** - You hit a real bug or limit while building, and the writeup helps other devs. Like "the D1 binding gotcha when deploying Next.js on Cloudflare Workers." - Your product itself is built for developers (API, SDK, CLI, open source tool). The readers are your users. - You want some brand content that earns Google search traffic over time. - You already wrote on your own blog and want to cross-post for reach. **Skip it if:** - You're shipping B2B SaaS for non-devs (HR systems, sales tools). Wrong audience. - You only want to write a launch post. dev.to is not Product Hunt. "We just launched X" gets ignored. - You're stacking AI-tool listicles like "10 best X." This stuff gets pushback from the community. - You're posting translated or AI-generated text without rewriting. Spotted on sight. Tanks your reputation. For most indie hackers and small teams shipping things to developers, dev.to is one of the better channels by ROI. The condition is you're willing to write something real. ## What dev.to picks up The home page has a few feeds: Latest (by time), Top (by reactions in a window), Relevant (personalized). To get more eyes, a few things matter: - **Early reactions.** If you get a few ❤️ / 🦄 / 🔖 in the first 1-2 hours, the post gets pushed to more Relevant feeds. No reactions in the first few hours and the post is buried. - **Right tags.** Max 4 tags per post. Tags that don't match your content get folded or flagged. - **Clear title.** "How I cut my Postgres query from 2s to 80ms" beats "Optimizing my database" by an order of magnitude. - **Cover image.** Not required, but posts without a cover get clicked way less from the feed. - **Author history.** A new account posting cold has a hard time. Drop a few real comments under other posts before you post your own. The most common mistake: writing a launch post and calling it an article. "Introducing X, the future of Y" — devs are trained to spot this. They scroll past in a second. ## What to prep before posting ### Two weeks out Pick a specific topic. Not "I built X." But "I used X to solve problem Y." Cut the scope until one article can cover it. Search dev.to for your topic keyword. Look at the top-ranking posts. Copy the structure, not the content. Hands-on posts in the 1500-3000 word range usually do best. ### One week out Write the body. In Markdown. Use triple-backtick code blocks with a language name (` ```js `, ` ```python `). Compress screenshots to under 200KB. dev.to has its own image host, but it's slow. Pick 4 tags. The first tag matters most. Make it a big bucket (`#webdev`, `#javascript`, `#python`, `#ai`). Use the next three to narrow down. Make a cover image. 1000×420 pixels. dev.to crops to that ratio by default. Other sizes get cut. Canva, Figma, or just a screenshot with a title slapped on top all work fine. ### The day you post Pick the time. 8-10 AM US Eastern is the highest-traffic window on dev.to. If your readers are mostly in Asia, 8 PM Beijing time also works — Japan, India, and Southeast Asian devs are still online then. After you hit publish, **don't just walk away**. Watch comments for the first 2 hours. Reply to anyone who comments. Early engagement directly affects whether the algorithm pushes your post. ## The publish flow ### Step 1: Sign up and fill the profile URL: https://dev.to/enter. Log in with GitHub, Apple, Google, or Forem account. Use GitHub if you can — your GitHub link shows on your profile and the community recognizes that. Fill the profile out. Avatar. Bio (one line about who you are and what you do). Website link (this goes to your own site — it's nofollow but still drives traffic). Location, Skills, all of it. A blank profile posting articles gets no follows. ### Step 2: Write the post Click Write a Post in the top right. The editor is Markdown. The top is frontmatter (YAML) where you fill in metadata like title, tags, cover, `canonical_url`: ``` --- title: How I cut my Postgres query from 2s to 80ms published: true tags: postgres, performance, webdev, backend cover_image: https://example.com/cover.png canonical_url: https://yourblog.com/postgres-perf --- ``` The body is just Markdown. dev.to also has liquid tags — `{% github user/repo %}`, `{% codepen url %}`, `{% youtube id %}` all embed inline. One rule when writing: **write like a person, write the details, write the process**. "I tried A, didn't work. Tried B, found C. Ended up using D." That story shape beats a "5 Tips for Postgres Performance" list every time. ### Step 2.5: Use canonical_url (important) If you're also posting this on your own blog (or already have), **always fill in `canonical_url`**. Point it at the full URL of the post on your own blog. Why this matters gets its own section below. For now, just remember: fill it in, and search engines treat your blog as the original. Skip it, and dev.to outranks your own site. ### Step 3: Publish and engage Hit Publish. The post shows up in the feed right away. After that: - Drop the link on your Twitter, LinkedIn, or company chat. Send some seed traffic in. - Come back to dev.to within an hour. Reply to comments if there are any. - Find 1-2 posts on related topics from other authors. Leave a real comment. The system pushes active users to more readers. ### Step 4: Keep going dev.to isn't post-and-done. Come back a month later, check the dashboard. See which post got the most reactions and views. Take the topic that did well and write a deeper piece, or split it into a series. ## How to use canonical_url right This deserves its own section, because it's the single thing on dev.to that's both easy to mess up and the most important. **Why it matters.** Google sees two URLs with the same content. It picks one as the "original" and assigns the SEO weight to that URL. dev.to is DR 90. If your blog is DR 5, Google almost always picks dev.to. The result: nobody finds your blog post, and dev.to ends up with all the link weight. **How `canonical_url` solves this.** Put `canonical_url: https://yourblog.com/post-slug` in the frontmatter. dev.to adds `` to the HTML. That tells Google "I'm not the original, that one is." Google then assigns the weight to your blog. **Three ways to play this, depending on your goal:** 1. **Blog first, dev.to second.** This is the most common and the safest play. Post on your own blog first (let Google index it for a few days). Then post on dev.to with `canonical_url` filled in. Result: your blog gets the main ranking. dev.to gets the social reach and engagement. 2. **dev.to first, blog second.** Don't fill `canonical_url`. Let dev.to be the original. Use this when your blog DR is low and you don't care about ranking the post on your own site. 3. **dev.to only.** No blog at all? Just post on dev.to. dev.to becomes the Google ranking page for that topic. No need to overthink it. **Don't do this:** - Post on both, but skip `canonical_url`. Google picks dev.to as original. Your blog post is wasted. - Wrong URL. `canonical_url` has to be a real, indexed page. A 404 or noindex'd URL does nothing. - Hoping "both pages will rank." That's not how it works. Google picks one. Either your blog wins or dev.to wins. Pick. For most indie hackers, **blog first + dev.to cross-post + fill the canonical** is the right move. You get both upsides. ## How to actually get traffic and links from dev.to External links in the post body default to nofollow on dev.to (so does the Website field on your profile). So **don't treat dev.to as a pure backlink farm**. The real value is in three places: **One, the article URL ranks in Google.** dev.to articles rank for a long time. A good post still gets you hundreds of impressions a month a year later. **Two, the profile page sends traffic.** Your profile has your website link, GitHub, Twitter. Each post has your bio in the footer. Readers who like the post click through. That traffic is small but high-intent. **Three, the community amplifies.** A post with thousands of reactions gets retweeted by the dev.to account, picked up by newsletters, and forwarded out to Hacker News, Reddit, and Twitter. That second-wave reach is where the real backlinks come from. But the post has to actually hold up. How to play it: - **One deeper post every two weeks**. Beats five thin posts. - **Group posts into a series**. dev.to has a series feature. Cluster related posts. Readers finishing one will scroll to the next. - **Put your product in the bio**. One sentence. No marketing voice. "Building [product] for [audience]" is enough. - **Engage with other authors for real**. Pick 5-10 active writers in your space. Drop reactions and comments on their posts regularly. After six months, your visibility goes up way more than just posting your own stuff. ## What to do after A post going live isn't the end. **It's the start of a content asset.** Send the link to Hacker News (use the Show HN format if relevant). Drop it in the right Reddit subs (r/webdev, r/programming, r/SideProject). Tweet it. The first hours get a real boost from this. Each Reddit sub has its own rules — read the sidebar before posting. Once the numbers settle (about a week), put the post in your blog's "As featured in" strip. Or use the link as outside proof on your product landing page. A dev.to link with a few hundred reactions is social proof. If a post does really well (top 7 days, etc.), turn it into a video, a Twitter thread, a newsletter issue. One topic, at least three formats. Last thing — **make dev.to a regular column**. Post 2-3 a month, steady. Six months in, you'll have a few thousand followers, steady profile traffic, and a few posts ranking on Google long-term. That compounding only happens if you keep showing up. ## Common mistakes - Title says "Introducing X." That's launch-post format. dev.to readers don't read past the title. - Body is all about your product. Devs are sensitive to ads. They scroll past after three paragraphs. - Random tags. One right tag like `#javascript` brings traffic. Four wrong tags get the post folded. - Posting on both dev.to and your blog without `canonical_url`. Your blog gets outranked. Already covered above. - AI-generated content with no rewrite. dev.to readers spot AI voice instantly. Two paragraphs in, gone. - Post and run. No engagement in the first 2 hours buries the post. - Picking fights when someone questions your product in comments. The community watches how you handle pushback. Tone matters more than being right. ## dev.to vs Medium vs Hashnode | Aspect | dev.to | [Medium](/sites/medium-com) | [Hashnode](/sites/hashnode-com) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Type | Developer community | General content platform | Developer blog platform | | Readers | Mostly devs | All over the place | Mostly devs | | DR | 90 | 94 | 83 | | canonical_url | Native | Supported but buried | Native, can map your domain | | Paywall | None | Yes (Member-only) | None | | Custom domain | No | No | Yes (free) | | Best fit | Cross-post your dev blog | Wider audience | Use as your main tech blog | For devs writing technical content: dev.to has the most active community. Medium has more total traffic but mixed readers. Hashnode is best if you want it to be your main blog with your own domain. They're not replacements. If you have the time, post to all three. Set the canonical to your own blog on each. ## FAQ **Is dev.to free?** Yes. Sign up, posting, and all features are free. dev.to runs on corporate sponsors and the Forem open-source project. **How fast do you see reactions?** The first 1-2 hours after posting are the window. If reactions are in the single digits at 2 hours, the post is buried. By the next morning the numbers are basically locked in. **Can you post something already published elsewhere?** Yes, and it's recommended. But fill in `canonical_url` to point at the original. Otherwise dev.to outranks your own site. **Are dev.to links dofollow?** External links in the body default to nofollow. The Website field on your profile is also nofollow. Don't treat dev.to as a pure backlink farm. The real value is article ranking in Google plus profile traffic. **Nobody is reading my post. What now?** Check three things. Are the tags right. Is the title too marketing-flavored. Did you add a cover image. Still nothing? Go drop a few real comments on other posts and get familiar to the community. New accounts going cold is normal. **Can I post a launch announcement?** Don't. But you can write "the bug I hit while building this product" — same product, technical-story angle. Readers accept it. **How many posts a week?** No required cadence. One deep post every two weeks beats three thin ones a week. The algorithm penalizes low-quality batch posting. ## Other platforms to hit at the same time dev.to is one of the best channels for dev content, but not the only one. Combine these: - [Hashnode](/sites/hashnode-com): DR 83. Dev blog platform. You can map your own domain. Cross-post after dev.to. - [Medium](/sites/medium-com): DR 94. Wider audience. If your topic isn't pure tech (indie hacking, product thinking), Medium gets better feedback than dev.to. - [Hacker News](/sites/hackernews-com): DR 44. Send your post to HN right after you publish. Front page once and the article gets 10x the traffic. - [Indie Hackers](/sites/indiehackers-com): Better fit for indie-product content. The community is more product-focused than dev.to. - [CodeProject](/sites/codeproject-com): DR 90. Old-school dev community. Topics lean back-end and enterprise. - [Substack](/sites/substack-com): DR 93. If you want to run a long-term newsletter, Substack is the main stage. Use dev.to as a cross-post channel. - [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com): DR 75. The launch-day standard. Use dev.to for long-term tech blog SEO and Product Hunt for the launch spike. They pair well. The main play: post on your own blog first. Cross-post to dev.to with `canonical_url`. Push to Hacker News and Reddit for the first wave. Tweet a thread of the key points. One piece of content runs in three or four formats. For more developer content sites and posting channels, see [/c/dev](/c/dev) and [/c/content](/c/content). ## 中文 > **TL;DR:** dev.to 是 Forem 做的开发者博客社区，DR 90，月访问量上千万。它不是目录站，是写文章的地方。重点是：**你发的是文章，不是产品广告**。带营销味的帖子社区一眼就识别出来，反应也很冷。但如果你写的是真东西——踩坑笔记、做项目的过程、技术对比——dev.to 给的回报很扎实：文章本身在 Google 长期还能吃到流量，profile 页可以挂自己的网站和产品。最关键的一招是 `canonical_url`——把 dev.to 当二发渠道，主站点拿权重，dev.to 拿曝光。如果你只想要硬外链不想写文章，去 [Hashnode](/sites/hashnode-com) 或 [Medium](/sites/medium-com) 也行，但 dev.to 的开发者读者最活跃。 ## dev.to 是什么 [dev.to](/sites/dev-to)（域名 `https://dev.to`）是 Forem 公司做的一个开发者社区，DR 90。说白了就是一个"开发者版的 Medium"——任何人都能注册、发文章、加 tag、被人 react / comment。 读者基本全是开发者。前端、后端、DevOps、AI 工程师都有。话题从 React hooks 到 Postgres 调优到 vibe coding，覆盖面挺宽。 发布免费，不用审核，注册完就能发。但**不审核不代表随便发**——社区有自己的口味，营销味重的帖子掉 reaction 掉得很快，发了也是没人看。 跟 Medium 不一样的几点，先记住： - 开发者读者占绝对多数，给非技术内容点赞的人很少。 - Markdown 原生支持，代码块、liquid tag 嵌入 CodePen / GitHub Gist 都能做。 - 没有付费墙，作者也拿不到分成。这里的回报是关注、外链、和文章长期 SEO。 - 有个 `canonical_url` 字段，专门给跨发用——这玩意儿是 dev.to 最值钱的功能。 ## 还该往这里发吗 要分情况看。 **值得花时间发的：** - 你做产品的过程中踩了具体的坑，写出来对别的开发者有用。比如"用 Cloudflare Workers 部署 Next.js 时 D1 binding 这块的坑"。 - 你的产品本身是给开发者用的（API、SDK、CLI、开源工具）。读者就是潜在用户。 - 你想给自己/产品做点品牌内容，长期还能吃到 Google 搜索流量。 - 你已经在自己博客上写了文章，想顺手二发拿曝光。 **别投的：** - B2B SaaS 卖给非开发者的（HR 系统、销售工具）。读者维度对不上。 - 纯产品发布稿。dev.to 不是 Product Hunt，发"我们今天发布了 X"会被冷处理。 - AI 工具堆砌 listicle、"10 个最好的 X"——这种营销文社区会反感。 - 翻译稿、AI 生成稿不改一笔。一眼看出来，掉信誉。 老实说，对大多数 indie hacker 和给开发者卖东西的小团队，dev.to 是性价比挺高的渠道之一。但前提是你愿意花时间写一篇真东西。 ## dev.to 在按什么排序 dev.to 首页有几个 feed：Latest（按时间）、Top（按时段内 reaction）、Relevant（个性化推荐）。要被更多人看到，主要看几件事： - **早期 reaction 数量**。文章发出后 1-2 小时内拿到几个 ❤️ / 🦄 / 🔖，会被推到 Relevant feed 上。冷启动几个小时没人理，基本就埋了。 - **tag 选得对不对**。每篇最多 4 个 tag，tag 跟内容不匹配会被社区折叠或者举报。 - **标题清楚**。"How I cut my Postgres query from 2s to 80ms" 比 "Optimizing my database" 强一个量级。 - **配图有没有**。cover image 不是必须的，但 feed 里没图的帖子点击率明显低。 - **作者历史**。新号发第一篇没人脉冷启动很慢。先去给别人留几条有内容的评论再发。 最常见的翻车点：把发布稿当文章发。"Introducing X, the future of Y" 这种标题——开发者读者训练有素，看到立刻划走。 ## 发布前要准备什么 ### 还有两周 挑一个具体的话题。不要"我做了 X 这个产品"，要"我用 X 解决了 Y 这个具体问题"。把话题拆细到一篇文章能讲完的颗粒度。 去 dev.to 上搜你的话题关键词，看排在前面的文章长什么样。模仿结构，不抄内容。一般 1500-3000 词的实操类内容回报最好。 ### 还有一周 写正文。Markdown 写。代码块用三个反引号加语言名（` ```js `、` ```python `）。截图压到 200KB 以内，dev.to 自己有图床但加载慢。 挑 4 个 tag。第一个 tag 优先级最高，建议是话题最大类（`#webdev`、`#javascript`、`#python`、`#ai` 这种），后面三个再细分。 准备一张 cover image，1000×420 像素。dev.to 默认会按这个比例裁，发别的尺寸会被切。可以用 Canva、Figma、或者直接拿截图上面贴标题。 ### 发布当天 挑发布时间。北美时间早上 8-10 点是 dev.to 流量最高的时段。如果你目标读者主要在亚洲，下午 8 点（北京时间）也能跑——日本、印度、东南亚的开发者这时候还在线。 发出去之后**别只发完就走**——前两小时盯着评论区，有人留言尽量回。早期互动直接影响算法推不推。 ## 发布流程 ### 第一步：注册并填好 profile 地址 。可以用 GitHub / Apple / Google / Forem 账号登录。建议直接用 GitHub——profile 上会自动显示你的 GitHub 链接，社区识别度更高。 profile 一定要填齐：头像、bio（一句话讲你是谁、做什么）、Website 链接（这里挂你自己网站，rel 是 nofollow 但带流量）、Location、Skills 之类的。空白 profile 写文章没人会点关注。 ### 第二步：写文章 点右上角 Write a Post。编辑器是 Markdown。最上面是 frontmatter（YAML），用来填标题、tag、cover、`canonical_url` 这种元数据： ``` --- title: How I cut my Postgres query from 2s to 80ms published: true tags: postgres, performance, webdev, backend cover_image: https://example.com/cover.png canonical_url: https://yourblog.com/postgres-perf --- ``` 正文随便写，Markdown 全支持。dev.to 还有 liquid tag——`{% github user/repo %}`、`{% codepen url %}`、`{% youtube id %}` 都能直接嵌入。 写的时候记一条原则：**写人话，写细节，写过程**。"我尝试了 A，没成；又试了 B，发现 C；最后用 D 解决"——这种叙事比"5 Tips for Postgres Performance"列表强得多。 ### 第二步半：用 canonical_url（重要） 如果你这篇文章会同时发在自己博客上、或者已经在自己博客上发过了，**一定要填 `canonical_url`**。指向你自己博客上那篇文章的完整 URL。 这件事的意义下一节专门讲，先记住：填了，搜索引擎认你自己博客是原文；不填，dev.to 会盖过你自己网站的排名。 ### 第三步：发布并互动 点 Publish。文章会立刻出现在 feed 里。 发完之后： - 把链接转到你自己 Twitter / LinkedIn / 公司群，给文章导一波种子流量。 - 文章发出去 1 小时内回到 dev.to，看有没有评论，有就回。 - 找 1-2 篇相关话题的别人文章，认真留个评论。系统会把活跃用户推到更多人面前。 ### 第四步：持续 dev.to 不是发完就结束。一个月后回来看 dashboard，看看哪篇 reaction 最多、views 最多。把高表现的话题再写一篇深的，或者拆成 series。 ## canonical_url 怎么用对 这个事单独拎出来讲，因为是 dev.to 上最容易做错也最关键的一步。 **为什么重要。** Google 看到两个 URL 内容一样，会自己挑一个当"原版"，把权重给那个 URL。dev.to DR 90，你自己博客如果只有 DR 5，Google 几乎一定挑 dev.to 的那一篇。结果就是你自己网站的文章被压根搜不到，外链权重全跑到 dev.to 上去。 **`canonical_url` 怎么解决这个问题。** 在 dev.to 文章 frontmatter 里写 `canonical_url: https://yourblog.com/post-slug`，dev.to 会在 HTML 里加一个 ``，告诉 Google "我不是原版，那个才是"。Google 就会把权重判给你自己博客。 **操作有三种打法，看你目标：** 1. **博客先发，dev.to 后发。** 这是最常见也最稳的玩法。先把文章发自己博客（让 Google 先索引几天），再发 dev.to 并填 `canonical_url`。结果是：自己博客拿主排名，dev.to 拿曝光和社区互动。 2. **dev.to 先发，博客后发。** 不填 `canonical_url`，让 dev.to 当原版。适合自己博客 DR 还很低、文章你不指望它给主站排名的情况。 3. **只发 dev.to。** 如果你压根没自己博客，那就直接发，不用纠结。dev.to 会成为这篇内容的 Google 排名页面。 **别犯的错：** - 两边都发但不填 `canonical_url`。Google 直接判 dev.to 是原版，你博客那篇白发了。 - 填错地址。`canonical_url` 必须是已经发布、Google 能爬到的页面，填一个 404 或者 noindex 的页面没用。 - 想"两边都拿排名"。这是不可能的，Google 只会挑一个。要么你博客赢，要么 dev.to 赢，二选一。 老实说，对绝大多数 indie hacker，**博客先发 + dev.to 二发 + 填 canonical** 是最优解。两边的好处都拿到。 ## 怎么真的从 dev.to 拿到流量和外链 dev.to 上正文里链外站默认 nofollow（包括你 profile 的 Website 字段），所以**不要把 dev.to 当纯外链工厂**。它的真实价值在三个地方： **第一，文章 URL 本身在 Google 排名。** dev.to 的文章在 Google 长期能拿到流量。一篇好文章发完一年还在每月给你带几百几千次曝光。 **第二，profile 页给你导流。** Profile 页有你的网站链接、GitHub、Twitter。文章下面 footer 也会贴你的简介。读者看完文章想了解你，会点过去。这部分流量虽然小但精准。 **第三，社区放大效应。** 一篇文章 reaction 上千的话，会被 dev.to 官号转发，被 newsletter 收录，外站（Hacker News、Reddit、Twitter）有可能转。这种二次扩散带来的真外链才是真正的回报——但前提是你那篇内容站得住脚。 具体打法： - **每两周写一篇深一点的实操**。比堆 5 篇水文有用得多。 - **把文章组成 series**。dev.to 有 series 功能，把相关话题挂在一起，读者读完一篇会顺手翻另一篇。 - **bio 里挂你的产品**。一句话，不要广告腔："Building [产品名] for [人群]" 就够。 - **跟其他作者真互动**。在你领域里活跃 5-10 个常发文的作者，定期给他们点 reaction 加评论，半年下来你的能见度比闷头自发要高很多。 ## 发完之后做什么 文章发出来不是终点，**是一个内容资产的起点**。 把链接转到 Hacker News（用 Show HN 格式）、Reddit 相关 sub（r/webdev、r/programming、r/SideProject）、Twitter。能给前几小时再加把火。注意 Reddit 各 sub 规则不同，先看 sidebar。 文章数据稳了之后（一周左右），把它写进自己博客的"As featured in"区，或者作为外部内容证明放进产品 landing page。dev.to 链接 + 几百 reaction 是一种社交证明。 如果一篇文章效果特别好（top 7 days 之类的），把它扩展成视频、推文 thread、newsletter 专题。一个内容点至少出三种形式。 最后，**把 dev.to 当固定栏目**。每月稳定发 2-3 篇，半年后你会发现自己有了几千关注者、profile 流量稳定、几篇文章在 Google 长期排名。这种复利只有持续输出才能拿到。 ## 常见翻车点 - 标题写"Introducing X"。这是产品发布稿格式，dev.to 读者不吃。 - 全文夸自己产品。开发者社区对硬广特别敏感，三段以后没人看。 - tag 乱选。`#javascript` 一个 tag 就能涨流量，但乱写 4 个不相关的反而被折叠。 - 不填 canonical_url 还两边发。前面讲过，自己博客直接被 dev.to 盖排名。 - 用 AI 生成内容不改。dev.to 用户对 AI 文风识别度极高，看两段就划走。 - 一发就走。前两小时不互动，文章基本就埋了。 - 评论区出现别人质疑你的产品就硬刚。开发者社区看的就是你怎么处理质疑，态度比对错重要。 ## dev.to vs Medium vs Hashnode | 维度 | dev.to | [Medium](/sites/medium-com) | [Hashnode](/sites/hashnode-com) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 性质 | 开发者社区 | 综合内容平台 | 开发者博客平台 | | 读者 | 开发者为主 | 各行各业 | 开发者为主 | | DR | 90 | 94 | 83 | | canonical_url | 原生支持 | 支持但藏得深 | 原生支持，可绑自己域名 | | 付费墙 | 无 | 有（Member-only） | 无 | | 自定义域名 | 不支持 | 不支持 | 支持（免费） | | 适合人群 | 开发者博客二发 | 写给广义读者 | 想用自己域名搭技术博客 | 对开发者写技术内容的人来说：dev.to 社区更活跃，Medium 流量更大但读者更杂，Hashnode 适合直接当主博客（因为可以绑自己域名 + canonical 自动指自己）。三者不是替代关系，资源够的话三个一起发，主站点都填自己博客的 canonical。 ## 常见问题 **dev.to 收费吗？** 不收。注册、发文、所有功能都免费。dev.to 自己靠企业赞助和 Forem 这个开源项目维持。 **多久会有反应？** 发文后 1-2 小时是关键期。如果 2 小时内 reaction 个位数，基本就埋了。第二天回来看数据基本能定型。 **可以发已经在别处发过的文章吗？** 可以，强烈推荐顺手二发。但要填 `canonical_url` 指向原文，否则你自己网站会被 dev.to 盖排名。 **dev.to 给的链接是 dofollow 吗？** 正文里链外站默认 nofollow，profile 上的 Website 链接也是 nofollow。不要把 dev.to 当纯外链工厂。它真正的价值是文章本身在 Google 排名 + profile 导流。 **没人看怎么办？** 检查三件事：tag 是不是选对了、标题是不是太营销、cover image 有没有。还不行就去给别人多评论几次，混脸熟。新号没人脉冷启动是常态。 **可以发自己产品发布稿吗？** 不建议。但可以写"做这个产品过程中踩的坑"——同样的产品但角度变成技术叙事，读者就接受了。 **一周该发几篇？** 不强求频率。两周一篇深的远好过一周三篇水的。dev.to 算法对低质量批量发反而扣分。 ## 同期可以一起打的其他平台 dev.to 是开发者内容渠道里很好用的一个，但不是唯一。下面这些可以组合着打： - [Hashnode](/sites/hashnode-com)：DR 83，开发者博客平台，可以绑自己域名。dev.to 二发完顺手再发一份。 - [Medium](/sites/medium-com)：DR 94，读者更广。如果你的话题不是纯技术（比如 indie hacking、产品思考），Medium 反而比 dev.to 反馈好。 - [Hacker News](/sites/hackernews-com)：DR 44，发出去后第一波导流就发 HN，能上首页一篇文章流量直接翻 10 倍。 - [Indie Hackers](/sites/indiehackers-com)：做 indie 项目相关的内容很合适，社区氛围比 dev.to 更聚焦在产品。 - [CodeProject](/sites/codeproject-com)：DR 90，老牌开发者社区，话题偏后端、企业级。 - [Substack](/sites/substack-com)：DR 93，如果你想做长期 newsletter，Substack 是主战场，dev.to 当二发渠道。 - [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com)：DR 75，产品发布的硬通货。dev.to 写技术博客做长期 SEO，Product Hunt 做发布日爆点，搭配着用。 主线建议：自己博客原发 → dev.to 二发（填 canonical）→ Hacker News / Reddit 推一波 → Twitter thread 截要点。整套下来一篇内容能跑出三四种形式。 更多类似的开发者内容站和发布渠道，可以看 [/c/dev](/c/dev) 和 [/c/content](/c/content) 两个分类。 --- # How to Get Listed on Capterra: Submit Your Software Canonical URL: https://wheretosubmit.org/guides/capterra-submission-guide Last updated: 2026-09-04 12:29:01 ## English > **TL;DR:** [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com) is a B2B SaaS review directory owned by Gartner Digital Markets. It's part of a three-site family with [GetApp](/sites/getapp-com) and [Software Advice](/sites/softwareadvice-com), and reviews flow between all three. Claiming a free profile is just the start. There are thousands of listings already, and a profile with zero reviews barely gets clicked. The real work is two things: **claim the profile (free), then get your first 10-20 real reviews without breaking the rules**. Shortlist badges and PPC ads come later. If you sell B2B SaaS to small and mid-size companies, you should list. If you sell a consumer tool or a developer product, you'll get more from [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com) or [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net). ## What is Capterra [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com) (https://www.capterra.com) is a B2B software review and discovery site owned by Gartner. Gartner bought it in 2015. It gets several million visitors a month, mostly from the US and Canada with some European traffic. It's basically a SaaS shopping front door. The people on the site are the ones at companies who pick the software — IT, ops, HR, marketing. They come with a real need: pick a CRM, pick a project tool, pick a help desk. They compare a few options, read the reviews, look at price, then click through to your site. [GetApp](/sites/getapp-com) and [Software Advice](/sites/softwareadvice-com) are the two sister sites. They look like separate products but share the same backend database. **A review you collect on Capterra shows up on the other two sites too.** That's the most valuable thing about the whole system. More on this below. One thing to be clear about: Capterra is not a [G2](/sites/g2-com) clone. G2 leans toward mid-market, the SaaS crowd, modern UI, more community feel. Capterra leans toward SMBs (5-200 person companies), traditional industries (construction, logistics, healthcare, education), and IT managers. The audiences only partly overlap. Don't treat the two as either-or. ## Is Capterra still worth it Depends on what you sell and who you sell to. **Worth doing:** - B2B SaaS, especially anything sold to SMBs (5-200 person companies). That's Capterra's core audience. - Tools sold to non-technical buyers: HR, help desk, project management, accounting, CRM, ERP. - North America and Europe are your main markets. Over 70% of Capterra's traffic is US/Canada. - You have real customers and you can actually get them to leave reviews. A Capterra listing without reviews is basically empty space. - Your category isn't owned by one or two giants. If you're a brand-new project tool fighting Asana, Monday, and ClickUp head on, you'll lose. But pick a niche subcategory ("project management for construction") and you can land in the top 5. **Skip it:** - Pure consumer products. Capterra visitors come with company budget. Wrong audience. - Early-stage projects with zero paying customers. No reviews means no Google traffic, and the profile sits dead. - Products only sold in China. Almost no Chinese buyers use Capterra. The listing is decoration. - Developer tools (CLIs, SDKs, API libraries). Devs don't pick tools on Capterra. Try [SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net) or [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com) instead. So for most teams selling B2B SaaS to SMBs, you should list — but **don't expect Capterra to drive traffic on its own**. The real value is this: as part of the Gartner family, alongside GetApp and Software Advice, it gives your brand a "vetted by real customers" stamp. Buyers come here near the end of their buying cycle to double-check. That traffic converts way better than cold visitors. ## What Capterra rewards Category-page rankings on Capterra come down to a few things: - **Review count and recency.** 30 reviews beats 5. Reviews from the last 6 months count more than reviews that are a year old. - **Average star rating.** A 5.0 from 3 reviews loses to a 4.5 from 80. The algorithm cares about volume. - **Profile completeness.** Screenshots, video, pricing, feature list, integrations — fill them in and you rank ahead of half-empty profiles. - **PPC bids.** Capterra is a pay-per-click model. You can buy the "Sponsored" slot at the top of a category page. It doesn't change organic rank, but it sits in the visual sweet spot. - **Shortlist inclusion.** Each year Capterra picks the top 5 or so in each category. The badge shows on your listing. It's a real trust mark. The most common screwup: you claim the profile and immediately mass-email your contact list asking for reviews. Capterra's anti-fraud system watches for that — same time window, same IP range, brand-new accounts, clustered submissions. One sweep and your whole listing gets downranked. Getting it unblocked is a hassle. ## Before you submit ### One month out First decide if you should bother. Look at what your category page looks like right now. Search Capterra for your keyword ("project management software", "crm software"). Check the top 10 listings: how many reviews each, what star rating, how full the profiles are. That's the bar you have to clear. Pick a niche category. Capterra has thousands of categories. "Project management software" is the big one. "Construction project management" is a niche. **A niche is way easier to win than the big category.** 5 reviews can land you on a niche Shortlist. In the big category, 5 reviews don't even crack the top 50. Make a customer shortlist. Pick 30-50 of your most active, happiest customers. That's your seed pool for review invites. ### Two weeks out Get your profile assets ready. - Logo (300×300px PNG, transparent background, or larger). - 4-6 product screenshots (1920×1080 is a safe size, show real product views, not your landing page). - A short product video (1-2 minutes, demos a feature, not a marketing reel). YouTube link is fine. - Feature list (one short sentence per feature, fill against Capterra's checklist). - Integrations list (every third-party integration you support, the longer the better). - Pricing info (transparent pricing beats "contact us" every time). - A 200-300 word product description. Lead with **who you serve and what problem you solve**. Don't list specs. ### One week out Sign up for a Capterra Vendor account at vendors.capterra.com. Use a company email. Personal Gmail accounts get rejected. Check whether your listing already exists. Capterra often scrapes public data and pre-builds an empty shell listing for products. If yours is there, claim it. If not, create one. ### Submission day Once you submit, expect 1-3 business days for review. Don't ping support during that window. Don't resubmit. ## The submission flow ### Step 1: Sign up as a vendor Go to https://vendors.capterra.com. Use a company-domain email (no Gmail or Outlook). Fill in company name, your name, role, phone. Approval takes 1-2 business days. ### Step 2: Search for your existing listing Once you're in, search for your product name. **9 times out of 10, Capterra has already auto-built an empty shell listing** by scraping your website. If it's there, click "Claim this listing" — it's faster than building from scratch. The claim flow verifies you're really from this company. Usually it sends a confirmation email to a company-domain address and you click a link. Sometimes they ask for incorporation paperwork. Standard stuff. ### Step 3: Fill out the profile Inside the vendor dashboard, work through these sections: 1. **Basic info**: product name, tagline, website, social links. 2. **Description**: long form (500-1000 chars). Lead with the problem you solve and who it's for. 3. **Categories**: pick 1 main + 2-3 related subcategories. **Don't pick 5 unrelated ones.** The algorithm flags low relevance. 4. **Features**: tick boxes from Capterra's feature checklist. **Only tick features you actually have.** If you fake one and a user trips over it, they'll leave a 1-star. 5. **Pricing**: starting price + model (per user/month, flat, freemium). Be specific. 6. **Screenshots / video**: upload them, add a caption explaining what each one shows. 7. **Integrations**: list every one. Capterra has its own integration tag library. Tick from their list. ### Step 4: Submit for review Once required fields are full, hit Submit. Capterra's editorial team reviews it manually — they check it's a real product, the info is accurate, nothing breaks the rules. Takes 1-3 business days. Until they approve, the listing is unpublished and unsearchable. ### Step 5: Start asking for reviews Once the listing is live, the real work starts. Next section covers how to ask without breaking the rules. ## How to collect reviews without breaking the rules This is the hardest and most important part. Own section. **Why this is hard.** Capterra's anti-fraud detection is better than most people think. They check reviewer email domains, IP spread, account age, writing style, device fingerprints. A burst of reviews from one company on the same IP gets flagged as "vendor solicited" or wiped outright. Bad violations get the listing downranked or pulled entirely. **Capterra has two clean channels for collecting reviews:** 1. **In-app review prompts.** Add a small prompt inside your product: "Enjoying us? Drop us a review on Capterra." Send them to your Capterra review URL. This feels natural and converts well. 2. **Capterra Review Collection program.** Capterra has a paid program where you give them a customer email list, they send the invites for you, and Capterra (not you) pays each reviewer a $10 gift card. Because Capterra pays, not the vendor, it's not a violation. This is the cleanest path. **If you're inviting customers yourself:** - Only email **real customers**. Not someone who tried the product for 2 days and left. People who paid and used it for at least a month. - **Don't write "leave us 5 stars" or "leave a positive review."** You can only write "share your experience." Capterra checks. Reviewers screenshot bad invites and send them in. - **Don't offer rewards.** "$50 gift card for a review" is a textbook violation. The Gartner Review Collection program is the exception (because Gartner pays, not you). - **Spread it out.** 5 reviews a week is way safer than 30 in a day. The system watches for natural distribution. - **Don't ask employees.** IPs and email domains will give it away. That's a violation. **Ways to lift conversion:** - Have your CSM or sales rep mention it during a quarterly business review with the customer. - Put a direct review link in the invite email. The vendor dashboard gives you a tracked URL. - Ask customers who've **already praised you somewhere else** — tweeted about you, replied happy on an NPS survey, just renewed. - Once a review goes live, reply to it. A short thanks for 4-5 star reviews. A real, specific reply for anything 3 or below. The algorithm weighs vendor responses too. ## How to make the Capterra Shortlist The Capterra Shortlist is the annual top-5 list per category, and the badge auto-shows on GetApp and Software Advice too. It's the most valuable badge in the system. The official criteria are vague. What actually works in practice: - **Review count of 20+** (the bar varies by category, but 20 is a safe floor). - **Average rating of 4.0 or higher.** - **At least one new review in the last 24 months.** Old reviews lose weight over time. - **A complete profile**: screenshots, video, pricing, integrations all filled. - **Cross-platform visibility**: Capterra + GetApp + Software Advice all looking healthy. Practical play: target a niche category Shortlist before swinging at the big one. Way easier. Once you've got the badge, put it on your landing page, in your email signature, in sales decks. Real, usable proof. ## What to do after Capterra Listing is live and you've got 10 reviews. Don't stop here. **One, embed the review badge on your site.** Capterra gives you embed code in the vendor dashboard. You can show a live "X users on Capterra rate us 4.7 stars" widget. Free social proof. **Two, deal with GetApp and Software Advice.** Reviews sync, but profile content doesn't. Copy your Capterra profile (screenshots, description, features) into the [GetApp](/sites/getapp-com) and [Software Advice](/sites/softwareadvice-com) vendor dashboards. Each site indexes separately, so you get three SEO listings instead of one. **Three, lift quotes from reviews into your own content.** Pick 3-5 reviews that are specific (real pain points, real numbers). Quote them on your blog, in case studies, on sales pages. Cite the source. **Four, decide whether to run PPC.** Capterra is cost-per-click ($1-15 a click depending on category). Math it out: if your ACV minus CAC can absorb $5 a click and a 2-3 month conversion cycle, maybe. If your ACV is under $1000, PPC almost never pencils out. **Five, reply to reviews.** Reply to every single one. Beyond being polite, vendors who reply often get an algorithm bump. And buyers who read your replies see you take service seriously. ## Common mistakes - Mass-emailing employees and friends for reviews. Easy to detect. Whole batch gets wiped. - Asking for "5 stars" in the invite. Reviewer forwards it to Capterra support. Violation. - Not fixing a scraped listing. Capterra's auto-built shell often has wrong info (old pricing, wrong features). Don't fix it and customers leave bad reviews based on stale data. - Picking unrelated categories to chase exposure. Algorithm flags low relevance and you drop instead. - Fighting bad reviews. Replying with anger or attacking the reviewer kills your conversion. Buyers see it. - Letting the profile go quiet. No new reviews, no updates for months — your category rank slides. - Faking reviews. Capterra's anti-fraud is stricter than you think. One catch and the account is in real trouble. - Treating it as a one-and-done. This is a long-game channel. 2-5 fresh reviews a month is what compounds. ## Capterra vs G2 vs GetApp vs Software Advice | Dimension | Capterra | [G2](/sites/g2-com) | [GetApp](/sites/getapp-com) | [Software Advice](/sites/softwareadvice-com) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Parent | Gartner | Independent | Gartner | Gartner | | Audience | SMB, traditional | Mid-market, SaaS crowd | SMB, cross-industry | SMB, IT managers | | Reviews sync | With GetApp / SA | Independent | With Capterra / SA | With Capterra / GetApp | | Top badge | Shortlist | Grid Report Leader | Category Leaders | FrontRunners | | Traffic model | PPC + organic | Organic-led + some paid | PPC + organic | Lead gen + organic | | Entry cost | Free claim | Free claim | Free claim | Free claim | | Best for | B2B SaaS to SMB | B2B SaaS to mid-market | Same as Capterra | Products needing IT buy-in | Practical advice: do Capterra + GetApp + Software Advice together (one set of reviews benefits all three). Do G2 separately. The two systems don't overlap as much as people think. ## FAQ **Does Capterra cost anything to list?** No. Free profile claim, free reviews, free spot on the category page. What costs money: PPC ads (cost per click) and the Capterra Review Collection program (per-review fee). **How long does the review take?** 1-3 business days for a new listing. Usually under 24 hours to claim an existing one. If 5 business days pass with no movement, ping vendor support. **Can I list without paying customers?** You can list, but you can't get reviews. A no-review listing sits at the bottom of the category page with almost no traffic. It's a placeholder. Wait until you have around 10 paying customers before doing the real push. **Are reviews legit? How does Capterra check?** Capterra requires reviewers to register with a company email, link a LinkedIn account, and sometimes upload an invoice screenshot to prove they're real customers. The vetting is fairly tight, but not perfect. Some fake reviews slip through and get pulled later. **Can I delete a bad review?** No. Capterra's stance is that reviews belong to the user, not the vendor. What you can do: 1) reply with a real explanation; 2) if it actually violates the rules (personal attacks, false info), report it and Capterra moderators will review. **Is PPC worth running?** Depends on ACV. B2B SaaS with annual contracts of $5000+ can usually make it work ($5-10 per click, 2-3 month conversion cycle). Anything under $1000 ACV almost never returns. Run organic for three months first, then decide. **How is the Shortlist picked?** Capterra scores yearly based on review count, rating, profile completeness, and recent activity. The exact formula isn't public, but in practice: 20+ reviews, 4.0+ stars, a fresh review within 6 months, and a full profile usually lands a niche Shortlist. ## Other platforms to run alongside Capterra Capterra matters, but it shouldn't be your only channel. The combo: - [GetApp](/sites/getapp-com): Capterra sister site, reviews sync, fill the profile too. - [Software Advice](/sites/softwareadvice-com): the other Capterra sister site. Same deal. - [G2](/sites/g2-com): DR 91, different audience from Capterra, the other must-list system for B2B SaaS. - [SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net): DR 92, open-source and traditional software directory. Worth a listing if you serve traditional industries. - [SaaSworthy](/sites/saasworthy-com): DR 72, free to claim, picks up long-tail keyword traffic. - [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net): DR 80, runs on "alternatives to X" search traffic. Get listed under the alternatives of the big competitors. - [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com): DR 75, the launch-day spike platform. Pairs well with Capterra's slow-burn SEO. The full play: claim Capterra + GetApp + Software Advice with the same content, push for 20 reviews to land a Shortlist; do G2 as its own track; fill out SourceForge, SaaSworthy, AlternativeTo as space-holders; save Product Hunt for launch day. Run that for a year and your B2B SaaS is on the search results pages buyers actually use. For more SaaS and directory submission sites, browse [/c/saas](/c/saas) and [/c/directory](/c/directory). ## 中文 > **TL;DR:** [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com) 是 Gartner Digital Markets 旗下的 B2B SaaS 评价目录，跟 [GetApp](/sites/getapp-com) 和 [Software Advice](/sites/softwareadvice-com) 是一家三兄弟，review 互通。免费 claim 一个 profile 只是起点——上面 listing 几千条，没 review 的产品基本没人点。重点流程其实是两件事：**先把 profile claim 下来，免费的；然后想办法合规地拿到前 10-20 条真 review**。Shortlist 徽章和 PPC 广告都是后面才需要考虑的事。如果你卖的是给企业用的 B2B SaaS，Capterra 是该上的；如果是 to C 工具或者纯开发者产品，去 [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com) 或 [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net) 反而更对路。 ## Capterra 是什么 [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com)（域名 `https://www.capterra.com`）是 Gartner 旗下的一个 B2B 软件评价 + 目录站，2015 年被 Gartner 收购。每个月活跃用户几百万，绝大多数来自美国和加拿大，欧洲也有一部分。 它本质就是个 SaaS 选购入口。访问者一般是在公司里负责选软件的人——IT、运营、HR、市场——他们带着具体需求过来：找 CRM、找项目管理工具、找客服系统。比较完几款，看 review 看打分看价格，最后走到你网站。 跟 Capterra 同一家公司的还有 [GetApp](/sites/getapp-com) 和 [Software Advice](/sites/softwareadvice-com)。这三个站表面看着像独立产品，后台共享同一份数据库。**你在 Capterra 拿到一条 review，会自动同步到另两个站**——这是它最值钱的一个机制，下面会再展开。 要弄清的一件事：Capterra 不是 [G2](/sites/g2-com) 的克隆。G2 偏中型企业、SaaS 圈子重，UI 现代，社区感强；Capterra 受众更偏 SMB（中小公司）、传统行业（建筑、物流、医疗、教育）、IT 经理。两者人群只有一部分重合，预算也不该看做二选一。 ## 还该往这里发吗 要看你卖什么、卖给谁。 **值得花时间上的：** - B2B SaaS，特别是给 SMB 用的（5-200 人公司）。Capterra 的核心受众。 - 卖给非技术买家的工具：HR 系统、客服平台、项目管理、记账软件、CRM、ERP。 - 北美和欧洲市场是你的主要战场。Capterra 流量七成以上在美加。 - 你有真客户，并且有把握请他们留 review。Capterra 没 review 的 listing 基本是空 listing。 - 类目里没有绝对垄断的玩家。如果你是新进的项目管理工具，跟 Asana、Monday、ClickUp 同框，硬碰是吃亏的——但选个细分类目（比如"建筑行业项目管理"），能跑出来。 **别花时间上的：** - 纯 to C 产品。Capterra 的访问者都是带公司预算来的，C 端工具来错地方。 - 完全没付费客户的早期项目。没 review 的 listing Google 也不收，profile 就是个孤岛。 - 单一中国市场的产品。Capterra 上中国 buyer 几乎没有，listing 拿来也是装饰。 - 开发者工具（CLI、SDK、API 库）。开发者不在 Capterra 选东西，去 [SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net) 或 [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com) 更对。 老实说，对大多数做 B2B SaaS 卖给中小企业的团队，Capterra 该上但**别指望它独立带流量**。它的真实价值是：作为 Gartner 体系的一部分，跟 GetApp / Software Advice 一起，给你品牌一个"客户认证过"的硬背书。买家在做最后选型时会过来核对 review。这种流量转化率比冷流量高得多。 ## Capterra 在按什么排序 Capterra 各个 category page 上的产品排序，主要看几个信号： - **Review 数量和近期活跃度**。30 条 review 比 5 条权重高，最近 6 个月有新 review 比一年没动权重高。 - **平均星级**。5.0 星 + 3 条 review 不如 4.5 星 + 80 条。Capterra 算法很看体量。 - **Profile 完整度**。截图、视频、定价、feature 列表、集成清单填齐，比半空 profile 优先。 - **PPC 出价**。Capterra 是 pay-per-click 模式，付费可以买到 category page 顶部的 "Sponsored" 位置——不影响 organic 排名，但占视觉黄金位。 - **Shortlist 入选**。每年 Capterra 会在每个 category 评 Shortlist（top 5 左右），徽章会显示在 listing 上，相当于硬背书。 最常见的翻车点：刚 claim 完 profile 就群发邮件求 review。Capterra 反作弊系统会盯刷 review 的（统一时段、统一 IP、新注册账号、IP 集中），一波被判违规直接整个 listing 降权，找客服解封很费劲。 ## 提交前要准备什么 ### 还有一个月 先决定要不要做。看你的 category page 现在长什么样：去 capterra.com 搜你的关键词（比如 "project management software"、"crm software"），看 top 10 的 listing 各有多少 review、多少星、profile 多详细。这个就是你要打到的水位。 挑细分类目。Capterra 有上千个 category，类似"项目管理软件"是大类，"建筑行业项目管理"是细分类。**进细分远比硬挤大类有效**——5 条 review 在细分类能进 Shortlist，在大类是连前 50 都进不去。 把客户名单整理好。挑 30-50 个最活跃、对你产品最满意的客户。这是你 review 邀请的种子池。 ### 还有两周 准备 profile 素材。 - 1 张 logo（300×300px 以上 PNG，透明底）。 - 4-6 张产品截图（1920×1080 推荐，展示核心功能页，不是 landing page）。 - 1 段产品视频（1-2 分钟，演示功能不是营销片）。可以是 YouTube 链接。 - Feature 列表（按 Capterra 模板填，每条一句话）。 - 集成列表（你支持的所有第三方集成，越全越好）。 - 定价信息（透明定价比"联系我们"管用得多）。 - 一段 200-300 字的产品描述，突出**为谁解决什么问题**，不是参数堆砌。 ### 还有一周 注册 Capterra Vendor 账号（vendors.capterra.com）。用公司邮箱注册，个人 gmail 会被卡。 去看自己 listing 是不是已经存在——Capterra 经常会抓取公开数据自动建 listing。如果已经有了，走 claim 流程；没有就走新建流程。 ### 提交当天 填完 profile 后审核窗口一般 1-3 个工作日。这期间别催客服，也别重复提交。 ## 提交流程 ### 第一步：注册 Vendor 账号 地址 。用公司域名邮箱（不能是 gmail / outlook 个人邮箱），填公司名、姓名、职位、电话。审核 1-2 个工作日。 ### 第二步：搜索是否已有 listing 登录后搜你产品名。**九成情况 Capterra 已经自动建过一个空壳 listing**（数据是从你网站抓的）。如果有，点 "Claim this listing"——比新建快。 走 claim 流程要验证你确实是这家公司的：通常方式是在公司域名邮箱收一封确认邮件，点链接确认。少数情况会被要求上传公司注册证明。 ### 第三步：填 profile 进入 vendor dashboard 后，按部分填： 1. **Basic info**：产品名、tagline、官网、社交链接。 2. **Description**：长描述（500-1000 字符），突出解决什么问题、给谁用。 3. **Categories**：选 1 个主类 + 2-3 个相关副类。**别贪心选 5 个不相关的**，Capterra 算法会判低相关度。 4. **Features**：从 Capterra 提供的 feature checklist 里勾，**只勾你真有的**。勾错的话用户用了发现没有，会留差评。 5. **Pricing**：填起步价 + 模型（per-user/月、flat、freemium 之类）。这块越具体越好。 6. **Screenshots / Video**：上传，加 caption 说明这是什么页面。 7. **Integrations**：尽量列全。Capterra 有自己的集成 tag 库，按它的列表勾。 ### 第四步：提交审核 填完所有 required 字段后点 Submit。Capterra 会派 editorial team 人工审一遍——主要看是不是真产品、信息是否准确、有没有违规。1-3 个工作日。 审核通过后 listing 才上架。这之前 listing 是 unpublished 状态，搜不到。 ### 第五步：开始邀请 review profile 上线后才有意义开始拿 review。下一节专门讲怎么合规地做这件事。 ## Review 怎么合规拿 这是 Capterra 上最难也最重要的事，单独一节。 **为什么这事难。** Capterra 的反作弊系统识别能力比一般人想象的强：会查 reviewer 邮箱域名、IP 分布、注册时间、写作风格、设备指纹。短期内一批 review 集中来自同一公司同一 IP，会被整批标记成"vendor solicited"或者直接清掉。账号严重违规的，listing 会被全站降权或者下架。 **Capterra 自己提供的合规通道有两个：** 1. **In-app review prompt**。给客户在你产品里加一条提示："喜欢用我们产品？给个 review"，跳到 Capterra review 页面。这种最自然，转化率也高。 2. **Capterra Review Collection 项目**。Capterra 自己有个程序，你给他们客户邮箱列表，他们代你发邀请，每个完成 review 的客户由 Capterra 直接给 10 美元礼品卡——**钱是 Capterra 给的，不是你给的**，所以不算 vendor incentive。这条路最干净。 **自己做邀请要注意：** - 一封邀请邮件**只发给真客户**。不是试用过两天就走的人，是付费用了至少 1 个月的。 - 邮件里**不能写"留 5 星"或者"留好评"**。只能写"分享你的体验"。Capterra 会查邮件内容（reviewer 经常截图给客服反馈）。 - **不能给奖励**。"留 review 送 50 美元代金券"——这种就是典型违规。Gartner 自己的 Review Collection 项目除外（因为奖励是 Gartner 给的）。 - **节奏要散**。一周 5 条 review 比一天 30 条要安全。系统看的就是分布是否自然。 - **别让员工写 review**。员工 IP、邮箱域名一查就知道，违规。 **怎么提高 review 转化率：** - 找客户成功经理 / sales 在跟客户做 QBR（季度回顾）时顺便提一句。 - 邀请邮件里直接放 review 链接（vendor dashboard 里能拿到独立追踪链接）。 - 邀请发给那些**已经在别处夸过你**的客户——比如发过 Twitter、回过满意问卷、续了费的。 - review 上线后，对 4-5 星的回个简短感谢，对 3 星以下的认真回复说明改进——客服回复本身也会被算法加权。 ## 怎么进 Capterra Shortlist Capterra Shortlist 是每年发布的 category 内 top 5 左右产品评选，徽章会同步显示在 GetApp 和 Software Advice 上。算是 Capterra 体系里最值钱的徽章。 入选标准官方写得比较抽象，实际跑下来是这几条： - **review 数量 ≥ 20 条**（不同 category 阈值不一样，但 20 是个安全线）。 - **平均星级 ≥ 4.0**。 - **近 24 个月内有新 review**。老 review 会衰减权重。 - **profile 完整度高**：截图、视频、定价、集成都填了。 - **跨平台 visibility**：Capterra + GetApp + Software Advice 三个站综合看。 实际打法：先盯一个细分 category 进 Shortlist，比拿大类的 top 100 容易得多。徽章拿到后挂到自己 landing page、邮件签名、销售材料上——这是真的能用的硬背书。 ## Capterra 之后做什么 profile 上线、拿到前 10 条 review 之后，别就停在这。 **第一，挂 review badge 到自己网站**。Capterra 在 vendor dashboard 提供 embed 代码，可以挂"X 用户在 Capterra 给我们 4.7 星"这种动态 widget。这是免费的硬背书。 **第二，处理 GetApp 和 Software Advice**。前面说了 review 自动同步，但 profile 内容不同步。建议把 Capterra 的 profile 内容（截图、描述、feature）也同步到 [GetApp](/sites/getapp-com) 和 [Software Advice](/sites/softwareadvice-com) 的 vendor dashboard，三个站独立 SEO，多三个 listing 在 Google 出现。 **第三，Capterra Reviews 写到内容里**。挑 3-5 条最有说服力的 review（特别是写到具体痛点和数字的），引用到自己博客、case study、销售页面。注明出处。 **第四，跑 PPC 看不看得过来**。Capterra 是 cost-per-click 模式（每点击 1-15 美元不等，看 category）。要不要跑要算：你的 ACV（年合同价）减去 CAC，能不能撑住每点击 5 美元 + 几个月转化周期。一般 ACV < 1000 美元的产品跑 PPC 不划算。 **第五，回 review**。每条 review 都回一句。不光是礼貌——回复频率高的 vendor 在 Capterra 算法里有加权，潜在客户看到也觉得你重视服务。 ## 常见翻车点 - 群发邀请邮件给员工和朋友。一查就知道，整批 review 被清。 - 邀请邮件写"求好评 5 星"。被截图反馈给 Capterra 客服，违规。 - listing 抓数据有错也不修。Capterra 自动抓的信息常出错（旧定价、错的功能描述），不修客户看了留差评。 - 选了完全不相关的 category 想刷曝光。算法判低相关度，反而降权。 - 拿到差评就硬刚。回复带情绪、攻击 reviewer 的，潜在客户看了直接划走。 - 几个月不动 profile。Capterra 看活跃度，几个月没新 review 没新更新，category 排名一直掉。 - 想着 fake review 跑量。Capterra 反作弊比你想象得严，被发现一次整个账号危险。 - 上完就以为完事。这是个长期渠道，每月稳定拿 2-5 条 review 才会有复利。 ## Capterra vs G2 vs GetApp vs Software Advice | 维度 | Capterra | [G2](/sites/g2-com) | [GetApp](/sites/getapp-com) | [Software Advice](/sites/softwareadvice-com) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 母公司 | Gartner | 独立 | Gartner | Gartner | | 受众 | SMB、传统行业 | 中型企业、SaaS 圈 | SMB、跨行业 | SMB、IT 经理 | | Review 互通 | 与 GetApp / SA 同步 | 独立 | 与 Capterra / SA 同步 | 与 Capterra / GetApp 同步 | | 顶级徽章 | Shortlist | Grid Report Leader | Category Leaders | FrontRunners | | 流量模型 | PPC + organic | Organic 为主 + 少量付费 | PPC + organic | Lead gen + organic | | 进入门槛 | 免费 claim | 免费 claim | 免费 claim | 免费 claim | | 适合谁 | B2B SaaS to SMB | B2B SaaS to mid-market | 同 Capterra | 倾向需要 IT 决策的产品 | 实操建议：Capterra / GetApp / Software Advice 三个一起做（一份 review 三个站受益），G2 单独做一份。两套系统受众重合度并不高。 ## 常见问题 **Capterra 上架收费吗？** 不收。免费 claim profile，免费拿 review，免费上架到 category page。付费的是 PPC 广告位（cost-per-click）和 Capterra Review Collection 项目（按 review 收费）。 **多久能审核通过？** 新建 listing 1-3 个工作日。Claim existing listing 一般 24 小时内。过了 5 个工作日还没动可以联系 vendor support。 **没有付费客户能上吗？** 能上 listing，但拿不到 review。没 review 的 listing 在 category page 排在最末页，几乎没流量，等于占个位置。建议有 10 个付费客户再开始正式做。 **Review 都是真的吗？Capterra 怎么验证？** Capterra 要求 reviewer 用公司邮箱注册、绑定 LinkedIn、有时还要上传 invoice 截图证明是真客户。审核挺严，但也不是百分百，偶尔有刷 review 的会被发现下架。 **能删差评吗？** 不能。Capterra 立场是 review 由用户拥有，vendor 没有删除权。能做的是：1）回复说明改进；2）如果违规（人身攻击、虚假信息），举报让 Capterra 审核删除。 **PPC 值不值得跑？** 看 ACV。年合同价 5000 美元以上的 B2B SaaS 通常划算（每 click 5-10 美元，转化周期 2-3 个月）。低于 1000 美元的产品几乎跑不出 ROI。建议先跑 organic 三个月看效果，再决定要不要烧 PPC。 **Shortlist 是怎么定的？** Capterra 每年根据 review 数量、星级、profile 完整度、近期活跃综合算分。具体公式没公开，但实操上：20+ review、4.0+ 星、近 6 个月有新 review、profile 填全 = 大概率能上细分类目 Shortlist。 ## 同期可以一起打的其他平台 Capterra 很重要但不该是唯一渠道。组合打法： - [GetApp](/sites/getapp-com)：Capterra 兄弟站，review 互通，profile 也要同步填。 - [Software Advice](/sites/softwareadvice-com)：另一个 Capterra 兄弟站，机制同上，三个一起做。 - [G2](/sites/g2-com)：DR 91，跟 Capterra 受众有差异，B2B SaaS 必上的另一个独立体系。 - [SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net)：DR 92，开源 / 老牌软件目录，传统行业产品也合适挂一份。 - [SaaSworthy](/sites/saasworthy-com)：DR 72，免费 claim，给 long-tail 关键词补一份外链。 - [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net)：DR 80，按"X 的替代品"的搜索流量在跑，把自己挂在主流竞品的 alternatives list 下。 - [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com)：DR 75，发布日的爆点平台，跟 Capterra 长期 SEO 互补。 主线建议：Capterra + GetApp + Software Advice 三个一起 claim（同一份内容），目标拿 20 条 review 进 Shortlist；G2 单独做一份独立体系；SourceForge / SaaSworthy / AlternativeTo 占位，profile 填齐就行；Product Hunt 留给产品发布日做爆点。整套跑下来一年内 B2B SaaS 的搜索可见度能上一个台阶。 更多 SaaS / directory 类的目录站，可以看 [/c/saas](/c/saas) 和 [/c/directory](/c/directory) 两个分类。 --- # How to List Your Software on SourceForge Canonical URL: https://wheretosubmit.org/guides/sourceforge-submission-guide Last updated: 2026-09-04 12:29:01 ## English > **TL;DR:** [SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net) has been around since 1999 and is still kicking at DR 92, with tens of millions of monthly visitors. Most people only know the open-source project hosting side. This guide is about the other side — the business software listings under `sourceforge.net/software/`. It's the same idea as [G2](/sites/g2-com) and [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com): claim a vendor profile for free, fill in screenshots, pricing, and features, get reviews, win quarterly badges. The flow looks similar but the audience is different. SourceForge visitors lean toward IT managers, dev teams, and traditional software buyers — more hands-on than Capterra, more old-school than G2. If you sell B2B SaaS or any desktop / on-prem software, claiming a free listing pays back just from the DR 92 backlink. The vendor signup URL is `sourceforge.net/software/vendors/new?ref=aidirectori.es`. ## What is SourceForge [SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net) (https://sourceforge.net) is two things, and people get them mixed up. So let's split them clean. **Side one: open-source project hosting.** It started in 1999 as a place to host SVN repos and ship release files for open-source projects. Before GitHub existed, SourceForge was the default home for open-source. A bunch of old-school projects still live there (FileZilla, 7-Zip, Audacity), mostly because their download counts have piled up into the millions and moving away isn't worth it. The URL pattern is `sourceforge.net/p//`. **Side two: a commercial software directory and review site.** This part is newer, growing over the past few years, and it lives at `sourceforge.net/software/`. The mechanics match [G2](/sites/g2-com) and [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com): vendors claim a profile, post screenshots and pricing and features, ask customers for reviews, and SourceForge hands out quarterly badges (Top Performer, Leader, Rising Star, Community Choice). This guide is about side two — the commercial listings. The signup link is `sourceforge.net/software/vendors/new?ref=aidirectori.es`. Free to claim, no paywall. One thing to know: SourceForge today belongs to Slashdot Media, the same company that runs Slashdot.org. Your listing can get cross-referenced over there, picked up in the SourceForge newsletter, or end up in a comparison page. They call this the "Software Network" — it's their cross-site distribution. You may have heard SourceForge had a rough patch around 2013-2015 with bundled adware. BIZX bought the company in 2016 and shut all of that down. The site is clean now. Older devs may still hold a grudge, but it doesn't really affect your B2B listing work. Just be ready to explain it once if anyone internal asks. ## Is SourceForge still worth it Depends on what you sell. **Worth doing:** - B2B SaaS sold to SMB or mid-market. Audience overlaps with Capterra, plus an extra layer of "looking for downloads or trials" buyers. - On-prem, desktop, or self-hosted software. This is where SourceForge beats [G2](/sites/g2-com). G2 is almost SaaS-only. SourceForge started as a place to ship installers and is much more friendly to desktop products. - Developer tools, IT ops tools, security tools. SourceForge visitors are technical. They look at screenshots and changelogs, not marketing copy. - Products with paying customers who can leave reviews. A no-review listing sits at the bottom of the category page, just like Capterra. - Anyone who wants a free DR 92 backlink. The listing page alone, pointing back to your site, is worth the time. **Skip it:** - Pure consumer mobile apps. Wrong traffic. - Products only sold in China. SourceForge access is restricted there. International buyers find it. Domestic buyers don't. - Day-1 projects with no customers. Fine to placehold, but don't expect traffic. - Pure marketing or creative tools. Wrong audience. IT decision-makers aren't picking Canva alternatives here. For most B2B software teams, SourceForge belongs in your stack for a different reason than [SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com) or [Crozdesk](/sites/crozdesk-com) — its DR is much higher and traffic is bigger. But it's not the main battle. [G2](/sites/g2-com) + [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com) is the main battle. SourceForge is a slot you should fill: free claim, full profile, push for 5-10 reviews and see what happens. ## What SourceForge rewards Category-page rankings on SourceForge come down to: - **Review count and rating.** Same as Capterra. 30 reviews at 4.5 beats 5 at 5.0. SourceForge has stated that 8+ reviews is the floor to qualify for quarterly badges. - **Profile completeness.** Screenshots, video, feature checklist, pricing, support links, deployment options. The fuller, the higher. - **Active downloads / clicks.** Unlike Capterra, SourceForge counts clicks on listing pages and "Visit Website" buttons. This is a holdover from its open-source roots — they treat user activity as a ranking signal. - **Recent updates.** A profile that hasn't been touched in a while gets pushed down. Update screenshots, changelog, or features once a quarter. - **Product video.** Listings with a video get a play-button thumbnail in the category view, which boosts click-through. - **Paid Promote.** SourceForge sells a "Sponsored Listing" slot at the top. It doesn't change organic rank. It just sits in the visual hot spot. The most common screwup: filling out half the profile and walking away. The vendor portal shows a completeness percentage. Anything under 70% gets downranked, and the listing ends up on page 3 of the category. Filling the required fields takes 30 minutes once you've got the assets ready. ## Before you submit ### Two weeks out Look at your category page. Search `sourceforge.net/software/` for your keyword ("project management", "crm software", "backup software"). Check the top 10 listings — review count, star rating, profile depth. That's the bar. Pick a niche category. SourceForge has even more categories than Capterra. "Backup software" alone splits into server, cloud, disaster recovery, and so on. **A niche is way easier to win than the big category.** 5 reviews can win you a niche badge. In the big category, 5 reviews don't crack the top 50. Pull a customer shortlist. 30 of your most active, longest-paying customers. That's your seed list for review invites. ### One week out Get profile assets ready: - Logo (PNG, 512×512 or larger, transparent background). - 4-8 screenshots (1920×1080, real product views, not your landing page hero). SourceForge users care about this. Bad screenshots make them leave. - Product video (YouTube link is fine, 1-3 minutes, demo a feature). - Feature list (one-line per feature, ticked from SourceForge's checklist). - Deployment options (Cloud, On-Premises, SaaS, Mobile — tick everything you support). SourceForge cares about this field more than G2 or Capterra do. - Pricing (starting price + model. "Contact us" gets ranked down on SourceForge). - Support options (email, phone, docs, community — link to each). - A 200-400 word product description. Lead with **who you serve and what problem you solve**. ### A few days out Sign up for a vendor account at `sourceforge.net/software/vendors/new?ref=aidirectori.es`. Use a company-domain email. Personal Gmail or Outlook accounts get rejected. Approval takes 1-2 business days. Search for your product name to see if a listing already exists. SourceForge isn't as aggressive as Capterra about auto-creating shells, but it does happen, especially for products with an open-source version. If it's there, claim it. ### Submission day Submit and wait 1-3 business days. Don't ping support during the window. ## The submission flow ### Step 1: Sign up as a vendor Open `https://sourceforge.net/software/vendors/new?ref=aidirectori.es`. Fill in company name, product name, website, your name, company email (must be a company domain). Approval takes 1-2 business days. If you already have a regular SourceForge account (from the open-source side), you can link a vendor profile to it. No need to register again. ### Step 2: Search for an existing listing Inside the vendor dashboard, search for your product name. SourceForge's auto-built shells are less common than Capterra's, but they happen — especially for products with an open-source presence or any prior reviews. If yours is there, click "Claim this listing." It's faster than starting fresh. The claim flow verifies you with a company-domain email. Sometimes they ask for incorporation paperwork. Standard. ### Step 3: Fill out the profile Inside the vendor dashboard, work through these sections: 1. **Basic info**: product name, tagline, website, social links, blog URL. 2. **Long description**: 500-1500 chars. Open with **who uses it and what it solves**. Then features and what makes you different. SourceForge weights search-term match in this field. 3. **Categories**: pick 1 main + 2-3 related. **Don't pick unrelated ones.** The algorithm flags low relevance and you drop. 4. **Features**: tick from the checklist, only what you actually have. Tick a fake one and a customer will run into the gap and leave a 1-star. 5. **Deployment**: Cloud / On-Premises / SaaS / Web-Based / Mobile. Tick everything you support. 6. **Pricing**: starting price + model (per user/month, flat, freemium, one-time). Be specific. "Contact us" hurts. 7. **Screenshots / video**: upload, caption each one to explain the page. Use a product demo video, not a marketing reel. 8. **Support**: email, phone, docs, knowledge base, community forum — link them all. 9. **Integrations**: list every third-party integration. SourceForge doesn't have its own tag library, so plain text is fine. 10. **Languages supported**: tick all of them if you're multilingual. ### Step 4: Submit for review Hit Submit. SourceForge editorial reviews manually — checks it's a real product, info is accurate, no obvious red flags. 1-3 business days. Until they approve, the listing isn't live and isn't searchable. ### Step 5: Start collecting reviews Once the listing is up, start the review push. Next section covers how to do this without breaking the rules. ## Open-source hosting vs commercial listing — which path do you take This is the most confusing part of SourceForge. Own section. **The two paths are separate. You can do both.** `sourceforge.net/p/` is open-source project hosting. Free SVN/Git repo, release file delivery, bug tracker, wiki. Compared to [GitHub](https://github.com), the dev experience is worse. But SourceForge still has real traffic on the "regular users looking to download desktop software" front. Old projects there get real download counts (FileZilla still pulls millions of yearly downloads on SF). `sourceforge.net/software/` is the commercial software directory — what this guide is about. Free profile claim, screenshots, pricing, features, reviews. Same as G2 / Capterra. **So which one do you take?** - **Closed-source SaaS / commercial software**: only the commercial listing. Open-source hosting doesn't apply. - **Open-source community + commercial pro/enterprise** (GitLab, Mattermost, Bitwarden style): **do both.** Host the open-source on `sourceforge.net/p/`, list the commercial on `sourceforge.net/software/`. Cross-link them — the commercial listing says "the open-source version has X downloads on SF," the open-source README points to the commercial listing for the paid tier. - **Pure open-source, no commercial version**: only `sourceforge.net/p/`. The commercial listing has nothing to put up. - **Desktop / on-prem software with a free version**: do both. Commercial listing for the directory and reviews. Release files on `sourceforge.net/p/` to ride their download traffic. SourceForge's download mirror is faster than self-CDN in some regions, and the visible download count builds trust. A lot of B2B SaaS teams skip SourceForge because they only see the old open-source side. That's a miss. The commercial listing path is free, the flow is close to Capterra's, and a free DR 92 backlink is hard to argue against. ## How to collect reviews and badges This is the real work on SourceForge. **Why you can't shortcut.** SourceForge has anti-fraud detection like Capterra. They check reviewer email domains, IP clustering, account age, writing patterns. A burst of reviews from one company on the same IP gets flagged "vendor solicited" or wiped. Bad violations get the listing downranked across the site. **Clean ways to collect:** 1. **Direct review link.** The vendor dashboard has a unique review URL. Share it with real customers. Clean. 2. **In-product prompt.** Add a small "Enjoying us? Drop us a review on SourceForge" prompt inside your product. Linked to the same URL. Most natural and best converting. 3. **Email invites.** SourceForge doesn't run a "we send invites for you and pay reviewers" program like Capterra does. So you send them yourself. Same rules below. **If you're sending invites yourself:** - **Only email real customers.** People who paid and used the product for at least a month. Not someone who tried for 2 days. - **Don't say "leave us 5 stars" or "leave a positive review."** You can only say "share your experience." Reviewers screenshot bad invites and forward them. - **Don't offer rewards.** "$X gift card for a review" is a textbook violation. - **Spread it out.** 5 reviews a week is much safer than 30 in a day. The system watches distribution. - **Don't ask employees.** Same domain, same IP. It shows up. **Lifting conversion:** - Have your CSM mention it during a quarterly business review. - Put the direct review link in the invite. - Ask customers who **already praised you somewhere else** — tweeted, replied happy on an NPS, just renewed. - Reply to every review once it's live. SourceForge's algorithm weights vendor responses, and buyers reading reviews see how you handle them. **How badges work.** SourceForge runs them quarterly: - **Leader**: hardest to land. Combined check on review count, rating, and overall ranking. - **Top Performer**: a tier below Leader, but still wants 8+ reviews and 4.0+ stars. - **Rising Star**: for products growing fast. Realistic target for a new listing. - **Community Choice**: user-voted. Needs a small voting push within your customer base. - **Spring/Fall Premier**: the top quarterly rating. Highest bar. Practical play: aim a niche category for **Top Performer** or **Rising Star** in year one. 8 reviews, 4.0+ stars, full profile, fresh activity in the last 6 months — usually enough. Once you've got the badge, put it on your landing page, email signature, sales decks. SourceForge badges carry real weight, more than a SaaSHub or Crozdesk badge. Comparable to a Capterra Shortlist. ## What to do after SourceForge Listing is up and you've got 5-10 reviews. Don't stop here. **One, embed the badge and review widget on your site.** SourceForge's vendor dashboard provides embed code for a live "X users on SourceForge rate us 4.7 stars" widget. The quarterly badge is also a downloadable static image. **Two, fill the same content into other directories.** SourceForge sits in the Slashdot Media network and your listing might get picked up by Slashdot. That's passive. Active work is to copy your profile (screenshots, description, features, pricing) over to [G2](/sites/g2-com), [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com), [GetApp](/sites/getapp-com), and [Software Advice](/sites/softwareadvice-com). Each indexes separately, so each one is its own SEO listing. **Three, lift quotes from reviews into your own content.** Pick 3-5 specific reviews (real pain points, real numbers). Quote them on your blog, in case studies, on sales pages. Cite the source. **Four, decide whether to run Promote.** SourceForge Promote is cost-per-lead. Pricing varies by category. If your ACV is over $5000, it might pencil out. If it's under $1000, it almost never does. Run organic for three months to see baseline lead volume, then decide. **Five, refresh the profile every quarter.** SourceForge weights activity. Profiles untouched for months slip in rank. Update a screenshot, refresh the changelog, or add a new feature once a quarter — that's enough. ## Common mistakes - Mass-emailing employees and friends. Same IP, same domain. Whole batch wiped. - Asking for "5 stars" in the invite. Forwarded to support. Violation. - Filling half the profile and leaving it. Under 70% completeness gets downranked. - Picking unrelated categories to chase exposure. Algorithm flags it and you drop. - Ticking "On-Premises" for a cloud-only product to grab download intent. Customers hit "Visit Website," land on a SaaS page, and leave 1-stars. - Letting the profile go quiet for months. SourceForge looks at activity. Ranks slide. - Treating SourceForge like [GitHub](https://github.com) for a developer community. The open-source side has lost most of its community since GitHub showed up. Don't put effort there. - Treating it as one-and-done. This is a long-game channel. 2-3 fresh reviews a quarter is what compounds. - Skipping SourceForge because of the old adware story. That ended in 2016. ## SourceForge vs G2 vs Capterra vs AlternativeTo | Dimension | SourceForge | [G2](/sites/g2-com) | [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com) | [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Founded | 1999 | 2012 | 1999 | 2008 | | DR | 92 | 91 | High (no listed DR) | 80 | | Audience | IT managers, traditional software buyers, dev teams | Mid-market, SaaS crowd | SMB, traditional industries | Users hunting for alternatives | | Best for | SaaS + on-prem + desktop | Almost SaaS only | SaaS + some on-prem | Any product | | Top badge | Leader / Top Performer | Grid Report Leader | Shortlist | Top Alternative (weak) | | Review source | Own + Slashdot network | Own, independent | Synced with GetApp / SA | User-edited, weak | | Traffic model | Organic + some Promote | Organic-led | PPC + organic | Organic + user-generated | | Entry cost | Free claim | Free claim | Free claim | Free submit | | Submission difficulty | Low | Medium (8-review minimum to unlock full features) | Low | Very low | Practical advice: [G2](/sites/g2-com) + [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com) is the main battle. SourceForge is the third site to fill. Run all three together (one set of reviews, three listings), then add [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net) for alternatives traffic, and your B2B SaaS directory coverage is essentially complete. ## FAQ **Does SourceForge cost anything?** No. Free profile claim, free reviews, free spot on the category page. What costs money: Promote (cost-per-lead) and Premium Profile (extra features). Most teams don't need to pay for the first year. **How long does the review take?** 1-3 business days for a new listing. Usually under 24 hours to claim an existing one. After 5 business days with no movement, ping vendor support. **Can I list without paying customers?** You can list, but you can't get reviews. A no-review listing sits at the bottom of the category page. It's a placeholder. Wait until you have around 10 paying customers before doing the real push. **Is the SourceForge adware history still a problem?** No. The 2013-2015 bundled adware era ended when BIZX took over in 2016. The site is clean now. Buyers occasionally ask, but a one-line answer covers it. Some old-school devs still hold a grudge, but IT managers buying software don't really care. **Do reviews sync with other sites?** No. SourceForge reviews are their own system. They don't flow to [G2](/sites/g2-com) or [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com). So you can ask the same customer to leave a review on each. **Can I delete a bad review?** No. SourceForge's stance is reviews belong to the user. What you can do: 1) reply with a real explanation; 2) if it actually breaks the rules (personal attacks, false info), report it for moderator review. **Is Promote worth running?** Depends on ACV. B2B software with annual contracts of $5000+ can usually make it work. ACV under $1000 almost never returns. Run organic for three months to baseline lead volume, then decide. **Can I list both an open-source version and a commercial version?** Yes. Host the open-source at `sourceforge.net/p/`, list the commercial at `sourceforge.net/software/`. Cross-link them. This is the standard play for open-core products like GitLab and Mattermost. ## Other platforms to run alongside SourceForge SourceForge belongs in your stack, but it shouldn't be the only site. The combo: - [G2](/sites/g2-com): DR 91. The main battle for B2B SaaS. Different audience overlap with SourceForge. Must list. - [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com): Gartner's site. Pair with SourceForge to cover SMB buyers. - [GetApp](/sites/getapp-com): Capterra sister site, reviews sync, fill the profile too. - [Software Advice](/sites/softwareadvice-com): the other Capterra sister site. Same deal. - [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net): DR 80. Runs on "alternatives to X" search. Get listed under your big competitors. - [SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com): DR 68. Free claim. Picks up long-tail keyword traffic. - [Crozdesk](/sites/crozdesk-com): DR 74. Free claim. Fill the profile and move on. - [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com): DR 75. Launch-day spike platform. Pairs well with SourceForge's slow-burn SEO. The full play: SourceForge + G2 + Capterra + GetApp + Software Advice run as a "one set of content, five listings" track. AlternativeTo, SaaSHub, Crozdesk are placeholders — fill them and move on. Save Product Hunt for launch day. Run that for a year and your B2B software shows up on the search results buyers actually use. If you haven't settled on which directories to do or in what order, [the startup directories guide](/guides/startup-directories) sorts them into three tiers by free versus paid, with DR, monthly traffic, and link type on each one. Use it to set your order. For more SaaS, dev, and directory submission sites, browse [/c/saas](/c/saas), [/c/dev](/c/dev), and [/c/directory](/c/directory). ## 中文 > **TL;DR:** [SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net) 是从 1999 年活到现在的老牌软件目录，DR 92，月活几千万。绝大多数人只知道它的开源项目托管那一面，但今天想说的是另一面——`sourceforge.net/software/` 下的商业软件 listing 系统，跟 [G2](/sites/g2-com) 和 [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com) 是同一类东西。免费 claim 一个 vendor profile，挂截图、定价、feature，拿 review，季度评 badge——流程跟那两家很像，但人群不同。SourceForge 的访问者更偏 IT 经理、开发团队、传统行业的软件采购，比 Capterra 更 hands-on，比 G2 更老派。如果你做的是 B2B SaaS 或者 desktop / on-prem 软件，免费占一份 listing 不亏，DR 92 的页面给你一条外链就够回本。商业 listing 注册地址 `sourceforge.net/software/vendors/new?ref=aidirectori.es`。 ## SourceForge 是什么 [SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net)（域名 `https://sourceforge.net`）这名字至少有两面，弄不清的人很多，得先拆清楚。 **第一面，开源项目托管平台**。1999 年起家的，最早是给开源项目做 SVN 仓库 + release 文件分发用的。在 GitHub 出现之前 SourceForge 是开源项目的默认家。今天还有一大堆老牌项目挂在上面（FileZilla、7-Zip、Audacity 那种），主要是因为它的 release 下载量已经积累上千万次，迁走不划算。这块对应的 URL 是 `sourceforge.net/p/<项目名>/`。 **第二面，商业软件目录 + 评价站**。这是过去几年新长出来的业务，对应 URL 是 `sourceforge.net/software/`。逻辑跟 [G2](/sites/g2-com)、[Capterra](/sites/capterra-com) 一样：vendor 来 claim 一个 profile，挂截图定价 feature，让客户留 review，每季度按表现评 badge（Top Performer、Leader、Rising Star、Community Choice 这几个）。 这篇指南讲的是第二面——商业 listing。提交入口是 `sourceforge.net/software/vendors/new?ref=aidirectori.es`，免费 claim，没有付费门槛。 要弄清的一件事：SourceForge 现在归 Slashdot Media，跟 Slashdot.org 是一家。在它的 listing 上你的产品有可能被 Slashdot 那边引用，也可能进它的 newsletter 或者 comparison 页——这个所谓的 "Software Network" 就是它跨站分发的机制。 历史上 SourceForge 在 2013-2015 年那段被吐槽过捆绑 adware 的事，2016 年 BIZX 收了之后那套全停了。现在站点本身是干净的，但老开发者的印象会带一段时间——这个不影响你做商业 listing，只是说服内部时可能要解释一句。 ## 还该往这里发吗 要看你卖什么。 **值得花时间上的：** - B2B SaaS 卖给 SMB 或者中型企业。跟 Capterra 受众重合度挺高，但 SourceForge 多一层"找下载找试用"的人群。 - on-prem、desktop、self-hosted 类型的软件。这是 SourceForge 比 [G2](/sites/g2-com) 强的地方——G2 几乎只收 SaaS，SourceForge 早期就是分发安装包的，对 desktop 软件友好得多。 - 开发者工具、IT 运维工具、安全工具。SourceForge 访问者技术含量高，看截图看 changelog 比看 marketing copy 多。 - 有付费客户能拿 review 的产品。没 review 的 listing 跟 Capterra 一样，排在最末。 - 想白拿一条 DR 92 的 backlink 占位的。光是 listing 页面给主站做一条外链就值这个时间。 **别花时间上的：** - 纯 to C 移动应用。SourceForge 流量不在这边。 - 中国市场专属产品。SourceForge 在国内访问受限，国际 buyer 找它，国内 buyer 几乎不来。 - 没有任何客户的 day-1 项目。占位可以，但别指望出流量。 - 纯营销/创意工具。受众错位，IT 决策者不在这选 Canva 替代品。 老实说，对大多数 B2B 软件团队，SourceForge 该上的理由跟 [SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com)、[Crozdesk](/sites/crozdesk-com) 那种二线目录不一样——它的 DR 比那些高一截，月流量也压它们一头。但要把 SourceForge 当主战场也不现实，[G2](/sites/g2-com) + [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com) 那一档才是主战场。SourceForge 是一个该占的位置，免费占，profile 填齐，拿到 5-10 条 review 看效果就行。 ## SourceForge 在按什么排序 商业 listing 的 category 排序，主要看几个信号： - **Review 数量和星级**。跟 Capterra 一样，30 条 4.5 星比 5 条 5.0 星权重高。SourceForge 自己写过：8 条以上 review 才有资格评季度 badge。 - **Profile 完整度**。截图、视频、feature checklist、pricing、support 链接、deployment 选项，越全越前。 - **Active downloads / clicks**。SourceForge 跟 Capterra 不一样，会算 listing 页面的点击和"Visit Website"按钮的转化次数——这是它从开源项目托管延续下来的传统，把"用户活跃"当排序信号。 - **Recently updated**。profile 多久没动一次会被压。建议每季度回去更新一次截图、changelog 或 feature。 - **Product video**。挂了视频的 listing 在分类页有视觉优势（缩略图带播放图标），点击率明显高一些。 - **付费 Promote**。SourceForge 也有付费推广位（"Sponsored Listing"），不影响 organic 排名，但占顶部。 最常见的翻车点：profile 填一半就放着不管。SourceForge 的 vendor portal 有个完整度百分比，70% 以下的 listing 算法会判低，category page 直接排到第三页之后。挂上去之后至少把所有必填字段填齐——这事 30 分钟能搞完。 ## 提交前要准备什么 ### 还有两周 先去看一遍你的 category page。在 `sourceforge.net/software/` 上搜你的关键词（"project management"、"crm software"、"backup software" 这种），看 top 10 各有多少 review、星级多少、profile 多详细。这就是你要打到的水位。 挑细分类目。SourceForge 的 category 比 Capterra 还多，光"backup software"就分 server、cloud、disaster recovery 好几个。**进细分远比硬挤大类管用**——5 条 review 在细分类能进季度 badge，在大类连前 50 都不一定。 把客户名单整理出来。挑 30 个用得最久、付费最稳的客户。这些是你 review 邀请的种子。 ### 还有一周 准备 profile 素材： - Logo（PNG，512×512px 或更大，透明底）。 - 4-8 张截图（1920×1080，展示真实功能页，不是 landing page 的 hero）。SourceForge 用户挺看重这个，截图丑直接走人。 - 一段产品视频（YouTube 链接就行，1-3 分钟，演示核心功能）。 - Feature 列表（按 SourceForge 的 checklist 勾，每条一句话描述）。 - Deployment 选项（Cloud、On-Premises、SaaS、Mobile 几个里勾你支持的）。这是 SourceForge 比 G2 / Capterra 更看重的字段。 - Pricing（写起步价 + 模型，"Contact us" 在 SourceForge 上会被压排序）。 - Support 选项（邮件、电话、文档、社区，挂上链接）。 - 200-400 字的产品描述，开头一句说**给谁解决什么问题**，后面再展开。 ### 还有几天 注册 vendor 账号。地址是 `sourceforge.net/software/vendors/new?ref=aidirectori.es`。用公司域名邮箱，不要 gmail / outlook 个人邮箱。审核一般 1-2 个工作日。 去搜你产品名看是不是已经存在 listing。SourceForge 偶尔会从公开数据自动建空壳（特别是有开源版本的产品），如果有就走 claim 流程。 ### 提交当天 提交完 profile 等审核，1-3 个工作日。这期间别催客服。 ## 提交流程 ### 第一步：注册 vendor 账号 打开 `https://sourceforge.net/software/vendors/new?ref=aidirectori.es`。填公司名、产品名、官网、你的姓名、公司邮箱（必须公司域名）。提交后大约 1-2 个工作日有人审。 如果你已经有 SourceForge 普通账号（用过开源项目托管那边的），可以直接把 vendor profile 关联到现有账号，不用重新注册。 ### 第二步：搜是不是已有 listing 登录 vendor dashboard 后搜你产品名。SourceForge 的自动建 listing 没 Capterra 那么积极，但偶尔会有——特别是有开源版本或者已经被 review 过的产品。如果有就 "Claim this listing"，比新建快。 claim 流程一般是公司域名邮箱验证，少数情况要传公司注册文件。 ### 第三步：填 profile 在 vendor dashboard 里按部分填： 1. **Basic info**：产品名、tagline、官网、社交链接、博客 URL。 2. **Long description**：500-1500 字符。开头一句说**谁用、解决什么问题**，后面写功能和差异。SourceForge 看搜索词匹配挺看这段。 3. **Categories**：选 1 个主类 + 2-3 个相关副类。**别贪心选不相关的**，会被算法判低相关度。 4. **Features**：从 checklist 勾真有的功能。勾错的话客户用了发现没有会留 1 星。 5. **Deployment**：Cloud / On-Premises / SaaS / Web-Based / Mobile，勾全你支持的。 6. **Pricing**：起步价 + 模型（per-user/月、flat、freemium、one-time）。具体一点比"Contact us"管用得多。 7. **Screenshots / Video**：上传，每张加 caption 说明这是什么页面。视频建议放产品演示，不要营销片。 8. **Support 选项**：邮件、电话、文档、知识库、社区论坛，挂链接。 9. **Integrations**：列你支持的所有第三方集成。SourceForge 没自己的集成 tag 库，写文字描述就行。 10. **Languages supported**：多语言产品记得勾全。 ### 第四步：提交审核 填完点 Submit。SourceForge editorial 会人工审一遍，主要看是不是真产品、信息有没有明显错。1-3 个工作日。审核通过后 listing 才上 category page。 ### 第五步：拿 reviews profile 上线后才有意义开始邀请 review。下一节专门讲。 ## 开源项目托管 vs 商业软件 listing 怎么选 这是 SourceForge 上最容易让人困惑的事，单独一节说清。 **两条路是分开的，可以同时走。** `sourceforge.net/p/<项目名>` 是开源项目托管，免费给你一个 SVN/Git 仓库 + release 文件分发 + bug tracker + wiki。今天它跟 [GitHub](https://github.com) 比已经没什么优势——开发体验差一截。但 SourceForge 在"普通用户找 desktop 软件下载"这件事上还有流量，老牌项目挂在上面下载量是真实的（FileZilla 一年还有上千万次）。 `sourceforge.net/software/<分类>` 是商业软件目录，对应今天这篇 guide。免费 claim profile，挂截图定价 feature 拿 review。逻辑跟 G2 / Capterra 一样。 **那你该走哪条？** - **纯闭源 SaaS / 商业软件**：只走商业 listing 那条。开源托管不适合你。 - **开源项目（社区版） + 商业版（pro/enterprise）双轨产品**（比如 GitLab、Mattermost、Bitwarden 那种模式）：**两条都走**。开源版挂 `sourceforge.net/p/`，商业版挂 `sourceforge.net/software/`。两边 listing 互相引用——商业 listing 里说"开源版本在 SF 上下载量 X 万"，开源 README 里指向商业 listing 拿付费版。 - **纯开源没有商业版**：只走 `sourceforge.net/p/`。商业 listing 没东西可挂。 - **desktop / on-prem 软件（带免费版）**：建议两条都开。商业 listing 走目录 + review；release 文件挂 `sourceforge.net/p/` 蹭它的下载流量（SourceForge 的 download mirror 在很多地区比自己 CDN 快，用户看了下载量数字也更信任）。 很多 B2B SaaS 团队不知道第二条路存在，只看到老印象里的开源项目托管，就跳过 SourceForge。这是浪费——商业 listing 那条免费、流程跟 Capterra 没差太多，DR 92 的页面拿一条外链不亏。 ## reviews 和 badges 怎么拿 这是 SourceForge 上最重要的活。 **为什么不能乱来。** SourceForge 跟 Capterra 一样有反作弊系统，会查 reviewer 邮箱域名、IP 集中度、注册时间、写作模式。短时间一批 review 从同 IP 同公司来，会被判 "vendor solicited" 标记或者直接清掉。账号严重违规会全站降权。 **SourceForge 提供的合规通道：** 1. **Direct review link**。vendor dashboard 里能拿到一个独立的 review 链接，分发给真客户用就行——这个是干净的。 2. **In-product prompt**。在你产品里加一条提示"觉得好用？给我们留 review"，跳到 SourceForge review 页。最自然，转化率也最好。 3. **Email review 邀请**。SourceForge 没有 Capterra 那种"我们代你发邀请你给奖励"的程序，所以邀请由你自己发。规则跟下面一样。 **自己发邀请要注意：** - **只发给真客户**。付费用了至少一个月的，不是试用了两天就走的人。 - **邮件里别写"留 5 星"或者"留好评"**，只能写"分享你的体验"。reviewer 经常截图反馈给客服。 - **别给奖励**。"留 review 送 X" 是典型违规。 - **节奏要散**。一周 5 条比一天 30 条安全得多。系统看分布是否自然。 - **别让员工写**。同公司邮箱、同 IP 一查就知道，违规。 **怎么提高 review 转化率：** - 找客户成功在跟客户做季度回顾时顺便提一句。 - 邀请邮件里直接放 review 链接。 - 优先邀请那些**已经在别处夸过你**的客户——发过 Twitter、回过满意 NPS、刚续费的。 - review 上线后挨个回复。SourceForge 算法看 vendor 回复频率，潜在客户读 review 的时候也会看你怎么回。 **Badges 怎么拿。** SourceForge 每季度评一次，有这几种： - **Leader**：拿到要求是 review 数 + 星级 + 整体 ranking 综合达标。最难。 - **Top Performer**：门槛比 Leader 低一档，但仍然要 8 条以上 review、4.0 星以上。 - **Rising Star**：增长快的产品。新 listing 拿到这个最现实。 - **Community Choice**：用户票选的，需要在你客群里发动一次小规模拉票。 - **Spring/Fall Premier**：顶级 vendor 季度认证，门槛最高。 实操打法：第一年瞄准细分类目的 **Top Performer** 或 **Rising Star**。8 条 review + 4.0 星 + profile 填全 + 最近 6 个月有新 review，差不多能稳进。badge 拿到之后挂到自己 landing page、邮件签名、销售材料上——SourceForge 的 badge 比 SaaSHub / Crozdesk 那种值钱多了，跟 Capterra Shortlist 一个量级。 ## SourceForge 之后做什么 profile 上线、拿到 5-10 条 review 之后，别就停在这。 **第一，挂 badge 和 review widget 到自己网站**。SourceForge vendor dashboard 提供 embed 代码，可以挂动态"X users on SourceForge rate us 4.7 stars"。badge 那种季度认证也提供静态图片下载。 **第二，跨站补 listing**。SourceForge 在 Slashdot Media 体系下，你的 listing 偶尔会被 Slashdot 引用——但这个被动等的事，主动该做的是把同一份 profile 内容（截图、描述、feature、pricing）也搬到 [G2](/sites/g2-com)、[Capterra](/sites/capterra-com)、[GetApp](/sites/getapp-com)、[Software Advice](/sites/softwareadvice-com)。每个站独立 SEO，多挂几个就多几条搜索结果。 **第三，把 review 引用到自己内容里**。挑 3-5 条最有说服力的（特别是写到具体痛点和数字的），引到你的博客、case study、销售页。注明出处。 **第四，看要不要跑 Promote（付费推广）**。SourceForge Promote 是 cost-per-lead 模式（按 lead 收费），价格看 category。一般 ACV 5000 美元以上的 B2B 软件可能划算，低 ACV 跑不出 ROI。建议先 organic 跑三个月看自然流量再决定。 **第五，每季度回来更一次**。SourceForge 算法看 profile 活跃度，几个月不动会压排序。每季度更新一次截图、changelog 或者新增的 feature 就够。 ## 常见翻车点 - 群发邀请给员工和朋友。同 IP 同邮箱域名一查就知道，整批清掉。 - 邀请邮件写"求 5 星"。reviewer 截图反馈给客服，违规。 - profile 填一半就放着。70% 完整度以下被压排序，category page 直接进第三页。 - 选了不相关的 category 想刷曝光。算法判低相关度，反而降权。 - 把"Cloud only"产品在 deployment 里勾"On-Premises"骗下载用户。客户看到 "Visit Website" 跳到 SaaS 页面留 1 星。 - 几个月不更 profile。SourceForge 看活跃度，老 listing 排名一直掉。 - 把 SourceForge 当 [GitHub](https://github.com) 用想做开发者社区。SourceForge 的开源托管那块在 GitHub 出现之后已经没什么社区活力了，别在这上面花精力。 - 上完就以为完事。这是个长线渠道，每季度稳定拿 2-3 条新 review 才有意义。 - 看到老印象里的 adware 故事就跳过 SourceForge。2016 年之后那事早结束了。 ## SourceForge vs G2 vs Capterra vs AlternativeTo | 维度 | SourceForge | [G2](/sites/g2-com) | [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com) | [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 成立时间 | 1999 | 2012 | 1999 | 2008 | | DR | 92 | 91 | 高（无 DR 数据） | 80 | | 受众 | IT 经理、传统软件采购、开发团队 | 中型企业、SaaS 圈 | SMB、传统行业 | 找替代品的普通用户 | | 适合产品类型 | SaaS + on-prem + desktop | 几乎只 SaaS | SaaS + 部分 on-prem | 任何产品 | | 顶级徽章 | Leader / Top Performer | Grid Report Leader | Shortlist | Top Alternative（弱） | | Review 来源 | 自有 + Slashdot 体系 | 自有，独立 | 跟 GetApp / SA 同步 | 用户编辑、不强 | | 流量模型 | Organic + 部分 Promote | Organic 为主 | PPC + organic | Organic + 用户生成 | | 进入门槛 | 免费 claim | 免费 claim | 免费 claim | 免费提交 | | 投稿难度 | 低 | 中（需要 8 条 review 才解锁完整功能） | 低 | 极低 | 实操建议：[G2](/sites/g2-com) + [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com) 是主战场，SourceForge 是该补的第三个站。三个一起跑（一份 review 内容三份 listing），再加一个 [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net) 占替代品流量，B2B SaaS 的目录覆盖基本就齐了。 ## 常见问题 **SourceForge 商业 listing 收费吗？** 免费 claim profile，免费拿 review，免费上 category page。付费的是 Promote（cost-per-lead 推广位）和 Premium Profile（功能扩展）。绝大多数团队第一年不需要付费，免费版够用。 **多久能审核通过？** 新建 listing 1-3 个工作日。Claim existing listing 通常 24 小时内。过了 5 个工作日没动可以联系 vendor support。 **没付费客户能上吗？** 能上 listing，但拿不到 review。没 review 的 listing 在 category page 排在最末，几乎没流量。建议至少 10 个付费客户再开始正式做。 **SourceForge 那个 adware 历史还要紧吗？** 不要紧。2013-2015 年那段确实有捆绑 adware 的事，2016 年 BIZX 收购之后全停了，现在站点干净。买家做调研时偶尔会问起，准备一句简单解释就行。开发者圈有人还记仇，但买软件的 IT 经理基本不在乎。 **Reviews 跟其他站同步吗？** 不同步。SourceForge 的 review 自成体系，不跟 [G2](/sites/g2-com) / [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com) 互通。所以同一个客户你可以请他在多个站各留一份。 **能删差评吗？** 不能。SourceForge 立场是 review 由用户拥有，vendor 没删除权。能做的：1）回复说明改进；2）如果违规（人身攻击、虚假信息）举报让 SourceForge 客服审。 **Promote 值不值得跑？** 看 ACV。年合同价 5000 美元以上的 B2B 软件可能划算。低 ACV（<1000 美元）通常跑不回成本。先 organic 跑三个月看自然 lead 量，再决定。 **我能同时挂开源版本和商业版本吗？** 能。开源版挂 `sourceforge.net/p/<项目名>`，商业版挂 `sourceforge.net/software/`。两边互相引用——这是 GitLab、Mattermost 那种 open core 模式的标准打法。 ## 同期可以一起打的其他平台 SourceForge 是该上的目录，但不该是唯一的。组合打法： - [G2](/sites/g2-com)：DR 91，B2B SaaS 的主战场，跟 SourceForge 受众有重合也有差异，必上。 - [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com)：Gartner 系，跟 SourceForge 一起做覆盖 SMB 买家。 - [GetApp](/sites/getapp-com)：Capterra 兄弟站，review 互通，profile 同步填一份。 - [Software Advice](/sites/softwareadvice-com)：另一个 Capterra 兄弟站，三个一起做。 - [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net)：DR 80，按"X 的替代品"搜索流量在跑。把自己挂在主流竞品的 alternatives list 下。 - [SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com)：DR 68，免费 claim，长尾关键词补一份外链。 - [Crozdesk](/sites/crozdesk-com)：DR 74，免费 claim，profile 填齐就行。 - [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com)：DR 75，发布日的爆点平台，跟 SourceForge 长期 SEO 互补。 主线建议：SourceForge + G2 + Capterra + GetApp + Software Advice 五个目录站走"一份内容多站 listing"的路；AlternativeTo / SaaSHub / Crozdesk 三个属于占位，profile 填齐就行；Product Hunt 留给产品发布日做爆点。整套跑下来一年内 B2B 软件的搜索可见度能上一个台阶。 还没想好这一批目录站到底提哪些、按什么顺序提的话，[startup directories 完整取舍](/guides/startup-directories)按免费和付费分了三档，每个站都标了 DR、月访问和链接类型，可以照着排优先级。 更多 SaaS 和 dev 类的目录站，可以看 [/c/saas](/c/saas)、[/c/dev](/c/dev) 和 [/c/directory](/c/directory) 三个分类。 --- # How to Claim Your Webwiki Listing and Reviews Canonical URL: https://wheretosubmit.org/guides/webwiki-submission-guide Last updated: 2026-09-04 12:29:01 ## English > **TL;DR:** [Webwiki](/sites/webwiki-com) (webwiki.com, run by a German company called Webwiki GmbH) is a website directory at DR 77. The play here is different from a normal "submit your site" directory — Webwiki crawls the web first and pre-builds a profile for you. So most sites that have been live for a while already have a Webwiki listing. You just haven't claimed it yet. This guide walks through how to find your existing listing, claim it, fill in the basics for the backlink, and handle whatever stray ratings users have left. It's not a heavy review platform like [G2](/sites/g2-com) or [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com). Think of it as a lightweight version of [Google Business Profile](/sites/business-google-com) — 30 minutes of work, DR 77 dofollow backlink locked in. ## What is Webwiki [Webwiki](/sites/webwiki-com) lives at https://webwiki.com. The company behind it is Webwiki GmbH, and they started in Germany. They opened the German market first (webwiki.de), then rolled out .com, .co.uk, and other regional versions. In short: it's a **website directory plus user review site**. Every site in their database gets a profile page at `webwiki.com/`. The page lists basic info, a crawled description, industry category, location, user reviews, and stars. Two things make it different from Yellow Pages or [Foursquare Listings](/sites/business-foursquare-com): **One: it doesn't wait for you to submit.** Webwiki runs its own crawler, finds new sites, and auto-builds a profile. So you don't apply — your listing might have been there for two years, just unclaimed. Try searching `webwiki.com/yourdomain.com` first. **Two: it lists websites, not physical businesses.** Yellow Pages, [Google Business Profile](/sites/business-google-com), and [Foursquare](/sites/business-foursquare-com) catalog brick-and-mortar shops (restaurants, doctors, stores). Webwiki catalogs the website itself. A pure online SaaS, a personal blog, an e-commerce store — they can all have a profile. Third thing worth knowing: webwiki.de gets a lot more traffic than .com, and Google indexes it deeper. If your product has customers in Germany, the .de profile is its own win. The same account manages both, but the profile content is separate. This guide focuses on .com, but the flow carries over. ## Is Webwiki still worth it Depends what you want from it. **Worth doing:** - You want a free DR 77 backlink. That's the main reason. Webwiki profile pages give a dofollow link to your homepage. A DR 77 page handing you one link pays back fast. - Your site has been live more than a year and gets some search traffic. Profile is probably already there. 30 minutes to claim and you're done. - You sell to customers in Germany, Austria, or Switzerland. The .de version has multiple times the traffic of .com. Spend an extra 20 minutes filling in the German profile. - B2C sites, e-commerce, local services. Webwiki visitors lean consumer, doing site research. - You're chasing "every directory profile claimed" SEO coverage. **Skip it:** - You're treating it as a primary review channel. Webwiki reviews are weaker than [G2](/sites/g2-com) or [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com). Stars are anonymous, authority is low, and B2B buyers don't read them. - Your site is less than 6 months old. Webwiki may not have crawled it yet. You'll have to submit, then sit through a slow review. - China-only products. Webwiki has no traffic there, and the profile won't help SEO. - You're expecting heavy direct traffic. Webwiki's own visitor count is modest. The value is in the backlink, not in users walking through. For most people, the reason to do Webwiki is simple: **the listing is already there, you just need to claim it for the backlink**. Low effort, free, can't really lose. Group it with [Crunchbase](/sites/crunchbase-com) and [Dun & Bradstreet](/sites/dnb-com) as a placeholder directory. Fill the profile, walk away. ## What Webwiki rewards Webwiki's internal search and category page sorting is pretty simple: - **Profile completeness.** Logo, description, address, phone, social links, industry tags. The more you fill in, the higher you sit. Empty profiles barely show up. - **Verified / claimed status.** Claimed profiles rank above unclaimed. This is the biggest signal — Webwiki actively pushes for claims. - **User rating and review count.** Higher stars and more reviews push you up. But the weight is lower than a Capterra-style site, so don't go crazy chasing it. - **Site-level SEO signals.** Webwiki looks at your site's actual DR and traffic. If your site itself is solid, the profile rides along. - **Update frequency.** A profile that hasn't been touched in months drops down. Pop in twice a year, edit the description, refresh a screenshot. - **Paid Premium.** Webwiki sells a Premium tier with priority placement on category pages. The most common mistake: assuming you have a profile but never claiming it. Unclaimed profiles show whatever the crawler grabbed — usually a chopped-up meta description, sometimes from a redirect or a stale page. Customers searching your company name land on it and immediately think it looks off. Claiming and filling it out is a 100% no-brainer. ## Before you submit ### A few days out Search for your site first. Open https://webwiki.com and search your domain (no www, just the full `yourdomain.com`). You'll get one of three results: 1. **Profile exists** (most common). Go straight to claim. 2. **Profile doesn't exist.** Use the "Add a website" link in the homepage footer. Submit and wait 1-7 days for review. 3. **Profile exists but the data is wrong** (crawler hit a redirect or stale page). Claim it anyway and fix everything after. Pull together what you'll need: - Company name (the legally registered one, not the brand short form). - A 200-400 word description. First sentence: what you do. Second: who it's for. Then expand. The description gets SEO juice, so use natural industry keywords. - Industry tags (max 3, pick the relevant ones). - Address, phone, email. Use a real address. If you don't take phone calls, skip the phone field. Email is required. - Logo (PNG, at least 256×256). - A list of products or services you offer. - Social links (LinkedIn, X, Facebook). - One or two screenshots or marketing images. If you're also doing the .de version, prep a German description. A direct translation works but reads like Google Translate. Writing 200 fresh words in German lands much better. ## The submission flow ### Step 1: Search for your site Open https://webwiki.com. Use the top search box. Format: `yourdomain.com` (no protocol). If a profile exists, you'll land on `webwiki.com/yourdomain.com`. If nothing's there, find the "Add a website" / "Website hinzufügen" link in the footer. Submit your URL plus a basic category. Then wait 1-7 days for a human to review and build the profile. While you wait: make sure your site is crawlable. Don't block Webwiki's crawler in robots.txt (its user-agent is `WebWiki`). Make sure your meta description reads well — that's what they grab for the initial profile text. ### Step 2: Sign up and claim On the profile page, top right, look for "Claim this entry" / "Eintrag übernehmen". Click it. Sign up with a company-domain email. Once logged in, click claim again on the profile. Two ways to verify, pick one: 1. **Domain email check.** Webwiki sends an email to `info@yourdomain.com` or `contact@yourdomain.com`. Click the link. 2. **Meta tag.** They give you ``. Drop it into your homepage's ``. Tell them. Their crawler comes back within 24 hours to confirm. The first one is faster. Use the second if you only have marketing-style emails (hello@, support@). ### Step 3: Fill out the profile Once claimed, you're in the owner dashboard. Work through these sections: 1. **Basic info**: company name, tagline, website, registered address, phone, email. 2. **Company description**: 200-400 words. Open with what you do and who you serve, then expand. 3. **Industry tags**: 1 main + 1-2 related. Webwiki's tag tree is older-style (industry-based, not SaaS-software-style like G2). Pick the closest match. 4. **Logo / screenshots**: upload, decent resolution. 5. **Social links**: LinkedIn, X, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram. Whatever you actually use. 6. **Keyword tags**: 5-10 search keywords. Webwiki's internal search uses these. 7. **Hours / service area** (for local businesses). Online SaaS skip this. 8. **Payment methods / supported languages** (for e-commerce). Save and you're done. Edits are usually instant — no re-review needed. ### Step 4: Handle existing reviews You can't touch reviews from before the claim. Once claimed, every new review shows up in your dashboard with a public reply box. Webwiki's bar for deleting reviews is high. Only clear violations (personal attacks, false info, obvious competitor smear) get appealed off. A negative review tied to a real customer experience? You can't remove it. Just reply. ## What happens if you never claim your profile Most people don't realize this part. Your site might have been in Webwiki for two or three years. Users may have left a few stray ratings (even just 2-3). Those ratings **show up directly in Google's search results for your company name** — Webwiki profile pages are SEO-friendly, and rich snippets include the star rating. If those legacy ratings include a couple of 1- or 2-star reviews, the result is: someone Googles your company, and right next to your site is "3.2 stars - Webwiki". Doesn't sound dramatic, but click-through takes a hit. Once you claim the profile, you can: - Reply publicly to every review (negative ones included). The tone of your reply matters more than the score itself. A reasoned response to a 1-star can leave a buyer with a *better* impression of you. - Ask real customers to leave ratings to pull the average up. - Appeal violation reviews (the bar is high, but the legitimate ones get through). - Edit the description, add screenshots, make the rich snippet look professional. This is the actual reason to claim Webwiki. Not just for another backlink (though that's nice). It's about taking control of an existing public face you didn't know you had. ## How to get reviews If you decide to actively chase ratings (not required, but it cleans up the rich snippet), the rules are similar to Capterra but more relaxed: **Clean ways Webwiki gives you:** 1. **Direct review URL.** The dashboard exposes a one-click rating link. Share it with real customers. 2. **In-product prompt.** Add a small in-product nudge that links to the Webwiki review page. **If you're sending invites yourself:** - Don't ask employees. Same IP and same domain are easy to spot. - Don't offer rewards. "Get $X for a review" is a violation. - Don't blast 50 invites in one go. Webwiki's fraud detection is weaker than G2's, but burst patterns still flag. - Don't ask for "5 stars" in the invite. Use "share your experience." Practical take: most people **can skip this step**. Webwiki reviews aren't where B2B buyers research vendors. As long as your overall rating in Google's rich snippet doesn't look bad, you don't need hundreds of reviews. Goal: not low. Not "as many as possible." ## What to do after Webwiki Profile claimed and filled. Next: **One, copy the same info to other auto-crawled directories.** Webwiki isn't the only crawler-built directory. Same pattern: - [Crunchbase](/sites/crunchbase-com) (manual profile creation) - [Dun & Bradstreet](/sites/dnb-com) (request a D-U-N-S number) - [Foursquare Listings](/sites/business-foursquare-com) (local businesses) - [Google Business Profile](/sites/business-google-com) (physical or local) Each one is 30 minutes. Together they form a "verified profile across all the main directories" set. **Two, look at the German (.de) version.** If you sell into the DACH region, search webwiki.de for your domain. The profile is probably already there too. The same account manages both. Don't Google Translate the German description. Find someone who actually writes German. **Three, watch your rich snippet rating in SEO checks.** Search your company name on Google. Look at the rich result Webwiki contributes. If under 3.5 stars, focus there (active replies and invites for positive ratings). If 4.0+, leave it alone. **Four, check back every six months.** Any new ratings? Profile info still current? Otherwise just close the tab. This isn't a channel that needs ongoing investment. ## Common mistakes - Assuming Webwiki doesn't have your site. Profile's been there three years, ratings have been piling up, no one was watching. - Claiming the profile then leaving the description as the crawler's mess. - Mass-emailing employees and friends. Same IP, same domain. Violation. - Treating Webwiki like [G2](/sites/g2-com) and grinding for reviews. Different audience, wasted effort. - Asking for "5 stars" in the invite. Reviewer screenshots, violation. - Not knowing webwiki.de has way more traffic. Doing only the English side leaves half the value on the table. - Submitting and then waiting for traffic. Webwiki's direct traffic is modest. Value is the backlink and the rich snippet. - Skipping Webwiki entirely because the review system is weak. Wrong reason. The point isn't reviews — it's a free DR 77 backlink and control over your search-result rich snippet. ## Webwiki vs Google Business vs Crunchbase vs Dun & Bradstreet | Dimension | Webwiki | [Google Business Profile](/sites/business-google-com) | [Crunchbase](/sites/crunchbase-com) | [Dun & Bradstreet](/sites/dnb-com) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | What it lists | Any website | Physical or local business | Companies (funding, team) | Companies + credit | | DR | 77 | 99 | 80 | 93 | | Auto-listing | Yes | No (must register) | No | No | | Claim difficulty | Low (email verify) | Medium (postcard mail) | Medium (manual review) | Medium (D-U-N-S request) | | Main value | DR 77 backlink + rich snippet | Google Maps + local search | Investor and press visibility | Credit reference + B2B procurement | | Review weight | Weak | Strong (Google shows them) | No reviews | No reviews | | Maintenance cost | Twice a year | High (posts, replies) | Medium (funding/hiring updates) | Low | | Best for | Anyone | Physical / local / storefront | Startups, SaaS | B2B (especially government procurement) | Practical advice: do all four, but the time investment is uneven. Google Business is mandatory and ongoing if you have a physical or local presence. Crunchbase pays off around funding events and hiring pushes. Dun & Bradstreet matters if you sell to government or large enterprises. Webwiki is a placeholder + backlink play. Do it once and move on. ## FAQ **Does Webwiki cost anything?** Claiming is free. Core features (description, logo, social links, replying to reviews) are free. Premium Profile (priority placement, ad removal, extra features) costs money, as do ad slots. Most people don't need any of that. Free is enough. **How long does the claim take?** Email verification finishes the same day. Meta tag verification is whenever their crawler comes back — usually within 24 hours of you confirming the tag is in place. **What if I don't have a profile?** Use the "Add a website" link in the homepage footer. Submit. A human reviews it in 1-7 days. Once they build the profile, you go through claim. **Are Webwiki backlinks dofollow?** They have been at the time of writing. Directories sometimes flip link policies, so once your profile is up, open devtools on the profile page and inspect the rel attribute on the link to your homepage. Just to be sure. **Can I delete a bad review?** Mostly no. Only clear violations (personal attacks, obviously false info, competitor smear) can be appealed. Normal negative reviews stay. You can publicly reply. **Are the .com and .de profiles the same?** The account is the same, but the profiles are separate. The .com listing and the .de listing have independent content. DACH customers find you on .de, international customers find you on .com. Both are worth filling out. **How do I change the crawler description?** Once you've claimed the profile, go to the dashboard and edit the description field. Saves instantly. **Is Webwiki good for pure B2B SaaS?** Good for the claim and a complete profile. Not good as a primary review channel. B2B SaaS reviews live on [G2](/sites/g2-com) and [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com). Webwiki is the free DR 77 backlink and the Google rich snippet control. ## Other platforms to run alongside Webwiki Webwiki is a slot to fill, not a focus. The combo: - [Google Business Profile](/sites/business-google-com): DR 99. Local search foundation. If you have a physical or local business, this is ten times more important than Webwiki. - [Crunchbase](/sites/crunchbase-com): DR 80. Funding, team, and hiring visibility. - [Dun & Bradstreet](/sites/dnb-com): DR 93. Credit reference for B2B procurement. - [Foursquare Listings](/sites/business-foursquare-com): DR 90. Local businesses on the map. - [Clutch](/sites/clutch-co): DR 91. Main battle for B2B services (especially agencies and dev shops). - [G2](/sites/g2-com): DR 91. The main battle for B2B SaaS reviews. - [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com): DR 75. Launch-day spike platform. Practical play: group Webwiki with Crunchbase and Dun & Bradstreet — "auto-listed or one-time submit" directories. Knock all of them out in 1-2 hours. Fill, claim, walk. Group Google Business, G2, Capterra, and Clutch into the "needs ongoing maintenance" bucket. Pick the 1-2 that match your business and invest there. Clear separation, full coverage. For more directories and placeholder channels, browse [/c/directory](/c/directory) and [/c/other](/c/other). ## 中文 > **TL;DR:** [Webwiki](/sites/webwiki-com)（webwiki.com，德国一家公司做的）是个网站目录，DR 77。它的玩法跟一般"等你提交"的目录站不一样——它自己爬，先给你建好 profile，等你来 claim。所以大多数已经上线一段时间的网站，profile 早就在它那里了，只是你没认领过。这篇 guide 讲怎么去 claim 你那份 listing，把基本信息补全拿外链，以及怎么处理用户随手留下来的星级评分。它不是 [G2](/sites/g2-com) [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com) 那种 review 重型平台，定位更像 [Google Business Profile](/sites/business-google-com) 的轻量版本——花 30 分钟做完，DR 77 一条干净外链就到手了。 ## Webwiki 是什么 [Webwiki](/sites/webwiki-com) 域名 `https://webwiki.com`，运营公司是 Webwiki GmbH，从德国起家，最早做的是 webwiki.de 那块，后来开了 .com、.co.uk 这些国际版本。 简单说，它是一个**网站目录 + 用户评价站**。每一个网站在它库里都有一个 profile 页，URL 长这样 `webwiki.com/<域名>`。页面上挂网站基本信息、抓出来的描述、行业分类、地理位置、用户评论、星级。 它跟 Yellow Pages 或 [Foursquare Listings](/sites/business-foursquare-com) 那种站的核心差别在两点： **第一，它不等你提交。** Webwiki 自己跑爬虫，发现一个网站之后自动建一份 profile。所以你不用"申请"——你的 listing 可能两年前就有了，只是没人认领。先去搜一下 `webwiki.com/yourdomain.com` 试试。 **第二，它做的是网站目录，不是实体店目录。** Yellow Pages、[Google Business Profile](/sites/business-google-com)、[Foursquare](/sites/business-foursquare-com) 收的是实体商家（餐厅、医生、店面）。Webwiki 收的是网站本身。一个纯线上 SaaS、一个个人博客、一个 e-commerce 站都能有 profile。 第三个该知道的事：它的德语版 webwiki.de 流量比 .com 大很多，谷歌索引也更深。如果你做的产品在德国市场有客户，.de 那一份单独值得做（同账号能管，但 profile 内容是分开的）。这篇主要讲 .com，但流程一致。 ## 还该往这里发吗 要看你想要什么。 **值得花时间上的：** - 想白拿一条 DR 77 的外链占位的。这是最主要的理由。Webwiki profile 默认给 dofollow 外链（链到你官网），DR 77 的页面给一条够回本。 - 上线超过一年、有点搜索量的站。基本上 profile 已经在了，30 分钟 claim 完就完事。 - 在德国 / 奥地利 / 瑞士有客户的产品。.de 版本的流量是 .com 的好几倍，再花 20 分钟把德语 profile 也补上。 - B2C 网站、电商、本地服务。Webwiki 的访问者偏 C 端，找网站做调研的人多。 - 想做一份"全网 profile 都齐"的覆盖型 SEO 的团队。 **别花时间上的：** - 把它当主战场刷 review 的。Webwiki 的 review 系统比 [G2](/sites/g2-com) [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com) 弱很多——星级是匿名用户随便点的，权威性低，B2B 买家不在这看。 - 没上线 6 个月的新站。可能 Webwiki 还没爬到，profile 不存在，得自己提交，提交完审核还慢。 - 纯中国市场的产品。Webwiki 在国内几乎没流量，profile 也不会带 SEO 加成。 - 期待大量直接流量的。Webwiki 自己流量不算特别大，主要价值是外链权重，不是来访用户。 老实说，对大多数人 Webwiki 该做的理由很简单——**它不要你做什么，listing 已经在那了，去 claim 一下就有外链**。低投入、不亏。把它跟 [Crunchbase](/sites/crunchbase-com) [Dun & Bradstreet](/sites/dnb-com) 这种"占位型"目录归一档，profile 填齐就完事，不用持续维护。 ## Webwiki 在按什么排序 Webwiki 内部的搜索和分类页排序信号比较简单： - **profile 完整度**。logo、描述、地址、电话、社交链接、行业分类——填得越全越前。空 profile 几乎不会出现在分类页前几。 - **Verified / claimed 状态**。已认领的 profile 比未认领的高一档。这是它最重要的差别：它鼓励你 claim。 - **用户评分和评论数**。星级越高、评论越多越前。但权重比 Capterra 那种站低，不用刻意刷。 - **网站本身的 SEO 信号**。Webwiki 反向参照你网站的 DR 和访问量来排——你站本身做得好，profile 也跟着沾光。 - **更新频率**。profile 长期不动会被压。每半年回去看一次，修修描述加加截图就行。 - **付费 Premium**。Webwiki 有付费方案，付费 profile 在分类页有顶置位。 最常见的翻车点：以为自己有 profile 但没去 claim。未认领的 profile 默认显示的是爬虫抓到的乱七八糟描述（往往是你 meta description 截了一段），看着不专业。客户搜公司名跳到那个 profile 一眼就觉得不对劲。Claim + 补全这件事是 100% 该做的。 ## 提交前要准备什么 ### 还有几天 先去搜你网站。打开 ，搜你的域名（不带 www，写完整 `yourdomain.com`）。三种结果： 1. **profile 已经存在**（最常见）。直接走 claim 流程。 2. **profile 不存在**。在首页底部有"Add a website"入口，提交后 1-7 天审核。 3. **profile 存在但信息全错**（爬到了重定向之类）。也走 claim，claim 完整改。 把要填的东西理一下： - 公司名（写官方注册名，不是品牌名缩写）。 - 一段 200-400 字的描述。开头说"做什么的"，第二句说"给谁用"，剩下展开。Webwiki 描述有 SEO 加成，里面自然带行业关键词。 - 行业分类（最多选 3 个，挑相关的）。 - 公司地址、电话、邮箱。注册地址写真实的（如果你不接电话可以不填，但邮箱必填）。 - Logo（PNG，至少 256×256）。 - 主营产品/服务列表。 - 社交链接（LinkedIn、Twitter/X、Facebook 这几个）。 - 一两张截图或者宣传图。 如果你要做 .de 版，准备好德语描述。直译过来的英文描述能用，但读起来很机翻——专门写一段 200 字的德语介绍效果好得多。 ## 提交流程 ### 第一步：搜你的网站 打开 ，顶部搜索框输入你的域名（建议格式 `yourdomain.com`，不带协议）。如果存在 profile，会跳到 `webwiki.com/yourdomain.com`。 如果没有 profile，去首页底部的"Add a website" / "Website hinzufügen"链接，提交 URL + 简单分类。然后等 1-7 天它人工审完建出 profile。这期间该做的事：先让爬虫能抓到你的网站。robots.txt 别屏蔽 Webwiki 的爬虫（user-agent 是 `WebWiki`），meta description 写好（它默认拿这个填初始描述）。 ### 第二步：注册账号 + claim 在 profile 页右上角找"Claim this entry" / "Eintrag übernehmen"按钮。点进去先注册账号（用公司域名邮箱），登录后回到 profile 点 claim。 验证方式有两个，二选一： 1. **Domain email 验证**。它发一封验证邮件到 `info@yourdomain.com` 或 `contact@yourdomain.com` 这种通用邮箱。点链接确认。 2. **Meta tag 验证**。它给一段 ``，让你贴到首页 ``。贴完通知它来抓。一般爬虫 24 小时内回来确认。 第一种简单。第二种适合你只有 marketing 邮箱（hello@、support@）的情况。 ### 第三步：填 profile claim 通过后进 owner dashboard。按部分填： 1. **基本信息**：公司名、tagline、官网、注册地址、联系电话、邮箱。 2. **公司描述**：200-400 字。开头说做什么、给谁，再展开。 3. **分类**：选 1 个主类 + 1-2 个相关副类。Webwiki 的分类树偏老式（按行业分，不像 G2 那种 SaaS 软件分类），找最贴近的就行。 4. **Logo / 截图**：上传，分辨率别太低。 5. **社交链接**：LinkedIn、X、Facebook、YouTube、Instagram，挂上你有的。 6. **关键词标签**：填 5-10 个搜索关键词。Webwiki 内部搜索看这个匹配。 7. **营业时间** / **服务区域**（适用于本地业务）。线上 SaaS 跳过。 8. **支付方式 / 语言支持**（电商可填）。 填完保存。改动通常即时生效，不需要再审核。 ### 第四步：处理已有评论 claim 之前的评论你管不着。claim 之后，所有新评论你能在 dashboard 里看到，可以公开回复。 Webwiki 删评条件比较严——只有违反规定（人身攻击、虚假信息、明显的竞争对手抹黑）才能申诉。差评+真实使用场景的，删不掉。能做的就是回复。 ## profile 长期没 claim 会怎样 很多人不知道这件事。你的网站可能两三年前就被 Webwiki 收录了，期间陆续有用户留过几条星级（哪怕只有 2-3 条）。这些评分会**直接出现在 Google 搜你公司名的结果里**——Webwiki 的 profile 页对搜索引擎友好，rich snippet 会带星级出来。 如果那几条历史评分有 1 星 2 星的，效果就是：客户搜你公司名，搜索结果里你的网站旁边挂着一个"3.2 stars - Webwiki"。看起来不痛不痒，但 click-through 会被压。 claim profile 之后你能： - 公开回复每条评论（包括差评）。回复的态度比评分本身管用——理性回应一条 1 星评论，潜在客户读完反而对你印象更好。 - 邀请真客户写评分把整体星级拉上去。 - 申诉违规评论（标准比较严，但能过的能过）。 - 改 profile 描述、加截图，让 rich snippet 看起来更专业。 这是 claim Webwiki 最实在的理由——不是为了多一份外链（虽然也是好处），而是把你已经存在的那个对外形象拿回手里管。 ## 怎么拿到 reviews 如果你决定要积极拉一下评分（不是必须，但能改善 rich snippet 的样子），规则跟 Capterra 类似但更松： **Webwiki 提供的合规通道：** 1. **Direct review URL**。dashboard 里能拿到一个直接评分链接。分享给真客户。 2. **In-product 提示**。在你产品里加一条小提示，跳到 Webwiki review 页。 **自己邀请要注意：** - 别让员工写。同 IP 同公司邮箱很容易看出来。 - 别给奖励。"留 review 送..." 是违规。 - 别一次发 50 封。Webwiki 风控比 G2 / Capterra 弱，但太集中的批量评分也会触发审核。 - 邀请文案别写"求 5 星"，写"分享你的体验"。 实操上，对大多数人这一步**可以跳过**。Webwiki review 不是 B2B 买家做调研会看的渠道，整体星级搬到 Google rich snippet 里就够了，不需要刷到几百条。把"现有评分别太低"作为目标，不是"评分越多越好"。 ## Webwiki 之后做什么 claim + profile 填完，下一步： **第一，把同一份信息搬到其他自动收录型目录站**。Webwiki 不是唯一一家爬虫建库的目录。同样模式的还有： - [Crunchbase](/sites/crunchbase-com)（需要手动建 profile） - [Dun & Bradstreet](/sites/dnb-com)（D-U-N-S 号申请） - [Foursquare Listings](/sites/business-foursquare-com)（本地业务） - [Google Business Profile](/sites/business-google-com)（实体或本地业务） 每一个 30 分钟内能搞完，加起来就是一组同步的"我的公司在多个站都有验证 profile"。 **第二，看德语 (.de) 版本**。如果你卖给德语区客户，去 webwiki.de 搜你域名，profile 大概率也存在。同账号能一起管。德语描述别直接 Google Translate，找懂德语的人写一段。 **第三，把 rich snippet 的星级放进 SEO 监控**。搜你公司名看 Google 给的 rich result 里 Webwiki 那行星级是几星。如果低于 3.5，重点处理（积极回复 + 邀请正面评分）。如果 4.0 以上，就维持。 **第四，半年回去看一次**。新评分有没有、profile 信息要不要更新。没什么特别就跳过。这不是个需要持续投入的渠道。 ## 常见翻车点 - 以为 Webwiki 没收录自己网站，结果其实 profile 已经在那三年了，期间累积了几条 1 星没人管。 - claim 完就走，profile 描述还是爬虫抓的乱七八糟版本。 - 群发邀请给员工和朋友。同 IP 同公司域名一查就违规。 - 把 Webwiki 当 [G2](/sites/g2-com) 那种主战场刷 review。受众不一样，浪费时间。 - 邀请文案写"留 5 星"。reviewer 截图反馈，违规。 - 不知道德语版（webwiki.de）流量比 .com 大很多，只做了英文那边漏了一半。 - 上完想着"等流量"。Webwiki 自己直接流量不大，主要价值是外链 + Google rich snippet 表现。 - 因为评分系统比较弱就完全跳过 Webwiki。它的核心价值不是 review，是免费 DR 77 外链 + 你公司搜索结果的 rich snippet 控制权。 ## Webwiki vs Google Business vs Crunchbase vs Dun & Bradstreet | 维度 | Webwiki | [Google Business Profile](/sites/business-google-com) | [Crunchbase](/sites/crunchbase-com) | [Dun & Bradstreet](/sites/dnb-com) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 收什么 | 任何网站 | 实体或本地业务 | 公司主体（融资、团队） | 公司主体 + 信用 | | DR | 77 | 99 | 80 | 93 | | 自动收录 | 是 | 否（需注册） | 否 | 否 | | Claim 难度 | 低（邮件验证） | 中（明信片邮寄） | 中（人工审） | 中（D-U-N-S 申请） | | 主要价值 | DR 77 外链 + rich snippet | Google Maps + 本地搜索 | 投资人/媒体可见度 | 信用背书 + B2B 采购 | | Review 强度 | 弱 | 强（Google 直接显示） | 无 review | 无 review | | 持续维护成本 | 半年一次 | 高（持续发帖、回评） | 中（融资/招聘更新） | 低 | | 适合产品 | 任何 | 实体/本地业务/有店面 | 创业公司、SaaS | B2B（特别是政府采购） | 实操建议：四个一起做，但投入不一样。Google Business 是必上必维护（如果你有实体或本地业务）。Crunchbase 适合融资节点和招聘节点抛出来用。Dun & Bradstreet 看你卖不卖给政府或大企业。Webwiki 是占位 + 外链的活，做完就走。 ## 常见问题 **Webwiki 收费吗？** Claim profile 免费，基本功能（描述、Logo、社交链接、回复评论）全免费。付费的是 Premium Profile（顶置、去广告、附加功能）和广告位。绝大多数人不需要付费，免费版够用。 **多久能 claim 完？** 邮件验证当天就能完成。Meta tag 验证看你贴标签的速度，贴完触发它再来抓一般 24 小时内确认。 **没 profile 怎么提交？** 首页底部有"Add a website"入口，提交后 1-7 天人工审。审核通过才会建 profile，再走 claim 流程。 **Webwiki 的外链是 dofollow 吗？** 据观察基本是 dofollow，profile 上线后用浏览器 inspector 看一下 profile 页那条链接的 rel 属性就能确认。目录站偶尔会调规则，做完自己复检一次。 **能删差评吗？** 基本不能。只有违反规定（人身攻击、明显虚假、商业抹黑）才能申诉。一般差评只能公开回复。 **.com 和 .de 的 profile 是同一个吗？** 账号能一起管，但 profile 是分开的——.com 那份和 .de 那份内容独立。德语区客户走 .de，国际客户走 .com。两边都填值得。 **爬虫描述怎么改？** claim profile 之后到 dashboard 改 description 字段。即时生效。 **Webwiki 适合纯 to B 的 SaaS 吗？** 适合做 claim + profile 完整度，不适合作为 review 主战场。B2B SaaS 的 review 主战场是 [G2](/sites/g2-com) [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com)。Webwiki 的价值在于免费 DR 77 外链和 Google rich snippet 表现。 ## 同期可以一起打的其他平台 Webwiki 是一个该占的位置，但不是发力点。一起做的组合： - [Google Business Profile](/sites/business-google-com)：DR 99，本地搜索的根基。如果你有实体或本地业务，这个比 Webwiki 重要十倍。 - [Crunchbase](/sites/crunchbase-com)：DR 80，融资、团队、招聘信息可见度。 - [Dun & Bradstreet](/sites/dnb-com)：DR 93，B2B 采购信用背书。 - [Foursquare Listings](/sites/business-foursquare-com)：DR 90，本地业务找位置。 - [Clutch](/sites/clutch-co)：DR 91，B2B 服务（特别是 agency / dev shop）的主战场。 - [G2](/sites/g2-com)：DR 91，B2B SaaS review 的主战场。 - [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com)：DR 75，产品发布日的爆点。 主线建议：把 Webwiki / Crunchbase / Dun & Bradstreet 这种"自动收录或一次提交"的目录归一档，1-2 小时一口气全做完，profile 填齐就走。Google Business、G2、Capterra、Clutch 这种"需要持续维护"的归另一档，挑跟你业务匹配的 1-2 个长期投入。这样精力分得清楚，覆盖面也够。 更多类似的目录站和占位渠道，可以看 [/c/directory](/c/directory) 和 [/c/other](/c/other) 两个分类。 --- # How to List Your Product on Gumroad Discover Canonical URL: https://wheretosubmit.org/guides/gumroad-submission-guide Last updated: 2026-09-04 12:29:01 ## English > **TL;DR:** [Gumroad](/sites/gumroad-com) is a platform for indie creators selling digital products (ebooks, templates, courses, software, audio, plugins). DR 92, with strong Google indexing on product pages. It has two sides: it's a **checkout** (you drop the product link in your Twitter, newsletter, or site, and Gumroad handles payment), and it's a **marketplace with traffic** (Gumroad Discover, which Google ranks for many vertical product queries). The fee structure is different on each side: checkout takes a flat 10%; Discover-attributed orders take an **extra 30%**. So how to think about fees without losing money is the part of this guide worth reading carefully. If you already have an audience, Gumroad is a clean checkout. If you want Gumroad itself to drive sales, you need to write product pages like SEO pages — titles, descriptions, tags, covers all matter. Links are nofollow, but the product page ranks on Google for your brand plus a lot of long-tail. Done right, one product page can bring in orders for two years straight. ## What is Gumroad [Gumroad](/sites/gumroad-com) (https://gumroad.com) is a digital-product platform built by Sahil Lavingia in 2011. It exists for indie creators to sell their stuff. The setup: you make a digital product (PDF ebook, Notion template, Figma kit, video course, font, music sample pack, software license, AI prompt pack — anything digital), upload it, set a price, and get a product page URL. Buyers pay on the page, Gumroad sends them the file, you get the money minus fees. A few features to keep straight: - **Checkout**: each product has its own URL, like `yourname.gumroad.com/l/productname`. You drop this link anywhere — Twitter, newsletter, your site, YouTube description. - **Discover**: Gumroad's own marketplace at `gumroad.com/discover`. Buyers browse, search, and find products there. Orders coming through Discover get an extra cut. - **Library / followers**: anyone who buys from you joins your follower list. When you launch a new product, Gumroad emails them. This is one thing Gumroad does that plain Stripe doesn't. - **Email marketing**: built-in newsletter feature. You can send broadcasts to followers or set up automated sequences. Weaker than dedicated email tools, but it works. - **Memberships, subscriptions, pre-orders, ratings, affiliates, discount codes**: all there, all on the free plan. No tier shenanigans. - **Merchant of Record (tax handling)**: Gumroad collects and remits EU VAT, UK VAT, Canadian GST, and some US state sales tax for you. Saved its own section below. Sign-up is free. No monthly fee, no annual fee. Just 10% per transaction plus Stripe processing. Once a product is live, the product page is Google-indexed and inherits some of Gumroad's DR 92 weight. ## Is Gumroad still worth it Depends on what kind of seller you are. **Worth your time if:** - You already have an audience (newsletter, Twitter, YouTube) and just need a clean checkout. Gumroad's product page has the lowest mental friction for buyers — PayPal, credit card, Apple Pay all work. - You make **one product sold many times** — ebook, template, font, music sample, prompt pack, Figma kit. These types fit Gumroad best. - You want to test if a digital product can sell, but don't want to build a site, wire up Stripe, handle VAT, manage refunds. Gumroad covers all of that. You can be live in 30 minutes. - You're willing to write product pages like SEO pages. Good titles, right tags, detailed descriptions — these products keep getting traffic from Gumroad search and Google for a long time. **Don't use it if:** - You're selling physical products. Gumroad doesn't ship things. Use Shopify or Etsy. - You're selling enterprise SaaS at hundreds of dollars per month. Gumroad's membership feature is weak for complex tiers, per-seat billing, and B2B invoices. - Your product is high-priced ($500+) and needs a sales conversation. Gumroad is self-serve. No sales process. - You have zero audience and expect Gumroad Discover to make you famous. Discover has traffic, but like Product Hunt or Etsy, no external cold start means it won't sell on its own. Just listing isn't enough. Honestly, the cleanest use of Gumroad is: you've got 1,000 Twitter followers or a few hundred newsletter subs, you made a small thing that solves a real problem for that group, you list it, you share the link. First sale comes in week one. "List it and they will come" doesn't work here, same as it doesn't work on Etsy. ## What Gumroad Discover rewards [Gumroad](/sites/gumroad-com) Discover is the marketplace homepage at `gumroad.com/discover`. Buyers browse categories, search keywords, and view top lists there. To get seen, what matters: - **Sales count plus rating**. Discover is sales-driven. Once you have a few orders and a 4.5+ rating, you start climbing the category pages. Those first few sales are critical (friends, your own purchase, newsletter push — anything that's not bot-fake). - **Title keywords**. The product title is your SEO title. Gumroad's internal search is keyword-match only. "Notion Template" beats "My Cool Productivity Thing" by a mile. - **Tags**. Up to 5 tags per product. Each tag is its own aggregation page (`gumroad.com/discover/`). Pick the right tags and your product shows up there. Pick wrong, it's invisible. - **Refund rate**. Above 5%, you start getting demoted. Above 10%, Gumroad throttles you. Way over, account gets banned. So don't sell garbage just to make sales. - **Completeness**. Cover image, description length, ratings, reviews — products with everything filled in get pushed way more. Empty covers basically never get featured. - **Price range**. The $0–$50 range performs most consistently on Discover. $100+ products are harder to move there because Discover browsers aren't in a high-spend mood. The most common foot-gun: writing the product title like marketing copy. "The Ultimate Guide to Living Your Best Life" doesn't get found in Gumroad search at all. Write it like a **search query** — "Productivity Notion Template for Solopreneurs". Say what it is and who it's for, directly. ## Before you submit ### Two weeks out Finish the product itself. Gumroad takes lots of formats, but **keep one product focused**. Don't ship an "all-in-one mega bundle" — those tend to convert worse than a single tight product. Get one small thing working first, then expand. Go to `gumroad.com/discover`, find the top 20 sellers in your category. Look at: price range, cover style, description length, tag choices, rating counts. Copy the framework, not the content. This step saves a lot of trial-and-error later. If you have no audience, start building one on [Twitter](/sites/dev-to) and [Indie Hackers](/sites/indiehackers-com) now. Selling on Gumroad means **the first 5–10 sales almost always come from your own traffic**, not from Discover. Start building in public two weeks before launch — by listing day you'll have tens or hundreds of warm buyers waiting. ### One week out Prep the product file: PDF, Figma file, video, zip — whatever it is. A few things to watch: - **File size**. Gumroad allows up to 16GB per file, but anything over 1GB makes the download experience bad. For video courses, use external links (unlisted YouTube, Vimeo) when you can. - **Format**. Selling a Notion template? Send a Notion duplication link, not a `.json` file. Selling a PDF? Send a PDF, not `.pages`. Make it usable the moment they open it. - **File names**. `MyProduct-v1.0-2026.pdf` looks way more pro than `final_final_v3.pdf`. Prep 3–5 cover images: - **Main cover**: 1200x675. **The cover decides your click-through on Discover.** A product screenshot plus a single line of text on top works best. Pure-text covers do badly in thumbnail grids. - **Preview images**: 2–4 screenshots showing what's inside. Buyers can't touch the product — more previews means higher conversion. - **GIF or short video** (if it fits). Gumroad lets you embed video on the product page. A 30-second demo lifts conversion clearly. Write the description early. Structure: one-line hook on what it is and who it's for → bulleted list of what's included → who it's for → who it's NOT for (this one's important, it cuts refunds) → pricing notes → FAQ. **Total length 500–1500 words**. Shorter feels lazy, longer doesn't get read. ### Launch day Pick the time. **8–11 AM US Eastern is when the most orders come in.** Buyers concentrate in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and Europe. Avoid Saturday. Sunday's actually fine. After publishing, don't just walk away — watch the dashboard for two hours. Gumroad shows real-time analytics: visitors, time on page, cart adds. The first 50 visitors basically decide if your product page works. If 50 visits get zero adds, something's off — price, cover, title — fix it right away. ## The submission flow ### Step 1: Sign up and fill out your profile Go to https://gumroad.com/signup. Email, Google, or Twitter all work. Email plus 2FA is the safest choice since this account holds your money. Profile fields to fill in: - **Username**: this is the subdomain prefix, `yourname.gumroad.com`. Hard to change later, so pick something on-brand. - **Avatar plus bio**: real photo, one line about what you do. Buyers click through to your profile to see your other products. An empty profile costs you conversions. - **Social links**: Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, your site — list everything. This trust stuff matters a lot to buyers. - **Payout**: PayPal or bank account. US accounts get ACH direct deposit, others use PayPal or Wise. Your first payout has a 7-day hold. ### Step 2: Create your first product Click "New Product" top-right. Pick a type: - **Digital Product**: most common. PDFs, templates, videos, software licenses. - **Course / Tutorial**: uses Gumroad's lesson system, supports chapters and progress tracking. - **Membership**: subscription, monthly or yearly. - **Bundle**: package existing products together. - **Call**: 1:1 consulting bookings (niche but used). - **Coffee**: tip-jar style, like [Buy Me a Coffee](/sites/buymeacoffee-com). Most indie creators start with Digital Product. Inside, you fill in: - **Name**: your title. This is the SEO title. Say what it is and who it's for. - **Description**: Gumroad's rich text editor. Paste in the 500–1500 words you already prepped. - **Price**: set a fixed price ($29) or Pay What You Want with a minimum ($5+ with buyer choice). Stick with fixed price for a new product. PWYW is more of a campaign tool. - **Files**: upload your product files. Multiple files come down as a zip. - **Cover**: main image, 1200x675. - **Thumbnail**: 1280x1280 square. Shows on Discover cards. ### Step 3: Configure Discover and SEO A lot of sellers skip this step. It's actually **the most valuable step** on Gumroad. Go to product → Settings → "Discoverability": - **Turn on "Show in Gumroad Discover"**. It's off by default. Until you flip this on, your product is not in Discover's category pages or search. - **Pick a category**. Gumroad has dozens — Education, Drawing & Painting, Films, 3D, Software Development, Music & Sound Design, Writing & Publishing, Self Improvement, Audio, Business & Money, Photography, Comics & Graphic Novels, Crafts & DIY, Design, Fiction Books, Recorded Music, Streaming, more. **Pick the one that actually fits**. Wrong category and the system won't push it. - **Add tags**: 5 of them. Each tag is its own page. Pick the most relevant tags that also get search volume on Discover. Look at what tags the top sellers in your space use. - **SEO description**: this is for Google, not buyers. Under 150 chars, with the core keywords for the product worked in naturally. Turning "Show in Discover" on means Gumroad takes an extra 30% on any order Discover attributes (see the next section). **For sellers without their own traffic, that 30% is worth it** — Discover-attributed orders are pure incremental sales you wouldn't get otherwise. ### Step 4: Publish and stress-test Click Publish. The product is live immediately. Right after, do these: - Open your product page in an incognito tab. Look at it like a buyer: is there enough info, is the price clear, any typos, is the CTA obvious? - Buy your own product (Gumroad allows self-purchase for testing, and you can refund, though fees don't come back). Check the delivery email, file download experience, and thank-you page. - Drop the link everywhere you can — Twitter pinned tweet, Instagram bio, YouTube description, your site, GitHub README, email signature. Test every entry point. ### Step 5: Drive traffic Publishing is just the start. The first two weeks decide if a product takes off. Playbook: - Share on Twitter and your newsletter (if you have one) on launch day. - Write a [dev.to](/sites/dev-to) or [Medium](/sites/medium-com) long-form post and put the Gumroad link at the bottom (story-style: how you built it, what you learned — not an ad). - Post on [Indie Hackers](/sites/indiehackers-com) — "Just launched X, here's what I learned" format. - Book a [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com) launch day for a proper launch-day spike. - After 5–10 sales, ask early buyers for ratings. Ratings are the biggest lever for Discover ranking later. ## How the fees actually work This is the easiest place to lose money on Gumroad. Worth its own section. [Gumroad's](/sites/gumroad-com) fee structure was simplified in 2023 and now looks like this: **Base platform fee: 10% flat.** Every sale, regardless of price, takes 10%. **Payment processing:** - Credit card: 3.5% + $0.30 per transaction (Stripe standard). - PayPal: 3.9% + $0.30 per transaction. - Apple Pay / Google Pay: same as credit card. **Discover surcharge: 30%.** Only on **orders attributed to Gumroad Discover**. Orders where the buyer came from your link directly — your Twitter, newsletter, your own site — **do not pay this 30%**. Two examples (a $29 product): - Order from your own traffic: buyer pays $29 → Gumroad takes $2.90 (10%) → Stripe takes ~$1.31 (3.5% + $0.30) → you keep ~$24.79. - Order from Discover: buyer pays $29 → Gumroad takes $2.90 + $8.70 (30%) → Stripe takes ~$1.31 → you keep ~$16.09. That's about $8 difference. Sounds expensive, but **a seller without their own traffic wouldn't get that $8 either way** — that's Gumroad doing the selling for you. So the decision goes: - You **have steady traffic** (a few hundred+ newsletter subs or social followers, monthly): **turn Discover off**. Push all orders through direct links and save the 30%. - You **don't have traffic**: **turn Discover on**. Let the platform get you started. After 5–10 sales with good ratings, you can shift those buyers into your newsletter (every buyer auto-joins your Gumroad followers, which is free acquisition), then later consider turning Discover off. - You **have both** (some traffic plus you'd like Discover too): leave Discover on. Direct-link sales don't pay the 30%, Discover sales are pure upside. No tradeoff to think about. **On VAT and sales tax**: Gumroad is a Merchant of Record (MOR), meaning it **acts as the seller of record and collects and remits tax**. EU VAT, UK VAT, Canadian GST, US state sales tax (in some states) all get added to the buyer's total and Gumroad handles the remitting. **You don't deal with tax compliance.** For an indie creator, this is huge. Selling to the EU on your own Stripe means VAT registration, quarterly filings, the whole mess. Gumroad eats all of that. Hard to put a number on it, but it's real value. **On refunds**: if a buyer refunds, Gumroad's fee and Stripe processing fee **don't come back to you**. So again, don't sell bad products to chase sales — high refund rates throttle the account. ## How to get actual sales from Gumroad Links are nofollow (Gumroad adds nofollow on outbound links from product pages), so **don't treat Gumroad as a backlink factory**. The real value is in four places: **One: product pages get indexed by Google.** Every Gumroad product page sits on `yourname.gumroad.com/l/productname`. The root domain has DR 92. After indexing, the page can rank on your brand name plus a lot of long-tail. Someone searching "notion template for freelancer pricing" can find a well-written product page on the first results page. **This is where Gumroad's long-term traffic actually comes from.** **Two: Discover-attributed orders.** Covered above — 30% cut but pure incremental. Leave it on unless you have heavy direct traffic of your own. **Three: auto-followers list.** Every buyer auto-joins your follower list. After 6 months and 500–1,000 buyers, every new product launch automatically pushes email to all of them. This is the most valuable thing Gumroad gives you over plain Stripe. New launches typically hit 5–10% open conversion off this list alone. **Four: social proof.** Star ratings and review counts can be lifted straight into your landing page — "500+ creators bought this". The built-in rating system saves you a ton of work versus building your own. The actual playbook: - **Cold start with your own traffic**. Launch week, push everywhere — Twitter pinned, newsletter, relevant Reddit subs, Discord servers, your blog. Target 5–10 sales and 3–5 ratings. - **Once your rating clears 4 stars**, Discover starts pushing you. Until then, you're on your own. - **Ship a new product or update every month**. Gumroad sends a push to your followers each time. That's a free customer mailing list working for you. - **Bundle play**. Once you have 3–5 products, package them and price the bundle 20–30% below buying them separately. Bundles usually convert better than singles. - **Affiliates**. Gumroad has a built-in affiliate system. Set 30–50% commission, find people in your space with an audience, let them push. They get paid per sale, you don't spend on ads. - **Discount codes**. For promos, use Gumroad's own discount code feature. More controllable than PWYW. ## What to do after launch Publishing a product isn't the finish line. **It's the start of a content asset.** Drop the product link into all your "long-term real estate" — blog footer, Twitter pinned, YouTube description, newsletter welcome email, GitHub README, email signature. Set once, works for two years. If a product takes off (50+ sales / month), turn it into a series: - V2: a second version based on buyer feedback. Free upgrade for existing buyers, full price for new ones. - Spin-offs: small tools, templates, or extension packs around the main product. Lower priced, bundleable with the main product. - Course: take the content and turn it into a video course at a higher price, cross-promote with the original. Write up your best sellers as **case studies** — a long [Indie Hackers](/sites/indiehackers-com) post like "I made this product, 6 months in I've earned $X, here's what I learned". Case studies bring fresh traffic to the product page for years. Write it as story, not advertising. Email your followers regularly. **Not constant product pushes.** Stuff like "what I shipped this month", "a trend I noticed in my space", "behind-the-scenes on this new product". One email a month is plenty. Six months in, your followers become real fans. Last thing — **treat Gumroad as a product portfolio**. Add 2–3 related products a year. By year three you've got 10 products on one account cross-promoting each other, and individual product sales lift in ways that surprise you. ## Common mistakes - Writing the title like ad copy. "The Ultimate Productivity System" is not a search query. "Notion Productivity Template for Freelancers" is. - All-text covers. Discover thumbnails are small. Pure-text covers can't be read at thumbnail size and click-through tanks. - Discover never turned on. It's off by default. A lot of new sellers don't know to flip it on in Settings. - Tags wrong or only filling 2 of 5. Each tag is an exposure entry point. Use all five. - Description too short. Two-paragraph pages convert badly. Buyers can't see a demo, so the description has to carry the trust. - Pricing by gut. $10 and $25 products convert similarly, but revenue is 2.5x apart. Going too low first and raising later is painful. Look at the median price in your category and start near there. - No refund policy. Refund rate over 5% gets throttled, over 10% can get banned. Write the policy in the description — what's refundable, what's not. - Treating Gumroad as the only channel. Gumroad is a checkout, not a marketing system. **80% of your sales come from traffic you push.** Gumroad finishes the last step. - Not collecting emails. Gumroad followers belong to Gumroad, **not to you**. Always also point buyers to your own newsletter ([Substack](/sites/substack-com), ConvertKit, etc.). That's the list you can take with you. - AI-generated descriptions, unedited. Buyers spot template-flavored AI writing instantly. They bounce after two paragraphs. ## Gumroad vs Lemon Squeezy vs Etsy (digital goods) | Dimension | [Gumroad](/sites/gumroad-com) | Lemon Squeezy | [Etsy](/sites/etsy-com) (digital) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Type | Creator checkout + marketplace | SaaS / digital checkout | Full e-commerce marketplace | | Fees | 10% + Stripe (Discover +30%) | 5% + Stripe | 6.5% + $0.20 listing | | MOR (handles tax) | Yes | Yes | No (you remit) | | Built-in traffic | Discover (moderate) | None | Strong (search volume) | | Best for | PDFs, templates, courses, indie software | SaaS licenses, subs, software | Design templates, printables, niche digital | | Listing effort | Low | Low | Medium (listing optimization) | | Audience flavor | Global, indie / creator-heavy | Mostly US/EU developers | Global, DIY / designer-heavy | | Affiliate system | Built-in, free | Built-in, free | None | | Google indexing | Strong (DR 92) | Moderate | Strong (DR 93) | Quick rule: single digital product (ebook, template, Notion kit) → Gumroad. SaaS or software license → Lemon Squeezy. Design-leaning digital goods + you want Etsy search traffic → Etsy. If you only have one product, going all-in on Gumroad is fine. If you have a product portfolio, list the same product on Gumroad and Etsy at once (just tweak the file version to differentiate) for double exposure. ## FAQ **Does Gumroad charge anything?** Sign-up's free. 10% per sale plus Stripe processing. Discover-attributed orders take an extra 30%. No monthly fee, no listing fee. **Are outbound links dofollow or nofollow?** nofollow. Any external link you put on your product page is nofollow. Don't treat Gumroad as a backlink farm. Its value is Discover attribution + Google indexing + the auto-follower list. **How fast do payouts come?** First payout has a 7-day hold. After that, weekly Tuesday payouts (if balance is $10+). US accounts get ACH direct deposit. Others use PayPal or Wise. **What about VAT and sales tax?** Gumroad is Merchant of Record. EU VAT, UK VAT, Canadian GST, and US state sales tax (in applicable states) are added to the buyer's total and remitted by Gumroad. You don't register, you don't file. This is one of Gumroad's most valuable features. **Can I sell subscriptions or memberships?** Yes. Pick "Membership" when creating the product. Monthly or annual, with tiers. But it's weaker than [Substack](/sites/substack-com) or [Patreon](/sites/patreon-com) for complex subscription business — those handle community features better. **Can I sell software or license keys?** Yes. Gumroad has a license key system. After payment, a key gets generated and you can validate it from your software. Good for Mac/Windows apps, Figma plugins, WordPress themes. **What refund policy should I set?** 30-day no-questions refunds is the safe default. Sounds scary but real refund rates stay low (1–3%) and it makes you look trustworthy. Strict no-refund policies actually correlate with higher chargebacks and bad reviews, which lift your effective "refund rate" anyway. **Is Discover's 30% cut worth it?** If you have your own traffic, flip a coin — won't matter much. If you don't, turn it on. Discover gives you orders you wouldn't otherwise get. After you've built up a few hundred followers, you can think about turning it off. **Can I sell the same product on multiple platforms?** Yes. Gumroad doesn't require exclusivity. A common stack is Gumroad + Etsy + your own site, all listing the same product with a version-number difference on each. Three SEO entry points beat one. ## Other platforms in the same window Gumroad is the default for digital-product checkout, but sales mostly come from traffic you push. These pair well: - [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com): DR 75. Standard launch-day play. Combine the PH launch day with Gumroad going live in week one for the biggest spike. - [Indie Hackers](/sites/indiehackers-com): indie founder community. A "just launched my Gumroad product, $X in first week" process post keeps bringing traffic to the page. - [Betalist](/sites/betalist-com): DR 70. Lists early beta products. Stash your Gumroad product on a Betalist waitlist a month before going live. - [Substack](/sites/substack-com): DR 93. Your own newsletter home base. Gumroad sells, Substack holds the audience. Most stable pair. - [Buy Me a Coffee](/sites/buymeacoffee-com): DR 88. Tip jar plus digital products. Worth running both — BMC converts the "I like this person" crowd, Gumroad converts the "I need this product" crowd. - [Patreon](/sites/patreon-com): DR 93. Subscription model. Gumroad sells one-offs, Patreon recurring — two complementary monetization channels. - [dev.to](/sites/dev-to): DR 90. Developer community. If your product targets developers, write technical long-form here and link to Gumroad. Keeps bringing SEO long-tail. - [Medium](/sites/medium-com): DR 94. Long-form content. Tutorials with the Gumroad link in the footer bring steady long-tail traffic. - [Dribbble](/sites/dribbble-com): DR 93. Designer community. If you sell templates, fonts, or UI kits, Dribbble is a great traffic source pointing into Gumroad. Rough flow: early product (no audience) → Betalist waitlist + Substack newsletter. Launch day → Product Hunt + Gumroad Discover on. Ongoing → Indie Hackers story posts + dev.to / Medium long-form for SEO + Twitter building in public. Gumroad sits at the bottom as the checkout layer. The traffic stack above pushes buyers down to it. For more creator-leaning and launch-style sites, check the [/c/other](/c/other) and [/c/content](/c/content) categories. ## 中文 > **TL;DR:** [Gumroad](/sites/gumroad-com) 是个给独立创作者卖数字产品（电子书、模板、课程、软件、音频、插件）的平台，DR 92，主页和产品页 Google 收录都很好。它有两层身份：一是**结账系统**（你把产品页链接挂到自己网站、Twitter、newsletter，付款走 Gumroad）；二是**带流量的市场**（Gumroad Discover，Google 搜某个垂直领域产品时能搜到）。两层费率不一样：结账只收 10% 平台费；Discover 撮合的订单**额外抽 30%**。所以费率怎么算才不亏，是这篇里最值得看的部分。如果你是手上有受众的创作者，Gumroad 就是个干净的结账系统；如果你想靠 Gumroad 自己带客，那要按 SEO 思路把产品页写好，标题、描述、tag、封面都讲究。链接是 nofollow，但产品页本身能在 Google 排你品牌词 + 一堆长尾。挂法对的话，单个产品页跑两年还在带订单很正常。 ## Gumroad 是什么 [Gumroad](/sites/gumroad-com)（域名 `https://gumroad.com`）是 Sahil Lavingia 2011 年做的一个数字产品销售平台，专门给独立创作者卖东西用。说白了就是：你做一个数字产品（PDF 电子书、Notion 模板、Figma 套件、视频课程、字体、音乐采样包、软件 license、AI prompt 包……都行），传上去，定个价，得到一个产品页链接。买家在产品页付款，Gumroad 把文件发给买家，你拿到钱减去手续费。 它的几个核心能力先分清楚： - **结账（Checkout）**：每个产品有独立 URL，比如 `yourname.gumroad.com/l/productname`。你把这个链接挂到任何地方，Twitter、newsletter、自己网站、YouTube 简介都行。 - **Discover**：Gumroad 自己的市场。买家直接在 `gumroad.com/discover` 浏览、搜索、分类找产品。这里来的订单 Gumroad 额外抽成。 - **Library / 关注系统**：每个买过你东西的人自动进你的关注者列表，下次发新产品系统会推送邮件。这是 Gumroad 比纯 Stripe 多出来的一块。 - **邮件营销**：内置 newsletter 功能，可以给关注者群发，也能做自动化 sequence。功能比专业邮件工具弱，但够用。 - **会员 / 订阅 / 预购 / 评分 / 联盟 / 折扣码**：这些功能都有，免费账号就能用，没分套餐。 - **税务托管（Merchant of Record）**：欧盟 VAT、加拿大 GST、英国 VAT 这些 Gumroad 帮你代收代缴。这一项后面单独讲，省心程度不低。 注册免费。没有月费没有年费，只在每笔成交时抽 10%（外加 Stripe 处理费）。你的产品页一旦发布就 Google 可见，DR 92 的域名权重直接给你的子页面。 ## 还该用 Gumroad 吗 要看你是哪种卖家。 **值得花时间的：** - 你已经有受众（newsletter 订阅、Twitter 粉丝、YouTube 频道），只缺一个简单干净的结账。Gumroad 的产品页对买家心智门槛最低，PayPal、信用卡、Apple Pay 全支持。 - 你做的是**单个产品反复卖**的形态——电子书、模板、字体、音乐 sample、prompt 包、Figma kit。这类产品在 Gumroad 上跑得最顺。 - 你想试试某个数字产品能不能卖，但不想自己搭网站、接 Stripe、处理 VAT、做退款流程。Gumroad 把这些全包了，半小时能挂上。 - 你愿意按 SEO 思路写产品页。标题写好、tag 选对、描述写细的产品在 Gumroad 内部搜索和 Google 搜索里都能长期吃流量。 **别用的：** - 你卖的是实物产品。Gumroad 不发实物，老老实实去 Shopify 或 Etsy。 - 你卖的是企业 SaaS，月费几百美金那种。Gumroad 的会员功能对复杂套餐、按席位计费、企业发票这些支持很弱。 - 你的产品定价很高（$500+），转化要靠销售对接的那种。Gumroad 是自助结账，没销售流程。 - 你完全没有自己的流量，又指望 Gumroad Discover 把你带火。Discover 是有流量，但跟 ProductHunt、Etsy 一样，没有外部冷启动，光挂上去不会自动卖。 老实说，Gumroad 最舒服的用法就是：你有 1000 个 Twitter 粉或几百订阅的 newsletter，做了个能戳到这群人的小产品，挂上去，发链接。第一周就能看到出单。指望"挂上去就有人来买"基本不现实，跟挂淘宝同理。 ## Gumroad Discover 在按什么排序 [Gumroad](/sites/gumroad-com) Discover 是平台自己的市场首页，地址 `gumroad.com/discover`。买家在这能浏览分类、搜关键词、看排行榜。要被这里看到，主要看这几件事： - **销量 + 评分**。Gumroad Discover 是销量驱动的。一旦你有几笔订单且评分 4.5+ 以上，分类页排序会明显往上走。冷启动那几单一定要想办法拿到（朋友、自己买、newsletter 推都可以，只要不刷）。 - **标题关键词**。产品标题就是 SEO 标题，Gumroad 内部搜索完全靠这个匹配。"Notion Template" 比 "My Cool Productivity Thing" 强一万倍。 - **Tag**。每个产品最多 5 个 tag，每个 tag 是一个聚合页（`gumroad.com/discover/`）。tag 选对的产品会出现在 tag 聚合页里。选错就完全暴露不到。 - **退款率**。退款率高于 5% 就开始扣分，10% 以上 Gumroad 会限流，严重的封号。所以**别为了出单卖差产品**。 - **完整度**。封面图、描述长度、有没有评分、有没有评论——全填齐的产品 Discover 推得多得多。空封面的产品基本不会被推。 - **价格区间**。$0-$50 区间在 Discover 上跑得最稳。$100+ 的产品要做 Discover 流量会更难，因为买家在 Discover 里冲动消费意愿不高。 最常见的翻车点：把产品标题当文案写。"The Ultimate Guide to Living Your Best Life" 这种听着鸡汤的标题在 Gumroad 搜索里完全搜不到。要写成 "Productivity Notion Template for Solopreneurs" 这种**搜索词友好**的——直接告诉搜索者这是什么、给谁用。 ## 上架前要准备什么 ### 还有两周 把产品本身做完。Gumroad 的产品类型很灵活，但**单个产品要清晰**——不要做"all-in-one 大礼包"，那种东西转化率反而低。最好是一个小产品先跑通，再扩展。 去 `gumroad.com/discover` 翻你这个品类里销量前 20 的产品，看：定价区间、封面风格、描述长度、tag 怎么选、有多少评分。模仿框架，不抄内容。这一步能省你后面很多试错时间。 如果你完全没有受众，先去 [Twitter](/sites/dev-to) 和 [Indie Hackers](/sites/indiehackers-com) 慢慢攒一点。Gumroad 卖东西，**冷启动那 5-10 单几乎肯定要靠你自己导流**，不是 Discover 给的。两周前开始 building in public，发"我在做 X"——到上架那天有几十上百个潜在买家在等。 ### 还有一周 准备产品文件本身：PDF、Figma 文件、视频、压缩包都行。注意几件事： - **文件大小**。Gumroad 单文件上限 16GB，但实际超过 1GB 的文件下载体验就很差。视频课程能用外链（YouTube unlisted、Vimeo）就用外链。 - **格式**。卖 Notion 模板就给 Notion 链接（duplicate 链接），别真发 .json。卖 PDF 就发 PDF，别发 .pages。让买家拿到就能用。 - **文件名**。`MyProduct-v1.0-2026.pdf` 这种带版本号的命名比 `final_final_v3.pdf` 专业很多。 封面图准备 3-5 张： - **主封面**：1200x675 比例。**封面决定 Discover 上的点击率**。把产品截图 + 一行标题字塞进去最稳。纯文字封面在搜索结果里很吃亏。 - **预览图**：再准备 2-4 张内容截图。买家是隔着屏幕买东西，预览图越多转化率越高。 - **GIF 或短视频**（如果适用）。Gumroad 支持产品页里嵌视频，能放一段 30 秒的 demo 转化效果明显好。 描述提前写好。结构：开头一句话讲产品是什么+给谁用 → 列出包含什么（bullet list）→ 谁会用得上 → 不该用它的人是谁（这条很关键，能筛掉退款）→ 价格说明 → FAQ。**总长 500-1500 字**，太短显得不专业，太长读不完。 ### 上架当天 挑发布时间。**北美时间早上 8-11 点（美东）出单密度最高**。买家集中在 US、UK、加拿大、澳洲、欧洲，避开周末头一天（周六），周日反而还行。 上架完别只发完就走——前两小时盯着 dashboard。Gumroad 后台有实时访问数据，能看到从哪来、停留多久、加了购物车没。开头几个访问基本决定一个产品页的"测试结果"——如果点击 50 个没人加车，说明价格、封面、标题某个地方出了问题，要立刻改。 ## 上架流程 ### 第一步：注册并完善 profile 地址 。可以用邮箱、Google、Twitter 注册。建议绑邮箱+开两步验证，账号是绑钱的。 profile 一定要填齐： - **Username**：这是你 Gumroad 子域名的前缀，`yourname.gumroad.com`。一旦设了改起来麻烦，挑个跟你品牌一致的。 - **头像 + Bio**：真实头像，bio 一句话讲你做什么。买家会点你头像看你之前发过的产品，profile 空的转化会差一截。 - **社交链接**：Twitter、YouTube、Instagram、自己网站全挂上。这一块对买家的信任度影响很大。 - **收款方式**：填 PayPal 或银行账户。美国账户支持 ACH 直接打款，其他国家走 PayPal 或 Wise。第一笔到账要等 7 天 hold。 ### 第二步：建第一个产品 点右上角 "New Product" → 选产品类型： - **Digital Product**：最常用，卖 PDF、模板、视频、软件 license 这些。 - **Course / Tutorial**：用 Gumroad 内置的 lesson 系统，能分章节、做进度跟踪。 - **Membership**：订阅制，按月或按年收费。 - **Bundle**：把已有产品打包卖。 - **Call**：1:1 咨询预约（小众但有人用）。 - **Coffee**：类似 [Buy Me a Coffee](/sites/buymeacoffee-com)，做小额打赏。 大多数独立创作者从 Digital Product 开始。点进去之后填： - **Name**：标题。这是 SEO 标题。讲清楚是什么 + 给谁用。 - **Description**：用 Gumroad 的富文本编辑器写。前面准备好的 500-1500 字粘进来。 - **Price**：定价。可以固定价（$29），也可以 Pay What You Want（设个最低值 $5，让买家自选）。新产品建议固定价，PWYW 适合做营销活动用。 - **Files**：上传你的产品文件。可以传多个文件，买家下载会拿到一个 zip。 - **Cover**：传主封面图，1200x675。 - **Thumbnail**：1280x1280 方形，会出现在 Discover 卡片上。 ### 第三步：配置 Discover 和 SEO 这一步很多人跳过，但其实是 Gumroad 上**最值钱的一步**。 进入产品 → Settings → "Discoverability"： - **打开 "Show in Gumroad Discover"**。默认是关的。打开之后你的产品才会出现在 Discover 分类页和搜索结果里。 - **选分类**。Gumroad 有 Education、Drawing & Painting、Films、3D、Software Development、Music & Sound Design、Writing & Publishing、Self Improvement、Audio、Business & Money、Photography、Comics & Graphic Novels、Crafts & DIY、Design、Fiction Books、Recorded Music、Streaming 等几十个。**选最贴近的那个**，选错了系统不会推。 - **填 tag**：5 个。每个 tag 是一个聚合页。挑你产品最相关的、Discover 上搜索量大的几个。看其他销量好的产品用什么 tag，模仿。 - **写 SEO description**：这是给 Google 看的，不是给买家看的。150 字以内，把产品最核心的关键词自然塞进去。 打开 "Show in Discover" 意味着 Gumroad 在 Discover 撮合的订单要抽额外 30%（详细解释在下一节）。**但对绝大多数没有自己流量的卖家，这 30% 值得给**——Discover 带来的订单是你不开关根本拿不到的。 ### 第四步：发布并测试 点 Publish。产品立刻可见。 发布完做这几件事： - 用 incognito 模式打开自己产品页，从买家视角点一遍：信息够不够、价格合理不、有没有错别字、CTA 清不清楚。 - 自己买一份（Gumroad 允许 self-purchase 测试，买完可以申请退款，但费率不会退）。检查邮件发货流程、文件下载体验、感谢页有没有问题。 - 把链接挂到所有你能挂的地方：Twitter pinned tweet、Instagram bio、YouTube 描述、自己网站、GitHub readme、email signature。每个入口都试一遍。 ### 第五步：跑流量 发布只是开始。前两周决定一个产品能不能跑起来。打法： - 发布日转 Twitter + 自己 newsletter（如果有）。 - 写一篇 [dev.to](/sites/dev-to) 或 [Medium](/sites/medium-com) 长文，文末挂产品链接（讲你怎么做的、踩了什么坑，不是硬广）。 - 去 [Indie Hackers](/sites/indiehackers-com) 发个 "Just launched X, here's what I learned" 帖。 - 报名一个 [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com) 发布日，做正式发布日爆点。 - 5-10 单出来后，找早期买家拿评分。评分是后续 Discover 排名最大的杠杆。 ## 费率到底怎么算才不亏 这是 Gumroad 上最容易踩坑的事，单独拿出来讲。 [Gumroad](/sites/gumroad-com) 的费率结构 2023 年改过一次，现在是这样： **基础平台费：10%（flat fee）**——每笔订单，不管金额多少都是 10%。 **支付处理费**： - 信用卡：3.5% + $0.30 / 笔（Stripe 标准）。 - PayPal：3.9% + $0.30 / 笔。 - Apple Pay / Google Pay：跟信用卡一样。 **Discover 额外费率：30%**——只对**通过 Gumroad Discover 撮合到的订单**收。你直接发链接给买家、买家从你 Twitter / newsletter / 自己网站来的订单**不收这 30%**。 举两个例子（一个 $29 的产品）： - 你自己导流过来的订单：买家付 $29 → Gumroad 抽 $2.90（10%） → Stripe 抽约 $1.31（3.5% + $0.30） → 你拿到约 $24.79。 - Discover 撮合的订单：买家付 $29 → Gumroad 抽 $2.90 + $8.70（30%） → Stripe 抽约 $1.31 → 你拿到约 $16.09。 差了 8 美金多。听起来 Discover 很贵，但**没有自己流量的卖家这 8 美金本来根本拿不到**——是 Gumroad 帮你导的客。所以决策是这样： - 你**有自己稳定流量**（每月几百+ newsletter 订阅或者社媒粉丝），**关掉 Discover 也行**。把订单全走直链，省 30%。 - 你**没有自己流量** **，开 Discover**，先靠平台给的撮合订单跑起来。等有几十个买家、有评分、有口碑了，把 Discover 给你的人逐步转到 newsletter（每个买家自动进你 Gumroad 关注者列表，这是免费的获客），后面再考虑关 Discover。 - 你**两边都有**，开 Discover 不亏——直链客自然不收 30%，Discover 客是纯增量。这种情况就别纠结，开着。 **关于 VAT 和销售税**：Gumroad 是 Merchant of Record（MOR），意思是它**作为名义卖家代你收税、缴税**。欧盟 VAT、英国 VAT、加拿大 GST、美国各州销售税（在某些州）都是 Gumroad 自动加在买家付款金额之上，再代缴。**对你来说不用操心税务合规**。这一项对独立创作者来说省心程度极高——自己接 Stripe 卖东西卖到欧盟你得自己注册 VAT 号、季度报税，非常麻烦。Gumroad 把这一摊全包了，这部分价值很难量化但确实值。 **关于退款**：买家发起退款，Gumroad 平台费和 Stripe 处理费**不退**。所以**别为了出单卖差产品**——退款率高的账号会被限流。 ## 怎么真的从 Gumroad 拿到销量 链接是 nofollow（Gumroad 在产品页外链上加了 nofollow），所以**别把 Gumroad 当外链工厂**。它的真实价值在四个地方： **第一，产品页 Google 收录**。每个 Gumroad 产品页 URL 类似 `yourname.gumroad.com/l/productname`，Gumroad 主域 DR 92。Google 收录后能在你品牌名 + 一堆长尾上排名。比如有人搜 "notion template for freelancer pricing"，写得好的产品页能排到第一页。**这才是 Gumroad 真正长期吃流量的地方**。 **第二，Discover 撮合的订单**。前面讲了，按 30% 抽，但是纯增量。开着就当请平台帮你跑销售。 **第三，自动入库 + 关注者**。每个买家自动进你的关注者列表。半年攒到 500-1000 个买过你东西的关注者之后，再发新产品系统直接 push 邮件。这是 Gumroad 比纯 Stripe 多出来的、最值钱的功能。每次新发产品至少 5-10% 的开信会转化。 **第四，社交证明**。评分 + 评论数能直接放进你 landing page，"500+ creators bought this"。Gumroad 自带评分系统，比自己搭审核流程省事得多。 具体打法： - **冷启动靠自己导流**。新产品上线第一周，所有渠道全推一遍——Twitter pinned、newsletter、Reddit 相关 sub、Discord 群、自己博客。目标是 5-10 笔订单 + 3-5 个评分。 - **评分到 4 颗星以上之后**，Discover 才会开始推你。这之前你得自己跑。 - **每月发一次新产品或更新**。Gumroad 关注者会收到推送，等于你有了一个自动的客户邮件列表。 - **bundle 玩法**。手上有 3-5 个产品之后，做一个 bundle 打包卖，定价比单买省 20-30%。bundle 通常转化率比单品高。 - **联盟（Affiliates）**。Gumroad 自带联盟系统。设个 30-50% 的分成，找你领域里有受众的人推。对方推一笔分一笔，你不出广告费。 - **discount codes**。做促销时用 Gumroad 自己的折扣码功能，比 PWYW 控制感强。 ## 上架之后做什么 产品发上去不是终点，**是一个内容资产的起点**。 把产品页链接挂进你所有"长期资产"位置——博客底栏、Twitter pinned、YouTube 描述、newsletter 欢迎邮件、GitHub readme、email signature。一次性挂好，未来两年都在工作。 如果一个产品跑得不错（卖了 50+ 单 / 月），把它做成系列： - 第二版：根据买家反馈做 v2.0，老买家免费升级，新买家付全价。 - 衍生品：原产品周边的小工具、模板、补充包，定价低，bundle 主产品。 - 课程：把产品里的内容扩展成视频课，定价高，跟原产品交叉推。 把卖得好的产品**写成案例**——一篇 [Indie Hackers](/sites/indiehackers-com) 帖讲"做这个产品 6 个月赚了 $X，我学到了 Y"。案例帖能给产品页持续带新流量。注意写法是叙事不是广告。 定期发邮件给关注者。**不是硬推产品**——发"这个月我做了什么"、"行业里我看到的趋势"、"这个新产品的开发过程"。一个月一封就够。坚持半年关注者会变成真粉丝。 最后，**把 Gumroad 当产品矩阵**。每年加 2-3 个相关产品，到第三年你有 10 个产品在同一个账号下互相导流，单个产品的销量提升幅度会出乎你意料。 ## 常见翻车点 - 标题写文案。"The Ultimate Productivity System" 这种听着鸡汤的标题在 Gumroad 搜索里完全搜不到，要写"Notion Productivity Template for Freelancers"这种搜索词友好的。 - 封面纯文字。Discover 上的卡片靠封面图抓眼球，纯字封面在缩略图里看不清，点击率低一大截。 - Discover 没开。默认关闭，很多新卖家不知道要去 Settings 里打开。 - Tag 选错或没填满 5 个。每个 tag 是一个曝光入口，少一个就少一份机会。 - 描述太短。两段就发出去的产品转化率明显低。买家是隔着屏幕买，看不到 demo 就只能看描述。 - 定价拍脑袋。$10 和 $25 的产品转化率差不太多，但收入差 2.5 倍。一开始定低了想抬价很麻烦。先看 Discover 同类产品定价区间，定在中位数附近。 - 退款没规则。退款率超过 5% Gumroad 会限流，超过 10% 可能封号。退款政策要在描述里写清楚——什么情况退、什么情况不退。 - 把 Gumroad 当唯一渠道。Gumroad 是个结账系统，不是营销系统。**销量的 80% 来自你自己导的流量**，Gumroad 帮你完成最后一步。 - 不收集邮箱。Gumroad 关注者是 Gumroad 资产，**不是你的资产**。建议同时引导买家进自己的 newsletter（[Substack](/sites/substack-com) 或 ConvertKit），这才是能带走的。 - 用 AI 写描述不改一笔。买家对 AI 模板化文案识别得很灵，看两段就划走。 ## Gumroad vs Lemon Squeezy vs Etsy 数字商品 | 维度 | [Gumroad](/sites/gumroad-com) | Lemon Squeezy | [Etsy](/sites/etsy-com)（数字商品） | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 性质 | 创作者结账 + 市场 | SaaS / 数字商品结账 | 综合电商市场 | | 费率 | 10% + Stripe（Discover +30%） | 5% + Stripe | 6.5% + $0.20 listing | | MOR（代缴税） | 是 | 是 | 否（自己缴） | | 内置流量 | Discover（中等） | 无 | 强（搜索量大） | | 适合什么 | PDF、模板、课程、独立软件 | SaaS license、订阅、软件 | 设计模板、印刷品、小众数字商品 | | 上架门槛 | 低 | 低 | 中（要 listing 优化） | | 受众属性 | 全球，indie / 创作者多 | 主要欧美开发者 | 全球，DIY / 设计师多 | | 联盟系统 | 内置免费 | 内置免费 | 无 | | Google 收录 | 强（DR 92） | 中 | 强（DR 93） | 主线建议：单一数字产品（电子书、模板、Notion 套件）→ Gumroad；SaaS 或软件 license → Lemon Squeezy；设计向数字商品 + 想吃 Etsy 搜索流量 → Etsy。如果你只有一个产品，全押 Gumroad 不亏；如果你做多产品矩阵，可以同一个产品在 Gumroad 和 Etsy 两边同时挂（文件略改一下版本号区分），双倍曝光。 ## 常见问题 **Gumroad 收费吗？** 注册免费，每笔成交抽 10% + Stripe 处理费。Discover 撮合的订单额外抽 30%。没有月费没有 listing 费。 **外链是 dofollow 还是 nofollow？** nofollow。产品页里你挂的外部链接都是 nofollow。别把 Gumroad 当外链工厂，它的价值是 Discover 撮合 + 产品页 Google 收录 + 内置邮件关注。 **多久会到账？** 第一笔订单后 Gumroad 会 hold 7 天。之后是每周二打款（如果余额够 $10）。美国账户可以走 ACH 直接打银行卡，其他国家用 PayPal 或 Wise。 **VAT 和销售税怎么办？** Gumroad 是 Merchant of Record，欧盟 VAT、英国 VAT、加拿大 GST、美国某些州的销售税自动代收代缴。你不用注册任何税号、不用季度报税。这是 Gumroad 最值钱的功能之一。 **可以卖订阅 / 会员吗？** 可以。建产品时选 "Membership"。能设月费或年费，能分套餐。但功能比 [Substack](/sites/substack-com) 或 [Patreon](/sites/patreon-com) 弱，复杂订阅业务建议另选。 **可以卖 software / license key 吗？** 可以。Gumroad 有 license key 系统，买家付款后自动生成 key，你可以做软件激活验证。适合卖 Mac/Windows 软件、Figma 插件、WordPress 主题这种。 **退款政策怎么定？** 推荐"30 天无理由退款"。听起来吓人但实测退款率不会高（一般 1-3%），社区印象反而好。坚决不退会让退款率显得高（因为有差评退款合并算）。 **Discover 抽 30% 值得吗？** 有自己流量的话开不开都行；没自己流量的话开。Discover 给你的是纯增量订单，30% 抽成换得到的客户值。等关注者攒到几百再考虑关。 **可以同一个产品在多个平台卖吗？** 可以。Gumroad 不限制独家。常见组合是 Gumroad + Etsy + 自己网站三处挂同一个产品，文件改一下版本号区分。三处都跑 SEO 比单点强。 ## 同期可以一起打的其他平台 Gumroad 是数字产品结账的主流方案，但销量主要靠你自己导流。下面这些可以组合着打： - [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com)：DR 75，新产品发布日的硬通货。Gumroad 上线第一周配合 PH 发布日效果最猛。 - [Indie Hackers](/sites/indiehackers-com)：DR N/A，indie 创业社区。发"刚上线 Gumroad 产品，第一周 $X"的过程帖，能持续带产品页流量。 - [Betalist](/sites/betalist-com)：DR 70，专门收早期 beta 产品。Gumroad 产品上线前一个月先在 Betalist 攒 waitlist。 - [Substack](/sites/substack-com)：DR 93，自己的 newsletter 阵地。Gumroad 卖东西、Substack 沉淀关注者，配合最稳。 - [Buy Me a Coffee](/sites/buymeacoffee-com)：DR 88，小额打赏 + 数字产品。预算紧的创作者可以同时挂，BMC 转化的是"喜欢你"的人，Gumroad 转化的是"需要你产品"的人。 - [Patreon](/sites/patreon-com)：DR 93，订阅会员制。Gumroad 卖单品，Patreon 收月费，两边互相导流。 - [dev.to](/sites/dev-to)：DR 90，开发者社区。如果你产品是给开发者的，发技术长文里挂 Gumroad 链接，长期吃 SEO。 - [Medium](/sites/medium-com)：DR 94，长内容平台。教程类长文发 Medium，文末挂 Gumroad，长尾流量稳。 - [Dribbble](/sites/dribbble-com)：DR 93，设计师社区。如果你卖设计模板、字体、UI kit，Dribbble 是导流到 Gumroad 的好入口。 主线建议：早期产品（无受众）→ Betalist 攒 waitlist + Substack 起 newsletter；上线日 → Product Hunt + Gumroad Discover 开；持续运营 → Indie Hackers 发故事 + dev.to / Medium 写长文带 SEO + Twitter building in public。Gumroad 是结账层，外层流量靠这一整套组合往里送。 更多创作者向和发布类站点，可以看 [/c/other](/c/other) 和 [/c/content](/c/content) 两个分类。 --- # How to Publish on HackMD and Get the Backlink Canonical URL: https://wheretosubmit.org/guides/hackmd-submission-guide Last updated: 2026-09-04 12:29:01 ## English > **TL;DR:** [HackMD](/sites/hackmd-io) (https://hackmd.io) is a collaborative markdown editor from a Taiwan team. DR 83, mostly used by developers and the tech-writing crowd. Its real value for backlinks is two things: published pages get Google-indexed and bring in long-term SEO traffic, and the DR 83 root passes some weight to subpages. Outbound links are nofollow, so **don't treat it as a backlink farm**. There's a hidden new-account gate — a freshly registered account can't publish. You have to build a few notes, fill out your public page, and use the tool for a few days before the system unlocks publishing. The official docs barely mention this gate and most people first hit it thinking the account is broken. Articles can be Chinese, English, or both. Technical content indexes fastest. If what you want is "one more page Google can find", HackMD pays off. If you only want dofollow backlinks, go somewhere else. ## What is HackMD [HackMD](/sites/hackmd-io) (https://hackmd.io) is a **collaborative markdown editor** built by HackMD Inc. in Taiwan. Multiple people can edit the same document in real time, kind of like Google Docs but for markdown. Solo writing works fine too. The underlying tech is open-source CodiMD (now forked as HedgeDoc). Keep these pieces straight: - **Note**: any markdown doc you create is a note. URL looks like `hackmd.io/`. That's the editor view — you need to be signed in or have the share link to open it. - **Publish**: after you publish a note, you get a public URL at `hackmd.io/s/` or `hackmd.io/@user/`. That's the public version, and that's what Google can index. **This is the URL you actually want to use as a backlink landing page.** - **Public page (profile)**: every user has a profile at `hackmd.io/@` listing all their published notes. - **Teams**: paid feature. Multi-user workspaces, central management, custom domains. Free users don't get this. - **Three view modes**: edit (pencil), dual-pane, view (eye). Toggle from the top toolbar. - **Slide mode**: write talks in markdown, export to reveal.js slides. - **Export**: PDF, HTML, raw `.md` all supported. Sign-up is free. Publishing is free. What costs money is team workspaces, custom domains, watermark removal. ## Is HackMD still worth it Depends on what you write. **Worth your time if:** - You write technical content (dev notes, tutorials, source-code walkthroughs, post-mortems). HackMD renders code, mermaid diagrams, and LaTeX much better than Medium. - You want "one more page Google can find". HackMD's published pages get indexed reliably. A well-written one can keep bringing in traffic 6 months later. - You already have README-style content (GitHub READMEs, technical docs, open-source project descriptions) and want a non-developer-friendly entry point. HackMD publish pages show up in Google more often than GitHub READMEs for the same search. - You have an audience in Taiwan, Hong Kong, or Southeast Asia. HackMD has way more dev-circle penetration there than Medium. **Don't use it if:** - You only want dofollow backlinks. HackMD links are nofollow. - Your content is product copy, SEO filler, or AI-template articles. HackMD's human review isn't strict, but **pure marketing pages get deindexed by Google as low-quality**. - You want to publish today. New accounts can't publish — you have to warm up for a few days first (whole section on this below). Honestly the best way to use HackMD: "I'm writing a long technical post anyway, let me drop it on HackMD too for an extra Google entry." Don't expect HackMD itself to drive traffic the way [dev.to](/sites/dev-to) does — HackMD has no trending page, no feed, no recommendation algorithm. Discovery is 100% Google. ## How HackMD decides if you get found HackMD has no internal discovery (no trending, no recommendations, no tag-based feeds). "Getting seen" basically equals "getting indexed by Google". What Google looks at: - **Publish status**. Unpublished notes are noindex. Google can't see them at all. You have to go through the publish flow to get a `/s/` URL. - **Content length and quality**. Published pages under 500 words rarely get indexed — Google treats them as thin content. Long content (2,000+ words) with code, images, and lists gets priority. - **Author profile completeness**. Accounts with filled-in avatars, bios, and social links on `@username` indexing visibly faster. - **Originality**. Lots of HackMD publish pages are copy-pasted from elsewhere. Google ignores duplicate content. Either write fresh, or rewrite enough to be visibly different from the original. - **External backlinks**. One or two outside links pointing at your HackMD page (from your blog, Twitter, etc.) speed up indexing a lot. - **Update frequency**. Pages that go stale slip in rankings. Touching them every few months keeps the ranking stable. Most common foot-gun: treating HackMD as "a tool page to hang backlinks on" with a few throwaway paragraphs. Google sees right through it and doesn't even index. **HackMD pages have to be written like standalone blog posts, not like submission pages.** ## Before you submit ### One week out (account warm-up) If your account is brand new, **don't try to publish your main piece yet**. HackMD has a hidden new-account gate: a fresh account can't publish. The system shows "Your account is still new, please familiarize yourself by creating notes and completing your public page first. We'll auto-enable publishing once we understand your usage pattern better." Whole section on this below. During warm-up, do these: - Fill out your public page (profile): avatar, bio, Twitter / GitHub / personal site, all of it. The system stays suspicious of empty profiles indefinitely. - Create 3-5 normal notes. **Don't load them with backlinks** — write real notes. Tech notes, book summaries, todo lists. 200-1,000 words each is fine. - Go back and edit your old notes occasionally. Add content, tweak formatting. Looks like real usage. - Don't spam the publish button. Hitting it 5 times in a day actually adds risk score and delays unlock. Normally publishing unlocks in 3-7 days. ### Two days out Have the main article ready before launch day. Structure: - **Title**: directly say what the article covers and who it's for. "Notes on solving Y with X tool" beats "Some thoughts on X". The title becomes the `` of the publish page and directly affects Google CTR. - **Lead paragraph**: do the heavy lifting in the first paragraph. Tell readers what's inside, what they get, who it's for. People decide whether to keep reading in the first three lines. - **Body**: split into `##` sections. Use \`\`\`lang for code blocks with the language specified. Use tables and lists freely. HackMD's markdown rendering is solid on all of this. - **End**: a link or two back to your own stuff (blog, product page, social). Links are nofollow, but real readers click them. - **Length**: 2,000-4,000 words is the sweet spot. Under 1,500 mostly doesn't get indexed. Browse `hackmd.io/@<popular author>` and look at how well-ranking pieces are structured — first paragraph style, where backlinks sit, layout choices. Copy the framework, not the content. ### Launch day Once publishing's unlocked, post the main article. After that: - Open the publish URL in an incognito tab and confirm anyone can read it. - Push to Twitter, your newsletter, relevant Discord. **External backlinks visibly speed up Google indexing.** Pages that get clicks get crawled faster. - Drop the publish URL in your GitHub README, your site's "writing" section, Twitter pinned tweet. Gives readers another entry point and helps Google discover the page. ## The submission flow ### Step 1: Sign up and complete your profile Go to https://hackmd.io/signup. Email, Google, GitHub, Twitter all work. GitHub is usually the smoothest pick — most devs already have it, and HackMD's team workspaces play nice with GitHub if you ever upgrade. Right after signing up, fill these out in Settings: - **Username**: this is the prefix for your public page at `@username`. Pick something on-brand. - **Display name + avatar**: real name and real photo. Default avatars hurt indexing visibly. - **Bio**: one line on what you do. "Building X for Y" works. - **Public links**: Twitter, GitHub, personal site, all of it. Skip these and try to publish immediately and you'll hit "no publish permission yet" almost certainly. ### Step 2: Create a few non-link notes to warm up A lot of tutorials skip this, but **it really matters**. The core signal the system uses to decide if you're a bot: "did you use this tool the way a real user does?" Build 3-5 notes that look like: - A book / talk summary - A tech-learning note ("3 things I learned from X framework") - A personal todo list or idea dump (private is fine, as long as the note exists) - An issue / bug post-mortem ("Spent 3 hours stuck on X yesterday, turned out to be Y") 200-1,000 words each. **Don't put backlinks in these** — backlinks during warm-up delay unlock. Come back daily and tweak something. Add a section, fix formatting. After 3-7 days the publish feature auto-unlocks. ### Step 3: Write the main article Once unlocked, start a fresh note. The editor's on the left, preview on the right (use the top toolbar to switch between the three views). Structure per the previous section. A few small tips: - Add YAML frontmatter at the top (HackMD supports it): `title`, `description`, `tags`, `robots`. Setting `robots: index, follow` helps Google. - Always tag code block languages. \`\`\`javascript renders much better than plain \`\`\`. - Mermaid diagrams (flowcharts, sequence diagrams) work via \`\`\`mermaid blocks. They make articles look way more polished. - Don't skip heading levels (no H2 followed directly by H4). Google's outline algorithm is sensitive to this. After writing, switch to "view mode" (eye icon) to preview the layout. ### Step 4: Publish Once it's ready, **click "Share" top-right**. In the panel: - Find the **Publish** tab or button and click it. - The system generates a public URL (`hackmd.io/s/<id>` or `hackmd.io/@<user>/<slug>`). - Read Permission flips to "Everyone can view" automatically. If you see "no publish permission yet", go back to the warm-up step and wait a few more days. After publishing, the URL is indexable by Google. ### Step 5: Push for indexing Publishing isn't the finish line. **The first few days are the Google indexing window.** - Push the publish URL to Twitter with a thread previewing the article. - Post on [Indie Hackers](/sites/indiehackers-com) or [dev.to](/sites/dev-to). On dev.to you can set canonical URL pointing to the HackMD page, so dev.to doesn't steal SEO. - Drop the URL into your GitHub README, your site, your newsletter. - Submit via Google Search Console if you have access to a property that links here (most people don't have hackmd.io GSC, but mentioning from your own site's GSC then linking back works). If Google can search the article in 3-7 days, you're indexed. ## What to do when your new account can't publish (the biggest gotcha) This gets its own section because it trips up so many people. [HackMD](/sites/hackmd-io) puts an **anti-spam gate** on new accounts: clicking Publish shows "Your account is still new, please familiarize yourself by creating notes and completing your public page first. We'll auto-enable publishing once we understand your usage pattern better." The official docs barely mention this. First time hitting it, most people think their account is broken. It's just an **account warm-up mechanism** — HackMD blocking backlink-farm accounts from registering in bulk and spamming nofollow links. How to get past it: - **Complete the public profile**: avatar, bio, Twitter, GitHub, personal site — every field. This is the most direct signal of "is this a real user". - **Build 3-5 normal notes**: emphasis on "normal" — tech notes, book summaries, todo lists are all fine, but **don't have every note be a backlink article**. Backlink-heavy warm-up delays unlock. - **Use it normally for 3-7 days**: come back daily and edit a note, add a section, browse other public pages. Looks like real usage. - **Don't spam Publish**: the system counts attempts. More than 3-5 a day adds risk score. - **Use a VPN if you're in mainland China**: hackmd.io has function-level restrictions for some Chinese IPs. A stable Taiwan or US-West node fixes it. If it's still locked after 7 days: - **Path B: skip publish, use public view directly**. In the share panel, set Read Permission to "Everyone". The URL is the ugly `/<hash>` one, but anyone can open it and Google indexes it. Works fine as a backlink landing page. - **Email support**: contact@hackmd.io. Send your username and registration date, ask for manual unlock. **Decent attitude usually gets a response in 1-2 business days.** Worst case: new account, redo the warm-up from step one. Slow but works. ## How to actually get traffic from HackMD Outbound links are nofollow (HackMD adds `rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"` on every external link in published pages). So **don't treat it as a backlink farm**. The real value is three things: **One: published pages get Google-indexed.** HackMD root DR is 83. A single published page can rank on long-tail keywords. Technical content especially eats well here — developers searching "How to debug X in Y framework" hit HackMD pages all the time. **This is where HackMD's long-term traffic actually comes from.** **Two: social proof in the dev community.** If your product is dev-targeted, a deep technical post on HackMD is endorsement. Readers who follow the link back to your product convert at way better rates than cold traffic. **Three: extra content archive.** HackMD isn't going anywhere (real public-company backing). Articles stay findable. Treat it as "long-term archive + extra Google entry point" — way better ROI than writing brand-new content for it. Playbook: - **Re-publish your blog's hits.** Take a high-performing technical post from your blog, tweak it slightly for duplicate-content safety, set canonical (frontmatter `robots: noindex` or use the original URL as canonical). One more entry point with little extra work. - **Issue post-mortems work best.** "Spent 3 hours stuck on X yesterday, found out it was Y" — these rank consistently on HackMD. Developers searching error messages keep finding them. - **Use code and diagrams.** Pages with well-rendered code blocks and mermaid diagrams get longer time-on-page after indexing, which keeps rankings up. - **Interlink.** HackMD publish pages can link to each other. A series of articles cross-linking each other passes weight better. ## After publishing Publishing's not the end. **It's the start of a content asset.** Drop the publish URL into your long-term real-estate spots — blog "further reading" footer, Twitter pinned, GitHub README documentation section, newsletter signature. Set once, runs for two years. Update the article every 3-6 months. Even just adding "Updated May 2026: X tool now supports Y" triggers Google to recrawl and keeps the ranking stable. If a piece takes off (1,000+ pageviews / month), extend it: - Cross-post to [dev.to](/sites/dev-to) (set canonical pointing back to HackMD or your blog to avoid SEO collision) - Pull the key points into a Twitter thread - Post as a case study on [Indie Hackers](/sites/indiehackers-com) - Turn it into a newsletter issue One content piece, at least three formats. Finally — **treat HackMD as a recurring column**. One deep technical article every two weeks or every month. Six months later you'll have 5-10 articles bringing in steady traffic on Google. Adds up to more value than any single hard-push PR campaign. ## Common mistakes - Trying to publish right after signing up. Gets blocked, makes it worse. Warm up for 3-7 days first. - Trying to publish with an empty profile. System reads "not a real user" and never unlocks. - Articles that are pure product pitches and link stacking. HackMD's review is light but Google will deindex thin/spam pages. - Marketing-flavored titles. "My product is X" doesn't get searched. Write "How to do Y using X tool" — search-query style. - Articles too short. Under 1,000 words basically never indexes. HackMD's for long content. - Thinking you're done without publishing. The `/<hash>` URL is noindex. You have to actually click Publish to get the `/s/<id>` indexable URL. - Copy-pasting the same article to 4-5 sites. Google picks one and ignores the rest. Either rewrite or use canonical. - Forgetting to push external backlinks. HackMD has no internal discovery — outside links are the main signal for Google. At minimum, push one Twitter post. - Connecting from a mainland China IP without a VPN. Function-level restrictions, sometimes including Publish itself silently breaking. Use a VPN. - AI-generated technical content, unedited. HackMD readers are mostly developers. AI prose gets spotted in two paragraphs. ## HackMD vs dev.to vs Medium vs Hashnode | Dimension | [HackMD](/sites/hackmd-io) | [dev.to](/sites/dev-to) | [Medium](/sites/medium-com) | [Hashnode](/sites/hashnode-com) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Type | Collaborative markdown editor | Developer community | General long-form | Developer blogging platform | | Link type | nofollow | nofollow | nofollow (sometimes dofollow but weak) | dofollow (some pages) | | Built-in traffic | Almost none (Google only) | Strong (trending + tag feed) | Moderate (tag push) | Moderate (community feed) | | Best for | Long technical posts, notes, docs | Tutorials, dev journeys | Long-form, opinion / thinking | Technical blogging, custom domain | | Markdown support | Strong (mermaid, LaTeX, code) | Strong | Weak | Strong | | Custom domain | Paid | No | Paid | Free | | Publishing gate | 3-7 day warm-up for new accounts | Immediate | Immediate | Immediate | | Best audience | Already has audience + wants extra Google entry | Wants community exposure | Reaching non-technical readers | Building a real technical blog | Quick rule: write the article once, drop it in three spots (HackMD for archive + Google long-tail, dev.to for community, Hashnode with custom domain as your home base, add canonicals so they don't fight). Medium fits "industry thinking" pieces for non-technical readers. HackMD doesn't do community exposure — its real value is **Google**. ## FAQ **Does HackMD cost money?** Sign-up and publishing are free. What you pay for is team workspaces (multi-user), custom domains, watermark removal, more storage. Free version is plenty for solo writing. **Are outbound links dofollow or nofollow?** nofollow. All external links on publish pages have `rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"`. Don't use it as a pure backlink farm. **How do I unlock publishing on a new account?** Complete your profile (avatar, bio, social), create 3-5 normal notes (not all backlink articles), use it normally for 3-7 days. Auto-unlocks. Impatient? Email contact@hackmd.io. **How fast does Google index a publish page?** 2-7 days. With external backlinks, 1-3 days. Pure publish with no inbound links can take 2+ weeks. **Can I publish something I posted elsewhere?** Yes, but add frontmatter `canonical: <original URL>` or `robots: noindex` to avoid duplicate-content fights. If the original is on your own blog, canonical pointing back to the blog is the safest setup. **What article length works on HackMD?** 1,500-4,000 words. Under 1,000 mostly won't index. Over 5,000 people usually don't finish, conversions drop. **Is there an analytics dashboard?** Not on the free plan. Paid plans get basic stats. For traffic data, add UTM params on the publish URL and watch via Google Analytics or just use Search Console performance. **Do I need a Taiwan IP?** No. HackMD works globally. But mainland China IPs see partial restrictions sometimes — VPN helps. **Can I edit after publishing?** Yes. After publishing, the original note stays editable and saves auto-sync to the publish page. URL doesn't change. More flexible than dev.to or Medium for this. ## Other platforms in the same window HackMD's the archive layer plus Google entry point. Community exposure's weak — pair it with these: - [dev.to](/sites/dev-to): DR 90, developer community with trending and tag feed. Posting the same technical article on both HackMD and dev.to (with canonical) lets HackMD eat Google long-tail while dev.to grabs community exposure. - [Hashnode](/sites/hashnode-com): DR 83, developer blogging platform with free custom domain. For a real "technical blog home base", Hashnode beats HackMD. - [Medium](/sites/medium-com): DR 94, long-form general content. Fits "thinking pieces" for non-technical readers. Deep technical posts don't fit Medium well. - [Substack](/sites/substack-com): DR 93, your newsletter base. HackMD publishes the article, Substack holds the subscribers. Stable pairing. - [Indie Hackers](/sites/indiehackers-com): indie community. When the technical article mentions your product, write an IH story post pointing back to the HackMD piece. - [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com): DR 75. If the HackMD article is about your product, pair the PH launch day with a HackMD technical deep-dive for stronger conversion. Rough flow: technical content → HackMD (Google long-tail) + dev.to (community) + your own blog (home base), all three with canonicals so they don't fight. Product content → Product Hunt launch day + HackMD technical deep-dive + Indie Hackers story post. HackMD is the "long-term asset layer" in this stack — not flashy, but persistent. For more technical content sites and launch sites, see [/c/dev](/c/dev) and [/c/content](/c/content). ## 中文 > **TL;DR:** [HackMD](/sites/hackmd-io)（域名 `https://hackmd.io`）是台湾团队做的协作 markdown 编辑器，DR 83，主要用户是开发者和技术写作圈。它对外链的价值在两件事：一是 publish 之后的文章页能被 Google 收录、长期吃 SEO 流量；二是 DR 83 的主域权重传到子页面。链接是 nofollow，所以**别把它当纯外链工厂**。新账号有个隐藏门槛——刚注册的账号没有发表权限，要先建几个普通笔记、完善公开页、用几天才会被系统自动开通。这个门槛官方文档没怎么写，很多人卡在这里以为账号坏了。文章本身可以写中英文都行，技术类内容收录得最快。如果你想要的是"多一个能被 Google 搜到的内容页面"，HackMD 性价比挺高的。如果你只想要硬外链（dofollow），那就去别的站。 ## HackMD 是什么 [HackMD](/sites/hackmd-io)（域名 `https://hackmd.io`）是台湾 HackMD Inc. 做的一个**协作式 markdown 编辑器**，同一个文档可以多人实时编辑，跟 Google Docs 的协作模式很像，只是写 markdown。也支持单人写。底层是开源的 CodiMD（现在分出去叫 HedgeDoc）。 它的几个核心能力先分清楚： - **Note（笔记）**：你建的每个 markdown 文档就是一个 note，URL 是 `hackmd.io/<random-hash>`。这是编辑视图，需要你登录或拿到分享链接才能看。 - **Publish（发表）**：把 note 公开发表后会拿到一个 `hackmd.io/s/<short-id>` 或 `hackmd.io/@user/<slug>` 的漂亮 URL。这个 URL 就是公开版，Google 可以收录。**这才是真正能当外链落地页用的东西**。 - **公开页（Profile）**：每个用户有个 `hackmd.io/@<username>` 主页，列出你发表过的所有公开 note。 - **协作团队（Team）**：付费功能。多人 workspace、统一管理、自定义域名。免费用户用不到。 - **三种视图模式**：编辑（铅笔）、双栏、阅读（眼睛）。顶部工具栏切换。 - **Slide 模式**：用 markdown 写演讲稿，可以输出 reveal.js 幻灯片。 - **导出**：PDF、HTML、原 .md 文件都能导出。 注册免费。Publish 也免费。付费的是团队功能、自定义域名、移除水印这些。 ## 还该用 HackMD 吗 要看你写什么内容。 **值得花时间的：** - 你写技术内容（开发笔记、教程、源码分析、issue 复盘）。HackMD 的 markdown 渲染支持代码高亮、mermaid 图、LaTeX 公式，比 Medium 强很多。 - 你想要"多一个能被 Google 搜到的内容页面"。HackMD publish 页面 Google 收录率高，写得好的文章半年还在持续带流量。 - 你已经有一篇 README 风格的内容（GitHub README、技术文档、open source 项目说明），想多一个面向非开发者的入口。HackMD publish 页比 GitHub README 在 Google 搜索结果里出现的更频繁。 - 你在台湾 / 港澳 / 东南亚有受众。HackMD 在这些地区的开发者圈子里渗透率比 Medium 高得多。 **别用的：** - 你只想要纯 dofollow 外链。HackMD 外链是 nofollow，对 SEO 直接价值有限。 - 你写的内容是产品广告稿、SEO 堆料、AI 模板文。HackMD 的人工审核虽然不严，但**纯营销内容收录后会被 Google 当低质量页 deindex**。 - 你想立刻 publish。新账号没有发表权限，要先养几天号（详细在下面那节）。 老实说，HackMD 最舒服的用法就是："我反正要写一篇技术笔记 / 长文了，顺手挂到 HackMD 上多一个搜索入口"。指望 HackMD 平台本身给你导流（像 [dev.to](/sites/dev-to) 那样）基本不现实——HackMD 没有 trending / feed / 推荐算法，纯靠 Google 进来。 ## HackMD 在按什么决定能不能被搜到 HackMD 自己内部没有发现机制（没有热门页、没有推荐算法、没有按 tag 聚合的 feed）。所以"能不能被看到"基本等同于"Google 能不能搜到你"。Google 收录这个 HackMD publish 页主要看： - **publish 状态**。没 publish 的 note 是 noindex 的，Google 完全看不到。必须走 publish 流程拿到 `/s/<id>` 那个 URL 才行。 - **内容长度和质量**。短于 500 字的 publish 页基本不会被收录。Google 会判定为"thin content"。长内容（2000 字+）配代码、图、列表的会被优先收录。 - **作者公开页完整度**。`@username` 主页填好头像、bio、社交链接的账号，发表的内容收录速度明显快。 - **内容原创性**。HackMD 上很多 publish 页是从别处复制过来的，重复内容 Google 会忽略。要么原创，要么至少改写得跟原文有明显区别。 - **外部回链**。有 1-2 个外站链接到你的 HackMD publish 页（比如你自己博客、Twitter），收录速度会快很多。 - **更新频率**。发完一直没动的 note 收录后排名会慢慢掉。偶尔回去更新一下能保排名。 最常见的翻车点：把 HackMD 当作"挂外链的工具页"，正文随便糊几段就 publish。Google 看一眼就跳过，连收录都不收录。**HackMD publish 页要按"独立博客文章"标准写，不能按"submission 页"标准写**。 ## 提交前要准备什么 ### 还有一周（养号期） 如果你账号刚注册，**先别急着发你那篇主文章**。HackMD 新账号有一个隐藏门槛：**刚注册的账号没有发表权限**。系统会显示"您的帳號還很新，請先透過建立筆記與完善公開頁來熟悉功能"。这一节专门讲过坑。 养号期间要做这几件事： - 完善公开页（profile）：头像、bio、Twitter / GitHub 链接、自己网站全填上。空 profile 的账号系统会一直判定你是机器人。 - 建 3-5 个普通笔记。**不要每个都塞外链**，写一些真笔记——技术笔记、读书摘抄、todo list 都行。每个 note 200-1000 字就够。 - 偶尔回去改改之前的 note。加段内容、调调格式。模拟"真用户在用"的痕迹。 - 别频繁点 publish 按钮试。一天点 5 次会被风控加分，发表权限反而开得更慢。 正常情况 3-7 天系统会自动开通发表权限。 ### 还有两天 文章本身也要先写好。结构： - **标题**：直接告诉读者文章讲什么 + 给谁看。"我用 X 工具解决 Y 问题的笔记" 比 "X 的一些思考" 强。HackMD 标题就是 publish 页的 `<title>`，直接影响 Google CTR。 - **首段**：第一段必须扛事。告诉读者这篇讲什么、能得到什么、给谁看。读者看完前三行就决定要不要继续。 - **主体**：用 `##` 分章节。代码块用 \`\`\`lang 标语言。表格、列表能用就用。HackMD 的 markdown 渲染对这些支持很好。 - **结尾**：留一两个外链回你自己的站（博客、产品页、社交）。链接是 nofollow，但 attribution 是真的——读者真的会点。 - **长度**：2000-4000 字最舒服。短于 1500 字基本不会被收录。 去 `hackmd.io/@<热门作者>` 翻几篇排得好的文章，看排版怎么做的、首段怎么写的、外链放哪里。模仿框架，不抄内容。 ### 发布当天 发表权限开通后再来发主文章。发完做这几件事： - 用 incognito 模式打开 publish URL，确认任何人都能访问。 - 链接转到 Twitter、自己 newsletter、相关 Discord 群，跑一波种子流量。**外部回链对 Google 收录速度有肉眼可见的影响**——有人点过的页面 Google 抓得快。 - 把 publish URL 加到你 GitHub README、个人网站底部 link section、Twitter pinned tweet 的相关位置。这样既给读者多一个入口，也帮 Google 发现这个页面。 ## 发布流程 ### 第一步：注册并完善 profile 地址 <https://hackmd.io/signup>。可以用邮箱、Google、GitHub、Twitter 注册。建议用 GitHub——技术圈用 GitHub 登录很常见，且未来如果想做 team workspace 也是 GitHub 体系最顺。 注册完立刻去 Settings 把这些填齐： - **Username**：这是你公开页 `@username` 的前缀。挑个跟你品牌一致的。 - **Display name + Avatar**：真实名字 + 真实头像。默认头像的账号收录率明显低。 - **Bio**：一句话讲你做什么。"Building X for Y" 这种最简单也最有效。 - **Public links**：Twitter、GitHub、个人网站全挂上。 不填这些就直接想 publish，绝大概率拿到"尚未取得发表权限"。 ### 第二步：建几个非外链向的笔记养号 这一步很多教程不会讲，但**真的关键**。系统判断你是不是机器人的核心信号就是"你有没有像真用户那样用过这个工具"。 建议养 3-5 个 note，内容像下面这种： - 一篇读书笔记 / 看完某场 talk 的摘要 - 一篇技术学习笔记（"我学 X 框架的几个关键点"） - 一份个人 todo list 或者 idea dump（设私密也行，只要 note 存在） - 一篇 issue / bug 复盘（"我前两天卡在 X 问题上花了 3 小时，最后发现是 Y"） 每个 note 写 200-1000 字。**别在里面挂外链**——养号期间挂外链反而拖延开通。 每天回来改一改这些 note，加段内容、改格式。3-7 天后系统就会自动开通发表功能。 ### 第三步：写主文章 发表权限开通后，新建一个 note。markdown 编辑器在左边，预览在右边（顶部切换三种视图）。 文章结构按前一节"还有两天"准备的来。几个小技巧： - 顶部加 frontmatter（HackMD 支持 YAML frontmatter）可以设置 `title`、`description`、`tags`、`robots`。设 `robots: index, follow` 帮 Google 抓。 - 代码块要标语言：\`\`\`javascript 比 \`\`\` 渲染好得多。 - mermaid 图（流程图、序列图）直接用 \`\`\`mermaid 代码块就能渲染，给文章加分。 - 标题层级别跳级（H2 后面别直接跳 H4）。Google 的 outline 算法对层级很敏感。 写完点顶部"阅读模式"（眼睛图标）预览一下，看排版有没有问题。 ### 第四步：Publish 写完且预览过没问题后，**右上角点"分享"按钮**。在弹出的面板里： - 找 **Publish** 标签或按钮，点击发表。 - 系统会生成一个公开 URL（`hackmd.io/s/<id>` 或 `hackmd.io/@<user>/<slug>`）。 - Read Permission 自动会变成 "Everyone can view"。 如果你看到"尚未取得发表权限"，回到上一节养号步骤，再等几天。 发表后这个 URL 就能被 Google 收录了。 ### 第五步：跑流量帮收录 publish 完不是终点，**头几天是 Google 收录窗口期**。 - 把 publish URL 转到 Twitter，写一段 thread 提一下文章内容。 - 发到 [Indie Hackers](/sites/indiehackers-com) 或 [dev.to](/sites/dev-to)（dev.to 文章可以加 canonical URL 指向 HackMD publish 页，这样 dev.to 不抢 SEO）。 - 把 URL 加到你 GitHub readme、个人网站、newsletter 里。 - 主动去 Google Search Console 提交 URL（如果你有 hackmd.io 的 GSC 访问——绝大多数人没有，但提到自己网站的 GSC 里再链回 HackMD 也行）。 3-7 天能在 Google 上搜到自己文章，就说明收录了。 ## 新账号没发表权限怎么办（最大的坑） 这一节单独拿出来讲，因为太多人卡在这。 [HackMD](/sites/hackmd-io) 给新账号设了一个**反垃圾邮件门槛**：刚注册的账号点 Publish 会显示"您的帳號還很新，請先透過建立筆記與完善公開頁來熟悉功能。當系統更瞭解您的使用方式後，我們將自動為您開啟發表功能。" 这个门槛官方文档没怎么讲，第一次踩的人会以为账号坏了。其实就是**养号机制**——HackMD 在防外链工厂账号批量注册批量发垃圾外链。 怎么过： - **完善公开页**：头像、bio、Twitter、GitHub、个人网站，所有能填的字段都填齐。这是系统判断你"像不像真用户"最直接的信号。 - **建 3-5 个普通笔记**：注意是"普通"——技术笔记、读书摘抄、todo list 都行，但**不要全是外链文章**。养号期挂外链反而拖延。 - **正常使用 3-7 天**：每天回来改改 note、加点内容、看看别人的公开页。模拟真用户的使用痕迹。 - **别频繁点 publish**：风控会记次数。一天点超过 3-5 次反而扣分。 - **挂梯子**：如果你 IP 在中国大陆，访问 hackmd.io 部分功能会被限。挂个稳定的台湾 / 美西节点再试。 如果养了 7 天还是开不通： - **路线 B：不走 publish，直接公开 view**。在"分享"面板里把 Read Permission 改成 "Everyone"。URL 是 `/<hash>` 长串那个，不漂亮但任何人都能打开，Google 也能收录。当外链落地页一样有效。 - **直接联系客服**：HackMD 客服邮箱 contact@hackmd.io。说明你账号 username + 注册时间，请求人工开通。**态度好的话 1-2 个工作日内会处理**。 最坏情况：换账号重注册，按上面的养号步骤从头来一遍。 ## 怎么从 HackMD 真的拿到流量 链接是 nofollow（HackMD publish 页所有外链都加 `rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"`），所以**别把 HackMD 当外链工厂**。它的真实价值在三个地方： **第一，publish 页 Google 收录**。HackMD 主域 DR 83，单篇文章 publish 后能在你长尾关键词上排名。技术类文章尤其吃这块——开发者搜"How to debug X in Y framework"经常会搜到 HackMD publish 页。**这才是 HackMD 长期能带来流量的地方**。 **第二，开发者圈子社交证明**。如果你产品是给开发者用的，在 HackMD 上发深度技术文章本身就是一种背书。读者顺着文章点回你产品页，转化率比冷流量高。 **第三，多一个内容存档**。HackMD 不会突然倒闭（背后是上市公司），文章发了就长期能找到。当成"长期内容存档 + 多一个 Google 入口"用，比专门为它写新内容性价比更高。 具体打法： - **写过的博客文章可以二发**。把自己博客上跑得好的技术文章复制一份到 HackMD，做点小改动避免 duplicate content，加 canonical URL 指回原文（HackMD frontmatter 里 `robots: noindex` 或者用原 URL 当 canonical）。多一个入口而已。 - **issue 复盘类文章效果最好**。"我前两天卡在 X 问题上 3 小时，发现是 Y"这种内容在 HackMD 上 SEO 表现稳定——开发者搜 error message 经常会搜到。 - **配代码、配图**。HackMD 渲染好的内容（mermaid 图、代码高亮）Google 收录后停留时间长，排名稳。 - **互链**。HackMD publish 页之间可以互相链接。如果你写一系列文章，从一篇能跳到另一篇，权重传得更好。 ## 提交完之后做什么 发完不是终点，**是一个内容资产的开始**。 把 publish URL 挂进你所有"长期资产"位置——博客底部"延伸阅读"区、Twitter pinned、GitHub readme 的 Documentation 链接、newsletter signature。一次性挂好，未来两年都在带流量。 每隔 3-6 个月回来更新一下文章。哪怕只是加一句"2026 年 5 月更新：现在 X 工具已经支持 Y"，也能让 Google 重新抓取，排名稳定。 如果某篇文章流量起来了（一个月 1000+ pv），把它扩展： - 二发到 [dev.to](/sites/dev-to)（加 canonical 指回 HackMD 或自己博客，避免 SEO 互相打架） - 写成 Twitter thread 抽取核心点 - 发到 [Indie Hackers](/sites/indiehackers-com) 做案例分享 - 做成 newsletter 一期主题 一个内容点至少出三种形式。 最后，**把 HackMD 当固定栏目**。每两周或一个月发一篇深度技术文章，半年后你会发现自己有 5-10 篇文章在 Google 上稳定带流量，加起来比一次性硬推一波 PR 价值大得多。 ## 常见翻车点 - 新账号注册完立刻点 publish。被风控拒掉，反而拖延开通时间。先养 3-7 天再发。 - profile 空着就想发文章。系统判断"不像真用户"，发表权限一直开不通。 - 文章全是产品广告 + 一堆外链。HackMD 不严，但 Google 会 deindex 这种 thin/spam 页面。 - 标题写文案。"我的产品是 X" 这种标题在 Google 搜不到。要写"How to do Y using X tool" 这种**搜索查询式**标题。 - 文章太短。少于 1000 字基本不会被收录。HackMD 适合长内容，不适合短帖。 - 没 publish 就以为发完了。`/<hash>` URL 是 noindex 的，Google 看不到。必须走 publish 拿 `/s/<id>` URL。 - 一篇文章复制贴四五个站点。Google 会判 duplicate，只收录一篇。要么改写，要么加 canonical。 - 发完忘了挂回链。HackMD 内部没有发现机制，外部回链是 Google 抓取的主要信号。Twitter 至少要发一条。 - 中国大陆 IP 直连。部分功能被限，包括 publish 按钮可能直接不响应。挂梯子。 - 用 AI 写技术内容不改一笔。HackMD 的读者大多是技术圈，AI 文风识别率极高，发完没人看。 ## HackMD vs dev.to vs Medium vs Hashnode | 维度 | [HackMD](/sites/hackmd-io) | [dev.to](/sites/dev-to) | [Medium](/sites/medium-com) | [Hashnode](/sites/hashnode-com) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 性质 | 协作 markdown 编辑器 | 开发者社区 | 通用长内容平台 | 开发者博客平台 | | 链接性质 | nofollow | nofollow | nofollow（首发 dofollow，但很弱） | dofollow（部分页面） | | 内置流量 | 几乎没有（纯 Google） | 强（trending + tag feed） | 中（按 tag 推） | 中（社区 feed） | | 适合的内容 | 技术长文、笔记、文档 | 教程、developer journey | 长文、思考类 | 技术博客、独立域名 | | Markdown 支持 | 强（mermaid、LaTeX、代码） | 强 | 弱 | 强 | | 自定义域名 | 付费 | 否 | 付费 | 免费 | | 发表门槛 | 新账号要养 3-7 天 | 立即可发 | 立即可发 | 立即可发 | | 最适合人群 | 已有受众 + 想多一个 Google 入口 | 想拿社区曝光 | 想触达非技术读者 | 想搭独立技术博客 | 主线建议：技术长文写一遍，三个站二发（HackMD 当备档 + Google 入口、dev.to 当社区曝光、Hashnode 配独立域名当主战场）。Medium 适合给非技术读者看的"行业思考"类内容。HackMD 不擅长内部社区曝光，**它的核心价值是 Google**。 ## 常见问题 **HackMD 收费吗？** 注册和 publish 都免费。付费的是团队功能（多人 workspace）、自定义域名、移除水印、更大的存储。个人写文章免费版完全够用。 **外链是 dofollow 还是 nofollow？** nofollow。publish 页所有外链都加 `rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"`。别把 HackMD 当纯外链工厂。 **新账号怎么开通发表权限？** 完善公开页（头像、bio、社交链接）、建 3-5 个普通笔记（不要全塞外链）、正常用 3-7 天，系统会自动开通。心急联系 contact@hackmd.io 也能开。 **publish 页 Google 多久能收录？** 2-7 天。有外部回链的话 1-3 天就能搜到。完全没回链的纯 publish 页可能要 2 周以上。 **可以发别处发过的文章吗？** 可以，但建议加 frontmatter `canonical: <原文 URL>` 或者用 `robots: noindex`，避免 duplicate content 跟原文打架。如果原文是你自己的博客，加 canonical 指回博客最稳。 **HackMD 适合哪种长度的文章？** 1500-4000 字。短于 1000 字 Google 基本不收录。长于 5000 字一般人读不完，转化也低。 **有没有数据后台？** 免费版没有 PV 统计。付费版有简单的访问统计。想看流量数据建议把 publish URL 加到 Google Analytics 的外站监测（through UTM）或者就靠 Google Search Console 看搜索表现。 **台湾 IP 必须吗？** 不必须。HackMD 全球可访问。但中国大陆 IP 部分时段会被限部分功能，建议挂梯子。 **publish 之后能改吗？** 能。publish 之后原 note 还能继续编辑，每次保存自动同步到 publish 页。URL 不变。这一点比 dev.to / Medium 灵活。 ## 同期可以一起打的其他平台 HackMD 是技术内容存档 + Google 入口，社区曝光弱。下面这些可以组合着打： - [dev.to](/sites/dev-to)：DR 90，开发者社区，自带 trending + tag feed。同一篇技术文章在 HackMD 和 dev.to 两边发，前者吃 Google 长尾、后者吃社区曝光，组合最稳。 - [Hashnode](/sites/hashnode-com)：DR 83，开发者博客平台，免费自定义域名。如果你想搭一个真正的"技术博客主战场"，Hashnode 比 HackMD 更合适。 - [Medium](/sites/medium-com)：DR 94，通用长内容。适合给非技术读者看的"思考类"内容。技术深文反而不适合 Medium。 - [Substack](/sites/substack-com)：DR 93，自己的 newsletter 阵地。HackMD 发技术文章，Substack 沉淀订阅读者，配合最稳。 - [Indie Hackers](/sites/indiehackers-com)：indie 社区。技术文章里讲到产品时，可以做一个 IH 故事帖引流回 HackMD 文章。 - [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com)：DR 75。如果你 HackMD 文章是讲自己产品的，PH 发布日同期推一篇 HackMD 深度技术文章，转化最稳。 主线建议：技术内容 → HackMD（Google 长尾）+ dev.to（社区曝光）+ 自己博客（主战场）三处同发，加 canonical 别打架。产品类内容 → Product Hunt 发布日 + HackMD 技术深文 + Indie Hackers 故事帖三路推。HackMD 是这套组合里"长期资产层"，不抢眼但持久。 更多技术内容和发布类站点，可以看 [/c/dev](/c/dev) 和 [/c/content](/c/content) 两个分类。 --- # 15 Free Directory Submission Sites, All Dofollow Canonical URL: https://wheretosubmit.org/guides/directory-submission-sites Last updated: 2026-08-19 12:13:30 ## English > **TL;DR** > > - **"Directory submission" is two different jobs.** Some sites want real company details — [Dun & Bradstreet](/sites/dnb-com), [Chamber of Commerce](/sites/chamberofcommerce-com). Others just want a form filled in — [TheSaaSDirectory](/sites/thesaasdirectory-com), [AI Tools Guide](/sites/aitoolsguide-com). Mixing them up is how people waste a day. > - **All 15 below are free, dofollow, and DR 70 to 93.** We pinged every one before writing this. None are dead. > - **Some "free" tiers have a catch.** [Twelve Tools](/sites/twelve-tools) and [Dofollow.Tools](/sites/dofollow-tools) want their badge in your footer. That's a link swap, not a free link. > - **[Betalist](/sites/betalist-com) is paid now.** The free lane is gone, and the price only shows up on the last step of the form. > - **Don't buy a directory submission service.** Advertisers pay over $20 a click for that keyword. Anything funded by that money is either spam or two hours of work you can do yourself. ## What directory submission is now You fill in a form on a site that lists websites. It builds you a page. That page has a link back to you. This has been around since 2005 and it got ruined once. Around 2015 the web was full of "we'll submit you to 500 directories" services. Google responded by giving those links almost no weight, and by treating a backlink profile stuffed with junk directories as a bad sign on its own. So now people say directory submission is dead. That's half right. What died is **bulk**. Not submission. Here's the difference. Your company's real record on a DR 90 business directory and one link on a DR 8 junk site are not the same thing to Google. The first one still counts. The second one never did. So the move isn't 200 submissions. It's 15 to 20 real ones, filled in properly. That's what this guide is. One expectation to set first: **these sites won't send you traffic**. A DR 88 directory might get a few thousand visits a month, and those people are looking for something else. You do this so Google knows you exist, and so someone searching your company name finds a few solid records. For actual traffic you want other things — we've written up [which startup directories are worth your time](/guides/startup-directories) and [SaaS directory submission](/guides/saas-directories) separately. ## Does it still work Depends where you are. **Brand new, zero backlinks: yes, and it's the best afternoon you can spend.** Going from 0 to 15 links is fastest this way. No creativity needed. No waiting on replies. Just sit down and fill forms. **Already have steady traffic: pick carefully.** One directory link won't move your rankings now. But do the business listings anyway, because B2B buyers google your company before a call. Finding nothing costs you. **Pure consumer app: do two or three high-DR ones** and put the rest of your time into app store listings. **One case where it's clearly a bad idea:** submitting to 200 directories to chase rankings. Covered above. It backfires now. Quick word on nofollow. Some people filter to dofollow only and delete the rest. That's too blunt — some of the highest-DR sites we track are nofollow, and we ran the numbers in [do nofollow backlinks help SEO](/guides/nofollow-backlinks). This guide is dofollow-only because that's probably what you searched for, not because nofollow is useless. ## Prep once, then it's copy-paste These forms ask for the same stuff. Prep once and each site takes five minutes. Skip the prep and you'll be hunting for a logo file on site three and quitting by site five. **Three descriptions, three lengths:** - One line, under 60 words. Who it's for and what it fixes. You'll use this most. - One paragraph, around 150 words. - One long version, around 300 words. Business directories ask for this. One specific trap when writing them: **don't list features**. [Indie Dev Tools](/sites/indiedev-tools) is hand-picked, and descriptions built around what it saves an indie dev clear review far more often than feature lists. That holds on every human-reviewed site here. **Company details** (required for the business tier): registered name, address, phone. Write these identically everywhere. Inc. vs LLC, a missing suite number — inconsistent details hurt local search more than the listing helps. [Manta](/sites/manta-com) calls this out directly. **Logo:** one 512x512 PNG, saved twice — transparent and white background. **Email:** use an inbox you actually read. [Viesearch](/sites/viesearch-com) has a harsh rule where a bounced email wipes your account and your listings. ## The 15, grouped by what they ask of you ### They want real company details (4) Highest bar here, and the most valuable links. **No registered entity? Skip this section.** Faking it gets you rejected, or you end up with a hollow page. **[Dun & Bradstreet](/sites/dnb-com)** — DR 93, the highest here. Apply for a free D-U-N-S number, set up the company profile, add your site. The D-U-N-S takes a few weeks. A personal project won't get through. Once it's done, B2B buyers checking you up find a real record. **[Foursquare Listings](/sites/business-foursquare-com)** — DR 90. Needs a real address, so a purely online product doesn't fit. Details have to match maps and your other listings or review stalls. **[Chamber of Commerce](/sites/chamberofcommerce-com)** — DR 80. US business listing site, free, dofollow. Name, address and phone, all three. **[Manta](/sites/manta-com)** — DR 76, same family, free basic listing. Keep those details identical across every platform after you're in. ### B2B software (3) **[Software Advice](/sites/softwareadvice-com)** — DR 88. Same group as Capterra and GetApp (Gartner), and the data is shared, so doing them together saves real time. Has to be a genuine B2B product with a full profile. **[GetApp](/sites/getapp-com)** — DR 87, same Gartner family. A fuller profile ranks higher. **[TheSaaSDirectory](/sites/thesaasdirectory-com)** — DR 88. A plain SaaS directory. Dofollow, free, simple form, fast approval. Traffic is low, but it's the easiest good link on this list. Best effort-to-payoff ratio here. ### Tools and AI, submit and forget (4) **[Indie Dev Tools](/sites/indiedev-tools)** — DR 90. A hand-curated set of tools indie devs and solo founders actually use. Submitting isn't getting listed — a person picks. Categories are broad (AI, marketing, dev, design, SEO), so pick the right one instead of guessing. **[AI Tools Guide](/sites/aitoolsguide-com)** — DR 77. Smaller AI directory, free listing, dofollow link. Short form, quick approval. Put your main keyword in the first line of the description. **[Good AI Tools](/sites/goodaitools-com)** — DR 73. You have to log in first, there's no anonymous form. The tool has to work. Placeholder pages get rejected. **[AI Agents Directory](/sites/aiagentsdirectory-com)** — DR 71. Human-reviewed, so a complete profile (use cases, integrations, pricing) clears faster. Featured and Partner slots are paid. Don't expect those for free. There are more sites in this lane — we collected them in [AI tool directories](/guides/ai-tool-directories). ### Old general directories (2) **[Viesearch](/sites/viesearch-com)** — DR 73. A human-edited web directory that's been around forever. Free, dofollow. They now say review takes 1-2 business days, not the years-long queue old posts describe. Two traps: mostly-AI-generated sites get rejected, and a bounced email wipes your account. **[Link Centre](/sites/secure-linkcentre-com)** — DR 72. Online since 1996, recently moved to subscriptions. The free tier gives one listing per domain with a clean dofollow link. Ten minutes of work. Paid tiers from $39/yr sell "page one placement", but nobody browses directory pages. Take the free slot, skip the rest. ### You have to warm up the account first (2) These two are social bookmarking sites and the rules are different. **A new account dumping links gets flagged fast.** **[Scoop.it](/sites/scoop-it)** — DR 91. Sign up, create a topic, curate real content over time, and keep your own links to a small share. Only posting your own stuff reads as spam. **[Diigo](/sites/diigo-com)** — DR 85. Public bookmarks can pass dofollow. Bookmark a batch of other people's good stuff in your niche first. Then mix yours in. Add tags and a real note. Never a bare URL. These two cost more time than everything above. If you're short on time, do them last. ## The ones that look free but aren't This is the part those "500 free directories" lists never tell you. **[Betalist](/sites/betalist-com)** — free submission is gone. Their FAQ says every submission is paid, and the price only appears at the last step of the form. If you're not selected you get an automatic full refund, so trying is cheap. But it isn't free. More in the [Betalist submission guide](/guides/betalist-submission-guide). **[Twelve Tools](/sites/twelve-tools)** — the free tier gives one dofollow link, but step 4 of the form asks you to put their badge on your homepage or footer. You're trading a homepage link for a directory link. Often a bad trade. The $36 one-time tier gives three permanent dofollow links, 24-hour review, and no badge. **[Dofollow.Tools](/sites/dofollow-tools)** — same setup. Free tier wants the footer badge, $9.99 one-time removes it. Curation is loose and traffic is near zero. Treat it as a cheap link buy, not a directory. **[ActiveSearchResults](/sites/activesearchresults-com)** — DR 74, which sounds good. But it's an old search engine nobody uses. Free submission is a URL plus an email, then you sit in an indexing queue. Backlink lists hype the DR, but what you get is a search result entry, not a page you control. Two minutes to submit is harmless. Don't buy the paid upgrade. ## Should you pay for a directory submission service No. Advertisers bid over $20 a click on that keyword. Anything funded by that money delivers one of two things. Either it submits you to 300 junk sites, which is exactly the pattern Google penalizes. Or it fills in the 15 sites above for you and charges a few hundred dollars. With your materials ready, all of these take one afternoon. If you really want to hand it off, give a prepared brief to an assistant. Don't buy a "500 directories guaranteed" package. One exception: the D-U-N-S application is genuinely annoying paperwork. If someone handles admin at your company, give it to them. But that isn't a submission service. ## Writing a listing that clears review Most of the 15 above are human-reviewed. Rejections almost always come down to one thing: **the description says what you built, not what the reader stops having to do.** Compare: - No: "An AI-powered all-in-one project management platform supporting task assignment, progress tracking, team collaboration and data dashboards." - Yes: "Project tracking for teams of two or three. No setup. Create a project, assign tasks, progress calculates itself." The second clears review more often for a plain reason. The reviewer needs to know who it's for, and the first one never tells them. A few specifics: - Put your main term in the first sentence. No warm-up. Sites like [AI Tools Guide](/sites/aitoolsguide-com) pull the listing title from that line. - Pick the right category. More submissions get bounced for wrong category than for weak copy. - No placeholder pages. [Good AI Tools](/sites/goodaitools-com) rejects products that don't load or aren't finished. - Include a demo link if you have one. Human reviewers click it. ## Check that the link actually landed Submitting isn't getting the link. Most people skip this step, then think they have 15 backlinks when they have 6. **Step one, wait.** A day or two for the fast ones. A week or two for human review. **Step two, find your listing page.** Search `site:directorydomain.com yourproductname`. Nothing? It's not listed yet, or the page isn't indexed. **Step three, check that the link is really dofollow.** Open your listing, view source, find your domain, and look at that `<a>` tag for `rel="nofollow"` or `rel="ugc"`. Some sites quietly add nofollow on the free tier. You can only catch this by looking. **Step four, check Google indexed the page.** A page that exists but isn't indexed doesn't count yet. Search `site:` plus the full URL. Deep pages on old directories fail this a lot. All four, then it counts. That's how the link type on every site in our directory got set. We didn't copy someone's list. ## Common mistakes - **Doing 100 sites in one afternoon.** The expensive one. It's worse than doing nothing. - **Company details that don't match across platforms.** Inc. vs LLC, a missing suite number. Costs more in local search than the link gives back. - **Dumping links from a fresh bookmarking account.** Scoop.it and Diigo both flag it, and then you're rebuilding the account. - **Using a throwaway email.** Viesearch wipes accounts on bounce, and there goes the whole batch. - **Submitting and never checking.** Skip the four steps above and you don't know what you actually got. - **Chasing DR alone.** ActiveSearchResults is DR 74 and you don't get a page out of it. DR is where you start, not the answer. - **Taking a free tier that wants your footer.** Your homepage is worth more than a directory link. ## Side by side | Site | DR | Needs | Speed | Best for | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Dun & Bradstreet](/sites/dnb-com) | 93 | Registered co. + D-U-N-S | Weeks | B2B with an entity | | [Scoop.it](/sites/scoop-it) | 91 | Warm account, real curation | Ongoing | People who publish | | [Software Advice](/sites/softwareadvice-com) | 88 | Full software profile | 1-2 weeks | B2B software | | [TheSaaSDirectory](/sites/thesaasdirectory-com) | 88 | A form | Fast | Any SaaS | | [Indie Dev Tools](/sites/indiedev-tools) | 90 | Good description | Curated | Dev tools | | [AI Tools Guide](/sites/aitoolsguide-com) | 77 | A form | Fast | AI tools | | [Link Centre](/sites/secure-linkcentre-com) | 72 | A form | Ten minutes | Anything | ## FAQ **Does directory submission still work?** On the right sites, yes. In bulk, no. Fifteen real ones beat two hundred junk ones, and the second option actively hurts. **Are there still free directory submission sites?** Yes, all 15 above. Just tell "free" apart from "free if you add our badge". The second one is a trade. **How long until I see something?** Links go live in one to two weeks. Ranking effects take months, and one directory link is small. Don't expect this to change your business. **How much does dofollow vs nofollow matter?** Dofollow passes weight, nofollow doesn't. That's by design. But not passing weight isn't the same as worthless — we did the math in [this guide](/guides/nofollow-backlinks). **Can I finish in one afternoon?** With materials ready, the first 13 yes. Scoop.it and Diigo need a warm account, so those run longer. **Why no direct submit links here?** The submit URL, the exact steps, and the gotchas for each site live on that site's own page. Click the names above. ## Where the rest of the list lives The 15 above are the ones worth writing about. Our directory has 115 sites that match "directory category + dofollow + free + DR 40 and up", each with link type, pricing, and first-hand submission notes. Here's that list, already filtered: [directory · dofollow · free](/?cat=directory&link=dofollow&pricing=free). Want the strongest ones first? Set the DR filter to 80+ on that page. Or browse by category: [directories](/c/directory), [SaaS](/c/saas), [AI tools](/c/ai), [dev tools](/c/dev). ## 中文 > **TL;DR** > > - **"目录提交"底下是两类完全不同的活。** 一类要你的真实公司信息，比如 [Dun & Bradstreet](/sites/dnb-com)、[Chamber of Commerce](/sites/chamberofcommerce-com)，卡的是资料齐不齐；一类填个表就收，比如 [TheSaaSDirectory](/sites/thesaasdirectory-com)、[AI Tools Guide](/sites/aitoolsguide-com)，卡的是描述写得对不对。搞混了就是白花时间。 > - **下面 15 个全部免费、全部 dofollow、DR 从 70 到 93**，写这篇之前挨个跑过一遍，没有死站。 > - **有几个"免费"是有条件的。** [Twelve Tools](/sites/twelve-tools) 和 [Dofollow.Tools](/sites/dofollow-tools) 的免费档要你在自己站的页脚挂它的 badge。那是拿一条首页链接换一条目录链接，不是白给。 > - **[Betalist](/sites/betalist-com) 已经全面收费**，免费通道没了，价格还要走到表单最后一步才显示。 > - **目录提交服务别买。** 这词的广告出价一次点击 20 多美元，能烧这个钱的服务，交付的东西你自己两小时能做完。 ## 目录提交现在到底是怎么回事 就是把你的网站信息填进一个收录网站的表单，它给你生成一个页面，页面上带一条指回你的链接。 这套玩法从 2005 年就有，中间被玩烂过一轮。2015 年前后满网都是"提交 500 个目录站包收录"的服务，谷歌后来把这类链接的权重压得很低，还把批量灌目录当成一个负面信号。所以现在有人一提"目录提交"就说过时了。 这个判断只对一半。过时的是**批量**，不是**提交**本身。 区别在哪儿：一个 DR 90 的商业名录上有你公司的正经资料，跟一个 DR 8 的垃圾站上有你一条链接，这两件事在谷歌眼里根本不是一类东西。前者现在照样算数，后者从来就没算过。 所以正确的做法不是提 200 个，是挑 15 到 20 个真站,老老实实填完。这篇就是那 15 个。 还有一点得先说清楚，免得你抱错期望：**这些站基本不会给你带来访问量**。DR 88 的目录站月访问可能就几千,还都是别的搜索意图进来的。你做这件事图的是谷歌知道你存在、以及有人搜你公司名的时候能搜到几条正经记录。想要流量得去别的地方，我们单独写过[创业公司目录站怎么选](/guides/startup-directories)和 [SaaS 目录提交](/guides/saas-directories)。 ## 现在还值得做吗 分情况。 **刚上线、外链是零：值得，而且这是性价比最高的一个下午。** 从 0 条外链到 15 条，最快的路就是这个。不用创意，不用等别人回邮件，坐下来填表就行。 **已经有稳定流量了：挑着做。** 单条目录链接对排名基本没影响了。但商业名录那几个还是要做，因为 B2B 客户在打电话之前会搜你公司名，搜出来一片空白是要扣分的。 **纯 C 端 app：做两三个高 DR 的就够了**，剩下时间放应用商店那边更划算。 **有一种情况明确不值得**：为了排名去提 200 个目录。这个我上面说过了，现在是反效果。 顺便说一句 nofollow 的事。有人挑站只看 dofollow，把 nofollow 的一律划掉。这个筛法太粗了 —— 我们库里 DR 最高的几个站给的恰恰是 nofollow，理由在[nofollow 外链有没有用](/guides/nofollow-backlinks)那篇里写过。这篇之所以只讲 dofollow 的，是因为你搜到这儿来大概率就是冲着 dofollow 来的，不是因为 nofollow 没用。 ## 开始前先把材料备齐 这些表单问的东西高度重合。备一次，后面每个站就是五分钟复制粘贴的事。不备的话你会在第三个站上开始找 logo 文件，到第五个站就放弃了。 **三个长度的描述**： - 一句话，60 字以内，说清"给谁解决什么"。这个用得最多。 - 一小段，150 字左右。 - 一长段，300 字左右，商业名录那几个会要。 写的时候有个具体的坑：**别堆功能列表**。[Indie Dev Tools](/sites/indiedev-tools) 是人工挑的，描述写"帮独立开发者省了什么事"过审率明显比罗列功能高。这个原则在所有人工审的站上都成立。 **公司资料**（商业名录那一档必须有）：注册公司名、地址、电话。这三样在所有平台上要写得完全一致 —— 名字里的 Inc. 和 LLC、地址里的 Suite 号，不一致的话本地搜索那边反而扣分，[Manta](/sites/manta-com) 的说明里专门提了这事。 **Logo**：一个 512x512 的 PNG，透明底和白底各存一份。 **邮箱**：用一个你真的会看的邮箱。[Viesearch](/sites/viesearch-com) 有个很凶的规则，邮件退信会直接清空你的账号和收录记录。 ## 15 个站，按它们要你什么来分 ### 要真实公司信息的（4 个） 这一档门槛最高，但拿到的链接也最值钱。**没有注册实体的话直接跳过这一节**，硬填会被拒，或者挂上去也是个空壳页。 **[Dun & Bradstreet](/sites/dnb-com)** — DR 93，这批里最高的。得先申请一个免费的 D-U-N-S 号，再建公司档案，把网站填进去。D-U-N-S 要等几周，个人项目过不了。做完这个，B2B 客户查你的时候能查到正经记录。 **[Foursquare Listings](/sites/business-foursquare-com)** — DR 90。要有实体地址，纯线上产品不适用。信息必须和地图、其他平台对得上，对不上审核就卡住。 **[Chamber of Commerce](/sites/chamberofcommerce-com)** — DR 80，美国的工商名录，免费挂，给 dofollow。名称、地址、电话缺一不可。 **[Manta](/sites/manta-com)** — DR 76，和上面那个一个路子，基础收录免费。做完之后记得把几个平台上的公司信息保持完全一致。 ### B2B 软件类（3 个） **[Software Advice](/sites/softwareadvice-com)** — DR 88。和 Capterra、GetApp 是一家（Gartner），资料互通，所以一起提能省不少事。必须是真实的 B2B 软件，资料要填全。 **[GetApp](/sites/getapp-com)** — DR 87，同 Gartner 系。资料越全排得越靠前。 **[TheSaaSDirectory](/sites/thesaasdirectory-com)** — DR 88，很简单的一个 SaaS 目录，dofollow，免费，表单填完过审快。流量别抱期望，就是图它好收录、链接干净。这批里投入产出比最高的一个。 ### 工具和 AI 类，交完就完事（4 个） **[Indie Dev Tools](/sites/indiedev-tools)** — DR 90。专门收独立开发者在用的工具，人工挑，不是有提交就收。分类挺全，AI、营销、开发、设计、SEO 都有，选准一个别乱投。 **[AI Tools Guide](/sites/aitoolsguide-com)** — DR 77，小一点的 AI 工具目录，免费收录，dofollow。表单简单过审快，描述第一句就把核心关键词带上。 **[Good AI Tools](/sites/goodaitools-com)** — DR 73。得先登录才能提交，没有匿名表单。工具要真能用，占位页会被刷掉。 **[AI Agents Directory](/sites/aiagentsdirectory-com)** — DR 71，人工审，资料越全（用例、集成、定价）过得越快。Featured 和 Partner 那些位置是付费的，免费提交别指望。 AI 这个方向的站还有不少，单独整理在 [AI 工具目录提交](/guides/ai-tool-directories)那篇。 ### 老牌通用目录（2 个） **[Viesearch](/sites/viesearch-com)** — DR 73，人工编辑的老目录，免费，dofollow。现在说是 1 到 2 个工作日审完，不是老帖子里写的排队几个月。两个坑：内容主要是 AI 生成的站会被拒；邮件退信会清空账号和收录。 **[Link Centre](/sites/secure-linkcentre-com)** — DR 72，1996 年就在线的老目录，最近改成订阅制了。免费档一个域名一条收录，链接干净，十分钟的事。付费档从 39 美元一年起，卖的是"首页展示位"，但根本没人翻目录页，这钱别花。 ### 要先养号的（2 个） 这两个是社会化书签站，规则和上面都不一样：**新号直接甩链接必被判垃圾**。 **[Scoop.it](/sites/scoop-it)** — DR 91。注册、建一个主题、持续策展相关内容，自己的东西混在里面占一小部分。光转自己的链接就是找封。 **[Diigo](/sites/diigo-com)** — DR 85，公开书签页能带 dofollow。先正常收藏一批你领域里别人的好内容，把号养起来，再夹带自己的。每条都要加标签和笔记，别只丢一个光秃秃的 URL。 这两个花的时间明显比前面多。时间紧的话放到最后再做。 ## 看着免费其实不是的几个 这一节是那些"500 个免费目录"清单永远不会告诉你的。 **[Betalist](/sites/betalist-com)** — 免费提交已经取消了，官方 FAQ 写得很明白，所有提交都收费，而且价格要走到表单最后一步才显示。没被选中会自动全额退款，所以试一次成本可控，但你得知道它不是免费的。细节在 [Betalist 提交指南](/guides/betalist-submission-guide)。 **[Twelve Tools](/sites/twelve-tools)** — 免费档给一条 dofollow，但表单第四步要你在自己网站的首页或页脚挂上 twelve.tools 的 badge。这是拿你的首页链接换它的目录链接，账算下来不一定划算。36 美元的一次性档给三条永久 dofollow、24 小时审完、不用回链。 **[Dofollow.Tools](/sites/dofollow-tools)** — 同样的路子，免费档要页脚 badge，9.99 美元一次性去掉。策展很松，流量接近零。当成一次便宜的买链接就行，别当目录看。 **[ActiveSearchResults](/sites/activesearchresults-com)** — DR 74，听着不错，但它是个已经没人用的老搜索引擎。免费提交就是填个 URL 和邮箱，然后排队等收录。外链榜单老拿它的 DR 说事，可你拿到的只是一条搜索结果，不是自己能控制的页面。两分钟交一下无所谓，付费版别买。 ## 目录提交服务要不要买 不要。 这个词的广告出价一次点击 20 多美元，能烧得起这个钱的服务，交付的东西无非两种：一种是给你提 300 个垃圾站，正好踩在谷歌最不喜欢的那个模式上；另一种是把上面这 15 个替你填一遍，收你两三百刀。 上面这些表单加起来，材料备齐之后一个下午能做完。真要外包，也是把整理好的材料交给助理照着填，不是买那种"包收录 500 站"的套餐。 有一个例外：D-U-N-S 号申请那种流程确实烦，如果你公司有行政的人，这个可以交出去。但那也不叫目录提交服务。 ## 描述怎么写才过审 人工审的站占了上面 15 个里的一大半，被拒基本都是同一个原因：**描述在说你做了什么功能，没说读者能少干什么活**。 对比一下： - 不行：「一个基于 AI 的多功能项目管理平台，支持任务分配、进度追踪、团队协作和数据看板。」 - 可以：「给两三个人的小团队用的项目管理工具，不用配置，建完项目就能分任务，进度自己算。」 第二种过审率高，理由很朴素：审的人要判断"这东西给谁用"，第一种说了半天他还是不知道。 几条具体的： - 第一句就把核心词带上，别铺垫。[AI Tools Guide](/sites/aitoolsguide-com) 这类站的收录页标题就是从第一句抓的。 - 分类选准。选错分类被打回来的比描述写差的还多。 - 别写占位页。[Good AI Tools](/sites/goodaitools-com) 明确会刷掉打不开或者还没做完的产品。 - 有 demo 就放 demo 链接，人工审的人会点。 ## 怎么确认链接真的生效了 交完不代表拿到了。这一步大部分人不做，然后以为自己有 15 条外链，其实有 6 条。 **第一步，等。** 快的一两天，人工审的一两周。 **第二步，找到你的收录页。** 直接搜 `site:目录站域名 你的产品名`。搜不到就是还没收，或者页面没被索引。 **第三步，看链接是不是真 dofollow。** 打开你的收录页，右键查看源代码，搜你自己的域名，看那条 `<a>` 上有没有 `rel="nofollow"` 或者 `rel="ugc"`。有的站在免费档偷偷加 nofollow，这个只能自己看。 **第四步，看它有没有被谷歌索引。** 页面存在但没进索引，那条链接就还不算数。搜 `site:` 加上那个页面的完整 URL，搜不到就是没进。老目录站的深层页面不进索引是常事。 四步都过了才算一条。我们库里每个站的链接类型都是这么核出来的，不是抄别人的清单。 ## 常见翻车点 - **一个下午提 100 个站。** 这是最贵的错误，做的是负功。 - **公司信息几个平台不一致。** Inc. 写成 LLC、地址少个 Suite 号，本地搜索那边扣的分比这条链接给的多。 - **新号在书签站直接甩自己的链接。** Scoop.it 和 Diigo 都会判垃圾，号废了还得重来。 - **用一次性邮箱。** Viesearch 那种退信清账号的规则会让你前面的活全白干。 - **交完就不管了。** 上面那四步验证不做，你根本不知道自己拿到了几条。 - **看见高 DR 就上。** ActiveSearchResults DR 74，但你拿到的不是一个页面。DR 只是个起点，不是结论。 - **为了免费档去挂人家的 badge。** 你首页的位置比一条目录链接值钱。 ## 横向对比 | 站点 | DR | 要什么 | 多久 | 适合谁 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Dun & Bradstreet](/sites/dnb-com) | 93 | 注册公司 + D-U-N-S | 几周 | B2B、有实体 | | [Scoop.it](/sites/scoop-it) | 91 | 养号 + 持续策展 | 长期 | 有内容产出的 | | [Software Advice](/sites/softwareadvice-com) | 88 | 完整软件资料 | 1-2 周 | B2B 软件 | | [TheSaaSDirectory](/sites/thesaasdirectory-com) | 88 | 填表 | 快 | 所有 SaaS | | [Indie Dev Tools](/sites/indiedev-tools) | 90 | 描述写对 | 人工挑 | 开发者工具 | | [AI Tools Guide](/sites/aitoolsguide-com) | 77 | 填表 | 快 | AI 工具 | | [Link Centre](/sites/secure-linkcentre-com) | 72 | 填表 | 十分钟 | 通用 | ## 常见问题 **目录提交现在还有用吗？** 挑对站有用，批量提没用。15 到 20 个真站的效果好过 200 个垃圾站，而且后者是负分。 **免费的目录提交站还有吗？** 有，上面 15 个都是。要注意区分"免费"和"免费但要你挂回链"，后者是交换不是免费。 **要多久能看到效果？** 链接本身一到两周会生效，对排名的影响是几个月的事，而且单条目录链接的影响很小。别指望这个改命。 **dofollow 和 nofollow 差多少？** dofollow 传权重，nofollow 不传，这是设计如此。但不传权重不等于没价值，详细的账我们在[另一篇](/guides/nofollow-backlinks)里算过。 **能不能一个下午全做完？** 材料备齐的话，前面 13 个可以。Scoop.it 和 Diigo 要养号，那是长期的事。 **为什么不给这些站的直接提交链接？** 每个站的提交入口、具体填法和踩过的坑，我们都记在各自的站点页里了，点上面的名字进去看。 ## 剩下的在哪儿看 上面 15 个是挑出来展开讲的，我们库里符合"目录类 + dofollow + 免费 + DR 40 以上"的一共 115 个，都标了链接类型、价格和第一手的提交笔记。 按这个条件筛好的列表在这儿：[目录类 · dofollow · 免费](/?cat=directory&link=dofollow&pricing=free)。想先做高权重的就在那页把 DR 筛到 80 以上。 分类页也可以直接逛：[目录站](/c/directory)、[SaaS](/c/saas)、[AI 工具](/c/ai)、[开发者工具](/c/dev)。 --- # How to Submit to BetaList: It's Paid Only Now Canonical URL: https://wheretosubmit.org/guides/betalist-submission-guide Last updated: 2026-08-15 05:01:21 ## English > **TL;DR:** [BetaList](/sites/betalist-com) killed free submissions. Every plan is paid now, and the price only shows up at the very last step of the form. The good part: if you're not picked, you get a full refund automatically. So you really only pay when you get in. DR 70, and the link is dofollow if you're featured — which is more than most paid directories give you. They only take early products, meaning not launched yet or launched pretty recently. If your product has been running for two years, don't bother. ## What BetaList is BetaList is a list of new products for early adopters. Your product isn't out yet, or it just came out. You put it up so a batch of people who like trying new things can see it, use it, and tell you what's broken. Their own numbers: 70,000+ newsletter subscribers, 500,000+ page views a month, and 24,000+ startups featured over the years. The site has been around for over a decade, which in this space is rare. DR 70. Not the highest, but the link is real. Their FAQ says it plainly: **every plan includes a do-follow backlink if you get featured**. Not many paid directories will put that in writing. The big difference from [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com) is timing. Product Hunt is where you go when you're ready and want one big day. BetaList is where you go when you're not ready and want your first fifty people to try the thing. Mix those up and both feel wrong. ## Is it still worth it Short answer: depends on your stage, not your budget. **Go for it if:** - You haven't launched yet, or launched within the last few months - You have your own domain - Your landing page looks like someone made it on purpose - The idea is at least a bit new, not the 800th to-do app **Skip it if:** - Your product has been running a year or two with thousands of users. BetaList is for early stuff, and the editors will filter you out - You're on vercel.app, netlify.app, or herokuapp.com. Their FAQ says free subdomains are a no - You only have an App Store link and no website. Also a no - Your landing page is still mostly template Is the link itself worth it? DR 70 plus dofollow plus a 70,000-person mailing list beats most $99 directories. But if you just want a backlink, [Twelve Tools](/sites/twelve-tools) gives you a dofollow on their free tier for a reciprocal link — DR 72, costs nothing. What you're paying BetaList for is the early users and the newsletter slot, not the link. ## What the editors look for Their FAQ lists three things. They get thousands of submissions a month and cut with these: - **Is the value proposition clear.** If nobody can tell what you do in one line, you're out - **Have they seen the idea before.** Their words: "an idea we haven't seen before." Me-too products die here - **Is the landing page designed.** This audience cares about design. Rough page, no shot There's also a hard gate that isn't scored, it just blocks you: **you need your own domain**. Free hosting subdomains and direct app-store links get rejected. The most common screwup is treating BetaList like one more submission form and filling it in without thinking. There are real editors picking a few out of thousands. A lazy entry is a wasted round — you'll get your money back, but not your time. ## Before you submit ### A week out Clean up the landing page. This carries the most weight, because it's the first thing an editor looks at. Say what the product is and who it's for, above the fold. Skip lines like "empowering the next generation of collaboration." Talk like a person. Make sure the domain is yours. If you're still on vercel.app, hook up a real domain first. That one is pass/fail. ### Two or three days out Get your assets together: - Product name and a one-line description (short as you can — the homepage timeline shows just that line) - A screenshot or product image that looks decent - Your site link - A category Rewrite that one-liner a few times. The BetaList homepage is a timeline, one row per product. That line is all you get to grab someone. ### Submission day Make an account with an email you'll still use later. You check submission status from the dashboard, and if you sign in with a different account you won't find your entry. ## The submission flow ### 1. Open the submit page Use the Submit Startup link on the site. The `betalist.com/submissions/new` URL you see in search results needs you logged in — without a session it bounces you. ### 2. Fill out the form Product info, link, description, category. Keep those three editor criteria in mind while you write, especially for the one-liner. ### 3. Pick a plan and pay **This is where the price finally shows up.** BetaList doesn't list submission prices on any public page. It only appears at the last step of the form. Our directory has it recorded at $99 and up, but trust what you actually see. What separates the plans, per their FAQ: **mainly how fast you get featured, and whether newsletter inclusion is guaranteed**. Not the link — every plan gets a dofollow if you're picked. The editors only start reviewing after you pay. ### 4. Wait Review time depends on the plan you bought, and your confirmation email tells you the expected window. The decision comes by email, and you can check the dashboard too. ### 5. Get picked, or get refunded Picked, and you go up on the timeline on your plan's schedule. Not picked, and the refund is automatic and full. You don't have to ask. It takes 5–10 business days to hit your statement depending on your bank. One thing to watch: **once you've been featured, there are no refunds**. The refund only covers not being selected. ## Submission plans vs Boost vs Sponsorship This is where BetaList confuses people. There are three different things you can pay for and they're not related: **Submission plans.** The one above. Required to submit, price shows at the last step of the form, fully refunded if you're not picked. This is the one you want. **Boost.** $99 a week, or $199 a month (which works out to half price). This is a promo slot you can buy **after you've already been featured** — a fixed spot on the homepage plus a newsletter slot. If your product isn't live on the site yet, this does nothing for you. **Sponsorship.** $4,999 a month. Homepage banner, newsletter promotion, social coverage, the whole thing. That's for companies with a brand budget. Indie devs can scroll past. Lots of guides quote Boost's $99/week as the submission price. Then readers see "submitting costs $99 a week?" and get confused. Different products. ## How to improve your odds The editors don't give feedback, so a rejection tells you nothing about what went wrong. All you can do is front-load the work: **Rewrite the one-liner three times.** First pass, write what you want to say. Second pass, delete every adjective. Third pass, ask yourself whether someone who's never seen this would know what it does. **Show the landing page to a friend first.** Find someone who doesn't know your product. Let them look for 10 seconds, close the tab, and tell you what they remember. If they can't, keep working. **Say what makes you different.** They want ideas they haven't seen. If your product is in a crowded category, push the uncommon angle to the very top. **You can resubmit after a rejection.** The FAQ says you're welcome to come back once you've improved. Don't fix it and resubmit the same day. Give it time and actually change the design and the positioning. ## What to do after you're featured **Push for engagement first.** There's a Trending Startups section on the homepage, ranked by heat. They don't publish the algorithm, but they do say tweet count is one of the inputs. So on the day you go live, drop the link in your Twitter, your communities, your group chats, and get some motion. **Check the dashboard for an upgrade.** If you submitted on a lower plan and want to get featured faster or want the newsletter slot, you can upgrade from there. **Log the link.** That dofollow is real once you're featured. Worth noting in your backlink tracking. **Reuse the assets while they're fresh.** The screenshot and one-liner you wrote for BetaList go straight into [Startup Fame](/sites/startupfa-me) and [PitchWall](/sites/pitchwall-co) with barely any editing. ## Common mistakes - **Thinking there's still a free lane.** Plenty of 2023-era guides say "BetaList is free, you just wait a long time." That lane is closed. There's no free option now - **Reading Boost's $99/week as the submission price.** Covered above. Different things - **Submitting a mature product.** Two years of traction and the editors cut you on the first look - **Sitting on a free subdomain.** vercel.app and friends get rejected. That's a rule, not a score - **Expecting a refund after you're featured.** Refunds only cover not being picked - **Submitting and walking away.** Trending runs on engagement, and nobody promotes it for you - **Checking status from a different account.** The dashboard is per-account. Wrong email, empty page ## BetaList vs Product Hunt | | BetaList | Product Hunt | |---|---|---| | DR | 70 | 75 | | Link | dofollow (if featured) | nofollow | | Price | all paid, refunded if not picked | free | | Best stage | pre-launch / just launched | ready for a big day | | Human review | yes, editors pick | no, self-serve | | Traffic shape | 70,000-person newsletter, long tail | one-day spike | Put simply: want a dofollow and your product is early, do BetaList. Want a one-day traffic spike and your product can handle real users, do Product Hunt. They don't conflict. Just stagger them — BetaList first, Product Hunt later. ## FAQ **Can you still submit to BetaList for free?** No. Their FAQ says every submission is paid and the free option is gone. **Do you get your money back if you're not picked?** Yes. Full refund, automatic, no request needed. It takes 5–10 business days depending on your bank. **What does it actually cost?** The current plans only show at the last step of the form. Our directory records it at $99 and up, but go with what you see — they've changed pricing before, so any guide with a hardcoded number can be stale. **What's the difference between plans?** Mainly how fast you get featured and whether the newsletter slot is guaranteed. The link doesn't change — every plan gets a dofollow if you're picked. **Can you resubmit after being rejected?** Yes. But actually improve it first, especially the value proposition and the landing page design. **Do you need your own domain?** Yes. vercel.app, netlify.app, and herokuapp.com get rejected, and so does a bare App Store link. ## Other platforms to hit in the same window Your assets are ready, so submitting to a few more costs you almost nothing: - [Startup Fame](/sites/startupfa-me): DR 83, dofollow, the strongest link in this batch - [PitchWall](/sites/pitchwall-co): DR 64, free, and we checked — the product page link is dofollow - [Twelve Tools](/sites/twelve-tools): DR 72, free tier gives a dofollow for a reciprocal link - [Uneed](/sites/uneed-best): DR 44, free listings are nofollow, only the $30 ad slot is dofollow. Do the math - [Startup Base](/sites/startupbase-io): DR 50, free, opens a new batch daily - [Micro Launch](/sites/microlaunch-net): DR 19, free, small but no barrier - [Launching Next](/sites/launchingnext-com): DR 51, free, but we checked and it's nofollow. Put it last For the fuller list, browse [/c/directory](/c/directory) and [/c/startup](/c/startup) — sorted by DR, with the dofollow status on each row. ## 中文 > **TL;DR：** [BetaList](/sites/betalist-com) 的免费提交已经彻底没了，现在所有档位都要先付钱，价格只在表单最后一步才显示。好消息是没被选中会自动全额退款，所以真实成本是"通过了才付钱"。DR 70，被选中的话链接是 dofollow，这在付费目录里算实在的。它只收早期产品——还没正式上线或者刚上线不久的那种。产品已经跑了两年再去投，大概率白折腾。 ## BetaList 是什么 BetaList 是个给早期采用者看的新产品列表。你的产品还没正式发，或者刚发出来没多久，投上去让一批喜欢尝鲜的人先看到、先用、给点反馈。 站点自己公布的数字：邮件订阅 70,000 多人，月浏览量 50 万以上，累计收录过 24,000 多个产品。开了十几年了，在这类站里算活得久的。 DR 70。这个数不算顶尖，但胜在链接是真给的——他们 FAQ 里写得很明白，**所有档位只要被选中，都带 do-follow 外链**。付费目录里肯说这句话的不多。 跟 [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com) 最大的区别在于时间点。Product Hunt 是你准备好了、要冲一天流量的地方。BetaList 是你还没准备好、想先找几十个愿意试的人的地方。搞反了两边都别扭。 ## 现在还值得投吗 先说结论：看你产品在哪个阶段，跟你有没有钱关系不大。 **适合投的：** - 还没正式上线，或者上线不到几个月 - 有自己的独立域名 - 落地页做得像回事 - 想法有点新，不是第 800 个待办清单应用 **别浪费时间的：** - 产品已经跑了一两年，用户几千了。BetaList 的定位就是"早期"，编辑部会直接筛掉 - 用 vercel.app、netlify.app、herokuapp.com 这类免费子域名的。他们 FAQ 明说不收 - 只有一个 App Store 链接，没有网站的。同样不收 - 落地页还是模板没改完的样子 至于外链本身值不值——DR 70 加 dofollow，配合 70,000 人的邮件列表，比大部分 $99 档的目录站实在。但你要是奔着单纯买一条外链去的，[Twelve Tools](/sites/twelve-tools) 免费档挂个回链就能拿 dofollow，DR 72，成本是零。BetaList 的钱买的是那批早期用户和邮件曝光，不是链接。 ## 编辑部在按什么筛 他们 FAQ 里直接列了三条，每月收到几千份提交，靠这三条砍： - **价值主张说清楚了没**。一句话讲不明白你是干什么的，直接出局 - **想法见没见过**。他们原话是"an idea we haven't seen before"。同质化产品最容易死在这 - **落地页设计过关没**。这站的受众是看设计的，页面糙了没戏 还有一条是硬门槛不是打分项：**必须有自己的域名**。免费托管的子域名、App Store 直链，一律不收。 最常见的翻车：把 BetaList 当成又一个提交入口，随手填完就走。它有编辑部人工审，几千份里挑，填得敷衍就是白付一次手续（虽然会退钱，但时间没了）。 ## 提交前要准备什么 ### 还有一周 把落地页收拾干净。这是权重最高的一项，因为编辑第一眼看的就是它。首屏一句话讲清楚产品是什么、给谁用。别放"赋能下一代协作"这种话，说人话。 确认域名是自己的。要是你现在还挂在 vercel.app 上，先把域名接上再说，这条是硬性的。 ### 还有两三天 准备素材： - 产品名和一句话简介（越短越好，首页列表就显示这一行） - 一张能看的截图或者产品图 - 网站链接 - 分类 一句话简介多改几遍。BetaList 首页是个时间线，一行一个产品，你能抢到注意力的就那一行字。 ### 提交当天 注册账号，用你之后还会登的那个邮箱。提交状态要回 dashboard 看，用错账号就找不着自己那条了。 ## 提交流程 ### 1. 打开提交页 从站内的 Submit Startup 进去。搜索引擎里那个 `betalist.com/submissions/new` 的链接是要登录的，没登录会被弹回去。 ### 2. 填表 产品信息、链接、简介、分类。填的时候记着编辑部那三条标准，尤其是简介那一句。 ### 3. 选档位付钱 **这一步才会看到价格。** BetaList 不在任何公开页面上挂提交价格，只在表单最后一步显示当前档位。我们库里记的是 $99 起，但以你实际看到的为准。 各档的区别，他们 FAQ 说得挺明确：**主要差在多快能上，以及进不进邮件通讯是不是有保证**。不是差在链接——所有档被选中都是 dofollow。 付完钱之后编辑部才开始审。 ### 4. 等结果 审核时间取决于你买的档，确认邮件里会写预计时间。结果会发邮件通知，也可以回 dashboard 看状态。 ### 5. 被选中，或者退款 选中了就按你的档期上时间线。没选中——自动全额退款，不用你申请，5 到 10 个工作日回到卡上，具体看银行。 注意一个方向：**已经上线之后就不能退了**。退款只针对没被选中的情况。 ## 付费档、Boost、Sponsorship，别搞混 这是 BetaList 最容易看晕的地方。站上有三种要花钱的东西，完全是三码事： **提交档位**：就是上面说的，投产品必须付，价格在表单最后一步显示，没选中全退。这是你要的那个。 **Boost**：$99 一周，或者 $199 一个月（按月算等于打对折）。这是**已经被选中上线之后**才能买的推广位——首页一个固定位置加邮件通讯一个位置。产品都没上线，买这个没意义。 **Sponsorship**：$4,999 一个月。首页横幅、邮件通讯推广、社交媒体覆盖，全套。这是给有预算做品牌的公司准备的，独立开发者可以直接划走。 很多教程把 Boost 的 $99/周 当成提交价格写，然后读者一看"提交要 99 刀一周"就懵了。不是一回事。 ## 怎么提高被选中的概率 编辑部不给具体反馈，被拒了你也不知道死在哪。所以只能往前做： **简介重写三遍**。第一遍写你想说的，第二遍删掉所有形容词，第三遍问自己"没见过这产品的人看完知道它干什么吗"。 **落地页先给朋友看**。找个不了解你产品的人，让他看 10 秒然后合上，问他记住了什么。记不住就还得改。 **说清楚你哪里不一样**。他们明确要"没见过的想法"。如果你的产品确实是常见品类，那就把那个不常见的角度顶到最前面。 **被拒了可以重投**。FAQ 里写了欢迎改好再来。别当天改完当天投，隔一段时间，把设计和定位真的动过再说。 ## 上线之后做什么 **第一件事是催互动**。首页有个 Trending Startups 区，按热度排。他们不公开算法，但明说了会看你这条被发了多少推。所以上线当天把链接甩到自己的推特、社群、群里，让互动起来。 **去 dashboard 看看要不要升档**。已经投了低档、想更快上或者想进邮件通讯的，可以从 dashboard 升级。 **外链记得复用**。被选中之后那条 dofollow 是实打实的，可以在做外链盘点的时候记一笔。 **顺手把这一批的素材复用掉**。你为 BetaList 准备的截图和一句话简介，直接可以拿去投 [Startup Fame](/sites/startupfa-me)、[PitchWall](/sites/pitchwall-co) 这些，改都不用怎么改。 ## 常见翻车点 - **以为还有免费通道**。网上一堆 2023 年的教程写着"BetaList 可以免费提交，就是要等很久"。那个通道已经关了，现在没有免费选项 - **把 Boost 的 $99/周当成提交价**。上面说过了，两码事 - **产品太成熟了还去投**。跑了两年的产品投 BetaList，编辑部第一眼就筛掉 - **挂在免费子域名上**。vercel.app 这类直接不收，这是硬规则不是打分项 - **上线之后想退款**。退款只覆盖没被选中的情况，上了就不退 - **提交完就不管了**。Trending 看互动，你自己不推没人替你推 - **换账号查状态**。dashboard 认账号，用错邮箱登进去是空的 ## BetaList vs Product Hunt | | BetaList | Product Hunt | |---|---|---| | DR | 70 | 75 | | 外链 | dofollow（被选中的话） | nofollow | | 价格 | 全部付费，没选中全退 | 免费 | | 适合阶段 | 还没上线 / 刚上线 | 准备好冲一天 | | 有没有人工审 | 有，编辑部筛 | 没有，自助发布 | | 流量形态 | 邮件通讯 70,000 人，长尾 | 上榜当天集中爆发 | 简单说：想拿 dofollow、产品还早，投 BetaList；想要一天的流量高峰、产品已经能扛住用户，去 Product Hunt。两个不冲突，时间点错开就行，BetaList 在前，Product Hunt 在后。 ## 常见问题 **BetaList 现在还能免费提交吗？** 不能。FAQ 里明确写了所有提交都要付费，免费通道已经取消。 **没被选中钱能拿回来吗？** 能，自动全额退，不用申请。5 到 10 个工作日到账，看银行速度。 **提交到底多少钱？** 只在表单最后一步显示当前档位。我们库里记的是 $99 起，但以你看到的为准——他们调过价，任何写死价格的教程都可能过期。 **各档的区别是什么？** 主要是多快能上、以及进不进邮件通讯有没有保证。链接不分档，所有档被选中都是 dofollow。 **被拒了能重投吗？** 能。但要真的改过再投，尤其是价值主张和落地页设计。 **必须有自己的域名吗？** 必须。vercel.app、netlify.app、herokuapp.com 这类免费子域名不收，只给 App Store 链接也不收。 ## 同期可以一起打的其他平台 素材都准备好了，顺手多投几个，边际成本很低： - [Startup Fame](/sites/startupfa-me)：DR 83，dofollow，是这批里权重最高的 - [PitchWall](/sites/pitchwall-co)：DR 64，免费，实测详情页外链是 dofollow - [Twelve Tools](/sites/twelve-tools)：DR 72，免费档挂个回链就能拿 dofollow - [Uneed](/sites/uneed-best)：DR 44，免费收录是 nofollow，$30 的广告位才是 dofollow，看你怎么算账 - [Startup Base](/sites/startupbase-io)：DR 50，免费，每天开一批 - [Micro Launch](/sites/microlaunch-net)：DR 19，免费，体量小但没门槛 - [Launching Next](/sites/launchingnext-com)：DR 51，免费，但实测是 nofollow，排在后面投 想看更完整的清单，可以翻 [/c/directory](/c/directory) 和 [/c/startup](/c/startup)，按 DR 和是不是 dofollow 排着挑。 --- # AI Tool Directories: Where to Submit Your AI Tool Canonical URL: https://wheretosubmit.org/guides/ai-tool-directories Last updated: 2026-08-13 04:39:34 ## English > **TL;DR** > > - **"Free" usually means a link swap.** At least 15 of these directories only give you a free listing if you put their link on your own homepage first. Some check, and some pull your listing when you remove it. > - **The two biggest names are nofollow.** [Futurepedia](/sites/futurepedia-io) wants $497 and [AIxploria](/sites/aixploria-com) wants up to $399. Neither gives you a followed link. You'd be buying exposure. > - **Actually free, actually dofollow, nothing asked back:** [AI Tools Guide](/sites/aitoolsguide-com) DR 77, [Good AI Tools](/sites/goodaitools-com) DR 73, [AI Agents Directory](/sites/aiagentsdirectory-com) DR 71, [Best-AI.org](/sites/best-ai-org) DR 59, [Insidr AI](/sites/insidr-ai) DR 40. > - **Best cheap paid one is $2.** [See What New AI](/sites/seewhatnewai-com) gives a dofollow for two dollars. [Tap4 AI](/sites/tap4-ai) is $10 and lists you in 48 hours. > - **Submit to [There's An AI For That](/sites/theresanaiforthat-com) for free and wait.** 3.2M visits a month. Paying only skips the queue, it doesn't change your rank. > - **Don't bother with:** [Neil Patel's AI tools](/sites/aitools-neilpatel-com) (dead), [Dang AI](/sites/dang-ai) (302 redirect, no real link), [The Rundown](/sites/rundown-ai) (no submissions at all). ## What counts as an AI directory An AI directory is a site that lists AI tools in categories, with a page per tool, and a form where you add yours. That's it. There are a few hundred of them now and new ones show up every week, because the whole thing is a weekend project: scrape 2,000 tools, put them on a template, open a submit form, charge for the fast lane. That's worth saying up front, because it changes how you should treat the list. These are not [G2](/sites/g2-com) or [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com), where a listing is a sales channel. Most AI directories send you close to zero clicks. What you're actually collecting is: - **A crawlable page with your link on it.** Only if the link is followed and the page gets indexed. Both fail more often than you'd think. - **A name that shows up when someone searches your tool.** Ten directory pages around your homepage makes a new tool look less like it launched yesterday. - **A tiny bit of traffic** from the four or five directories that have real readers. Three sites do send real traffic: There's An AI For That, [Futurepedia](/sites/futurepedia-io) and [Future Tools](/sites/futuretools-io). Everything else on this page is a link and a mention. ## Are they still worth doing Yes, but not the way the "submit to 300 directories" posts tell you. **If your tool is new and has no backlinks:** worth a few hours. You need something pointing at your domain, and this is the cheapest way to get 10 to 15 real pages. Do the free dofollow list below and stop. **If you already have decent backlinks:** low value. A DR 50 AI directory that links out to 3,000 tools isn't moving your rankings. Do the traffic ones and skip the rest. **If you're selling to businesses:** these are the wrong sites. Go to [SaaS directories](/guides/saas-directories) instead. AI directory readers are mostly other builders and people browsing for something free. **If you want to be in the AI answers:** this part is actually new. Tools like Perplexity and ChatGPT search pull from list pages, and "best AI tool for X" list pages are exactly what these directories publish. Being in a few well-indexed lists is how you show up there. That's a decent reason to care about indexing more than DR. Here's the honest bit. We checked 108 AI directories in the database. About 20 of them are worth an hour of your time. The rest are link swaps, nofollow, dead, or JavaScript shells that Google can't read. ## The four traps Before any list, learn to spot these. It'll save you a whole afternoon. ### 1. The free tier wants your homepage This is the big one, and almost nobody writes about it. The site says "free submission" and then the form says: add our badge or our link to your site first, and we'll check. Sites doing this right now include [AI Toolz Dir](/sites/aitoolzdir-com), [AINewTool](/sites/ainewtool-site), [NewTool](/sites/newtool-site), [Aibesttop](/sites/aibesttop-com), [AI Tool Trek](/sites/aitooltrek-com), [What Is AI Tools](/sites/whatisaitools-com), [Right AI](/sites/right-ai-com), [SeekAIs](/sites/seekais-com), [Genify](/sites/genify-dev), [DeepLaunch](/sites/deeplaunch-io), [ShipGrowth](/sites/shipgrowth-dev) and [Navs Site](/sites/navs-site). AI Tool Trek says it plainly on the page: take the backlink down and the listing goes with it. ShipGrowth verifies it. So do the math before you agree. You're trading a link from your homepage, which is the strongest page you own, for a card on a directory with 3,000 other tools. Do that fifteen times and your homepage is a link farm. The reasonable version: pick two, maybe three, put their links on a `/friends` or footer area, and pay the $5 to $10 fast lane on the rest. Most of these sites drop the swap requirement if you pay, and ten dollars is cheaper than a homepage link. ### 2. The dofollow promise that isn't Directories advertise dofollow because that's what people search for. Checking the actual HTML tells a different story. [AI Tool Center](/sites/aitoolcenter-com) sells a dofollow on its pricing page. Every listing link we opened had `nofollow` plus utm tags on it. The only followed links are the footer Featured slots, which cost $29.90 a month. [AI Top 10](/sites/aitop10-tools) promises 12 permanent dofollow links on its $6.90 tier, and we couldn't find one dofollow listing anywhere on the site. Check it yourself in ten seconds. Open a listing page for a tool that's already there, right click the link to their site, inspect, look at `rel`. No `nofollow` means you're fine. This works on every directory and takes less time than filling in their form. ### 3. Pages Google can't read A page that renders in the browser isn't always a page that exists for a crawler. [AI tools directory](/sites/aitoolsdirectory-com) is the funny one. It ranks number one in Google for "ai tool directories" and the whole thing is a SpreadSimple spreadsheet, so crawlers get an empty shell, and its DR is 10. [TopFreeAITools](/sites/topfreeaitools-com) is built on Bubble, same problem. [AI Library](/sites/library-phygital-plus) takes submissions through an Airtable form hosted somewhere else, so filling it in creates nothing until a human copies it over. Quick test: search Google for `site:thedirectory.com` plus the name of a tool you know is listed. If their listing pages aren't in the index, yours won't be either. ### 4. The rented link [100L5 / 10015.io](/sites/10015-io) has a Product Finder directory attached to a free tools site. Free submission is fine. The dofollow link is $2.99 a month, and it disappears when you stop paying. A link you rent isn't an asset, it's a subscription. Same logic applies to any directory selling a monthly "featured" slot as if it were a backlink. ## Free, dofollow, and nothing asked in return This is the short list. Free, followed link, no swap, no card needed. Start here and you're done in about an hour. | Site | DR | What to know | | --- | --- | --- | | [AI Tools Guide](/sites/aitoolsguide-com) | 77 | Short form, fast approval, dofollow. The easiest win on this page. | | [Good AI Tools](/sites/goodaitools-com) | 73 | Google login first. Your tool has to actually work, placeholder pages get rejected. | | [AI Agents Directory](/sites/aiagentsdirectory-com) | 71 | Agents only. Human reviewed, so fill in use cases and integrations. | | [Best-AI.org](/sites/best-ai-org) | 59 | German team, 4,200+ tools, editors rewrite your listing. 1-2 weeks. | | [AI X Collection](/sites/aixcollection-com) | 54 | 40+ narrow categories. Google login only, no email signup. | | [AI Tech Viral](/sites/aitechviral-com) | 51 | Register at /get-started first. Hand reviewed, so write plainly. | | [AI Just Better](/sites/aijustbetter-com) | 49 | Sits behind Vercel bot check, so use a real browser. Hand curated. | | [Insidr AI](/sites/insidr-ai) | 40 | We checked the HTML, links are followed. Around 150k visits. | | [AI NavHub](/sites/ainavhub-com) | 38 | Free lane queues, paid is faster. Links carry only rel="noreferrer". | | [Mars AI](/sites/marsx-dev) | 30 | John Rush's list. 90K visits, and the link is followed. | | [LLM Relevance](/sites/llmrelevance-com) | 30 | Free. Its homepage shows badges from 30+ directories, read that as a checklist. | One note on DR here. A lot of these AI directories show DR in the 50s and 60s while having almost no traffic, because DR is easy to inflate and these sites all link to each other. Treat DR on a no-name AI directory as a rough signal, not a number to optimise for. Whether the page gets indexed matters more. [All The AI Tools](/sites/alltheaitools-com) at DR 66 also gives a followed link, but pricing and terms sit behind a login, so you can't see what you're agreeing to until you register. Watch the URL, there's a separate site at alltheai.tools with its own prices. ## Worth it for the traffic, not the link Different job. These have readers. Some charge, some are nofollow, and you'd still do a few of them. | Site | Visits | Cost | Link | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Futurepedia](/sites/futurepedia-io) | 5.0M | $497 verified tier | nofollow | | [There's An AI For That](/sites/theresanaiforthat-com) | 3.2M | free queue, paid skips it | see below | | [Future Tools](/sites/futuretools-io) | 3.0M | free | human reviewed | | [Top AI tools](/sites/topai-tools) | 2M | $47 | nofollow | | [AIxploria](/sites/aixploria-com) | 584K | $79 to $399 | nofollow on everything | | [Toolify](/sites/toolify-ai) | 340K | free queue, $99 skips it | nofollow | | [AI top tools](/sites/aitoptools-com) | 260K | free listing, account needed | paid for exposure | | [AI Valley](/sites/aivalley-ai) | 230K | free | short form | | [Altern AI](/sites/altern-ai) | 180K | paid | - | | [Saas AI Tools](/sites/saasaitools-com) | 73K | free, account needed | nofollow, plus a newsletter slot | **There's An AI For That is the one to do first.** Free submission works, it just sits in a queue for weeks and sometimes months. Paying jumps the line but doesn't change where you land, because rank there comes from upvotes and from traffic you send in yourself. So submit free, and once it's live, get your earliest users to upvote it right away. **Futurepedia is the one to think hardest about.** The cheaper $247 tier has read Sold Out for a while, so $497 is the real entry price, editors can still turn you down, and the link is nofollow. Five hundred dollars for exposure to an audience that may or may not be yours. **[Toolify](/sites/toolify-ai) is worth it despite the nofollow.** 30,000+ tools and real traffic. Free submissions sit for two to four weeks and plenty of them just stall, so follow up once you hit that mark. We wrote the whole thing up in the [Toolify submission guide](/guides/toolify-submission-guide). **AI Valley has a trap.** The Submit link in the nav posts a *prompt*, not a tool. You want /submit-tool, and the two forms are very easy to confuse. ## The cheap paid ones If a directory drops the link swap for five or ten dollars, that's usually a better deal than the swap. These are the ones where paying is defensible. | Site | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | [See What New AI](/sites/seewhatnewai-com) | $2 one-time | Dofollow, about a week's review, permanent. Cheapest real link out there. | | [Genify](/sites/genify-dev) | $4.90 | Drops the reciprocal link, publishes right away. Free tier gives 3 dofollow links but wants the swap. | | [AiHuntList](/sites/aihuntlist-com) | $6.90 | 24-hour listing, no tracking params on links. | | [AI Heron](/sites/aiheron-com) | $6.99 | Reviewed within an hour, week of homepage ads. Chinese traffic. | | [DeepLaunch](/sites/deeplaunch-io) | $9.90 one-time | Lifetime slot, no backlink required. | | [ShipGrowth](/sites/shipgrowth-dev) | $9.99 | One dofollow on your tool page, 24-hour review. | | [Tap4 AI](/sites/tap4-ai) | $10 one-time | Listed in 48 hours, dofollow, permanent. No free tier at all. | | [AI138](/sites/ai138-com) | ~$14 | Dofollow plus 15 days in the new arrivals slot. Only if China is your market. | Above that price, the value drops fast. [AI Tools Time](/sites/aitoolstime-com) starts at $9.99 with no free tier. [AIToolly](/sites/aitoolly-com) is $29.99 with no refund policy stated. [BAI.tools](/sites/bai-tools) has a free tier that takes one to six months and gives no link, which is a paid tier wearing a costume. [Easy with AI](/sites/easywithai-com) is $125 with a refund if rejected. [FindMyAITool](/sites/findmyaitool-com) has no free path at all despite what the banner says, and that "Black Friday 50% off" runs year round. Skip the top end. [AI Mojo](/sites/aimojo-io) is $79 with manual invoicing. [AI Dude Info](/sites/aiwizard-ai) is €100 to €500. [The AI Warehouse](/sites/thewarehouse-ai) starts at $450. None of these have the audience to justify it. ## Get this ready before you start Do this once and each submission takes three minutes instead of fifteen. **A logo at 512x512 PNG, transparent background.** Half these forms reject anything else. Have a 1200x630 version too for the ones that want a cover image. **Three descriptions.** A 60-character one-liner, a 150-character short version, and a 300-word long one. Write the one-liner carefully. It's what shows on the category page, and it should say who the tool is for and what it does. Not "AI-powered productivity platform". Something like "Turns meeting recordings into a shared summary your team can search". **Two or three screenshots** of the actual product UI at 1280px or wider. Not marketing graphics. **Your category picked in advance.** Pick the narrowest one that fits. Third place in a small category beats 400th in "Generative AI". **A work email on your own domain,** plus a Google account you're happy to sign into random sites with. A lot of these need one or the other. **Pricing written out.** Free / freemium / paid, starting price, whether there's a trial. Most forms have this as a filter field, and leaving it blank drops you out of every "free AI tools" filter people browse. Keep all of it in one note. You'll paste the same six things thirty times. ## Running the batch in one afternoon Order matters more than volume here. 1. **Do the free dofollow table first.** Eleven sites, about an hour. This is most of the value on this page. 2. **Then the traffic ones.** There's An AI For That, Future Tools, AI Valley. Free, and they're the only ones that might send you actual visitors. 3. **Then decide on the paid list.** Set a budget, twenty or thirty dollars, and spend it on the $2 to $10 tier. Don't buy anything above $50 for your first pass. 4. **Skip everything that wants a homepage link,** unless you've picked two you actually like. 5. **Log what you did.** A spreadsheet with site, date, URL of your listing, and whether it went live. You'll want this in six weeks when you check what got indexed. Two things that go wrong when people speed through. Directory forms often have a hidden "one submission per email" rule, so a rejected submission can lock you out of resubmitting. And several of these sites are behind Cloudflare or Vercel bot checks, so the bulk directory submission tools people buy just bounce off them. Fill the forms in a browser like a person. ## After you submit **Wait two weeks, then check what's live.** Search `site:directory.com "your tool name"`. Live and indexed is a win, live but not indexed is neutral, and not live means either you got rejected or your submission is still queued. **Check the link is what they promised.** Open your listing, inspect the outbound link, look at `rel`. If a site sold you a dofollow and gave you a nofollow, ask for a refund. Some of them pay up. **Follow up once on the slow ones.** Toolify listings often just sit there, and a polite email after two weeks moves them. Once is enough. **Don't resubmit to the same site.** Duplicate submissions are the most common reason listings get deleted, not rejected. **Reuse the descriptions.** You just wrote a clean one-liner and a 300-word summary that survived twenty review teams. That's your app store copy, your Product Hunt tagline and your homepage hero, done. ## Common mistakes - **Submitting before the product works.** Human-reviewed directories reject broken demos, and some keep a record. [Good AI Tools](/sites/goodaitools-com) rejects placeholder pages outright. - **Putting fifteen directory links on your homepage** because fifteen free tiers asked. That's the worst trade in this whole game. - **Chasing DR.** A DR 60 AI directory with no traffic and no indexed pages is worth less than a DR 30 one that ranks. - **Paying before checking the `rel`.** [AIxploria](/sites/aixploria-com) charges $399 and nofollows every outbound link including the Visit button. - **Using a bulk submission service.** They fill in garbage, they trip the bot checks, and you end up with your tool listed under the wrong category on sites that will never remove it. - **Submitting to all 22,000-tool directories.** [What the AI](/sites/whattheai-tech) has 22,000 listings. Yours sinks the day it goes live. - **Ignoring the Chinese ones when China is your market.** [AIGC](/sites/aigc-cn) and [Nancheng.fun](/sites/nancheng-fun) are free. AIGC screens submissions against China's generative AI rules though, so your odds are thin without an ICP filing. ## FAQ **How many AI directories should I submit to?** Fifteen to twenty good ones. After that you're adding links from pages nobody crawls. The people posting "I submitted to 300 directories" are counting submissions, not listings that went live. **Do these actually help SEO?** A little, and less than they did two years ago. A dozen followed links from real indexed pages helps a new domain get crawled and looks natural. It won't rank you for anything competitive. **Is it worth paying?** Under $10, usually yes, if the link is followed and you've verified it. Over $100, only if you know their audience is your audience. The $497 tiers are ad buys. **Free tier or paid tier when both exist?** Free, unless the free tier wants a link from your homepage. Then pay the $5 to $10 fast lane. It's cheaper than what the swap costs you. **What if my tool gets rejected?** Usually it's one of three things: the tool isn't really AI, it's already listed, or the page they landed on didn't explain what it does in five seconds. Fix the landing page first, it's normally that. **How long until listings show up in Google?** Two to eight weeks for the ones that get indexed at all. Plenty never do, which is why the `site:` check matters more than the submission count. ## Other places an AI tool belongs The directories are one afternoon. These are the ones that need actual work but pay better: - **[Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com)** — still the biggest single day of traffic you can get. Nofollow, and worth it anyway. See the [Product Hunt alternatives list](/guides/product-hunt-alternatives) for what to do the week after. - **[AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net)** — DR 80, dofollow, 1.3M visits. List yourself as an alternative to two or three tools people already search for. - **[Indie Hackers](/sites/indiehackers-com)** and **[DEV](/sites/dev-to)** — write about how you built it. Nofollow links, real readers, and the posts keep getting found. - **[BetaList](/sites/betalist-com)** — DR 70 and dofollow, if you're still pre-launch or just launched. - **[Startup Fame](/sites/startupfa-me)** and **[Uneed](/sites/uneed-best)** — small launch boards, quick to do, and they show up in Google for your product name. For the full set, browse [AI tools](/c/ai) and [directories](/c/directory) in the database. If your tool is also a paid product for businesses, the [SaaS listing sites](/c/saas) are a better use of the next afternoon. ## 中文 > **TL;DR** > > - **免费基本等于换友链。** 至少 15 个站的免费收录条件是你先把它的链接挂到自己首页上，有的还会去查，撤了链接就把你的收录一起撤掉。 > - **名气最大的两个都是 nofollow。** [Futurepedia](/sites/futurepedia-io) 要 497 美元，[AIxploria](/sites/aixploria-com) 最高 399 美元，两家给的都是 nofollow。花这个钱只能买个曝光。 > - **真免费、真 dofollow、还不要你回链的：**[AI Tools Guide](/sites/aitoolsguide-com) DR 77、[Good AI Tools](/sites/goodaitools-com) DR 73、[AI Agents Directory](/sites/aiagentsdirectory-com) DR 71、[Best-AI.org](/sites/best-ai-org) DR 59、[Insidr AI](/sites/insidr-ai) DR 40。 > - **最便宜的付费站是 2 美元。** [See What New AI](/sites/seewhatnewai-com) 两块钱给 dofollow，[Tap4 AI](/sites/tap4-ai) 十块钱 48 小时上线。 > - **[There's An AI For That](/sites/theresanaiforthat-com) 先免费提交然后等。** 月访问 320 万。付费只是插队，不会让你排得更靠前。 > - **别碰：**[Neil Patel 的 AI 工具站](/sites/aitools-neilpatel-com)（已经没了）、[Dang AI](/sites/dang-ai)（302 跳转，拿不到真链接）、[The Rundown](/sites/rundown-ai)（根本不接受提交）。 ## 什么算 AI 目录站 就是那种把 AI 工具分类列出来、每个工具一个页面、还有个表单让你填的站。现在这种站有几百个，每周还在冒新的，因为做起来太容易了：爬两千个工具丢进模板，开个提交入口，再卖个加急通道。 先说这个是有用的，因为它决定了你该怎么看这份名单。这些站不是 [G2](/sites/g2-com) 和 [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com)，人家那边一个收录页是能带单的。AI 目录站给你的点击基本是零。你真正拿到手的是三样东西： - **一个带你链接的、能被爬到的页面。** 前提是链接是 followed 的、页面也被收录了。这两条翻车的概率比你想的高。 - **别人搜你产品名的时候多几条结果。** 首页周围围着十个目录页，一个新工具看着就没那么像昨天刚上线的。 - **一点点流量**，来自那四五个真有人看的站。 真能带流量的就三个：There's An AI For That、[Futurepedia](/sites/futurepedia-io) 和 [Future Tools](/sites/futuretools-io)。这页上剩下的，给你的都是一条链接加一次露脸。 ## 现在还值得做吗 值得，但不是那些"提交 300 个目录站"的帖子说的那种做法。 **产品刚上线、外链是零：**值得花几个小时。你总得有点东西指向你的域名，这是拿到十来个真页面最省钱的路子。把下面那张免费 dofollow 的表做完就收手。 **已经有点外链基础了：**价值不大。一个往外链三千个工具的 DR 50 目录站，不会让你排名动一下。挑有流量的做，剩下的跳过。 **卖给企业的产品：**方向错了，该去 [SaaS 目录站](/guides/saas-directories)。AI 目录站的读者基本是同行和来找免费工具的人。 **想被 AI 搜索引用：**这条是新的。Perplexity 和 ChatGPT 搜索会去抓榜单页，而"某某场景最好用的 AI 工具"这种榜单页，正好就是这些目录站在批量生产的。想在 AI 回答里露脸，就得在几个收录情况好的榜单里。所以关心页面有没有被收录，比关心 DR 有意义得多。 说句实在的。库里 108 个 AI 目录站我们挨个核过，值得花一小时的大概 20 个。剩下的要么换友链，要么 nofollow，要么站已经死了，要么是谷歌读不了的 JS 壳子。 ## 四个坑 看名单之前先认清这四种，能省你一下午。 ### 1. 免费的意思是要你首页 这个最普遍，而且几乎没人写。站上写着"免费提交"，你点进表单才看到：先把我们的链接或者徽章挂到你站上，我们会去查。 现在这么干的有 [AI Toolz Dir](/sites/aitoolzdir-com)、[AINewTool](/sites/ainewtool-site)、[NewTool](/sites/newtool-site)、[Aibesttop](/sites/aibesttop-com)、[AI Tool Trek](/sites/aitooltrek-com)、[What Is AI Tools](/sites/whatisaitools-com)、[Right AI](/sites/right-ai-com)、[SeekAIs](/sites/seekais-com)、[Genify](/sites/genify-dev)、[DeepLaunch](/sites/deeplaunch-io)、[ShipGrowth](/sites/shipgrowth-dev) 和 [Navs Site](/sites/navs-site)。 AI Tool Trek 在页面上写得明明白白：链接撤了，收录跟着撤。ShipGrowth 会去核。所以答应之前先算笔账。你拿的是自己最值钱的首页,换的是一个躺着三千个工具的目录站上的一张卡片。这么换十五次，你首页就成链接农场了。 合理的做法：挑两三个你确实认可的，链接放在 `/friends` 或者页脚那种地方，剩下的直接花五到十美元买加急。这些站大部分一付钱就不要你回链了，十块钱比一条首页链接便宜。 ### 2. 说是 dofollow，其实不是 目录站都爱宣传 dofollow，因为大家就搜这个词。真去看 HTML，故事不太一样。 [AI Tool Center](/sites/aitoolcenter-com) 定价页上写着给 dofollow，实际点开的每一条收录链接都带 nofollow 加 utm 参数，唯一 followed 的是页脚的 Featured 位，每月 29.9 美元。[AI Top 10](/sites/aitop10-tools) 的 6.9 美元档承诺给 12 条永久 dofollow，我们在整站没找到一条 dofollow 的收录链接。 这事你自己十秒就能查。随便打开一个已经收录的工具页，右键它指向自己站的那条链接，检查元素，看 `rel`。没有 `nofollow` 就没问题。哪个目录站都能这么查，比填他家表单还快。 ### 3. 谷歌读不到的页面 浏览器里能看到的页面，不一定在爬虫眼里存在。 [AI tools directory](/sites/aitoolsdirectory-com) 这个挺逗的。它在谷歌搜 "ai tool directories" 排第一，而整站是用 SpreadSimple 渲染的一张表格，爬虫拿到的是个空壳，DR 只有 10。[TopFreeAITools](/sites/topfreeaitools-com) 用 Bubble 搭的，一样的毛病。[AI Library](/sites/library-phygital-plus) 的提交走的是挂在站外的 Airtable 表单，你填完在没人手动搬过去之前，什么都不存在。 快速验一下：谷歌搜 `site:某目录站.com` 加一个你知道被收录的工具名。它自己的收录页都不在索引里，你的也不会在。 ### 4. 租来的链接 [100L5 / 10015.io](/sites/10015-io) 是个在线工具站，旁边挂了个 Product Finder 目录。免费提交没问题，但那条 dofollow 是每月 2.99 美元，停付就没。租来的链接不是资产，是订阅。任何把包月"推荐位"当外链卖的站，都是一个道理。 ## 免费、dofollow、还不要你回链的 名单很短。免费、链接是 followed 的、不用换、不用刷卡。从这里开始，一小时能做完。 | 站点 | DR | 要注意的 | | --- | --- | --- | | [AI Tools Guide](/sites/aitoolsguide-com) | 77 | 表单短、过审快、dofollow。这页上最容易拿的一个。 | | [Good AI Tools](/sites/goodaitools-com) | 73 | 要先用 Google 登录。产品得真的能用，占位页直接拒。 | | [AI Agents Directory](/sites/aiagentsdirectory-com) | 71 | 只收 agent。人工审，把使用场景和集成方式填全。 | | [Best-AI.org](/sites/best-ai-org) | 59 | 德国团队，4200+ 工具，编辑会重写你的介绍。等一到两周。 | | [AI X Collection](/sites/aixcollection-com) | 54 | 分类有四十多个，很细。只能 Google 登录，没有邮箱注册。 | | [AI Tech Viral](/sites/aitechviral-com) | 51 | 得先去 /get-started 注册。人工审，介绍写平实点别写广告。 | | [AI Just Better](/sites/aijustbetter-com) | 49 | 挡在 Vercel 的机器人校验后面，用真浏览器填。人工筛。 | | [Insidr AI](/sites/insidr-ai) | 40 | HTML 我们核过，链接是 followed 的。月访问 15 万左右。 | | [AI NavHub](/sites/ainavhub-com) | 38 | 免费通道要排队，付费快。链接只带 rel="noreferrer"。 | | [Mars AI](/sites/marsx-dev) | 30 | John Rush 做的表，月访问 9 万，链接是 followed 的。 | | [LLM Relevance](/sites/llmrelevance-com) | 30 | 免费。它自己首页挂了 30 多个目录站的徽章，那面墙就是一份清单。 | 关于 DR 多说一句。这类 AI 目录站不少 DR 挂在五六十，实际几乎没流量，因为 DR 好刷，而且这些站互相之间还在对链。无名 AI 目录站的 DR，看个大概就行，别当成要优化的数字。页面有没有被收录，比 DR 重要。 [All The AI Tools](/sites/alltheaitools-com) DR 66，链接也是 followed 的，但价格和条款都锁在登录后面，不注册看不到自己要答应什么。另外别跟 alltheai.tools 搞混，那是另一家。 ## 冲流量的（链接就别指望） 这批的作用不一样，它们是真有人看。有的收钱，有的 nofollow，你还是会挑几个做。 | 站点 | 月访问 | 价格 | 链接 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Futurepedia](/sites/futurepedia-io) | 500 万 | 497 美元验证档 | nofollow | | [There's An AI For That](/sites/theresanaiforthat-com) | 320 万 | 免费排队，付费插队 | 见下 | | [Future Tools](/sites/futuretools-io) | 300 万 | 免费 | 人工审 | | [Top AI tools](/sites/topai-tools) | 200 万 | 47 美元 | nofollow | | [AIxploria](/sites/aixploria-com) | 58.4 万 | 79 到 399 美元 | 全站 nofollow | | [Toolify](/sites/toolify-ai) | 34 万 | 免费排队，99 美元插队 | nofollow | | [AI top tools](/sites/aitoptools-com) | 26 万 | 免费收录，要账号 | 曝光靠付费 | | [AI Valley](/sites/aivalley-ai) | 23 万 | 免费 | 表单很短 | | [Altern AI](/sites/altern-ai) | 18 万 | 付费 | - | | [Saas AI Tools](/sites/saasaitools-com) | 7.3 万 | 免费，要账号 | nofollow，附带一个newsletter位 | **There's An AI For That 第一个做。** 免费提交是通的，就是要在队里排几周，有时候好几个月。付费只是插队，不影响你最后排在哪，因为那边的排序看的是用户投票和你自己导进去的流量。所以免费提交，等它上线之后，头几天让早期用户去点个赞。 **Futurepedia 是最该想清楚的一个。** 247 美元的基础档显示 Sold Out，实际入口就是 497 美元那档，编辑还是可能拒你，链接还是 nofollow。五百美元买一次曝光，那批人是不是你的用户，你自己判断。 **[Toolify](/sites/toolify-ai) 虽然 nofollow 但还是值得做。** 三万多个工具，流量是真的。免费队列两到四周，不少提交就一直躺着没人审，两周后去催一下。这站我们单独写过一篇 [Toolify 提交指南](/guides/toolify-submission-guide)。 **AI Valley 有个坑。** 导航里那个 Submit 提交的是 prompt 不是工具，工具得走 /submit-tool，这两个表单太像了，很容易点错。 ## 便宜的付费站 如果一个站花五块十块就能免掉换友链，那通常比换友链划算。下面这几个，付钱是说得通的。 | 站点 | 价格 | 给什么 | | --- | --- | --- | | [See What New AI](/sites/seewhatnewai-com) | 一次性 2 美元 | dofollow，审一周左右，永久保留。市面上最便宜的真链接。 | | [Genify](/sites/genify-dev) | 4.9 美元 | 免掉回链，立刻发布。免费档给 3 条 dofollow，但要换友链。 | | [AiHuntList](/sites/aihuntlist-com) | 6.9 美元 | 24 小时上线，链接不带跟踪参数。 | | [AI Heron](/sites/aiheron-com) | 6.99 美元 | 一小时内审完，加一周首页广告位。流量是中文的。 | | [DeepLaunch](/sites/deeplaunch-io) | 一次性 9.9 美元 | 终身位，不要求回链。 | | [ShipGrowth](/sites/shipgrowth-dev) | 9.99 美元 | 工具页一条 dofollow，24 小时审完。 | | [Tap4 AI](/sites/tap4-ai) | 一次性 10 美元 | 48 小时上线，dofollow，永久。没有免费档。 | | [AI138](/sites/ai138-com) | 约 14 美元 | dofollow 加 15 天新品位。只在你做中国市场时考虑。 | 再往上性价比掉得很快。[AI Tools Time](/sites/aitoolstime-com) 起步 9.99 美元，没有免费档。[AIToolly](/sites/aitoolly-com) 29.99 美元，退款政策没写。[BAI.tools](/sites/bai-tools) 的免费档要等一到六个月而且不给链接，这就是个套着免费壳的付费档。[Easy with AI](/sites/easywithai-com) 125 美元，被拒了退款。[FindMyAITool](/sites/findmyaitool-com) 不管横幅怎么写，实际根本没有免费路径，那个"黑五五折"是全年挂着的。 再贵的直接跳过。[AI Mojo](/sites/aimojo-io) 79 美元还得手动开发票，[AI Dude Info](/sites/aiwizard-ai) 100 到 500 欧，[The AI Warehouse](/sites/thewarehouse-ai) 起步 450 美元。这几家的读者量撑不起这个价。 ## 开始之前先准备好 准备一次，之后每个站三分钟能填完，不然一个要十五分钟。 **512x512 的透明底 PNG logo。** 一半的表单别的尺寸直接拒。再准备一张 1200x630 的，有些要封面图。 **三种长度的介绍。** 60 字符的一句话、150 字符的短版、300 词的长版。一句话那个要认真写，它是显示在分类页上的，得说清楚给谁用、干什么。别写"AI 驱动的效率平台"，写成"把会议录音变成一份团队能搜的纪要"这种。 **两三张产品截图**，1280px 以上，要真实界面，不是宣传图。 **分类提前想好。** 挑能装得下你的最窄那个。小分类里第三名，比"生成式 AI"里第四百名强。 **一个自己域名的邮箱**，再加一个你不介意拿去登录乱七八糟站点的 Google 账号。这些站不是要这个就是要那个。 **价格写清楚。** 免费 / 免费增值 / 付费，起步价多少，有没有试用。多数表单这是个筛选字段，空着你就从所有人常点的"免费 AI 工具"筛选里掉出去了。 这些东西存在一个备忘录里，同样六段话你要粘贴三十遍。 ## 一下午跑完一批 顺序比数量重要。 1. **先做免费 dofollow 那张表。** 十一个站，一小时左右，这页上的价值大半在这儿。 2. **再做有流量的。** There's An AI For That、Future Tools、AI Valley，都免费，而且只有它们可能真给你带人。 3. **然后决定付费的做不做。** 定个预算，二三十美元，花在 2 到 10 美元那一档。第一轮别买超过 50 美元的。 4. **要你挂首页链接的全跳过**，除非你确实挑中了两个想长期挂着的。 5. **做完记一笔。** 一张表记站点、日期、你的收录页地址、上没上线。六周后查收录情况的时候你会需要它。 赶进度容易出两个问题。目录站表单常有个不写出来的规则：一个邮箱只能提交一次，所以被拒一次可能就没法重提了。还有好几个站挡在 Cloudflare 或者 Vercel 的机器人校验后面，市面上卖的那种批量提交工具直接被弹开。老老实实用浏览器像个人一样填。 ## 提交之后 **等两周，再看哪些上线了。** 搜 `site:目录站.com "你的工具名"`。上线且被收录是赢，上线没被收录算平，没上线就是被拒了或者还在队里。 **核一下链接跟说好的是不是一回事。** 打开你的收录页，检查那条外链，看 `rel`。卖你 dofollow 结果给了 nofollow 的，去要退款，有的真会退。 **慢的站催一次。** Toolify 的提交经常就那么躺着，两周后客气地发封邮件能推动一下。催一次就够了。 **别重复提交同一个站。** 收录被删而不是被拒，最常见的原因就是重复提交。 **那几段介绍留着复用。** 你刚写完一句话简介和 300 词说明，还过了二十家审核。这就是你的应用商店文案、Product Hunt 标语和首页大标题，一次写完全都有了。 ## 常见翻车点 - **产品还没做好就去提交。** 人工审的站会拒 demo 半残的，有的还会记着。[Good AI Tools](/sites/goodaitools-com) 对占位页是直接拒。 - **因为十五个免费档都要求，就在首页挂了十五条目录站链接。** 这是整件事里最亏的一笔交易。 - **盯着 DR 挑站。** 一个没流量、页面还没被收录的 DR 60 目录站，不如一个能排上名的 DR 30。 - **没查 `rel` 就付钱。** [AIxploria](/sites/aixploria-com) 收 399 美元，所有外链包括 Visit 按钮全是 nofollow。 - **用批量提交服务。** 它填的内容一塌糊涂，还会被机器人校验弹开，最后你的工具挂在几个永远不会帮你改的站的错误分类下面。 - **往两万个工具的站里扔。** [What the AI](/sites/whattheai-tech) 收了两万两千个工具，你上线当天就沉底了。 - **做中国市场却漏掉中文站。** [AIGC 工具导航](/sites/aigc-cn) 和 [Nancheng.fun](/sites/nancheng-fun) 都免费。不过 AIGC 会按国内生成式 AI 的备案要求核，没有 ICP 备案的海外工具希望不大。 ## 常见问题 **该提交多少个 AI 目录站？** 十五到二十个好的。再往上加的都是没人爬的页面。那些说"我提交了 300 个目录"的人，数的是提交次数，不是真正上线的收录。 **这东西到底对 SEO 有没有用？** 有一点，比两年前少多了。十来条来自真实、已收录页面的 followed 链接，能帮新域名被爬到，看着也自然。竞争词是排不上的。 **该不该花钱？** 10 美元以下通常值，前提是链接 followed 而且你自己核过了。100 美元以上只在你确定那批读者就是你的用户时才做。497 美元那档本质是买广告。 **免费档和付费档都有，选哪个？** 选免费，除非免费要你首页挂链接。那就花五到十块买加急，比换友链的代价小。 **被拒了怎么办？** 一般就三种原因：这工具算不上 AI、已经收录过了、或者落地页五秒内没让人看懂它干什么。先改落地页，多半是这个问题。 **多久能在谷歌上看到？** 能被收录的，两到八周。相当一部分永远不会被收录，所以那个 `site:` 检查比提交数量有意义。 ## AI 工具还能发到哪 目录站是一下午的事。下面这些要费点功夫，但回报好得多： - **[Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com)** — 单日流量还是最大的一个。nofollow，还是值得做。发布之后那一周该干什么，看 [Product Hunt 替代站清单](/guides/product-hunt-alternatives)。 - **[AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net)** — DR 80，dofollow，月访问 130 万。挂在两三个大家本来就在搜的工具下面当替代品。 - **[Indie Hackers](/sites/indiehackers-com)** 和 **[DEV](/sites/dev-to)** — 写你怎么做出来的。链接是 nofollow，但读者是真的，帖子还能一直被搜到。 - **[BetaList](/sites/betalist-com)** — DR 70，dofollow，适合还没发布或者刚发布的。 - **[Startup Fame](/sites/startupfa-me)** 和 **[Uneed](/sites/uneed-best)** — 小型发布板，做起来快，搜产品名的时候能出来。 想看全量，去翻库里的 [AI 工具站](/c/ai) 和 [目录站](/c/directory)。如果你的工具同时也是卖给企业的付费产品，那下一个下午花在 [SaaS 收录站](/c/saas) 上更值。 --- # How to Get Listed on Startup Stash for Free Canonical URL: https://wheretosubmit.org/guides/startupstash-submission-guide Last updated: 2026-08-06 11:16:21 ## English > **TL;DR:** The `/add-listing/` page on [Startup Stash](/sites/startupstash-com) is an embedded Typeform. Filling it in doesn't put you on the site. You get one line back: "we will get back to you as early as possible." The form needs a work email, so Gmail gets blocked. The last three questions ask if you want to advertise, when, and how much you'd spend — the lowest budget option is "Less than $3,000." The good news: we checked the outbound links and they're dofollow, on a DR 65 site, with no `nofollow` anywhere. Worth an application. Just don't treat it like a directory you can fill in and be done with. ## What Startup Stash is Startup Stash is a startup tools directory at `startupstash.com`. Our directory has it at DR 65 with about 370,000 visits a month. It's changed shape over the last couple of years. It used to be the old kind of directory — a category page with forty tool logos on it. Now most of what the homepage links to looks like this: `/best-ai-recruiting-tools/`, `/backlink-checker-tools/`, `/top-vcs/`, `/top-startups-by-country/`, `/alternatives/`. They're roundup articles. That difference matters a lot. The traffic lives on those roundup pages now. Someone googles "best AI recruiting tools", lands there, and reads a ranked list. That's the page you actually want to be on. Not a listing sitting by itself. There are other doors too — `/explore/`, `/categories/`, `/resources/`, `/blog/`, `/indian-startups/`. But if you're submitting, the thing that matters is whether you end up inside a roundup. ## Is it worth doing Here's what we could actually verify. **The links are dofollow.** We pulled the `/backlink-checker-tools/` page and checked every outbound link on it. The links pointing at the recommended tools — ahrefs.com, moz.com, majestic.com, aioseo.com — all carry `rel="external noopener"`. No `nofollow`. No `sponsored`. They run the WP External Links plugin and it's set up not to add nofollow. A dofollow link from a DR 65 site is rare now. Compare: [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com) is nofollow. [G2](/sites/g2-com) is nofollow ([G2 submission guide](/guides/g2-submission-guide)). [SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com) is nofollow. [Crunchbase](/sites/crunchbase-com) is nofollow. The ones that do give dofollow are a short list — [SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net), [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net), [F6S](/sites/f6s-com), [The SaaS Directory](/sites/thesaasdirectory-com). Startup Stash is in that group. **But getting listed isn't your call.** When you submit, you get this: "Thank you for applying to get listed on StartupStash! We will get back to you as early as possible." Look at the word *applying*. Whether they take you, when, and whether money comes up — that's all on them. **They don't publish a price.** We looked at `/add-listing/` and `/advertise-on-startupstash/` and there's no number anywhere on the site. Our own directory used to have $199 and $399 a year on file for this site, but we can't find a source for that on the live site now, so don't budget around it. The only figures you'll see are in the ad budget question at the end of the form, and those start at "Less than $3,000" — but that's for advertising, not for a listing. Different thing. It does tell you where the money comes from, though. So here's how to think about it. **Sending the application is free. It costs you 20 minutes.** A DR 65 dofollow is worth 20 minutes. The real decision comes later, if they reply and ask for money. Make that call then. Don't agonize over it now. ## What Startup Stash rewards There's no public voting like [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com) has. An editor decides. From what we can see, these are the things that move the needle: - **Whether you fit an existing roundup.** All the traffic is on `/best-xxx-tools/` pages. If your category lines up with a list they already have, adding you is easy for them. If it doesn't, you're waiting until they build that list. - **Picking the right category.** The form has a dropdown with 45 options. Pick wrong and you land somewhere nobody reads. - **A product page that opens and makes sense.** They will click it. Waiting list pages and coming-soon pages don't get through. - **A work email.** This one is hard-blocked. More on that below. - **Whether you're interested in advertising.** That's what the last three questions are about. Does answering yes speed up the review? The site doesn't say, and we can't prove it does. But a free submission form with three sales questions built into it tells you something. The most common way people blow this: they pick "Other/Can't find any from the above" for the category and never hear back. That option is for products that genuinely don't fit. It's not there so you can skip thinking. ## Before you submit There isn't much to gather, but get it all ready and you can do this in one sitting. The Typeform goes one question per screen, so if you're missing an asset halfway through it's annoying. ### Ten minutes before you start - **An email on your own domain.** Something like `you@yourdomain.com`. The form has a hard rule: "Sorry, we only accept work/business emails." Gmail, Outlook, and the rest bounce. If you don't have one, set it up first — Zoho or Cloudflare Email Routing takes about ten minutes. - **Your product name.** - **A short description.** Just say what it does. - **A long description.** Two or three paragraphs. What it does, who it's for, what makes it different. This is the main thing the editor reads to decide, so don't phone it in. - **Your product URL.** A page that opens. Not a waiting list. - **Your logo as a file.** The form uploads a file, it doesn't take a URL. Square transparent PNG. Have it on your desktop. - **A demo video link** (optional). YouTube or Loom is fine. ### Worth doing first - **Go read `/top-tools/` and find the roundup you belong in.** Ten minutes here pays off more than anything else. Find the list that fits your product, write down its title, and when the editor replies you can say "I think I belong in this one." That beats waiting. - **Decide your category before you start.** 45 options, pick the closest. Here they all are so you can look now: Analytics, Cap Table, Collaboration & Communication, CRM, Customer Support, Deployment, Design, Development, Domain names, Early users, eCommerce, Feedback & Bugtracking, Finance, Forms & Surveys, Funding Docs, Hosting, HR, Idea generation, Investor relations, Launching, Learning, Legal, Lodging, Market research, Marketing, Mobile App Analytics, Mockups & Wireframing, MVP, Naming, Newsletters, Outdoor Activities, Outsourcing, Payments, Pitch & Deck, Presentations, Product Demo, Product Management, Productivity, Project Management, Raising Capital, Revenue Models, Sales, Social Tools, Task Management, Videos, plus Other. - **Work out how you'll answer the ad questions.** There's a whole section on that below. ## The submission flow ### 1. Open /add-listing/ It's at `https://startupstash.com/add-listing/`. The page has one embedded Typeform on it. That's the whole thing, stop looking for another button. ### 2. First name, last name Two separate screens. Use your real name — it greets you by first name later on. ### 3. Email Work email. Put in a personal one and you get "Sorry, we only accept work/business emails." and you're stuck there. ### 4. Product name ### 5. Short description ### 6. Long description By now you're just pasting in what you wrote earlier. ### 7. Product URL ### 8. Pick a category Dropdown, 45 options, pick one. ### 9. Upload your logo This is a real file upload. Not an image URL. ### 10. Video link (optional) Skip it if you don't have one. It won't hurt you. ### 11. The last three: advertising "One last thing... Are you interested to advertise with us?" and two more after it. Next section covers these. ### 12. Submit, then wait You'll see "Thank you for applying to get listed on StartupStash! We will get back to you as early as possible :)". No ticket number. No time estimate. That's it. **Don't sit around waiting.** Submit and go work on the next site. Treat a reply as a bonus. If you've heard nothing after two or three weeks, send a short follow-up to `Hello@startupstash.com` — two or three sentences with your product link and the roundup you think you fit. ## The three questions at the end, and how to answer them This is the part nobody writes about and the part you most need to know. You finish the logo and video, you think you're done, and then these show up: 1. **Are you interested to advertise with us?** (yes / no) 2. **When do you want your campaign to go live?** — As soon as possible, In the next month, In the next quarter, More than 3 months out 3. **Available budget for this upcoming campaign?** — **Less than $3,000**, $3,000-$10,000, $10,000-$20,000, $20,000+ That's a sales lead form. Their standalone advertising form — the one embedded on `/advertise-on-startupstash/` — asks for the exact same budget brackets. The ad contact there is `asaf@startupstash.com`, and the options they sell are website ads, newsletter ads, and social media ads. **So how should you answer?** - **No budget? Just say no.** The next two questions get skipped. Does saying no hurt your chances of getting listed? The site doesn't say, and we have no evidence it does. But clicking "$20,000+" and then telling a salesperson you're not buying is a mess you don't need. - **Actually planning to spend? Say yes and put in a real number.** You're now in both the listing queue and the sales queue, and the reply probably comes faster, because a different person handles it. - **Don't inflate it to look serious.** The bottom bracket is $3,000. That's real money. Pick a bigger one and they'll negotiate from that number, which wastes everyone's time. Once you see what this form is doing, your expectations line up: **half of it is a listing application, half of it is ad lead gen.** The free half depends on an editor's mood. The paid half has someone chasing it. ## How to get into a roundup Getting a listing is the start. Getting into a roundup is where the traffic is. - **Find the right one.** Go to `/top-tools/` — it lists the roundup pages across the site. Scan them and find the one that matches your product. Not "close enough." The one where you'd say "that's literally what I do." - **Ask.** Once you're listed, send a short note to `Hello@startupstash.com`: who you are, what you do, which `/xxx-tools/` page you think you belong on, and two sentences on why. These lists are maintained by hand, and anything maintained by hand can be talked to. - **Some roundups have their own submit form.** We found another Typeform on a category page (form ID `WOtyR8xc`) that collects suggestions for that specific list. If you hit one, use it. It's faster than the main flow. - **Don't ask for five lists at once.** Pick the best fit, get in, then talk about the next one. ## What to do after - **Check your link is really dofollow.** Once your page is live, look at the `rel` on the `<a>` tag pointing to you. It was clean when we checked, but a plugin setting can change any time. Verify your own link. - **Don't add a badge link back.** Some sites hand you an "as seen on" badge to put on your site. Startup Stash doesn't ask for one, so don't volunteer. A one-way dofollow turns into a link exchange the moment you do, and that's a worse deal. - **Watch for referral traffic.** Filter for `startupstash.com` in your analytics. If the roundup page ranks, this grows slowly over time instead of spiking once. - **Come back in six months.** Roundup pages get updated and reordered. When you ship something big, it's worth another email asking them to refresh your entry. ## Common mistakes - **Using Gmail.** Hard stop. This is the number one one. - **Picking Other as your category.** Out of 45 options, one of them beats Other. - **Writing the long description as marketing copy.** "Reimagine your workflow" — an editor sees that eight times a day. Say what you do and who it's for. - **Pointing the product URL at a waiting list.** They'll click it. If it's an email capture page, that's the end of it. - **Not having your logo ready.** The form uploads a file. Stopping halfway through a one-question-per-screen flow to go export a PNG is a pain. - **Inflating the ad budget.** Covered above. - **Refreshing your inbox every day after.** The lack of a time estimate is telling you something. Submit and go do the next site. - **Thinking the form publishes you.** It's an application. Get this wrong and everything after it is wrong too. ## Startup Stash vs BetaList Both lean paid, and people compare them a lot. | | Startup Stash | BetaList | | --- | --- | --- | | DR | 65 | 70 | | Link | dofollow (we checked) | dofollow | | How you submit | Typeform application, reviewed by hand | on-site form, reviewed by hand | | Price | not published, you have to ask | published, free queue plus paid skip | | Speed | no promise, no estimate | weeks in the free queue, days if you pay | | Who it's for | live products with a clear category | pre-launch products looking for early users | | Main value | long-term search traffic from roundups | early users and subscribers on launch day | Short version: [BetaList](/sites/betalist-com) is for finding seed users before you launch. Startup Stash is for picking up search traffic once you're running. They don't conflict, but BetaList comes first. ## FAQ **Does it cost money to submit to Startup Stash?** Sending the application is free and there's no payment step in the form. But the site never publishes a listing price, so we can't promise money won't come up when they reply. Be ready either way. **How long until they reply?** No stated time. You get "we will get back to you as early as possible" and nothing else. If it's been two or three weeks, follow up at `Hello@startupstash.com`. **Is the link dofollow or nofollow?** We checked and it's dofollow. Outbound links to tools on the roundup pages use `rel="external noopener"` with no nofollow. That could change if they change a plugin setting, so check your own link once you're live. **Do I really need a work email?** Yes. The form only takes work or business emails and blocks personal ones. Setting up a domain email is faster than trying to get around it. **Do I have to answer the ad budget questions?** The first one, yes. Say no and the other two get skipped. No budget, say no. Don't make up a number. **Is Startup Stash still active?** Yes. They keep adding roundup pages, and the `/best-ai-*` batch is clearly recent. ## Other platforms worth doing in the same window After you submit to Startup Stash you're just waiting, so use that time on other sites. These are all in our directory — click through for the submission details: - [Startup Fame](/sites/startupfa-me) — DR 83, dofollow. Best value of any startup site here. Walkthrough: [Startup Fame submission guide](/guides/startupfa-me-submission-guide). - [F6S](/sites/f6s-com) — DR 86, free, dofollow. Startup profiles, and you get accelerator info while you're there. - [LaunchingNext](/sites/launchingnext-com) — DR 51, free, simple flow, twenty minutes. - [SideProjectors](/sites/sideprojectors-com) — DR 67, free. Good home for a side project. - [IndiePage](/sites/indiepa-ge) — DR 67. Clean product pages for indie makers. - [Uneed](/sites/uneed-best) — DR 44, paid, daily leaderboard. Fits a launch schedule. - [Microlaunch](/sites/microlaunch-net) — DR 19 isn't much, but it's free and fast. - [Land-book](/sites/land-book-com) — DR 72, dofollow. Worth a shot if your landing page looks good. - [Hacker News](/sites/news-ycombinator-com) — Show HN. It's a coin flip, but it costs you one post. - [Indie Hackers](/sites/indiehackers-com) — nofollow, but the discussion itself is worth something. How to post: [Indie Hackers submission guide](/guides/indiehackers-submission-guide). - [Tech.co](/sites/tech-co) — DR 80, free, dofollow. - [The SaaS Directory](/sites/thesaasdirectory-com) — DR 88, free, dofollow. Do this one if you're SaaS. - [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net) — DR 80, dofollow. Get on the right competitor's alternatives page and it sends people for years. - [SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net) — DR 92, dofollow. Don't skip it if you're open source or you ship a download. Steps: [SourceForge submission guide](/guides/sourceforge-submission-guide). - [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com) — the link is nofollow, but launch day exposure and getting cited afterward are a separate thing. Prep work: [Product Hunt launch guide](/guides/producthunt-launch-guide). Skipping PH? See [Product Hunt alternatives](/guides/product-hunt-alternatives). - [Crunchbase](/sites/crunchbase-com) — nofollow. You do this one for a complete profile, not for a link. - [SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com) — nofollow, but the comparison pages bring people who are shopping. Details: [SaaSHub submission guide](/guides/saashub-submission-guide). If you want to work through a whole batch, [startup directories](/guides/startup-directories) and [the SaaS directory list](/guides/saas-directories) organize it by wave. To browse by type, go to [startup directories](/c/startup), [general directories](/c/directory), and [SaaS sites](/c/saas). Every entry shows DR, price, and how to submit. ## 中文 > **TL;DR：** [Startup Stash](/sites/startupstash-com) 的 `/add-listing/` 页面里嵌的是一个 Typeform，填完不会立刻上站，只会收到一句"我们会尽快回复你"。表单要工作邮箱，Gmail 直接被拦。最后三道题问的是你想不想投广告、什么时候上、预算多少——最低那档写的是"少于 3000 美元"。好消息是外链实测 dofollow，DR 65，`rel` 里干干净净没有 nofollow。所以这个站值得发一份申请，但别把它当成填完表就能上的目录。 ## Startup Stash 是什么 Startup Stash 是个创业工具目录，域名 `startupstash.com`，我们库里记的 DR 65、月访问量 37 万。 但它这两年变了。以前是那种一个分类下面挂几十个工具 logo 的老式目录，现在首页导出去的大头是这种页面：`/best-ai-recruiting-tools/`、`/backlink-checker-tools/`、`/top-vcs/`、`/top-startups-by-country/`、`/alternatives/`。全是清单文章。 这个区别很要紧。它现在的流量基本都在这些清单页上，谷歌搜 "best AI recruiting tools" 的人落到那儿，看的是一篇排好序的推荐。你真正想进的是那种页面，不是一个孤零零的 listing。 站上还有 `/explore/`、`/categories/`、`/resources/`、`/blog/`、`/indian-startups/` 这些入口，但对提交的人来说，能不能被塞进一篇清单才是关键。 ## 还该不该做 先说能查证的部分。 **外链是 dofollow。** 我们扒了 `/backlink-checker-tools/` 这个页面，把里面所有指向站外的链接挨个查了一遍。指向 ahrefs.com、moz.com、majestic.com、aioseo.com 这些被推荐工具的链接，`rel` 全是 `external noopener`——没有 `nofollow`，也没有 `sponsored`。它用的是 WordPress 那个 WP External Links 插件，配置成了不加 nofollow。 DR 65 的站给一条 dofollow，这在现在的目录站里已经算少见了。对比一下：[Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com) 是 nofollow，[G2](/sites/g2-com) 是 nofollow（[G2 提交指南](/guides/g2-submission-guide)），[SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com) 是 nofollow，[Crunchbase](/sites/crunchbase-com) 也是 nofollow。真给 dofollow 的没几个，[SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net)、[AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net)、[F6S](/sites/f6s-com)、[The SaaS Directory](/sites/thesaasdirectory-com) 算是同一档。 **但收录不由你说了算。** 表单交完只会跳出一句 "Thank you for applying to get listed on StartupStash! We will get back to you as early as possible"。注意用词是 applying，申请。收不收、什么时候收、要不要钱，全看他们回不回你。 **价钱他们不写。** 从 `/add-listing/` 到 `/advertise-on-startupstash/`，整站找不到一个标价。我们自己库里之前记过 199 和 399 美元的年费，但这个数在现在的站上核不到任何出处，所以别拿它做预算。唯一能看到数字的地方是表单最后那道广告预算题，档位从"少于 3000 美元"起跳——那问的是投广告，不是买 listing，两码事，但多少说明这站的钱主要从哪儿来。 所以怎么判断：**发申请这件事本身不花钱，花的是 20 分钟。** DR 65 + dofollow 的期望值，配得上这 20 分钟。真正要想清楚的是他们回你之后，如果开口报价，你愿不愿意付。这个决定留到那时候做，现在别提前纠结。 ## Startup Stash 在按什么排 它不像 [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com) 那样有个公开的投票排序，这里是编辑说了算。看下来吃分的是这几条： - **能不能塞进一篇已有的清单。** 它的流量都在 `/best-xxx-tools/` 这种页面上。你的品类要是刚好对上一篇现成的清单，编辑加你进去几乎是顺手的事。对不上，就得等他们哪天做这个品类。 - **分类选得准。** 表单里的分类是下拉选的，45 个选项。选错了，你会被丢进一个没人看的角落。 - **产品页得能打开、能看懂。** 他们会点进去看。等待名单页、还在 coming soon 的页面，基本过不了。 - **工作邮箱。** 这条是硬拦的，下面细说。 - **你对广告感不感兴趣。** 表单最后三道题问的就是这个。答"是"会不会加快审核，站上没说，我们也没法证明。但一个免费收录表单把三道销售问题做进去，这个安排本身说明了点什么。 最常见的翻车是：分类随手选了个 "Other/Can't find any from the above"，然后石沉大海。那个选项是给真的找不到归属的产品用的，不是给你偷懒用的。 ## 提交前要准备什么 东西不多，但备齐了能一次填完。这个 Typeform 是一题一屏往下走的，中途缺素材就得重来。 ### 动手前十分钟 - **一个公司域名的邮箱。** `you@yourdomain.com` 这种。表单里写死了一句 "Sorry, we only accept work/business emails."，Gmail、Outlook、QQ 邮箱一律过不去。没有的话先去把域名邮箱开了，Zoho 和 Cloudflare Email Routing 都能十分钟搞定。 - **产品名。** - **一句话短描述。** 说清楚干什么的就行。 - **一段长描述。** 两三段。做什么的、给谁用的、跟别人有什么不一样。这段是编辑判断要不要收你的主要依据，别糊弄。 - **产品链接。** 能直接打开的落地页，不是等待名单。 - **Logo 文件。** 表单是上传，不是填 URL。正方形透明 PNG，提前放桌面上。 - **一个演示视频链接**（选填）。有就填，YouTube、Loom 都行。 ### 建议动手前先做的 - **去 `/top-tools/` 翻一遍，找你该进哪篇清单。** 这一步花十分钟，回报最大。找到那篇最对口的清单页，记下它的标题，等编辑回信的时候直接说"我觉得我该在这一篇里"，比干等着强。 - **想好分类怎么选。** 45 个选项里挑一个最贴的。下面是全部选项，先扫一眼心里有数： Analytics、Cap Table、Collaboration & Communication、CRM、Customer Support、Deployment、Design、Development、Domain names、Early users、eCommerce、Feedback & Bugtracking、Finance、Forms & Surveys、Funding Docs、Hosting、HR、Idea generation、Investor relations、Launching、Learning、Legal、Lodging、Market research、Marketing、Mobile App Analytics、Mockups & Wireframing、MVP、Naming、Newsletters、Outdoor Activities、Outsourcing、Payments、Pitch & Deck、Presentations、Product Demo、Product Management、Productivity、Project Management、Raising Capital、Revenue Models、Sales、Social Tools、Task Management、Videos，外加一个 Other。 - **想清楚广告那三题怎么答。** 见下面单独一节。 ## 提交流程 ### 1. 打开 /add-listing/ 地址是 `https://startupstash.com/add-listing/`。页面上只有一个嵌进去的 Typeform，别找别的按钮了，就是它。 ### 2. 姓、名 分两题问，一题一屏。填真名，后面它会拿你的名字跟你打招呼。 ### 3. 邮箱 工作邮箱。填个人邮箱这里会直接弹 "Sorry, we only accept work/business emails." 然后卡住不让往下走。 ### 4. 产品名 ### 5. 短描述 ### 6. 长描述 到这儿基本就是把你准备好的文案粘上去。 ### 7. 产品链接 ### 8. 选分类 下拉，45 选 1。 ### 9. 上传 Logo 这里是真的上传文件，不是贴图片地址。 ### 10. 视频链接（选填） 没有就跳过，不影响。 ### 11. 最后三题：广告 "One last thing... Are you interested to advertise with us?" 这题之后还有两道，下一节专门说。 ### 12. 提交，然后等 出现的是 "Thank you for applying to get listed on StartupStash! We will get back to you as early as possible :)"。没有工单号，没有预计时间，就这一句。 **别在这儿干等。** 交完就去做别的站，这个的回信当成意外之喜。他们要是两三周没动静，往 `Hello@startupstash.com` 发一封简短的跟进，两三句话，附上产品链接和你觉得该进的那篇清单，就够了。 ## 表单最后那三道题，答之前先想清楚 这是整个流程里最少人写、但最该说明白的地方。 你填完 logo 和视频，以为要交了，结果冒出来这三题： 1. **Are you interested to advertise with us?**（是 / 否） 2. **When do you want your campaign to go live?** — 选项：As soon as possible、In the next month、In the next quarter、More than 3 months out 3. **Available budget for this upcoming campaign?** — 选项：**Less than $3,000**、$3,000-$10,000、$10,000-$20,000、$20,000+ 这就是一份销售线索表。他们的独立广告表单（`/advertise-on-startupstash/` 里嵌的那个）问的预算档位，跟这三档一模一样，广告联系人邮箱是 `asaf@startupstash.com`，可投的位置是网站广告、newsletter 广告、社媒广告三类。 **所以怎么答？** - **真没预算，就老实选"否"。** 后面两题会跳过。选"否"会不会降低收录概率，站上没说，我们也没证据说会。但你在预算题里点了 "$20,000+" 然后收到销售邮件却说不投，那是给自己找麻烦。 - **本来就打算投点钱的，选"是"，预算按实际填。** 这时候你等于同时进了收录队列和销售队列，回信大概率会快一些——因为接手的人不一样。 - **别为了"看起来有钱"虚报。** 最低档 3000 美元不是小数目，报高了对方按这个数来谈，浪费双方时间。 想明白这三题在干什么，你就不会对整个流程有错误期待了：**这个表单一半是收录申请，一半是广告获客。** 免费那半靠编辑心情，付费那半有人专门跟。 ## 怎么进一篇清单页 拿到 listing 只是起点，进清单才有流量。 - **找准那一篇。** 去 `/top-tools/` 页面，那儿列着全站的清单页。挨个扫，找标题跟你产品最贴的那一篇。不是"差不多"，是"我就是干这个的"。 - **主动开口。** 收录之后给 `Hello@startupstash.com` 写封短信：我是谁、做什么的、我觉得我该出现在 `/xxx-tools/` 这一篇里、理由两句话。清单是人工维护的，人工维护就意味着可以沟通。 - **有些清单页自己带提交口。** 我们在分类页上还看到过另一个 Typeform（表单 ID `WOtyR8xc`），是给那一篇清单单独收推荐用的。逛到有的话直接填，比走大流程快。 - **别一次要求进五篇。** 挑最对口的一篇，进去了再说下一篇。 ## 上了之后做什么 - **核一下链接是不是真的 dofollow。** 页面上线之后，查一下指向你的那条 `<a>` 标签的 `rel`。我们查的时候是干净的，但插件配置随时能改，自己的链接自己确认一遍。 - **别做 badge 回链。** 有些站会给你一个"as seen on"徽章让你挂回去，Startup Stash 没这个要求，也别主动挂。一条单向 dofollow 挂回去就变成互链了，不划算。 - **看看有没有引荐流量。** GA 或者你用的分析工具里过滤 `startupstash.com`。清单页要是排上去了，这个流量会慢慢涨，不是一次性的。 - **半年后回去看一眼。** 清单页会更新、会重排。产品有大更新的时候，值得再发一封邮件请他们更新一下你的条目。 ## 常见翻车点 - **用 Gmail 填邮箱。** 直接卡死，这是最高频的一个。 - **分类选 Other。** 45 个选项里总有一个比 Other 强。 - **长描述写成营销话术。** "重新定义你的工作流"这种句子，编辑一天看八遍。写清楚你做什么、给谁用。 - **产品链接指向等待名单页。** 他们会点。点开是个收邮箱的页面，基本就没下文了。 - **logo 没提前准备。** 表单要上传文件，临时去导一张，一题一屏的流程走到一半卡住很烦。 - **广告预算虚报。** 上面说过了。 - **交完就天天刷邮箱。** 没有预计时间这件事本身就说明了节奏。交完去打下一个站。 - **以为填完就上线了。** 它是申请制。这条误解会让你后面所有的判断都错位。 ## Startup Stash vs BetaList 两个都是付费色彩比较重的创业站，经常被放在一起比。 | | Startup Stash | BetaList | | --- | --- | --- | | DR | 65 | 70 | | 外链 | dofollow（实测） | dofollow | | 提交方式 | Typeform 申请，人工审 | 站内表单，人工审 | | 价钱 | 不公开，要问 | 明码标价，有免费排队和付费插队 | | 收录速度 | 无承诺，无预计时间 | 免费排队数周，付费几天 | | 适合谁 | 已经上线、有清晰品类归属的工具 | 还没正式发布、想找早期用户的产品 | | 主要价值 | 清单页的长期搜索流量 | 发布当天的早期用户和订阅者 | 简单说：[BetaList](/sites/betalist-com) 是发布前找种子用户的，Startup Stash 是产品跑起来之后吃搜索流量的。两个不冲突，但顺序上 BetaList 在前。 ## 常见问题 **提交 Startup Stash 要钱吗？** 发申请不要钱，表单里没有任何付款环节。但站上从头到尾不公开收录价格，他们回你之后会不会报价，我们没法替你保证。做好两种准备。 **多久能收到回复？** 没有承诺时间，提交后只有一句"会尽快回复"。两三周没动静的话发封跟进邮件，收件人 `Hello@startupstash.com`。 **链接是 dofollow 还是 nofollow？** 我们实测是 dofollow。清单页上指向外部工具的链接 `rel` 是 `external noopener`，没有 nofollow。这个结论随时可能因为他们改插件配置而变，上线后自己再确认一遍。 **必须用公司邮箱吗？** 必须。表单写死了只收 work/business 邮箱，个人邮箱会被拦下。没有域名邮箱的话先去开一个，比想办法绕过去快。 **最后那三道广告预算题必须答吗？** 第一题必答，选"否"的话后面两题会跳过。没预算就选"否"，别虚报。 **Startup Stash 还活着吗？** 活着。清单页一直在加新的，`/best-ai-*` 那批明显是近期做的。 ## 同期可以一起打的其他平台 Startup Stash 交完是纯等待，这段时间正好把别的站清一遍。下面这些都在我们库里，可以直接点进去看提交方式： - [Startup Fame](/sites/startupfa-me) — DR 83，dofollow，创业站里性价比最高的一个。流程见 [Startup Fame 提交指南](/guides/startupfa-me-submission-guide)。 - [F6S](/sites/f6s-com) — DR 86，免费，dofollow，创业公司档案站，顺手还能看到加速器信息。 - [LaunchingNext](/sites/launchingnext-com) — DR 51，免费，流程简单，二十分钟能完事。 - [SideProjectors](/sites/sideprojectors-com) — DR 67，免费，副业项目挂这儿很合适。 - [IndiePage](/sites/indiepa-ge) — DR 67，独立开发者的产品页，做得挺干净。 - [Uneed](/sites/uneed-best) — DR 44，付费，有每日榜单，适合配合发布节奏。 - [Microlaunch](/sites/microlaunch-net) — DR 19 不高，但免费而且收得快。 - [Land-book](/sites/land-book-com) — DR 72，dofollow，落地页设计好看的话值得投一个。 - [Hacker News](/sites/news-ycombinator-com) — Show HN，看运气，但成本只有一条帖子。 - [Indie Hackers](/sites/indiehackers-com) — nofollow，但社区里的讨论本身有价值。发帖姿势见 [Indie Hackers 提交指南](/guides/indiehackers-submission-guide)。 - [Tech.co](/sites/tech-co) — DR 80，免费，dofollow。 - [The SaaS Directory](/sites/thesaasdirectory-com) — DR 88，免费，dofollow，SaaS 类必做。 - [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net) — DR 80，dofollow，进对了竞品的替代品列表能长期带人。 - [SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net) — DR 92，dofollow，开源或者有下载包的产品别漏。步骤见 [SourceForge 提交指南](/guides/sourceforge-submission-guide)。 - [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com) — 链接是 nofollow，但发布当天的曝光和后续被引用的次数是另一回事。准备工作看 [Product Hunt 发布指南](/guides/producthunt-launch-guide)，不打算打 PH 的话有 [Product Hunt 替代站清单](/guides/product-hunt-alternatives)。 - [Crunchbase](/sites/crunchbase-com) — nofollow，做的是资料完整度，不是外链。 - [SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com) — nofollow，但对比页的购买意图流量很实在。细节见 [SaaSHub 提交指南](/guides/saashub-submission-guide)。 想系统地铺一遍的话，[创业公司目录怎么选怎么投](/guides/startup-directories) 和 [SaaS 目录清单](/guides/saas-directories) 这两篇是按批次组织的。想按类型挑，直接去 [创业公司目录](/c/startup)、[综合目录站](/c/directory) 和 [SaaS 相关站点](/c/saas) 这几个分类页翻，每条都标了 DR、收费和提交方式。 --- # SaaS Directory Submission: Where to List Your SaaS Canonical URL: https://wheretosubmit.org/guides/saas-directories Last updated: 2026-08-05 06:16:53 ## English > **TL;DR** > > - **A SaaS directory is not a startup directory.** Startup directories care that you're new. SaaS directories care that you have customers who can leave reviews. If you're pre-launch, you want the [startup directories list](/guides/startup-directories) instead. > - **One form covers three sites.** [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com), [GetApp](/sites/getapp-com) and [Software Advice](/sites/softwareadvice-com) are all Gartner and share a backend. Submit once, get three listings at DR 86, 87 and 88. > - **Best free dofollow ones:** [SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net) DR 92, Software Advice DR 88, [TheSaaSDirectory](/sites/thesaasdirectory-com) DR 88, GetApp DR 87, [FinancesOnline](/sites/financesonline-com) DR 87. > - **[G2](/sites/g2-com) is nofollow and still the first one to do.** 3.2M monthly visits, and B2B buyers read it before they sign anything. You're not there for the link. > - **[Serchen](/sites/serchen-com) is a trap.** $9.99 to list, and your URL never shows up as a crawlable link on the page. You'd be paying for nothing. ## SaaS directories vs startup directories These two lists overlap by maybe 20%, and mixing them up wastes a lot of time. **A startup directory lists companies.** BetaList, F6S, Product Hunt. What they want is a new thing. Your listing is basically a launch announcement. Being three years old works against you on most of them. **A SaaS directory lists software people buy.** G2, Capterra, GetApp. What they want is a product with real customers, a pricing page, and reviews. Being three years old works *for* you here. Being brand new with zero customers is the thing that hurts. So the honest test is: can five paying customers write you a review this month? If yes, this list is for you. If no, go do the [startup directories](/guides/startup-directories) first and come back in six months. Submitting to G2 with no reviews gets you a page nobody will ever see. One more difference that matters. Startup directory traffic is founders and other builders. SaaS directory traffic is people with a budget looking to replace a tool. That second group converts a lot better, which is why these sites can charge what they charge. ## Are they still worth doing Depends on who you sell to. **B2B, sold to a team, $50/month or more: yes, and it's not close.** Somebody at the buying company will search "best [your category] software" and land on a Capterra or G2 comparison page. If you're not on it, you're not in the shortlist. Doesn't matter how good the product is. **B2B, self-serve, cheap: worth it, but treat it as SEO.** You won't get much direct traffic from a category page you sit 14th on. What you get is a handful of high-DR pages pointing at your domain, plus a real-looking presence when someone googles your name. **B2C or consumer app: mostly skip this list.** These sites are built around business buyers. Do the two or three free dofollow ones for the link and spend the rest of your time elsewhere. **Dev tools with no business buyer:** [StackShare](/sites/stackshare-io) and SourceForge are your two. Non-technical products get rejected from StackShare almost every time, and the reverse is also true — a dev tool on a general SaaS directory ends up in a category nobody browses. Here's the thing people get wrong. They submit to 30 SaaS directories in an afternoon and think they're done. Almost none of those pages will ever rank, because ranking on these sites is driven by reviews, not by how well you filled the form out. Five sites done properly beats 30 done fast. ## What these sites actually rank on Every one of them has a score, and the score decides where you sit in the category list. The names differ, the inputs are mostly the same: - **Review count and recency.** The big one everywhere. G2, Capterra and [SoftwareSuggest](/sites/softwaresuggest-com) all weight recent reviews much higher than old ones. Ten reviews from last quarter beat forty from two years ago. - **Profile completeness.** Screenshots, feature list, pricing, integrations, support options. [GetApp](/sites/getapp-com) and Software Advice both push complete profiles up. This part is free and most vendors don't bother. - **Category fit.** Pick the category you can be top-10 in, not the biggest one. Third in a narrow category gets you more clicks than 40th in "Project Management". - **Their own metric.** [SaasWorthy](/sites/saasworthy-com) has an "SW Score" built from reviews, social presence and traffic. [Crozdesk](/sites/crozdesk-com) has a "Crozscore". Both are partly out of your control, so don't chase them. - **Paid placement.** On most of these the top slots are ads. You can't out-optimise a paid slot, so aim for the best organic position instead. The foot-gun: **incentivised reviews**. G2 and Capterra both have review teams that check for this. Getting caught means your reviews get deleted and your profile can get flagged. More on doing it properly below. ## Get this ready before you open any form The forms are long. Much longer than a startup directory form. Do this once and every submission after it takes ten minutes instead of an hour. **Company info that matches everywhere.** Legal company name, founded year, HQ city, employee count band, and a work email on your product's domain. Several of these sites cross-check each other and LinkedIn. Mismatched founding years get profiles held for review. **Three descriptions.** A 60-character tagline. A 150-word summary. A 400-word "about" for the sites that want detail. Write the 400-word one first and cut down. **Pricing, written out properly.** Tier names, prices, what's in each one, trial length, whether there's a free plan. Half these sites have a filterable pricing field, and leaving it blank drops you out of every "under $50/month" filter people use. **Feature list mapped to their taxonomy.** Each site has its own checkbox list of features. Don't skim it. Every box you can honestly tick is a filter you show up in. **Screenshots at 1280px or wider.** Product UI, not marketing graphics. Four to six of them. The sites that show a screenshot carousel get much better click-through, and yours will be the blurry one if you upload straight from a phone. **A short list of competitors.** Several sites ask, and [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net) and [SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com) are built entirely around it. Pick two or three well-known ones you really compete with. ## The Gartner trio: one submission, three listings This is the single highest-value hour on this page, so it gets its own section. Capterra, GetApp and Software Advice are all owned by Gartner and run off shared vendor data. You create one vendor account, fill in one product profile, and it propagates. Three listings at **DR 86, 87 and 88**, all free. What to know going in: - **Software Advice and GetApp give dofollow links.** Capterra's outbound rel is inconsistent enough that we don't mark it as dofollow. So don't do this for Capterra's link. Do it for Capterra's traffic, and for the two dofollow siblings that come with it. - **You need a work email on your product's domain.** Gmail submissions get rejected. This trips up more solo founders than anything else on this list. - **Approval takes days, not minutes.** A human looks at it. Real product, real pricing page, real company info, or it bounces. - **Reviews carry across the three sites too.** So does a bad one. That's the trade. The full walkthrough with the actual form fields is in the [Capterra submission guide](/guides/capterra-submission-guide), so there's no point repeating it here. Do [G2](/sites/g2-com) in the same session. Separate company, separate account, but the assets are identical and you're already in the mode. G2 is DR 91 with 3.2M monthly visits. The link is nofollow, which people use as a reason to skip it, and that's a mistake — G2 comparison pages are where B2B shortlists get made. The [G2 submission guide](/guides/g2-submission-guide) covers claiming and the review flow. ## The free ones worth doing ### Tier 1 — high DR, free, dofollow, submit and forget Clean links. Low traffic on some, but the form is short and the link is real. - **[SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net)** — DR 92, 2.5M monthly visits, free, dofollow. The highest-DR free dofollow link on this page. You need a vendor account before you can submit, and it has to be clearly *software*. Selling a service? Skip it. The form is longer than most, and the [SourceForge submission guide](/guides/sourceforge-submission-guide) walks it. - **[Software Advice](/sites/softwareadvice-com)** — DR 88, free, dofollow. Comes with the Gartner submission above. Has to be real B2B software with a complete profile. - **[TheSaaSDirectory](/sites/thesaasdirectory-com)** — DR 88, free, dofollow. Plain form, fast approval, clean link. Traffic is low. Do it for the link and move on. Five minutes. - **[GetApp](/sites/getapp-com)** — DR 87, free, dofollow. Also part of the Gartner set. A more complete profile ranks higher. - **[FinancesOnline](/sites/financesonline-com)** — DR 87, 1.5M monthly visits, free. Strongest domain in this tier after SourceForge. Submit at `/add-product/`. The free listing is real, but their business is selling leads, so expect sales follow-up. Editor reviews and their "Rising Star" badge are a separate, slow request. - **[CompareCamp](/sites/comparecamp-com)** — DR 72, free, dofollow. Same network as FinancesOnline. You request an editor review and wait. Slow, but free and dofollow, and the badge is usable on your own site. ### Tier 2 — the ones buyers actually read Traffic and buying intent, not just DR. - **[G2](/sites/g2-com)** — DR 91, 3.2M monthly visits, nofollow. Covered above. Do it first. - **[AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net)** — DR 80, 1.3M monthly visits, dofollow. You list yourself as an alternative to existing tools. A fresh entry with no likes sits at the bottom forever. Pick two or three well-known competitors, fill the page out fully, and get a few users to like it. That's the whole game there. - **[StackShare](/sites/stackshare-io)** — DR 79, 1.6M monthly visits, free. Dev tools only. Non-technical products get rejected almost every time. - **[SoftwareSuggest](/sites/softwaresuggest-com)** — DR 77, 561K monthly visits. India-based, and the sales team is pushy. A free listing is possible. Expect calls and emails pitching a paid plan — just say no. Ranking is review-driven, so a few real customer reviews do more than paying does. - **[SoftwareWorld](/sites/softwareworld-co)** — DR 75, 65K monthly visits, free. Built around "Top 10 X software" lists, and nearly all the referral traffic comes from those. Getting into your category's list is the goal. Reviews move you up. - **[Crozdesk](/sites/crozdesk-com)** — DR 74, 200K monthly visits. Free vendor listing plus paid lead-gen. The free tier is enough for the link. Only pay if you actually want to buy leads. - **[SaasWorthy](/sites/saasworthy-com)** — DR 72, 172K monthly visits, free. Claim the profile, fill it out, then collect reviews to push the SW Score. - **[SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com)** — DR 68, 1.6M monthly visits, nofollow. You name competitors and verify with an email on your product's domain. Free. The [SaaSHub submission guide](/guides/saashub-submission-guide) covers the verification step, which is where people get stuck. - **[SpotSaaS](/sites/spotsaas-com)** — DR 67, free, dofollow. Your page may already exist, auto-scraped, possibly with wrong data. So this is a claim, not a submit. Sign up as a vendor, approval takes about a day. If you're not in their index there's no public add-product form. - **[Business Software](/sites/business-software-com)** — DR 55, 100K monthly visits, dofollow. The form just starts a conversation. An editor emails you within two business days and builds the listing by hand, so the timing isn't yours. Plant it and forget it. - **[Tech.co](/sites/tech-co)** — DR 80, dofollow. Not a directory. There's no submit form. You pitch an editor for a review, or aim to get into one of their comparison articles. Their business-software comparison pages are where the links live. Cold email with a real angle or don't bother. ### Tier 3 — small SaaS directories, do them in one batch Individually these are worth very little. As a batch on one afternoon, with your assets already prepared, they're fine. Most are free and dofollow. - **[ProductWing](/sites/productwing-com)** — DR 56, free, dofollow. Google login only. The Visit button is a clean dofollow link, consistent across the pages we checked. No paid tier. - **[ToolFio](/sites/toolfio-com)** — DR 55, free, dofollow. - **[Shipybara](/sites/shipybara-com)** — DR 55, free, dofollow. - **[New SaaSly](/sites/newsaasly-com)** — DR 52, free, dofollow. - **[Ramen.Tools](/sites/ramen-tools)** — DR 52, free, dofollow. - **[SubmitMySaaS](/sites/submitmysaas-com)** — DR 51, free, dofollow. - **[AppaList](/sites/appalist-com)** — DR 50, free. Google login to submit. Watch the rel: we checked two listing pages, one dofollow and one nofollow. Free, so no loss, but don't count on link equity. - **[Cuspera](/sites/cuspera-com)** — DR 45, free, dofollow. Marketing and sales software. It builds an AI profile of your product out of reviews and case studies. Search your name there first — you may already have an auto-built page to claim instead of submitting again. - **[BusinessHunt](/sites/businesshunt-co)** — DR 43, free, dofollow. 2,500+ real listings. Catch: it's client-rendered Next.js, so your link only exists after JS runs. Google login to submit. - **[AlphaDigits](/sites/alphadigits-com)** — DR 32, free, dofollow. - **[Acid Tools](/sites/acidtools-com)** — DR 64, free. Dashboard submission after Google login. Some visit buttons are dofollow and others nofollow on the same template, so it looks conditional. Free means it costs you nothing but time. - **[Versily](/sites/versily-com)** — DR 71, free, dofollow. Small launch community. The whole site is client-side JavaScript and the raw HTML is empty, so the link only counts if Google renders it. Traffic is tiny. Keep expectations low. - **[SaaS AI Tools](/sites/saasaitools-com)** — DR 33, 73K monthly visits, free. Low DR but real traffic, which is unusual in this tier. - **[IndieHustles](/sites/indiehustles-com)** — DR 66, dofollow. A directory of indie alternatives to big SaaS, so the form makes you say which tools you replace. No clean "replaces X" story means a bad fit. Free queue is 8-10 weeks; $9 gets you reviewed in 48 hours. - **[Saas Po](/sites/saaspo-com)** — DR 29, 69K monthly visits, free. It's a landing-page design gallery, not a product directory. It lists page screenshots and even splits them into sections for other people to copy. Only submit if your landing page actually looks good. ## The paid ones, and the two that are traps Paying isn't automatically wrong. Paying without checking what you get is. **Do this before you pay anything:** open a listing page that already exists, view source, and search for that vendor's domain. If their URL only shows up inside JSON-LD, or on a button marked `rel="nofollow"`, you're buying a page and not a link. That's fine if you want the page. It's not fine if you thought you were buying a link. Two that fail that check: - **[Serchen](/sites/serchen-com)** — DR 71, $9.99. Company pages have **no crawlable link to your site**. Your URL sits in structured data, and the visible outbound links are sponsored slots marked nofollow. Skip it unless you specifically want a review-page placeholder. - **[ToolsFine](/sites/toolsfine-com)** — DR 65, $10 via PayPal *before* review, three business days, approval not guaranteed. The button is dofollow, the in-text link is nofollow. You're paying ten bucks for something fuzzy. Two where paying is the honest option: - **[Similarlabs](/sites/similarlabs-com)** — DR 66. The free tier takes a 7-day review, demands their badge on your homepage, and still hands you a nofollow link. You'd trade a real link for a worse one. $9.99 goes live in minutes, no badge, dofollow. If you submit at all, pay. - **[ufind.best](/sites/ufind-best)** — DR 58. They spell the policy out on the pricing page, which is rare and worth respecting: free entries need the badge, queue for months, and only the week's top 3 get dofollow. $19 one-time buys a permanent dofollow and a next-Monday launch. The rest: - **[Tekpon](/sites/tekpon-com)** — DR 54, 134K monthly visits, paid. Get listed at `/get-listed/`. Decent traffic for the tier. - **[Indie.Deals](/sites/indie-deals)** — DR 58, dofollow. The free tier wants a link back on your site first, takes about 96 hours of manual review, and promises neither placement nor a permanent link. That's what the $49 Pro tier is for. Only makes sense if you have a real discount to offer. - **[SaaS Surf](/sites/saassurf-com)** — DR 24, 31K monthly visits, paid. Low DR, real traffic. - **[AppSumo](/sites/appsumo-com)** — DR 82, 3.3M monthly visits. Not a directory at all. It's a deals marketplace, and you're giving up most of the revenue on a lifetime deal. That's a business decision, not a link-building one. Don't let it end up on your directory checklist by accident. ## How to get reviews without getting your listing pulled Reviews are what makes any of this work, and it's the part where people break rules without realising. **What's allowed on G2 and Capterra:** - Emailing your customers and asking for an honest review. Link them straight to the review form. - Using the review-collection link these sites give you. Both have one. - Offering the gift card *the site itself* runs as a promotion. G2 and Capterra both do this, and the incentive comes from them, not from you. **What gets reviews deleted:** - Paying for reviews, or offering your own discount in exchange for one. - Only asking customers you already know are happy, in a way that can be shown as filtered. Ask a broad group. - Asking employees, friends, or anyone at your own company. They check IP and email domain. - Writing them yourself. Obviously. It still happens and it still gets caught. **Timing that works:** ask right after a support win or a renewal. Not after a bug report, and not in an onboarding email to someone who's used the product for four days. **How many you need:** most of these sites want somewhere between 5 and 10 before you show up in a category. Getting to 5 is the hard part. After that it's steady. ## After you submit: check the listing is real Do this two to three weeks later. Five minutes, and it's the only way to know if any of this did anything. 1. **Search `site:directorysite.com "Your Product Name"` in Google.** No result means the page isn't indexed. An unindexed page passes nothing. 2. **Open your listing and view source.** Search for your domain. Look at the `rel` on the link that contains it. Sites change their link policy quietly and nobody announces it. 3. **Check the link isn't a redirect through their tracker.** A `/go/yourproduct` link that 302s is usually fine. A JS-only click handler isn't a link at all. 4. **Check whether the page is client-rendered.** `curl` it and see if your link is in the HTML. BusinessHunt and Versily both fail this. Google usually renders it eventually, but "usually" and "eventually" are doing a lot of work in that sentence. If a listing fails all four, write it down and don't submit to that site again. Keep the note. In a year you'll have forgotten which ones were duds. ## Side by side | Site | DR | Link | Price | Best for | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net) | 92 | dofollow | Free | Highest free dofollow, software only | | [G2](/sites/g2-com) | 91 | nofollow | Free | B2B shortlists, not the link | | [Software Advice](/sites/softwareadvice-com) | 88 | dofollow | Free | Comes free with the Gartner submission | | [GetApp](/sites/getapp-com) | 87 | dofollow | Free | Same, complete profiles rank higher | | [FinancesOnline](/sites/financesonline-com) | 87 | — | Free | High DR, expect sales calls | | [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com) | 86 | — | Free | Traffic and category pages | | [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net) | 80 | dofollow | Free | "Alternative to X" searches | | [SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com) | 68 | nofollow | Free | 1.6M visits, competitor comparisons | | [Serchen](/sites/serchen-com) | 71 | nofollow | $9.99 | Nothing — no crawlable link | ## Common mistakes - **Submitting before you have customers.** No reviews means no category placement, and the page just sits there. Go do [startup directories](/guides/startup-directories) first. - **Using a Gmail address.** The Gartner sites and SaaSHub both want a work email on your product's domain. This is the most common rejection reason on the whole list. - **Picking the biggest category.** 40th in "CRM" gets nothing. Third in "CRM for real estate teams" gets clicks. - **Leaving pricing blank** because you want them to contact you instead. You just removed yourself from every price filter on the site. - **Treating a nofollow site as worthless.** G2 is nofollow and it's still the most valuable page on this list for a B2B product. - **Paying before checking the source.** Two sites here charge for a page with no usable link. There are more like them. - **Submitting the same product twice** to a site that already auto-scraped you. Search your product name first. SpotSaaS and Cuspera both build pages you didn't ask for. - **Doing all 40 in one day and never coming back.** The listing is 20% of the work. Reviews are the other 80%. ## FAQ **Are SaaS directory backlinks still worth anything for SEO?** The individual link, not much. What's worth something is the page ranking for "best X software" and sending you a buyer. A DR 88 link is a bonus on top of that. If you're picking sites purely by DR you're optimising the wrong thing. **What's the difference between G2 and Capterra?** Both are B2B software review sites and they overlap a lot. G2 skews a bit more towards tech buyers and has more reviews per product. Capterra comes with GetApp and Software Advice attached, so one submission gives you three listings. Do both. Details are in the [G2 guide](/guides/g2-submission-guide) and the [Capterra guide](/guides/capterra-submission-guide). **Do I need reviews before I submit?** No, you can list with zero. But the listing does almost nothing until you have about five. Plan the submission and the review push as one project, not two. **Is it worth paying for a listing?** Sometimes. Similarlabs at $9.99 and ufind.best at $19 both give you a permanent dofollow the free tier doesn't. That's a fair trade. Paying $9.99 for a page with no crawlable link isn't. Check the source before you pay, every time. **How long does approval take?** The Gartner sites take a few days with a human reviewer. Small directories run from minutes to a week. [Business Software](/sites/business-software-com) has an editor build it by hand within two business days. IndieHustles' free queue is 8-10 weeks. **My product is a dev tool, not business software. Same list?** Mostly no. [StackShare](/sites/stackshare-io) and SourceForge are your two from this page. After that you're better off with developer communities and content sites — see the [dev.to guide](/guides/dev-to-submission-guide) and the [HackMD guide](/guides/hackmd-submission-guide). ## Other things to do in the same push Your assets are ready and you're already in the flow, so: - **[Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com)** — DR 75, 6M monthly visits, nofollow. A different kind of day entirely. The [Product Hunt launch playbook](/guides/producthunt-launch-guide) covers it, and if the timing's wrong there are [15 alternatives with real numbers](/guides/product-hunt-alternatives). - **[AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net)** — if you skipped it above, don't. "Alternative to X" is a buying query and your competitors are already there. - **[TheSaaSDirectory](/sites/thesaasdirectory-com)** — five minutes, DR 88, dofollow. Best minutes-to-DR ratio on this page. - **Your own site.** Once you have badges from Capterra, FinancesOnline or CompareCamp, put them on your pricing page. It's free trust, and it links back, which is how these sites want it to work. Browsing rather than working through a list? The full [SaaS category](/c/saas) has every site here with pricing and link type, [directory sites](/c/directory) covers the wider set, and [business directories](/c/business) is where the local and general-business ones live. ## 中文 > **TL;DR** > > - **SaaS 目录不等于 startup 目录。** startup 目录要的是"新"，SaaS 目录要的是"有客户能来写 review"。产品还没上线的话，你要看的是 [startup directories 那篇](/guides/startup-directories)。 > - **一次提交能拿三个 listing。** [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com)、[GetApp](/sites/getapp-com)、[Software Advice](/sites/softwareadvice-com) 都是 Gartner 家的，后台数据打通。填一遍表，DR 86、87、88 三个页面一起有。 > - **免费又给 dofollow 的：** [SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net) DR 92、Software Advice DR 88、[TheSaaSDirectory](/sites/thesaasdirectory-com) DR 88、GetApp DR 87、[FinancesOnline](/sites/financesonline-com) DR 87。 > - **[G2](/sites/g2-com) 是 nofollow，但仍然是第一个该做的。** 月访问 320 万，B2B 买家签合同之前会去翻。你去那儿不是为了链接。 > - **[Serchen](/sites/serchen-com) 是个坑。** 收 $9.99，但页面上根本没有一条能被爬到的链接指向你。花钱买了个寂寞。 ## SaaS 目录和 startup 目录的区别 这两个清单重合度大概两成，搞混了会白花很多时间。 **startup 目录收的是公司。** BetaList、F6S、Product Hunt 这些。它们要的是"新东西"，你那条 listing 本质上是个上线公告。产品做了三年，在这类站上反而是减分项。 **SaaS 目录收的是有人花钱买的软件。** G2、Capterra、GetApp 这些。它们要的是有真实客户、有定价页、有 review 的产品。做了三年在这儿是加分项，刚上线零客户才是扣分的那个。 所以判断标准很简单：这个月你能不能找到五个付费客户来写 review？能就往下看。不能就先去做 [startup 目录](/guides/startup-directories)，半年后再回来。零 review 的情况下提 G2，你只会得到一个永远没人看见的页面。 还有一个区别挺重要。startup 目录的流量是创始人和同行，SaaS 目录的流量是手里有预算、正在找工具换掉现有方案的人。后者转化好得多，这也是这些站敢收钱的原因。 ## 现在还值得提吗 看你卖给谁。 **B2B、卖给团队、月费 50 刀往上：值得，而且差距很大。** 买方公司里总有人会搜"best XX software"，然后落到 Capterra 或者 G2 的对比页上。你不在那个页面上，你就不在候选名单里。产品多好都没用。 **B2B、自助订阅、单价低：可以做，但当 SEO 做。** 分类页上排 14 位带不来多少直接流量。你拿到的是几个高 DR 页面指向你的域名，加上别人搜你公司名的时候能搜出个正经东西。 **纯 C 端 App：这个清单基本不用看。** 这些站是围着企业买家转的。挑两三个免费给 dofollow 的提了拿链接就行，时间花别处。 **没有企业买家的开发工具：**[StackShare](/sites/stackshare-io) 和 SourceForge 这两个。非技术产品提 StackShare 基本必被拒，反过来也一样 —— 开发工具挂在通用 SaaS 目录上，会掉进一个没人翻的分类里。 有个特别常见的错。一下午提了 30 个 SaaS 目录站，觉得任务完成了。那些页面几乎一个都排不上去，因为这类站的排序是靠 review 驱动的，不是靠你表填得多认真。**认真做五个，比随手做三十个强。** ## 这些站到底按什么排序 每个站都有自己的一套分数，分数决定你在分类列表里排第几。名字各不相同，输入项基本一样： - **review 数量和新鲜度。** 所有站里最重的一项。G2、Capterra、[SoftwareSuggest](/sites/softwaresuggest-com) 都给近期 review 更高权重。上个季度的十条比两年前的四十条管用。 - **资料完整度。** 截图、功能清单、定价、集成、支持方式。[GetApp](/sites/getapp-com) 和 Software Advice 都会把资料填满的往上推。这部分不要钱，但大多数厂商懒得填。 - **分类选得准不准。** 挑一个你能进前十的，不是挑最大的那个。在一个窄分类里排第三，点击比在"项目管理"里排第四十多得多。 - **它们自家的分数。** [SaasWorthy](/sites/saasworthy-com) 有个 SW Score，由 review、社交声量和流量算出来。[Crozdesk](/sites/crozdesk-com) 有个 Crozscore。这两个你控制不了多少，别去追。 - **付费位。** 大部分站的头部位置是广告。你优化不过一个付费位，盯着最好的自然位就行。 最容易翻车的一点：**刷 review**。G2 和 Capterra 都有专门的审核团队查这个，被抓到 review 全删，账号还可能被标记。怎么正经拿 review 下面单独讲。 ## 提交前先备好这套东西 这些站的表单比 startup 目录长得多。备料这件事做一次，后面每个站十分钟搞定，不备的话每个都要一小时。 **公司信息，各处保持一致。** 公司注册名、成立年份、总部城市、员工规模区间，还有一个用你产品域名的公司邮箱。有几个站会互相对数据，也会对 LinkedIn。成立年份对不上，资料会被扣下人工复核。 **三个长度的介绍。** 一句话 tagline，60 字符以内。一段 150 词的摘要。一份 400 词的详细介绍，给那些要长文的站用。先写 400 词那版，往下删。 **定价写清楚。** 档位名、价格、每档包什么、试用多久、有没有免费版。这些站一半都有价格筛选功能，你空着不填，"月费 50 刀以下"这种筛选就直接把你排除了。 **功能对到它家的分类体系上。** 每个站都有一套自己的功能勾选清单。别扫两眼就跳过，每勾一个你确实有的，就多进一个筛选结果。 **截图，宽度 1280 往上。** 要产品界面，不要营销图。四到六张。带截图轮播的站点击率高得多，你要是直接拿手机截图传上去，你就是那个糊的。 **竞品清单。** 好几个站会问，[AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net) 和 [SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com) 整个站就是围着这个转的。挑两三个你确实在抢用户的知名产品。 ## Gartner 三件套：提一次，拿三个 listing 这是整篇里性价比最高的一小时，单独拎出来说。 Capterra、GetApp、Software Advice 都归 Gartner，共用一套厂商数据。你注册一个厂商账号，填一份产品资料，三个站同步。**DR 86、87、88 三个页面，全免费。** 几个要先知道的： - **Software Advice 和 GetApp 给 dofollow。** Capterra 的外链 rel 不太稳定，所以我们没把它标成 dofollow。也就是说，你做这件事不是为了 Capterra 那条链接，是为了 Capterra 的流量，外加白送的两条 dofollow。 - **必须用产品域名的公司邮箱。** Gmail 提交会被拒。这一条卡住的独立开发者比这页上任何别的事都多。 - **审核是按天算的，不是按分钟。** 有真人看。产品要真、定价页要真、公司信息要真，不然退回。 - **review 也是三个站同步的。** 差评同样同步，这是代价。 具体表单字段怎么填，[Capterra 投稿指南](/guides/capterra-submission-guide)里写全了，这儿不重复。 顺手把 [G2](/sites/g2-com) 也做了。它是另一家公司、另一个账号，但素材完全一样，你正好在状态里。G2 DR 91，月访问 320 万。链接是 nofollow，很多人拿这个当跳过的理由，这是错的 —— B2B 的候选名单就是在 G2 的对比页上定出来的。claim 流程和 review 流程看 [G2 提交指南](/guides/g2-submission-guide)。 ## 免费里值得做的 ### 第一档：高 DR、免费、dofollow，提完就不用管 干净链接。有几个流量很少，但表短、链接是真的。 - **[SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net)** —— DR 92、月访问 250 万，免费，dofollow。这一页上最高 DR 的免费 dofollow。要先注册厂商账号才能提，而且必须明确是*软件*。卖服务的直接跳过。表比一般的长，[SourceForge 投稿指南](/guides/sourceforge-submission-guide)带着走一遍。 - **[Software Advice](/sites/softwareadvice-com)** —— DR 88，免费，dofollow。上面那个 Gartner 提交自带的。得是真的 B2B 软件，资料要填完整。 - **[TheSaaSDirectory](/sites/thesaasdirectory-com)** —— DR 88，免费，dofollow。表很简单，审得快，链接干净。流量很低，冲链接去的，五分钟的事。 - **[GetApp](/sites/getapp-com)** —— DR 87，免费，dofollow。也是 Gartner 那套里的。资料越全排得越前。 - **[FinancesOnline](/sites/financesonline-com)** —— DR 87、月访问 150 万，免费。这一档里仅次于 SourceForge 的强域名。在 `/add-product/` 提交。免费收录是真的，但人家的生意是卖线索，所以做好被销售跟进的准备。编辑评测和 "Rising Star" 徽章是另外一套流程，很慢。 - **[CompareCamp](/sites/comparecamp-com)** —— DR 72，免费，dofollow。和 FinancesOnline 同一家。你申请编辑评测然后等，慢，但免费还给 dofollow，徽章也能放自己站上。 ### 第二档：买家真的会去看的 看流量和购买意图，不只看 DR。 - **[G2](/sites/g2-com)** —— DR 91、月访问 320 万，nofollow。上面讲过了，第一个做它。 - **[AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net)** —— DR 80、月访问 130 万，dofollow。你把自己挂成某个现有工具的替代品。新条目没人点赞的话，会一直沉在最底下。挑两三个知名竞品挂上去，资料填满，再找几个用户去点赞，这站就这么个玩法。 - **[StackShare](/sites/stackshare-io)** —— DR 79、月访问 160 万，免费。只收开发工具，非技术产品基本必被拒。 - **[SoftwareSuggest](/sites/softwaresuggest-com)** —— DR 77、月访问 56 万。印度那边的站，销售很缠人。免费收录能做到，但会有电话和邮件推付费套餐，不想要就直接拒。排序看 review，找几个真客户写比付费管用。 - **[SoftwareWorld](/sites/softwareworld-co)** —— DR 75、月访问 6.5 万，免费。整个站围着"Top 10 XX 软件"这种榜单做，转介流量几乎全来自这些榜单。目标就是挤进你那个分类的榜。review 能往上推。 - **[Crozdesk](/sites/crozdesk-com)** —— DR 74、月访问 20 万。免费厂商收录，另外卖线索。免费那档拿链接够了，真想买线索再付费。 - **[SaasWorthy](/sites/saasworthy-com)** —— DR 72、月访问 17.2 万，免费。claim 页面、填满资料，然后攒 review 把 SW Score 推上去。 - **[SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com)** —— DR 68、月访问 160 万，nofollow。要填竞品，还要用产品域名的邮箱验证，免费。验证这步最容易卡住，[SaaSHub 提交指南](/guides/saashub-submission-guide)里讲了。 - **[SpotSaaS](/sites/spotsaas-com)** —— DR 67，免费，dofollow。你的页面可能早就有了 —— 它自动抓的，数据说不定还是错的。所以这站是 claim 不是 submit：注册厂商账号，审核大概一天。要是它库里没有你，那没有公开的添加入口，只能注册了碰运气。 - **[Business Software](/sites/business-software-com)** —— DR 55、月访问 10 万，dofollow。表单只是起个头，编辑会在两个工作日内发邮件给你，然后手工建 listing，节奏不在你手里。种下去别惦记。 - **[Tech.co](/sites/tech-co)** —— DR 80，dofollow。这不是目录站，没有提交入口。你得给编辑发邮件争取一篇评测，或者想办法进它的对比文章。链接都在企业软件对比页里。冷邮件得有个真角度，没有就别费劲。 ### 第三档：小站，一次性批量做掉 单看每个都值不了几个钱。但素材都备好了，一个下午批量走一遍，还是划算的。大部分免费且 dofollow。 - **[ProductWing](/sites/productwing-com)** —— DR 56，免费，dofollow。只能 Google 登录。Visit 按钮是干净的 dofollow，我们查的几个页面都一致。没有付费档。 - **[ToolFio](/sites/toolfio-com)** —— DR 55，免费，dofollow。 - **[Shipybara](/sites/shipybara-com)** —— DR 55，免费，dofollow。 - **[New SaaSly](/sites/newsaasly-com)** —— DR 52，免费，dofollow。 - **[Ramen.Tools](/sites/ramen-tools)** —— DR 52，免费，dofollow。 - **[SubmitMySaaS](/sites/submitmysaas-com)** —— DR 51，免费，dofollow。 - **[AppaList](/sites/appalist-com)** —— DR 50，免费，Google 登录提交。注意 rel：我们查了两个收录页，一个 dofollow 一个 nofollow。免费所以不亏，但别指望权重。 - **[Cuspera](/sites/cuspera-com)** —— DR 45，免费，dofollow。做营销和销售软件的发现站。它会用 review 和客户案例给你自动生成一份产品画像。先搜自己的名字 —— 可能已经有自动建好的页面了，去 claim 而不是重新提。 - **[BusinessHunt](/sites/businesshunt-co)** —— DR 43，免费，dofollow。站内有 2500 多条真实收录。问题是整站 Next.js 客户端渲染，你的链接得等 JS 跑完才存在。Google 登录提交。 - **[AlphaDigits](/sites/alphadigits-com)** —— DR 32，免费，dofollow。 - **[Acid Tools](/sites/acidtools-com)** —— DR 64，免费，Google 登录后在后台提交。同一套模板下有的 visit 按钮是 dofollow 有的是 nofollow，看着像是有条件的。免费，只搭时间。 - **[Versily](/sites/versily-com)** —— DR 71，免费，dofollow。小型发布社区。整站纯客户端 JavaScript，原始 HTML 是空的，链接值不值全看 Google 渲不渲。流量很小，别抱期望。 - **[SaaS AI Tools](/sites/saasaitools-com)** —— DR 33、月访问 7.3 万，免费。DR 低但有真流量，这一档里少见。 - **[IndieHustles](/sites/indiehustles-com)** —— DR 66，dofollow。收的是"大厂 SaaS 的独立替代品"，表单会逼你说清楚你替代的是谁。没有干净的"我替代 X"故事就不合适。免费队列 8 到 10 周，$9 走 48 小时快审。 - **[Saas Po](/sites/saaspo-com)** —— DR 29、月访问 6.9 万，免费。这是个 SaaS 落地页设计展示站，收的是页面截图不是产品条目，还会把页面拆成 hero、pricing、FAQ 各段供人参考。所以落地页做得糙就别提了。 ## 付费的，以及其中两个坑 付费本身不丢人，不看清楚买到的是什么就付费才丢人。 **付钱前先做这一步：** 打开一个已有的收录页，查看源代码，搜那家厂商的域名。如果它的 URL 只出现在 JSON-LD 里，或者只出现在标了 `rel="nofollow"` 的按钮上，那你买的是一个页面，不是一条链接。想要页面没问题，以为在买链接就有问题了。 两个过不了这一关的： - **[Serchen](/sites/serchen-com)** —— DR 71，$9.99。公司页面上**没有任何能被爬到的链接指向你**。你的 URL 只在结构化数据里，页面上看得见的外链是赞助位，标了 nofollow。除非你就想要个评测页占位，否则跳过。 - **[ToolsFine](/sites/toolsfine-com)** —— DR 65，PayPal 付 $10，**先付款后审核**，三个工作日，还不保证通过。按钮是 dofollow，正文里的链接是 nofollow。十块钱买个模糊的东西，自己想想。 两个付费反而是正确选择的： - **[Similarlabs](/sites/similarlabs-com)** —— DR 66。免费档要审 7 天、要你在首页挂它的徽章，最后给你的还是 nofollow —— 拿一条真链接换一条更差的。$9.99 几分钟上线，不用挂徽章，给 dofollow。要提就付费。 - **[ufind.best](/sites/ufind-best)** —— DR 58。它把规则明明白白写在定价页上，这点难得：免费档要挂徽章、排队几个月，而且只有当周前三名给 dofollow，其他人都是 nofollow。$19 一次性买永久 dofollow，下周一上线。 剩下的： - **[Tekpon](/sites/tekpon-com)** —— DR 54、月访问 13.4 万，付费。入口在 `/get-listed/`。这个档位里流量还行。 - **[Indie.Deals](/sites/indie-deals)** —— DR 58，dofollow。免费档要你先在自己站上放回链，人工审大概 96 小时，而且明说不保证位置也不保证链接永久 —— 那是 $49 Pro 档的事。手里有真折扣码才值得做。 - **[SaaS Surf](/sites/saassurf-com)** —— DR 24、月访问 3.1 万，付费。DR 低，流量是真的。 - **[AppSumo](/sites/appsumo-com)** —— DR 82、月访问 330 万。这压根不是目录站，是个折扣市场，做一次终身买断你要让出大部分收入。这是个生意决策，不是外链决策。别让它稀里糊涂混进你的目录清单里。 ## 怎么正经拿 review review 是这一切能跑起来的前提，也是最容易在不知情的情况下违规的地方。 **G2 和 Capterra 允许的：** - 给客户发邮件请他们写真实评价，直接给评价表链接。 - 用这些站给你的 review 收集链接，两家都有。 - 参加**站方自己**发的礼品卡活动。G2 和 Capterra 都会搞，激励是它们出的，不是你出的。 **会被删 review 的：** - 花钱买 review，或者拿自家折扣换 review。 - 只挑你已经知道会说好话的客户，而且这个筛选行为能被看出来。要广撒。 - 找员工、朋友、自己公司的人写。IP 和邮箱域名它们都查。 - 自己写。这不用说了吧，但真有人干，而且真会被抓。 **什么时候开口：** 解决完一个支持问题之后，或者续费之后。别在客户刚报了个 bug 之后开口，也别在人家才用了四天的新手引导邮件里开口。 **要多少条：** 大部分站要 5 到 10 条才会在分类里露脸。从 0 到 5 是最难的，过了就顺了。 ## 提交之后，验一下这条 listing 是不是真的 两三周后做这件事。五分钟，而且这是唯一能知道刚才那些有没有用的办法。 1. **谷歌搜 `site:目录站域名 "你的产品名"`。** 搜不出来说明页面没被收录，没收录的页面什么都传不了。 2. **打开你的 listing，查看源代码。** 搜你的域名，看包着它那条链接的 `rel` 是什么。这些站改链接策略是不打招呼的。 3. **看链接是不是走了它家的跳转。** `/go/你的产品` 这种 302 一般还行，但纯 JS 点击事件那就根本不是链接。 4. **看页面是不是客户端渲染的。** `curl` 一下，看你的链接在不在 HTML 里。BusinessHunt 和 Versily 这条都不过。Google 一般最后能渲染出来，但"一般"和"最后"这两个词分量不轻。 四条全不过的，记下来，以后别再提这个站。这个笔记留着，一年后你肯定忘了哪几个是废的。 ## 横向对比 | 站点 | DR | 链接 | 价格 | 适合 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net) | 92 | dofollow | 免费 | 最高 DR 的免费 dofollow，只收软件 | | [G2](/sites/g2-com) | 91 | nofollow | 免费 | 进 B2B 候选名单，不为链接 | | [Software Advice](/sites/softwareadvice-com) | 88 | dofollow | 免费 | Gartner 提交白送的 | | [GetApp](/sites/getapp-com) | 87 | dofollow | 免费 | 同上，资料越全排越前 | | [FinancesOnline](/sites/financesonline-com) | 87 | — | 免费 | DR 高，但会被销售跟进 | | [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com) | 86 | — | 免费 | 流量和分类页 | | [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net) | 80 | dofollow | 免费 | "XX 的替代品"这类搜索 | | [SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com) | 68 | nofollow | 免费 | 月访问 160 万，竞品对比 | | [Serchen](/sites/serchen-com) | 71 | nofollow | $9.99 | 啥也不适合，没有可爬链接 | ## 常见翻车点 - **一个客户都没有就来提。** 没 review 就进不了分类，页面就那么躺着。先去做 [startup 目录](/guides/startup-directories)。 - **用 Gmail 提交。** Gartner 那几个站和 SaaSHub 都要产品域名的公司邮箱。这是整份清单里最常见的被拒理由。 - **挑最大的分类。** 在 "CRM" 里排第四十等于零，在"房产团队用的 CRM"里排第三才有点击。 - **定价留空**，想着让人来联系你。你刚把自己从这个站所有价格筛选里删掉了。 - **觉得 nofollow 的站没用。** G2 就是 nofollow，但对一个 B2B 产品来说它仍然是这一页里最值钱的页面。 - **没查源码就付钱。** 这页上就有两个站，收钱给你一个没有可用链接的页面。同类的还有更多。 - **重复提交。** 有些站早就自动抓过你了，先搜自己的产品名。SpotSaaS 和 Cuspera 都会给你建你没申请过的页面。 - **一天做完 40 个然后再也不管。** 收录只占两成工作量，剩下八成是 review。 ## 常见问题 **SaaS 目录的外链对 SEO 还有用吗？** 单条链接，用处不大。有用的是那个页面能排上 "best XX software"，然后给你送来一个买家。DR 88 的链接是附赠的。你要是纯按 DR 挑站，那优化的方向就错了。 **G2 和 Capterra 有什么区别？** 都是 B2B 软件评测站，重合很多。G2 稍微偏技术买家一些，单产品 review 数更多。Capterra 带着 GetApp 和 Software Advice，提一次拿三个 listing。两个都做。细节看 [G2 指南](/guides/g2-submission-guide)和 [Capterra 指南](/guides/capterra-submission-guide)。 **必须先有 review 才能提吗？** 不用，零 review 也能收录。但在攒到五条左右之前，这条 listing 几乎不起作用。把提交和攒 review 当一件事排，别当两件。 **付费收录值得吗？** 有时候值。Similarlabs 的 $9.99 和 ufind.best 的 $19，买的是免费档给不了的永久 dofollow，这交易是公平的。花 $9.99 买一个没有可爬链接的页面就不公平。每次付钱前都查一遍源码。 **审核要多久？** Gartner 那几个站是真人审，几天。小目录站从几分钟到一周不等。[Business Software](/sites/business-software-com) 是编辑在两个工作日内手工建。IndieHustles 的免费队列 8 到 10 周。 **我做的是开发工具不是企业软件，还是这个清单吗？** 基本不是。这一页里适合你的只有 [StackShare](/sites/stackshare-io) 和 SourceForge。往后你该去开发者社区和内容站，看 [dev.to 指南](/guides/dev-to-submission-guide)和 [HackMD 指南](/guides/hackmd-submission-guide)。 ## 同期顺手能做的 素材都备好了，人也在状态上，那就： - **[Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com)** —— DR 75、月访问 600 万，nofollow。完全是另一种打法，看 [Product Hunt 上线实战](/guides/producthunt-launch-guide)；时间点不合适的话，还有 [15 个有真实数据的替代站](/guides/product-hunt-alternatives)。 - **[AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net)** —— 上面要是跳过了，回去补上。"XX 的替代品"是购买意图词，你的竞品早就在上面了。 - **[TheSaaSDirectory](/sites/thesaasdirectory-com)** —— 五分钟，DR 88，dofollow。这一页上单位时间产出最高的一个。 - **你自己的站。** 拿到 Capterra、FinancesOnline 或者 CompareCamp 的徽章之后，放到定价页上。白拿的信任感，而且徽章带回链，这些站本来就希望你这么用。 不想照着清单一个个做、只想先翻翻的话：[SaaS 分类](/c/saas)里这页提到的站全都有，带价格和链接类型；[目录站分类](/c/directory)是更大的一份；本地和通用工商类的在[商业目录](/c/business)里。 --- # Product Hunt Launch Playbook: How to Launch Right Canonical URL: https://wheretosubmit.org/guides/producthunt-launch-guide Last updated: 2026-08-04 11:28:57 ## English **TL;DR:** Just remember these points from this summary: PH will still be viable in 2026, but not in the same way as in 2019. Launch on a Tuesday or Wednesday. The product should be "clean," no need to strive for perfection. Reply to every comment within the first 6 hours after launch. Absolutely do not rig votes or get group members to vote together—**the algorithm can see this and it will backfire.** Treat this day as a point in a 2-week promotional cycle, not as the only all-in push. Is it still worthwhile to participate in Product Hunt in 2026? The answer is: for most independent developers and small SaaS companies, it's worth it. But the reasons why it's worth it differ from those given in online articles. In 2026, a #1 Product of the Day launch typically sees between 3,000 and 8,000 visits. Five years ago, that number was over 15,000. So, if you're hoping Product Hunt will be a "one-shot wonder," that's unrealistic. What it does do really well is: - **Genuine credibility endorsement.** Having a Top 5 badge on the homepage and on the VC pitch deck is very effective. - **A page that stays indexed.** Your [Product Hunt page](/sites/producthunt-com) gets indexed by Google long-term, on a DR 91 domain. But the direct link is nofollow, so it doesn't pass weight. The value is staying in search results, plus the real follow links you earn when press and newsletters pick it up. - A group of early adopters who love trying new things. PH's visitors are mainly other makers. Gathering feedback is very effective. Therefore, consider it as one node in a complete set of launch combinations, not the whole set. The remaining nodes will be discussed later. ## What exactly does the algorithm reward? PH hasn't publicly released its algorithm. However, after monitoring the rankings daily for a period of time, patterns will emerge. The total number of votes isn't as important as most articles claim. What truly drives the rankings is: - **Voting speed in the first 4 hours.** 20 votes in the first hour are more effective than 100 votes at 6 PM. - **Comment depth.** A single 40-character piece of substantive feedback is worth more than 10 "Congratulations!" comments combined. The system can distinguish between them. - **Maker's reply frequency.** If every comment is replied to instantly in the first 6 hours, the thread stays alive. Alive threads are then pushed to more people's feeds. - **Hunter reputation.** A well-known hunter can help a little. Not essential. Self-launching can also reach the top ranks after 2020. - **The quality of voting accounts.** Votes cast by newly registered accounts are almost never counted. PH has been cracking down on this since 2023. The last point is the reason for most failures. Maker allowed all newly registered accounts in the company to vote, and the votes were quietly deleted a few hours later. By the time you realized it, your ranking had already dropped. ## Checklist for the two weeks leading up to launch It starts 14 days before launch, not 3 days. Most of the results come from the preparation phase. ### Two weeks left - Set a date. Tuesday or Wednesday is best. Monday is too crowded due to weekend leeway, and Friday has weak traffic. - Write a tagline. One sentence, no more than 60 characters. Say what it does, not what it **is**. Good example: "Turn screenshots into clean product images." Bad example: "An AI creative tool for designers." - Also available on [BetaList](/sites/betalist-com). BetaList comes before Product Hunt, making it a clean combination – it can generate pre-launch buzz and push it to them on launch day. ### One week left - Create a launch asset package. Required: 240x240 thumbnails, 3-5 display images (1270x760), and ideally, a 30-second looping video. The thumbnails are the most important single asset. They need to be bright, clear, and still legible even when shrunk to 80px. - Write a good maker comment. This is the first comment you post as soon as the launch goes live. Keep it under 200 characters. Explain why you did this, what the free and paid parts are, and finally pose a specific question to spark discussion. Find 10 to 20 people who are almost certain to vote and leave a comment within the first 3 hours. Not 100 people who "might" vote. Better fewer but better. ### Three days left Submit your product as a draft. PH allows you to prepare your listing in advance. Start now, don't wait until the night before launch. - Test each link individually. Every link in the listing should point to a page that can be opened, loads quickly, and has a clear conversion path. - Prepare the copy for Twitter, LinkedIn, and newsletter. Don't write these on launch day. ## Launch Day Schedule A day in Philadelphia begins at 12:01 AM Pacific Time (3 or 4 PM Beijing Time, depending on Daylight Saving Time). If you're not in that time zone, plan your sleep schedule accordingly. The following rhythm works in many launches. ### 12:01 AM PT — Moment of going live Product page launch. Immediately post a maker comment. Simultaneously post a launch tweet with a PH link. Notify the previously selected 10-20 person team. ### Hours 1 to 4 — The Window to Success or Failure The algorithm is monitoring things closely these past few hours. Comments will be replied to within minutes. Replies must be genuine—not just "thank you!", but something that shows the other person you actually read their comment. If you encounter a difficult question, answer it directly; don't try to gloss over it. ### Hours 4 to 12 — Keep the thread alive Post the LinkedIn update at this time, not at 12:01 (most LinkedIn users are asleep at 12:01 PT). Send the newsletter. Then casually include the link in your usual Slack/Discord groups—note, in "usually active" groups; don't post it in newly joined groups, as it will have the opposite effect. ### Hours 12 to 24 — Second Half Traffic is starting to decline. I'll continue replying to comments, but I can take a breather now. I'll save my energy for the following week, which is more valuable than the launch day itself. The week following the launch is where the real compounding begins. Most articles end on the launch day. This is misleading. The first day is a period of high traffic, which diminishes within three days. What truly brings sustained returns is what you do over the next seven days. - **On days 2-3, synchronize with other platforms.** Try [Uneed](/sites/uneed-best), [Microlaunch](/sites/microlaunch-net), and [SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com). Gain a small amount of traffic and collect a few more backlinks. - **Write a recap on Day 7.** Post a short tweet or blog post: traffic data, registration data, and what you learned. This type of content performs well on Twitter and Hacker News. - **Update the landing page.** Add a "Product Hunt #3 Product of the Day" badge and link back to your PH page. This is your new endorsement. - **Reply to any subsequent sporadic comments.** Comments will appear sporadically over several weeks. Each reply helps keep the thread alive in search results. ## Common points of failure Buying tickets or using ticket sellers will be detected and your tickets may be cleared; in severe cases, your listing may be hidden. It's not worth it. - **Your launch will be overwhelmed if you encounter a major company's product launch that day.** Check your calendar before you start. The landing page is slow and buggy. It takes 5 seconds to load, and half the bandwidth is already wasted. - **Maker comment:** It has an AI feel to it. All the AI-generated "I built this because…" phrases start the same. Users can tell them apart. Writing in your own words, even if it's a bit rough, is better than a neat AI font. - **There's no clear next step.** Users come in, see a cool product, scan a couple of lines of text, and leave. The landing page must have a clear action on the first screen—register, try for free, install—it shouldn't leave you wondering. ## Other Platforms Worth Launching On During the Same Period Product Hunt is just one channel. To truly generate compounding returns, you should submit to the following platforms as well—all within the same 2–4 week window. Here is a recommended shortlist of platforms that pair particularly well together: - [BetaList](/sites/betalist-com) — Best launched **two weeks prior** to your Product Hunt launch. It helps you build an email list of early adopters. - [Hacker News (Show HN)](/sites/hackernews-com) — Features a distinct audience and different rules. It favors developer tools and technically oriented products. Do *not* launch on the same day as your PH launch. - [SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com) — Boasts a high Domain Rating (DR) and a slower pace. Ideal for building long-term inbound link value. - [Uneed](/sites/uneed-best) — A relatively new site with a curated style; it performs quite well for design-related tools and AI products. - [Microlaunch](/sites/microlaunch-net) — Less competitive than Product Hunt. While the initial traffic "spike" is smaller, the audience tends to be more welcoming. For the full lineup — every platform above plus ten more, each with DR, monthly traffic, and dofollow status — see [15 Product Hunt Alternatives With Real Metrics](/guides/product-hunt-alternatives). Product Hunt is a spike, not a foundation. The foundation is evergreen directories — no launch day, you submit once and the page still sends search traffic a year later. [How to pick startup directories](/guides/startup-directories) ranks the ones still alive by DR and real monthly traffic, and sorts out which paid tiers buy a queue skip versus an actual spot. Complete Categorized Lists: [AI Tool Directories](/c/ai), [SaaS Launch Platforms](/c/saas), [Startup Communities](/c/startup). ## 中文 > **TL;DR:** 只想看一段就记住这几条：PH 到 2026 年还能打，但不是 2019 年那套玩法。挑周二或周三上线。产品状态"干净"就行，不用追求完美。上线后头 6 小时把每条评论都回复一遍。千万别刷票、别让群友一起投 —— **算法看得见，而且会反噬。** 把这一天当成一次 2 周推广节奏里的一个节点，别当成唯一一次 all-in。 ## 2026 年上 Product Hunt 还值得吗？ 答案是：对大多数独立开发者和小 SaaS，值得。但值得的理由跟网上文章说的不一样。 2026 年一个 #1 Product of the Day，launch day 的访问量通常在 **3000 到 8000** 之间。五年前这个数字是 15000+。所以如果你指望 Product Hunt **"一战封神"**，这是不太现实的。它真正还做得好的事情是： - **真实的信誉背书。** 首页 Top 5 的徽章放在 landing page 和 VC pitch deck 上会非常管用。 - **一条会被长期收录的页面。** 你的 [Product Hunt 页面](/sites/producthunt-com) 会被 Google 长期收录，站点 DR 91 上下。不过这条直链是 nofollow，不传权重，图的是长期挂在搜索里，加上被媒体和 newsletter 转载后带来的那些真正的跟随链接。 - **一批爱试新东西的早期用户。** PH 的访客主要是其他 maker。拿反馈效果很好。 所以把它当成 **一整套 launch 组合里的一个节点**，不是全部。剩下的节点后面会说。 ## 算法到底在奖励什么 PH 没公开算法。但每天盯榜一段时间后，规律会浮出来。**投票总数**没有大部分文章说的那么重要。真正在推动排名的是： - **前 4 小时的投票速度。** 开场 1 小时内 20 票，比下午 6 点 100 票更管用。 - **评论深度。** 一条 40 字的实质反馈，比 10 条"恭喜！"加起来还值钱。系统分得清。 - **Maker 的回复频率。** 头 6 小时每条评论都秒回，thread 就活着。活着的 thread 会被推到更多人的 feed 里。 - **Hunter 名气。** 有名的 hunter 帮一点点。不是必需。2020 年之后 self-launch 也能打到前几。 - **投票账号的质量。** 新注册账号投的票几乎不计分。PH 从 2023 年开始查得很严。 最后一条是大多数翻车的原因。Maker 让全公司新注册账号投票，票一开始计，几小时后静悄悄被清掉。等你反应过来，排名已经掉下去了。 ## 上线前 2 周的准备清单 从上线前 14 天开始，不是 3 天。结果的大部分来自准备阶段。 ### 还有两周 - 定日期。周二或周三最好。周一有周末余量太挤，周五流量弱。 - 写 tagline。一句话，60 个字符以内。说它做什么，不是它**是什么**。好例："把截图变成干净的产品展示图"。差例："为设计师打造的 AI 创意工具"。 - 同步上 [BetaList](/sites/betalist-com)。BetaList 在 Product Hunt 前面打，是个很干净的组合 —— 能预热一份邮件列表，launch day 当天推给他们。 ### 还有一周 - 做 launch 素材包。需要：240×240 缩略图、3-5 张展示图（1270×760）、尽量再来一个 30 秒的循环视频。缩略图是最重要的单一素材。要亮、要清、缩到 80px 还能看懂。 - 写好 maker comment。这是 launch 一上线你发的第一条评论。200 字以内。说你为什么做、免费部分是啥、付费部分是啥，最后抛一个具体问题引讨论。 - 找好 10 到 20 个头 3 小时肯定会投票+留言的人。不是 100 个"可能会"的。宁少勿滥。 ### 还有三天 - 把产品以 draft 形式提交。PH 允许提前准备 listing。现在就做，别拖到上线前一晚。 - 逐条测链接。listing 里每一条链接都要指向能打开、加载快、有清晰转化路径的页面。 - 把 Twitter、LinkedIn、newsletter 文案都写好。launch day 当天不要再写这些。 ## Launch day 时间表 PH 的一天从太平洋时间 12:01 AM 开始（北京时间下午 3 点或 4 点，看夏令时）。如果你不在那个时区，提前安排好睡眠。下面这个节奏在很多 launch 里都行得通。 ### 12:01 AM PT — 上线瞬间 产品页发布。立刻发 maker comment。同时发带 PH 链接的 launch 推。通知之前锁定的 10-20 人小分队。 ### 第 1 到第 4 小时 — 决定成败的窗口 这几个小时算法盯得最紧。评论几分钟内必回。回复要真 —— 不是"谢谢！"，要让对方看得出你真的读了他那条。遇到难问题就正面回答，别糊弄。 ### 第 4 到第 12 小时 — 把 thread 喂活 LinkedIn 这个时候再发，不要 12:01 就发（PT 12:01 时大部分 LinkedIn 用户在睡觉）。newsletter 发出去。在你平时活跃的 Slack / Discord 群里顺手带一下链接 —— 注意，是"平时活跃"的地方，刚加入的群别发，会反效果。 ### 第 12 到第 24 小时 — 下半场 流量开始下滑。继续回评论，但可以喘口气了。把体力留给后续一周，那一周比 launch day 本身更值钱。 ## Launch 之后的一周才是真正复利的地方 大部分文章写到 launch day 就结束了。这是一种误导。第一天是一个流量风口，3 天内衰减掉。真正持续给你带回报的，是接下来 7 天里你做了什么。 - **第 2-3 天同步上其他平台。** 试试 [Uneed](/sites/uneed-best)、[Microlaunch](/sites/microlaunch-net)、[SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com)。再吃一波小流量，顺便多收几条外链。 - **第 7 天写一篇复盘。** 发一个短推 thread 或者博客文章：流量数据、注册数据、学到了什么。这类内容在 Twitter 和 Hacker News 上表现都不错。 - **更新 landing page。** 加一块 "Product Hunt #3 Product of the Day" 的徽章，链回你的 PH 页面。这是你新的信任背书。 - **后续的零星评论也要回。** 评论会零散出现好几周。每回一条都是把 thread 在搜索里继续喂活。 ## 常见翻车点 - **买票或者用票农。** 会被发现、被清票，严重时 listing 直接被隐藏。不值得。 - **撞上大厂发布会。** 如果那天苹果或 Google 有主题演讲，你的 launch 会被淹没。开工前查一下日历。 - **landing page 又慢又有 bug。** 5 秒还没加载出来，一半流量已经回去了。 - **maker comment 一股 AI 味。** AI 生成的 "I built this because…" 开头全都长一个样。用户分得出。用自己的话写，哪怕写得糙一点也比工整 AI 体好。 - **没有清晰的下一步。** 用户进来，看个酷产品，扫两行字，走了。landing page 首屏必须有一个明确动作 —— 注册、免费试、安装 —— 不能让人想。 ## 同一个时期值得配合上的其他平台 Product Hunt 只是其中一个渠道。想真的形成复利，就在同一个 2-4 周里再把下面几个也提交一下。推荐一个搭配得还不错的短清单： - [BetaList](/sites/betalist-com) — 最好在 Product Hunt **前两周** 就打。帮你攒一份早期用户邮件列表。 - [Hacker News (Show HN)](/sites/hackernews-com) — 人群不同、规则不同。偏开发者工具、偏技术产品。不要跟 PH 同一天打。 - [SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com) — DR 高、节奏慢。适合做长期外链价值。 - [Uneed](/sites/uneed-best) — 较新的站，精选风格，设计类和 AI 工具上效果还行。 - [Microlaunch](/sites/microlaunch-net) — 比 PH 不那么卷。spike 小但受众更友善。 想看全的?[15 个有真实数据的 Product Hunt 替代站](/guides/product-hunt-alternatives) 把上面这几个、外加另外十个,连 DR、月访问量、外链是不是 dofollow 都列清楚了。 Product Hunt 是个爆点，不是底盘。底盘是那些没有发布日的常青目录——提完就挂着，一年后还在给你带搜索流量。[startup directories 怎么挑](/guides/startup-directories)把还活着的按 DR 和真实月访问排了一遍，也说清楚了哪些是花钱买插队、哪些是花钱买位置。 完整分类列表：[AI 工具目录](/c/ai)、[SaaS 发布平台](/c/saas)、[创业社区](/c/startup)。 --- # How to Submit Your Product to Startup Fame Canonical URL: https://wheretosubmit.org/guides/startupfa-me-submission-guide Last updated: 2026-08-04 11:28:57 ## English > **TL;DR:** Startup Fame is a launch site that indie hackers use a lot. DR 83. Google indexes it long term. The backlink it gives you is dofollow. The free plan works fine, but you'll wait a few days in the queue. Pay $15–30 and you skip the line. It's not in the same league as Product Hunt — way less traffic per day. But that's the upside too. Winning "Top of the Day" here is way easier than hitting Top 5 on PH. The hard part isn't getting in. It's how to push the votes in the first six hours after you go live. ## What Startup Fame is [Startup Fame](/sites/startupfa-me) is startupfa.me. It's a launch site aimed at indie hackers. Every day they release a batch of new products. Users upvote. Products get ranked into Top of the Day, Top of the Week, and Top of the Month. Sounds like Product Hunt. But the day-to-day feel is pretty different. It does three things: - **Lists new products.** SaaS, AI tools, dev tools, Chrome extensions, websites. B2C and B2B both work. - **Gives you a dofollow link.** Every product detail page has a dofollow link to your site. The page is on a DR 83 domain. That's real SEO value. - **Sends a weekly newsletter.** A roundup of the week's top 10. Not a huge subscriber count, but the people who read it are real indie hackers. Small teams shipping global products have been using it a lot the past two years. Reason is simple. It's free, the review bar is light, and the link quality is good. ## Is Startup Fame still worth it in 2026 Depends on what you're shipping. If you sell big enterprise B2B software — **you can do it, but keep it low priority**. The Startup Fame audience is indie devs and early adopters. Not enterprise procurement. The traffic won't turn into real customers for you. If you ship indie products, SaaS, AI tools, Chrome extensions, productivity tools — **do it. The free dofollow link alone is worth it**. Three things it actually gives you: - **One dofollow link from a DR 83 page.** Google indexes it long term. That kind of free link is rare. For a new site building authority, it helps. - **A "Top of the Day" or "Top of the Week" badge.** You can put it on your own site as social proof. Much easier to earn than a PH equivalent. - **A small but on-target traffic spike.** A launch usually pulls a few dozen to a few hundred real clicks. Conversion is better than paid ads. The people clicking are peers, not random users. Also, here's a nice side effect. Products that earn a Startup Fame badge **have an easier time on Product Hunt later**. PH editors look for prior coverage when they screen submissions. Having a Startup Fame badge tells them the product is real. Approval gets faster. ## What Startup Fame rewards The ranking algorithm isn't fully public. But after watching it for a while, you can spot a few patterns: - **Vote count on day one.** The first day's total decides if you make Top of the Day. The top 3 is where the fight is. - **Speed of early votes.** 10 votes in your first two hours beats 30 votes spread across the day. The algorithm reads early speed as momentum. - **Comment count and quality.** A "good luck" comment is worth way less than a paragraph that explains how someone used the product. - **Submitter activity.** If you've voted on other people's launches and left real comments in the past, the algorithm gives your own launch a bit of a push. - **Not from brand-new accounts.** Votes from accounts registered the same day count for almost nothing. The algorithm wants real users with history. The fastest way to mess this up: **getting friends to make new accounts and pile on votes**. The algorithm checks IP, registration date, and user agent. New accounts all voting for one product gets that whole batch invalidated. In bad cases the product gets pulled. ## What to prepare before you submit Don't open the form and just start typing. Spend a week on prep. You'll get way more votes. ### One week out - **Pick the launch day carefully.** Weekday competition on Startup Fame is heavier than weekends. But weekday actual traffic is bigger too. **Tuesday and Wednesday are the sweet spot.** Monday has too many international holidays. Thursday and Friday people drift into weekend mode. - **Get the asset pack ready.** Logo (PNG, transparent background, 512×512 or larger). 3–5 product screenshots (1280×720 or higher). A 30–60 second demo video or GIF. Don't use empty UI screenshots. Add real-looking data. It works much better. - **Write the tagline.** One sentence, under 80 characters. Say **what it does**, not **what it is**. Good one: "Sync Stripe payments to Notion automatically." Bad one: "The next-generation finance tool built for founders." ### Three days out - **Lock down your website.** The reviewer will open your site. If it's slow, broken, or has an expired cert, it gets rejected. Back of the line. - **Write your invite list.** 20–30 real people. Beta testers, people you've talked to on Twitter, Discord friends, folks you know from Indie Hackers. You'll use this list on launch day. - **Hang out on Startup Fame.** Vote on a few products that went live that day. Leave two or three honest comments. The algorithm sees it. That's how you build submitter credit. ### One day out - **Draft your community posts.** Twitter/X launch tweet, [Indie Hackers](/sites/indiehackers-com) post, relevant Discord pre-announcements — write them all and queue them. The moment you go live, push them out at the same time. - **Get the timezone right.** Startup Fame uses UTC to define "today". 0:00 UTC is the cutover. That's 8 AM Beijing time. Submitting one day early and catching the cutover moment is the safest way to start the vote count clean. ## How submission works: two steps, the second one matters Compared to heavy-review sites like G2 or Capterra, Startup Fame's flow is light. ### Step 1: Fill out the submission form Go to startupfa.me/submit. The form is built on Tally. Not many fields: product name, tagline, website URL, category, logo, screenshots, video (optional), submitter's email and Twitter handle. Submit. You go into the queue. Approval usually takes 24–72 hours. Faster on weekdays. **This step is free.** ### Step 2: Wait, or pay to skip the line After the free submission gets approved, you don't know when it'll go live. It could be tomorrow. It could be a week out. To control timing, pay — usually $15–30 one-time (Startup Fame changes the price now and then). You pick the launch day. An editor releases it. The paid version has a hidden upside too. **The editor puts you in the "Featured" slot for that day.** Your detail page gets pinned to the top of the homepage for 24 hours. Free products do also land on the homepage. But people have to scroll to see them. ### Step 3 (same day): Push the votes The first hour after launch is the most important. Whole section on this next. ## How to actually win Top of the Day Startup Fame ships around 5–15 products a day. Making Top 3 is already good. Winning the day gets you the "Top of the Day" badge. Way easier than PH's Top 5. But not free either. **Core rhythm: 30–50 votes in the first 6 hours basically locks first place.** The play: - **Pick the launch hour, then submit.** Paid plan lets you pick the launch day. Free plan doesn't. If most of your seed users are in Europe or the US, launch around UTC morning (Beijing afternoon). That catches the EU/US morning wave. If your audience is in Asia, UTC 23:00–01:00 hits Asia evening prime time. - **Hit your network in the first hour.** DM your 20–30 person list the day before. **The moment you go live, drop the link in all the channels at once.** Twitter, Discord, Indie Hackers. 15–20 votes in 30 minutes and you're already in the lead. - **Long comments get long comments.** Leave two real, long comments on other products that day. People reciprocate. Startup Fame's comment section is more active than PH's. - **Check the rankings once in the afternoon.** Around UTC noon, see where you sit. Within 10 votes of first? Push out another Twitter post. More than 30 votes behind? Accept it. Focus on holding Top 3. - **Don't pay for votes.** Already said. New accounts get caught. Those Fiverr "50 votes for $20" gigs are a guaranteed way to get your product pulled. ## How to put the link to work The badge and the detail page are just the start. Here's how you actually catch the traffic Startup Fame sends. - **Put the badge on your site.** As soon as you win "Top of the Day", "Top of the Week", or "Featured on Startup Fame", drop it on the landing page hero. Third-party badges help early-stage product conversion more than you'd think. - **Post a screenshot.** Your detail page plus the day's rankings. Add a short retro. Push it to Twitter and LinkedIn. This kind of post pulls more traffic than your blog usually does. - **Turn comments into content.** Real use cases and pain points showed up in your detail page comments. Turn them into FAQ entries or a blog post. When Google indexes that content, it gets pulled up alongside the Startup Fame dofollow. - **Reply to comments.** Even just "thanks for trying it". A detail page with a dead comment section drifts down the category page over time. ## Common ways people mess this up - **New accounts voting in bulk.** Already covered. The deadliest one. - **Submitting with a broken website.** Reviewer opens it, can't load it, rejects you. Back to the queue. Another week. - **Tagline that reads like ad copy.** "Revolutionary AI platform", "next-gen productivity tool" — the editor will reject this. Use plain verbs. Skip the adjectives. - **Empty UI screenshots.** Screenshots with no data look like mockups. Low trust. Fill them with sample data. - **Resubmitting the same product.** If your submission gets rejected, don't rename and try again. The editor catches it. Submitter gets blacklisted. Email the editor and ask why instead. - **Logging off on launch day.** You submitted and went home? Nobody answered comments? Nobody drove votes for the first few hours? Even a great product caps out at Top 5. ## Startup Fame vs Product Hunt: which one to pick People ask this all the time: [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com) and Startup Fame are both launch sites. Which one first? Answer is — **use Startup Fame to warm up. Save PH for the launch that actually matters**. | Aspect | Startup Fame | Product Hunt | | --- | --- | --- | | Products per day | 5–15 | 30–50 | | Difficulty of Top 1 | Medium. 30–50 votes is enough. | Very hard. You need 300+ votes. | | Traffic per launch | Dozens to a few hundred real clicks. | Thousands to tens of thousands of clicks. | | Link type | dofollow, DR 83. | nofollow, DR 91 (nofollow is discounted). | | Review strictness | Loose, 24–72 hours. | Strict. Editor may push back on the tagline. | | Can you re-launch the same product? | No. One shot. | Yes. 6-month gap. | | Launch stage it fits | Beta, early, small iterations all work. | Big releases, brand moments. | **Bottom line:** Startup Fame fits the phase where your product is shipped, you want a clean backlink, and a little real traffic. Save PH for the moment that actually deserves it. Both work together. But **don't run them on the same day**. You'll spread thin and miss Top 1 on both. ## FAQ **Do I have to pay for Startup Fame?** No. The free plan lets you submit, hit the homepage, earn the dofollow, and win a badge. Paying gets you two things. One, skip the queue and pick your own launch day. Two, the Featured slot for that day. New product with no budget — free plan is enough. **How long does approval take?** 24–48 hours on weekdays. Up to 72 hours on weekends or holidays. Common rejection reasons: tagline is all marketing copy, website doesn't load, screenshots are too low-resolution, or the product isn't actually built yet. **Is the link really dofollow?** Yes. Every product detail page has a dofollow link to your site. This is different from PH. PH is nofollow. From an SEO angle, the Startup Fame link carries more real weight. **Can I edit a product page after it's live?** Yes. The submitter dashboard lets you change tagline, description, and screenshots. But the URL and product name are locked once set. Pick carefully the first time. **How do I win Top of the Week?** Your product needs the **highest total votes across all the days that week**. The weekly winner usually lands at 200–400 votes. Harder than the daily, but still easier than PH Top 5. **How long do the badges last?** "Top of the Day / Week / Month" badges are permanent. They don't expire. You can keep them on your site forever. ## Other platforms to run in the same window Startup Fame alone is too thin as a main play. Run it alongside the ones below and the backlinks plus early users start to stack: - [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com) — Stagger it 2–4 weeks. Use Startup Fame for the clean backlink and the first wave of seed users. Then go to PH when momentum is solid. - [BetaList](/sites/betalist-com) — Still in beta? Hit BetaList first to collect a waitlist. Then run Startup Fame at the real launch. - [Uneed](/sites/uneed-best) — Another indie-focused launch site. Audience overlaps a lot. You can run both in the same week. - [Micro Launch](/sites/microlaunch-net) — Smaller than Startup Fame, less competition. Good for MVP-stage testing. - [Fazier](/sites/fazier-com) — Same kind of site. Lower DR but stable traffic. Use it to fill out the backlink combo. - [Indie Hackers](/sites/indiehackers-com) — Drop a launch post in the community and link to your Startup Fame page. The two amplify each other. - [Today Launches](/sites/todaylaunches-com) — Run it in the same week. - [Open Launch](/sites/open-launch-com) — Run it in the same week. - [Tiny Startups](/sites/tinystartups-co) — Smaller audience but very on-target. Pair it in. Everything above has a launch day and needs timing. Evergreen startup directories are a separate batch — no window to hit, submit once and the listing stays. [Startup directories worth your time](/guides/startup-directories) covers the ones still alive, which are free and dofollow, and which want a badge on your homepage (Startup Fame is one of them). Full lists by category: [startup launch platforms](/c/startup), [directory and backlink sites](/c/directory), [SaaS launch platforms](/c/saas). ## 中文 > **TL;DR:** Startup Fame 是一个独立开发者圈用得很多的产品发布站，DR 83，谷歌长期收录，给的是 dofollow 外链。免费版能提，但要排队等几天才放出来；付费 15-30 美金可以加急上当天。它跟 Product Hunt 完全不是一个量级，每天的流量小很多，但好处是——拿"Top of the Day"比 PH 上 Top 5 容易得多。最难的部分不是把产品提上去，是开播那天怎么把固定那几个时区的投票冲起来。 ## Startup Fame 是什么 [Startup Fame](/sites/startupfa-me) 全称 startupfa.me，是一个偏独立开发者的产品发布站。每天放一批新产品出来，用户投票，按票数排"当日榜 / 当周榜 / 当月榜"。听起来跟 Product Hunt 像，但实际差别挺大。 它就做三件事： - **收录新产品**——SaaS、AI 工具、开发者工具、Chrome 插件、网站都能上，toC、toB 都收。 - **给 dofollow 外链**——每个产品的详情页都有一条指向你官网的 dofollow 链接，DR 83 的页面挂着，对 SEO 是实打实的加分。 - **发周报 Newsletter**——每周给订阅者推当周 Top 10，订阅量不算大，但都是真活跃的独立开发者。 国内做出海产品的小团队这两年用它的越来越多。原因很简单——免费、审核宽松、外链质量不错。 ## 2026 年还该做 Startup Fame 吗 要分情况。 如果你做的是大公司 B2B 软件、企业服务这种——**做也行，但优先级很低**。Startup Fame 的受众是独立开发者和早期用户，不是企业采购的人。流量给你带不来真客户。 如果你做独立产品、SaaS、AI 工具、Chrome 插件、效率工具——**该做，是个性价比挺高的免费外链**。它真正能给你的就三样： - **一条 DR 83 的 dofollow 外链。** 谷歌长期收录的页面，对你新站起权重很有用。这种质量的免费外链不多见。 - **当日榜 / 当周榜的徽章。** 拿到"Top of the Day"，能搬回自己官网当 social proof。比 PH 的徽章好拿得多。 - **一波小但精准的种子用户。** 一次冲榜大概几十到几百个真实点击，转化率比泛广告高，因为来的都是同行。 还有件挺有意思的事——Startup Fame 上拿了徽章的产品，**回头去 PH 发版的时候过审更顺**。PH 编辑会看你之前有没有其他发布站的曝光，有的话说明产品是真的，过审快一截。 ## Startup Fame 在按什么排序 排序算法没全公开，但盯榜久了能看出几条： - **当天的票数。** 上线第一天的总票数决定能不能上"Top of the Day"。前 3 名抢得最凶。 - **早期票的速度。** 上线后头两小时拿到 10 票，比一天慢慢攒 30 票管用。算法会判这个产品有起势。 - **评论数和评论质量。** 一句"good luck"和一段写清楚怎么用的反馈，权重差很多。 - **submitter 自己的活跃度。** 你以前在 Startup Fame 上给别人投过票、留过评论的，自己发版时算法给你多推一点。 - **不是新号刷的票。** 注册当天的账号投的票，权重接近零。需要的是有历史的真实用户。 最容易翻车的一条：**找朋友注册新号一窝蜂上来投票**。算法看 IP、看注册时间、看 user agent，新号集中投同一个产品，那批票直接作废，严重的整个产品下架。 ## 提交前要准备什么 别打开表单就开始填。提前一周准备，能多拿不少票。 ### 还有一周 - **想清楚发版日。** Startup Fame 的工作日竞争比周末激烈，但工作日的实际流量更大。**周二、周三是甜区。** 周一国际假期多，周四周五大家进入周末模式。 - **素材包准备齐。** Logo（PNG 透明底、512×512 以上）、3-5 张产品截图（1280×720 或更高）、一段 30-60 秒的演示视频或 GIF。截图别全是空界面，加点真实数据效果好得多。 - **写好 tagline。** 一句 80 个字母以内的产品自我介绍。说**它干啥**，别说**它是啥**。好的："让 Stripe 收款自动同步到 Notion"。差的："为创业者打造的下一代财务工具"。 ### 还有三天 - **官网弄稳。** 审核员会真去打开你的官网，加载半天打不开或者证书过期，会直接被打回。 - **把"邀请名单"写出来。** 列 20-30 个真实联系人——之前内测的用户、Twitter 上互动过的人、Discord 群友、Indie Hackers 上认识的人。发版当天会用到。 - **去 Startup Fame 上先逛逛。** 给当天榜上的其他产品投几票、留两条真诚的评论。算法看得到，这是积累 submitter credit。 ### 还有一天 - **把社群帖子草稿写好。** Twitter / X 的发版推文、[Indie Hackers](/sites/indiehackers-com) 的发布帖、相关 Discord 群的预告——都先写好放着，发版那刻直接同步发出去。 - **时区算准。** Startup Fame 按 UTC 算"当日"。0:00 UTC 切日，相当于北京时间早 8 点切。提早一天提交，赶上切日那一刻"开始计票"最稳。 ## 提交流程：两步，第二步是关键 跟 G2、Capterra 那种重审核站不同，Startup Fame 的流程很轻。 ### 第一步：填提交表单 入口在 startupfa.me/submit。表单本身用 Tally 做的，填的字段不多：产品名、tagline、官网链接、分类、Logo、截图、视频（可选）、submitter 的邮箱和 Twitter。 填完点提交，会进审核队列。审核一般 24-72 小时，工作日快一点，周末慢。**这一步免费**。 ### 第二步：等开播或者付费加急 免费提交进队列后，排到第几天放出来你不知道，最长能等一周。要赶进度，可以付费——一次性 15-30 美金（具体数字 Startup Fame 经常调），选个具体的发版日，编辑那边直接放行。 付费版还有一个隐藏好处：**编辑会把你放在那天的"Featured"位置**，详情页头图被推到首页顶部 24 小时。免费版进的产品也会上首页，但要往下滑才能看到。 ### 第三步（同一天）：把流量冲起来 详情页开播后的第一个小时最关键。后面专门有一节讲。 ## 怎么真的拿到 Top of the Day Startup Fame 一天大概放 5-15 个产品，能进 Top 3 已经算不错了，能拿到当天第一就能挂"Top of the Day"徽章。比 PH 的 Top 5 好拿不少，但也不是躺赢。 **核心节奏：前 6 小时拿到 30-50 票，基本锁第一名。** 具体怎么干： - **算好开播时间再提交。** 付费版可以选发版日，免费版不能。如果你自己手上的种子用户主要在欧美时区，让产品在 UTC 上午开播（北京下午），这样欧美早上起床能赶第一波；在亚洲时区的话，UTC 23-1 点开播刚好覆盖晚上。 - **第一小时打朋友圈。** 提前一天给你的 20-30 人名单发私信预告，**当天开播那一刻一起发链接**。Twitter / Discord / Indie Hackers 同步发，30 分钟内能涌进 15-20 票就已经领先。 - **留长评论换长评论。** 给当天其他产品留两条真诚长评论，别人也会回访你那条留评。Startup Fame 评论区比 PH 活跃得多。 - **下午盯一次榜。** UTC 中午左右看看自己在第几名。差第一名 10 票以内，再补一波 Twitter 推文；差 30 票以上，认了，专心维持 Top 3 就行。 - **千万别花钱买票。** 上面说了，新号刷票算法一眼看穿。Fiverr 上那种"50 votes for $20"的服务，买了等于把自己产品送下架。 ## 怎么把这条外链真正用起来 徽章和详情页只是开始。下面这些事才是把 Startup Fame 这一波流量真正接住的关键。 - **徽章搬回官网。** 拿到"Top of the Day"、"Top of the Week"、"Featured on Startup Fame"，第一时间贴到 landing page 首屏。这种来自第三方榜单的徽章，对早期产品的转化率帮助挺大。 - **截图发社交。** 自己的详情页 + 当天排名截图，配一段简短复盘，发 Twitter 和 LinkedIn。这种内容流量比官网博客高得多。 - **拿评论回去做内容。** 详情页评论区里用户提到的具体场景和痛点，整理成 FAQ 或者一篇 use case 博客。这些内容后面被谷歌索引时，还会带着 Startup Fame 那个 dofollow 一起算权重。 - **回评论。** 哪怕只是"thanks for trying it"也回。评论区死气沉沉的产品，长期排在分类页的位置会往下掉。 ## 常见翻车点 - **新号刷票。** 已经说过了，最致命的一条。 - **官网打不开就提交。** 审核员一开打不开，直接拒，重新排队又是一周。 - **tagline 写得像广告。** "革命性 AI 平台"、"下一代生产力工具"这种 G2 编辑会直接改掉，Startup Fame 编辑会直接退回。用具体动词替代形容词。 - **截图全是空界面。** 没有真实数据的截图看起来像 mockup，可信度低。最好用一组演示数据填进去。 - **同一产品反复提交。** 提交被拒之后改个名再提一次，被识破就拉黑 submitter。被拒了直接给编辑写邮件问原因更稳。 - **发版当天不在线。** 提交了就关电脑下班，开播那几小时没人接评论、没人冲流量，再好的产品也只能拿 Top 5。 ## Startup Fame vs Product Hunt 怎么选 很多人会问：[Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com) 和 Startup Fame 都是发布站，到底先打哪个？答案是——**先用 Startup Fame 练手，PH 留给最关键那次发版**。 | 维度 | Startup Fame | Product Hunt | | --- | --- | --- | | 一天上线产品数 | 5-15 个 | 30-50 个 | | 拿 Top 1 的难度 | 中等，30-50 票够 | 极难，需要 300+ 票 | | 流量量级 | 每次几十到几百真实点击 | 几千到上万点击 | | 外链类型 | dofollow，DR 83 | nofollow，DR 91（但 nofollow 权重打折） | | 审核严格度 | 宽，24-72 小时 | 严，编辑可能要求改 tagline | | 同一产品能重复发吗 | 不能，一次定胜负 | 可以，间隔 6 个月 | | 适合的发版阶段 | beta、早期、小迭代都能用 | 大版本、品牌时刻 | **结论：** Startup Fame 适合"产品做出来了想拿条干净外链 + 一点初始流量"的阶段。PH 留给真正成熟的时刻。两个不冲突，但**别同一天打**——精力分散，两边都拿不到 Top 1。 ## 常见问题 **Startup Fame 必须付费吗？** 不用。免费版能提、能上首页、能拿外链、能赢徽章。付费只买两个东西：1）跳过排队，自己选发版日；2）那天的 Featured 位置。新产品没钱的话，纯免费版就够用。 **审核多久通过？** 工作日 24-48 小时，周末或者节假日能拖到 72 小时。被拒的常见原因：tagline 全是营销词、官网打不开、截图分辨率太低、产品根本没做完。 **外链真的是 dofollow 吗？** 是的。每个产品详情页里指向你官网的链接都是 dofollow。这一点跟 PH 不同，PH 是 nofollow。从 SEO 角度看 Startup Fame 的外链权重更值钱一点。 **能改已经发出去的产品页吗？** 能。在 submitter 后台可以编辑 tagline、描述、截图。但 URL 和产品名一旦定了就改不了，要慎重。 **Top of the Week 怎么拿？** 你的产品要在那一周里**所有当日榜的总票数最高**。一般来说当周冠军大概 200-400 票，难度比当日榜高一截，但比 PH Top 5 还是容易得多。 **徽章能挂多久？** "Top of the Day / Week / Month"徽章是永久的，不会过期。可以一直挂在自己官网。 ## 同期可以一起打的其他平台 Startup Fame 拿来当主战场太单薄，但跟下面几个并着打，外链和初始用户能堆起来： - [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com) — 错开 2-4 周，先用 Startup Fame 拿干净外链 + 第一波种子用户，等节奏稳了再上 PH。 - [BetaList](/sites/betalist-com) — 还在 beta 阶段可以先上 BetaList 收 waitlist，正式发版再打 Startup Fame。 - [Uneed](/sites/uneed-best) — 也是独立开发者站，受众重叠度高，可以同一周一起打。 - [Micro Launch](/sites/microlaunch-net) — 比 Startup Fame 还小众，竞争更少，适合 MVP 阶段试水。 - [Fazier](/sites/fazier-com) — 同类型站，DR 较低但流量稳定，凑外链组合用。 - [Indie Hackers](/sites/indiehackers-com) — 社区帖发布，配合 Startup Fame 链接一起发，引流效果好。 - [Today Launches](/sites/todaylaunches-com) — 同期补一条。 - [Open Launch](/sites/open-launch-com) — 同期补一条。 - [Tiny Startups](/sites/tinystartups-co) — 受众小但精，配合用。 上面这几个都是有发布日、要挑时间打的。常青型的 startup directories 是另一批，没有时间窗口，提一次就能一直挂着。[值得提的 startup directories](/guides/startup-directories) 列了还活着的那些，标了哪些免费给 dofollow、哪些要求首页挂徽章（Startup Fame 就在里面）。 完整分类页：[startup 发布平台](/c/startup)、[directory 类外链站](/c/directory)、[SaaS 出海平台](/c/saas)。 --- # 15 Product Hunt Alternatives With Real Metrics Canonical URL: https://wheretosubmit.org/guides/product-hunt-alternatives Last updated: 2026-08-04 11:28:57 ## English > **TL;DR** > > - Product Hunt (DR 75, 6M visits/mo) gives nofollow links and a 24-hour window decided by factors you don't control. Use it — but don't bet everything on it. > - The best Product Hunt alternative for pure launch-day traffic is **[Uneed](/sites/uneed-best)** (252K visits/mo). For pre-launch signups: **[BetaList](/sites/betalist-com)** (180K, dofollow). For long-tail SEO: **[SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com)** (1.6M, dofollow). > - Sequence your launches. Soft-launch first, then small boards, then the big swings. Never fire everything on the same day. > - Most platforms here are free. The paid ones charge for queue-skipping, not access. ## Why founders skip Product Hunt (or use it alongside alternatives) Product Hunt is not dead. DR 75, 6 million monthly visits, a badge that still means something on a landing page. If your buyers are SaaS people and early adopters, you should still launch there. But the frustration is real and specific. **The 24-hour window is a tournament.** Your result depends on who else launches that Tuesday, whether the algorithm weights your early votes, and whether your network is awake at 12:01 AM Pacific. Founders who prep for a month and land outside the top five often walk away with a fraction of what they expected — not because the product was bad, but because the bracket was wrong. **The link is nofollow.** You get zero SEO juice. A Product Hunt launch is pure referral traffic, and it decays in 48 hours. **Organic reach has compressed.** The front page is increasingly dominated by products with large pre-existing audiences. A bootstrapped solo founder competing against a VC-backed team with 200 employees voting is not a fair fight. The fix isn't abandoning Product Hunt. It's refusing to bet everything on it. The product launch platforms below each fix a specific failure mode — longer windows, fairer queues, dofollow links, or tighter niche audiences that actually convert. ## The 15 best Product Hunt alternatives (with real metrics) ### Dedicated launch boards (highest intent traffic) These are the closest cousins to Product Hunt. Submit, get featured, collect votes. The difference is mechanics. **[Uneed](/sites/uneed-best)** — 44 DR · 252K visits/mo · link type: not disclosed · Paid ($30) How to submit: Register, sign in, hit "Submit a Product," fill in English-only product info. The platform caps launches at 30 products per day. Pitfalls & tips: **Expect a queue — pay $30 to skip it.** Your listing persists in weekly and monthly rankings after launch day, so a bad day-one isn't a write-off. Best all-around Product Hunt alternative for indie products. **[BetaList](/sites/betalist-com)** — 70 DR · 180K visits/mo · **dofollow** · Free (paid expedite) How to submit: Go to [betalist.com/submissions/new](https://betalist.com/submissions/new), fill out the form. Free queue runs 4–6 weeks; paid expedite gets you reviewed in ~24 hours. Pitfalls & tips: **Submit before your public launch — BetaList only features pre-launch products.** Don't use it on launch day. Use it 6–8 weeks before to fill your waitlist with early adopters who specifically browse for betas. **[Microlaunch](/sites/microlaunch-net)** — 61 DR · ~55K visits/mo · link type: dofollow · Free How to submit: Submit at [microlaunch.net](https://microlaunch.net) — product name, description, screenshots, and your URL. Products compete in monthly rankings, not daily sprints. Pitfalls & tips: **Month-long exposure is the feature, not a bug.** A steady drip of high-intent visitors beats a spike that decays in 48 hours. Best for early-stage products that need feedback more than chart position. **Peerlist Launchpad** — ~74 DR · est. 200K+ visits/mo · link type: nofollow · Free How to submit: Create a Peerlist profile, then submit your project to Launchpad. Launches run on a weekly cycle — community votes through the week, winners crowned at the end. Pitfalls & tips: **Your entire work history and past projects launch with you.** Credibility compounds across launches. Strongest for dev tools, design tools, and anything where the founder's professional track record is part of the pitch. **[Fazier](/sites/fazier-com)** — 82 DR · est. 5–50K visits/mo · **dofollow** · Free (paid boost) How to submit: Go to [fazier.com/submit](https://fazier.com/submit). Free tier requires a badge embed on your homepage; paid tiers skip the wait. Pitfalls & tips: **Fewer competing launches means your indie product actually gets seen.** The dofollow link from DR 82 keeps paying small SEO dividends long after launch day. Don't skip the badge requirement — submissions without it get rejected. **[Launching Next](/sites/launchingnext-com)** — 51 DR · 13K visits/mo · link type: not disclosed · Free How to submit: Submit via the on-page form at [launchingnext.com/submit](https://www.launchingnext.com/submit/). Fill in product name, tagline, description, URL. Pitfalls & tips: **Free submissions sit in a queue.** Low traffic but zero noise — the audience is small and genuinely interested. Good for stacking a long-tail listing without spending anything. ### Maker communities (conversation + feedback) No submit button, no leaderboard. These are places where people already gather. A "launch" here is a post that earns its keep. Higher variance, higher ceiling, zero tolerance for marketing-speak. **[Hacker News (Show HN)](/sites/hackernews-com)** — DR 90 · massive traffic · nofollow · Free How to submit: Go to [news.ycombinator.com/submit](https://news.ycombinator.com) and post a plain-text "Show HN: [Your Product] — [one honest sentence]." No scheduling, no gallery, no rallying your network. Pitfalls & tips: **Write like an engineer explaining a side project, not a marketer announcing a revolution.** Most Show HN posts sink quietly. The ones that connect can outdraw a #1 Product Hunt finish and the thread ranks in Google for years. Stay in the comments all day. Harsh feedback is product research. **[Indie Hackers](/sites/indiehackers-com)** — DR 79 · est. 500K+ visits/mo · nofollow · Free How to submit: Don't treat it as a launch board. Post milestones, share real revenue numbers, ask for feedback, answer other people's questions. Start weeks before launch. Pitfalls & tips: **Showing up the morning of launch and posting "check out my product" is the classic mistake.** The payoff is slow — relationships, word-of-mouth, people who know your product's whole story. Not a traffic spike. **Reddit (r/SideProject, r/startups)** — DR 91 · hundreds of millions of visits/mo · nofollow · Free How to submit: r/SideProject is the friendly default. r/startups and r/EntrepreneurRideAlong reward posts with real numbers. The niche subreddit for your actual customers beats all of the above for conversions. Pitfalls & tips: **Every subreddit has its own self-promotion rules — read them before posting.** Posts that work read as "I built this because X kept annoying me, here's what happened." Link-dropping gets you banned. Results are wildly unpredictable: most posts do little, occasionally one brings more signups in a weekend than a launch board does in a month. **[SideProjectors](/sites/sideprojectors-com)** — 67 DR · 52.6K visits/mo · link type: not disclosed · Free How to submit: Register at [sideprojectors.com](https://www.sideprojectors.com), click "Submit a Project," fill in details. Human-reviewed. Pitfalls & tips: **Human review means incomplete submissions sit.** Fill every field. The audience is other makers — good for tools that serve builders, not great for consumer apps. ### Directories & aggregators (long-term SEO value) These won't spike your traffic on launch day. They will send a steady trickle of high-intent visitors for months or years, and most give you a dofollow backlink that compounds over time. These are the startup submission sites that competitors ignore. **[SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com)** — 68 DR · **1.6M visits/mo** · **dofollow** · Free How to submit: Go to [saashub.com/submit](https://www.saashub.com/submit), fill in product info, wait for review. Pitfalls & tips: **You must list competitors and verify with an email on your product's domain.** Don't skip the competitor list — it's required and it's how SaaSHub's comparison engine works. 1.6M monthly visits makes this the highest-traffic free dofollow listing on this entire page. **[Future Tools](/sites/futuretools-io)** — 44 DR · **3.0M visits/mo** · link type: not disclosed · Free How to submit: Click "Submit a Tool" at [futuretools.io/submit-a-tool](https://www.futuretools.io/submit-a-tool). Human-reviewed. Pitfalls & tips: **AI tools only.** If your product has no AI angle, don't bother — it won't pass review. If it does, 3M monthly visits is the highest raw traffic number on this list. Human review means wait time varies; no paid expedite option. **[Startup Stash](/sites/startupstash-com)** — 65 DR · 370K visits/mo · link type: not disclosed · **Paid ($199–$399/year)** How to submit: Submit via the Typeform at [startupstash.com/add-listing](https://startupstash.com/add-listing/). Pitfalls & tips: **Startup tools only — consumer apps get rejected.** This is the only paid listing on this list with no free tier. Worth it if you're targeting other founders as customers; skip it if you're B2C. **[FoundrList](/sites/foundrlist-com)** — 64 DR · traffic not disclosed · link type: not disclosed · Free How to submit: Click Submit at [foundrlist.com](https://foundrlist.com), provide name, tagline, and screenshots. Pitfalls & tips: **Favors SaaS and indie-dev tools.** Straightforward submission, no tricks. Good for stacking another listing without spending time or money. **[PitchWall](/sites/pitchwall-co)** — 64 DR · 59K visits/mo · link type: not disclosed · Free How to submit: Register, then click "Submit Product" at [pitchwall.co/product/submit](https://pitchwall.co/product/submit). Pitfalls & tips: **Pure SEO-link plays rarely get approved.** Submit a real product with a real description. The review team spots thin submissions immediately. ## How to sequence your launch (don't do it all at once) The biggest unlock isn't picking the right Product Hunt alternative. It's abandoning the idea of a single launch day. Think in phases: **Validate → Build audience → Launch season → First customers.** Launch season is a season, not a date. **Week –8 to –6: Pre-launch** Submit to BetaList now. The free queue takes 4–6 weeks. You want the feature to land while you still have something to invite people into. Start posting on Indie Hackers — milestones, build-in-public updates, honest numbers. **Week –4 to –2: Soft launch** Submit to SaaSHub, FoundrList, PitchWall, and Launching Next. These are evergreen listings — submit early and let them index. Fix the bugs that early visitors find. Collect your first testimonials. **Launch week: Stack the boards** Submit to Uneed or Microlaunch (pick one based on whether you want a day-long spike or a month-long drip). Post your Show HN. Post to r/SideProject. Submit to Future Tools if you have an AI angle. **Week +2 to +4: The big swings** Now [launch on Product Hunt](/guides/producthunt-launch-guide). You have testimonials, a fixed product, and real users to seed the early votes. Every previous launch warms up this one. **Ongoing: Long-tail** Stack Startup Stash, Peerlist Launchpad, and Fazier. These keep paying SEO dividends for months. One spike decays in 48 hours. Three medium launches a few weeks apart, each feeding signups into a list you own, compound instead. ## FAQ **Is Product Hunt still worth it in 2026?** Yes — as one launch in a sequence, not as the strategy. It still has the largest single-day audience for new products and the most recognizable badge. What's changed is the variance: results depend heavily on launch-day competition and early-vote dynamics. Treat it as the biggest swing in your launch season, not the event everything rides on. If you do launch there, our [Product Hunt launch playbook](/guides/producthunt-launch-guide) walks through the two-week run-up. **Which Product Hunt alternative drives the most traffic?** By raw monthly visits: Future Tools (3.0M) and SaaSHub (1.6M) — but both are directories, not launch boards, so traffic is spread across thousands of listed products. For launch-day referral traffic specifically, Uneed (252K/mo) and BetaList (180K/mo) are the strongest. For the highest possible ceiling on a single post, a Show HN that connects can outperform all of them — but most don't connect. **How many platforms should I submit to?** Aim for 8–12 over 6–8 weeks. More than that and you're managing submissions instead of talking to users. Fewer than 5 and you're leaving compounding SEO value on the table. The audiences barely overlap, so there's no "double-dipping" problem — just spread them out so each launch can benefit from the fixes and testimonials the previous one generated. **Where to launch a product if Product Hunt feels too saturated?** Start with Uneed for a fairer launch-day mechanic, BetaList for pre-launch signups, and SaaSHub for long-term SEO. Those three cover the main gaps: a real launch day, a waitlist, and a durable dofollow listing. Add Reddit and Hacker News if your product can survive blunt feedback — the ceiling there is higher than anywhere else on this list. Everything on this page has a launch day and a leaderboard, so the play is to pick a date and push. The other half of the picture is evergreen directories — no launch day, you submit once and the page keeps earning Google traffic. Don't run them the same way. For which of those are still alive and which are free and dofollow, see [which startup directories are worth submitting to](/guides/startup-directories). ## Useful sources - [BetaList submission page](https://betalist.com/submissions/new) - [SaaSHub submission page](https://www.saashub.com/submit) - [Uneed submission page](https://www.uneed.best/promote-your-tool) - [Microlaunch submission page](https://microlaunch.net) - [Fazier submission page](https://fazier.com/submit) - [Launching Next submission page](https://www.launchingnext.com/submit/) - [Future Tools submission page](https://www.futuretools.io/submit-a-tool) - [PitchWall submission page](https://pitchwall.co/product/submit) - [Startup Stash submission page](https://startupstash.com/add-listing/) - [Hacker News Show HN guidelines](https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html) - [Product Hunt new post page](https://www.producthunt.com/posts/new) ## 中文 > **TL;DR** > > - Product Hunt(DR 75、月访问 600 万)链接是 nofollow,上不上榜还得看一堆你控制不了的因素,24 小时定生死。要打 —— 但别把身家都押上去。 > - 纯冲发布日流量,最好的替代站是 **[Uneed](/sites/uneed-best)**(月访问 25.2 万)。攒预发布名单看 **[BetaList](/sites/betalist-com)**(18 万,dofollow)。要长尾 SEO 看 **[SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com)**(160 万,dofollow)。 > - 把发布排成一条节奏。先软发,再上小板,最后才是大动作。别一天全打光。 > - 这里大多数站是免费的。收费的那几个,收的是插队费,不是入场费。 ## 为什么大家开始绕开 Product Hunt(或者拿它跟别的搭着用) Product Hunt 没死。DR 75、月访问 600 万,徽章挂在落地页上到现在还是有分量的。如果你的买家就是 SaaS 圈和爱尝鲜的早期用户,那你还是该去那儿打一发。 但那份憋屈也是真的,而且很具体。 **24 小时窗口是一场擂台赛。** 你的成绩取决于那个周二还有谁在发、算法认不认你前几个小时的票、以及太平洋时间凌晨 12:01 你那帮人醒没醒。有人准备了一个月,最后掉出前五 —— 不是产品不行,是抽签抽到了硬签。 **链接是 nofollow。** 一点 SEO 权重都拿不到。PH 发布纯粹是引荐流量,48 小时就衰减完了。 **自然曝光被压缩了。** 首页越来越被那些本来就自带大流量的产品占着。一个自掏腰包的独立开发者,去跟一支背后 200 人投票的 VC 团队抢,这不是一场公平的仗。 解法不是抛弃 Product Hunt,是别把它当唯一。下面这些发布平台,每个都补上了 PH 的某个短板 —— 窗口更长、排队更公道、链接是 dofollow,或者受众更垂直、更能转化。 ## 15 个最好的 Product Hunt 替代站(附真实数据) ### 专门的发布板(意向流量最高) 这些跟 Product Hunt 最像。提交、上精选、收票。区别在机制。 **[Uneed](/sites/uneed-best)** — 44 DR · 月访问 25.2 万 · 链接类型:未公开 · 收费($30) 怎么提交:注册、登录、点 "Submit a Product",填产品信息,只收英文。平台每天最多放 30 个产品发布。 坑与提示:**要排队 —— 花 $30 可以插队。** 发布日过了,你的条目还会留在周榜和月榜里,所以第一天没打好也不算全废。综合来看,给独立产品用的最好的 PH 替代站。 **[BetaList](/sites/betalist-com)** — 70 DR · 月访问 18 万 · **dofollow** · 免费(付费加急) 怎么提交:去 [betalist.com/submissions/new](https://betalist.com/submissions/new) 填表。免费队列排 4–6 周;付费加急大概 24 小时内过审。 坑与提示:**要在公开发布之前提交 —— BetaList 只收还没上线的产品。** 别在发布当天用。提前 6–8 周用它,把那些专门来逛 beta 的早期用户攒进你的等待名单。 **[Microlaunch](/sites/microlaunch-net)** — 61 DR · 月访问约 5.5 万 · 链接类型:dofollow · 免费 怎么提交:去 [microlaunch.net](https://microlaunch.net) 提交 —— 产品名、描述、截图、URL。产品比的是月榜,不是每天的短跑。 坑与提示:**曝光持续一整月是它的特点,不是缺点。** 一股稳定的高意向访客,比一个 48 小时就没的 spike 强。最适合早期产品 —— 那种更需要反馈、而不是更需要榜位的。 **Peerlist Launchpad** — DR 约 74 · 月访问估计 20 万+ · 链接类型:nofollow · 免费 怎么提交:先建一个 Peerlist 个人档,再把项目提交到 Launchpad。发布按周走 —— 社区投一周票,周末揭晓赢家。 坑与提示:**你整份履历和过往项目会跟着你一起发布。** 信誉是跨发布累积的。最适合开发者工具、设计工具,以及那种创始人职业履历本身就是卖点的产品。 **[Fazier](/sites/fazier-com)** — 82 DR · 月访问估计 5–50K · **dofollow** · 免费(付费加速) 怎么提交:去 [fazier.com/submit](https://fazier.com/submit)。免费档要在你主页嵌一个徽章;付费档跳过等待。 坑与提示:**同场竞争的发布更少,你那个独立产品才真能被看见。** DR 82 来的这条 dofollow 链接,发布日过了很久还在慢慢给你 SEO 分红。别省那个徽章 —— 不挂的提交会被拒。 **[Launching Next](/sites/launchingnext-com)** — 51 DR · 月访问 1.3 万 · 链接类型:未公开 · 免费 怎么提交:在 [launchingnext.com/submit](https://www.launchingnext.com/submit/) 页面表单提交。填产品名、一句话标语、描述、URL。 坑与提示:**免费提交要排队。** 流量低,但也零噪音 —— 受众很小,但是真感兴趣。适合零成本再叠一个长尾条目。 ### Maker 社区(交流 + 反馈) 没有提交按钮,没有排行榜。这些地方本来就聚着一群人。在这儿"发布"是发一个帖,得靠帖子自己挣分。方差更大,天花板更高,对营销腔零容忍。 **[Hacker News (Show HN)](/sites/hackernews-com)** — DR 90 · 流量巨大 · nofollow · 免费 怎么提交:去 [news.ycombinator.com/submit](https://news.ycombinator.com),发一条纯文本 "Show HN: [你的产品] — [一句实在话]"。没有定时、没有图集、别去动员你那帮人。 坑与提示:**像个工程师在讲自己的业余项目那样写,别像个营销在宣布一场革命。** 大多数 Show HN 帖悄无声息地沉了。但连上电的那几个,能盖过 PH 第一名的当日流量,而且帖子在 Google 里能排好几年。整天守在评论区。刺耳的反馈就是产品调研。 **[Indie Hackers](/sites/indiehackers-com)** — DR 79 · 月访问估计 50 万+ · nofollow · 免费 怎么提交:别把它当发布板。发里程碑、晒真实营收数字、求反馈、去答别人的问题。发布前几周就开始。 坑与提示:**发布当天早上才冒出来发一句"来看看我的产品",这是经典错误。** 回报来得慢 —— 是关系、是口碑、是一群知道你产品来龙去脉的人。不是一个流量 spike。 **Reddit(r/SideProject、r/startups)** — DR 91 · 月访问几亿 · nofollow · 免费 怎么提交:r/SideProject 是最友好的默认选项。r/startups 和 r/EntrepreneurRideAlong 更认带真实数字的帖。而真正决定转化的,是你客户实际待的那个垂直子版 —— 它比上面全部都强。 坑与提示:**每个子版都有自己的自我推广规矩 —— 发之前先看清楚。** 有效的帖读起来是"我做这个是因为 X 一直烦我,后来发生了这些"。硬塞链接会被封。结果极其难料:大多数帖没什么水花,偶尔一个,一个周末带来的注册比发布板一个月还多。 **[SideProjectors](/sites/sideprojectors-com)** — 67 DR · 月访问 5.26 万 · 链接类型:未公开 · 免费 怎么提交:在 [sideprojectors.com](https://www.sideprojectors.com) 注册,点 "Submit a Project" 填详情。人工审核。 坑与提示:**人工审核意味着信息不全的提交会一直卡着。** 每个字段都填满。受众是其他 maker —— 服务开发者的工具合适,消费类 app 就一般。 ### 目录站与聚合站(长期 SEO 价值) 这些不会在发布日给你冲流量。它们会连着几个月甚至几年,给你送一小股稳定的高意向访客,而且大多给的是会随时间累积的 dofollow 反链。这些正是被同行忽略掉的初创提交站。 **[SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com)** — 68 DR · **月访问 160 万** · **dofollow** · 免费 怎么提交:去 [saashub.com/submit](https://www.saashub.com/submit) 填产品信息,等审核。 坑与提示:**你必须列出竞品,还要用你产品域名的邮箱验证。** 别跳过竞品那栏 —— 它是必填的,SaaSHub 的对比引擎就靠它运转。月访问 160 万,让它成了整页里流量最高的免费 dofollow 条目。 **[Future Tools](/sites/futuretools-io)** — 44 DR · **月访问 300 万** · 链接类型:未公开 · 免费 怎么提交:在 [futuretools.io/submit-a-tool](https://www.futuretools.io/submit-a-tool) 点 "Submit a Tool"。人工审核。 坑与提示:**只收 AI 工具。** 你产品要是没 AI 的角度,别费劲 —— 过不了审。要是有,月访问 300 万是这整份清单里最高的原始流量。人工审核,等待时间不定;没有付费加急。 **[Startup Stash](/sites/startupstash-com)** — 65 DR · 月访问 37 万 · 链接类型:未公开 · **收费($199–$399/年)** 怎么提交:在 [startupstash.com/add-listing](https://startupstash.com/add-listing/) 用 Typeform 提交。 坑与提示:**只收创业工具 —— 消费类 app 会被拒。** 这是清单里唯一一个没有免费档的付费条目。如果你的客户就是其他创始人,值;如果你是 to C,跳过。 **[FoundrList](/sites/foundrlist-com)** — 64 DR · 流量未公开 · 链接类型:未公开 · 免费 怎么提交:在 [foundrlist.com](https://foundrlist.com) 点 Submit,给名字、标语、截图。 坑与提示:**偏向 SaaS 和独立开发者工具。** 提交直接,没花活。适合零时间零成本再叠一个条目。 **[PitchWall](/sites/pitchwall-co)** — 64 DR · 月访问 5.9 万 · 链接类型:未公开 · 免费 怎么提交:注册,然后在 [pitchwall.co/product/submit](https://pitchwall.co/product/submit) 点 "Submit Product"。 坑与提示:**纯冲 SEO 链接的提交基本过不了。** 交一个真产品、配一段真描述。审核团队一眼就看得出敷衍的提交。 ## 发布怎么排节奏(别一次全打光) 最大的解锁点不是挑对哪个 Product Hunt 替代站,是放弃"只有一个发布日"这个念头。 按阶段想:**验证 → 攒受众 → 发布季 → 首批客户。** 发布季是一个季,不是一个日子。 **第 –8 到 –6 周:预发布** 现在就提 BetaList。免费队列要 4–6 周。你得让精选落地时,手里还有个能邀请人进来的东西。开始在 Indie Hackers 上发帖 —— 里程碑、build-in-public 更新、老实的数字。 **第 –4 到 –2 周:软发布** 提交 SaaSHub、FoundrList、PitchWall 和 Launching Next。这些是常青条目 —— 早点提交,让它们慢慢被收录。修掉早期访客发现的 bug。收下你的第一批用户好评。 **发布周:把板叠起来** 提交 Uneed 或 Microlaunch(看你要一整天的 spike 还是一整月的细水,挑一个)。发你的 Show HN。发 r/SideProject。有 AI 角度就再提 Future Tools。 **第 +2 到 +4 周:放大招** 这时候再去 [Product Hunt 上发布](/guides/producthunt-launch-guide)。你已经有了用户好评、一个修顺了的产品,还有真实用户去给你点前几个早期票。前面每一次发布,都在给这一发热身。 **持续:长尾** 把 Startup Stash、Peerlist Launchpad、Fazier 叠上去。这些能连着几个月给你 SEO 分红。一个 spike 48 小时就没了。三个中等发布、隔几周一个、每个都往你自己那份名单里灌注册 —— 这才是复利。 ## 常见问题 **2026 年 Product Hunt 还值不值得打?** 值 —— 当它是一串发布里的一发,而不是整个策略。它对新产品来说,单日受众还是最大的,徽章也是最认得出来的。变的是方差:结果很吃发布日的竞争和前几个小时的投票动态。把它当成你发布季里最大的那一挥,而不是全部身家押上去的那件事。真要在那儿打,我们的 [Product Hunt 发布手册](/guides/producthunt-launch-guide) 把发布前两周的准备走了一遍。 **哪个 Product Hunt 替代站流量最大?** 按原始月访问算:Future Tools(300 万)和 SaaSHub(160 万) —— 但这俩是目录站,不是发布板,流量摊在成千上万个条目上。要论发布日的引荐流量,Uneed(月 25.2 万)和 BetaList(月 18 万)最强。要论单个帖子的最高天花板,一条连上电的 Show HN 能盖过它们全部 —— 但大多数连不上电。 **该提交几个平台?** 目标是 6–8 周里 8–12 个。再多,你就是在管提交而不是跟用户聊天了。少于 5 个,你就是在把会复利的 SEO 价值白扔。这些受众几乎不重叠,所以没有"重复吃"的问题 —— 把它们错开就行,让每一次发布都能吃到上一次带来的修复和好评。 **如果觉得 Product Hunt 太卷,该去哪儿发产品?** 先从 Uneed(发布日机制更公道)、BetaList(攒预发布注册)、SaaSHub(长期 SEO)这三个开始。这三个补上了主要的缺口:一个真正的发布日、一份等待名单、一个耐久的 dofollow 条目。要是你的产品扛得住直白的反馈,再加上 Reddit 和 Hacker News —— 那儿的天花板比这清单里任何一个都高。 这篇里的站都有发布日和排行榜，打法是"挑一天冲一波"。还有另一半是没有发布日的常青目录，提一次就一直挂着，靠谷歌慢慢带量，两者不能混着做。那批站哪些还活着、哪些免费还给 dofollow，写在[哪些 startup directories 值得提](/guides/startup-directories)里了。 ## 有用的链接 - [BetaList 提交页](https://betalist.com/submissions/new) - [SaaSHub 提交页](https://www.saashub.com/submit) - [Uneed 提交页](https://www.uneed.best/promote-your-tool) - [Microlaunch 提交页](https://microlaunch.net) - [Fazier 提交页](https://fazier.com/submit) - [Launching Next 提交页](https://www.launchingnext.com/submit/) - [Future Tools 提交页](https://www.futuretools.io/submit-a-tool) - [PitchWall 提交页](https://pitchwall.co/product/submit) - [Startup Stash 提交页](https://startupstash.com/add-listing/) - [Hacker News Show HN 指南](https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html) - [Product Hunt 新建发布页](https://www.producthunt.com/posts/new) --- # Best Places to Post Your PWA Application for Free Canonical URL: https://wheretosubmit.org/guides/post-pwa-app-for-free Last updated: 2026-08-04 11:28:57 ## English > **TL;DR** > > - **Microsoft Store is the best free option.** Individual developer registration went free in September 2025, company accounts in May 2026. Package it with PWABuilder, submit, and review usually takes 24–48 hours. > - **Google Play takes PWAs, but don't call it free.** You wrap it as a TWA, pay $25 for the developer account, and if you're on a personal account you also need 12 testers opted in for 14 straight days before you can go to production. > - **Skip the App Store.** Guideline 4.2.2 names "web clippings" directly. A wrapped PWA gets rejected, and the $99 doesn't come back. > - **Most PWA-only directories are dead or tiny.** Appscope (appsco.pe) returns a 503 right now. Every listicle still recommending it never checked. > - **The real traffic is in general directories.** [SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net) (DR 92, 2.5M visits/mo), [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net) (DR 80, 1.3M), and [SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com) (DR 68, 1.6M) list "software." They never ask if you're a PWA. ## First, a reframe: your PWA is a website, and that's an advantage There are two stores for native app developers. App Store and Google Play. And you either spend $99 a year on the former or $25 plus some testing stuff on the latter. That's your entire map of options. You're not in that sandbox. Your Progressive Web App has a URL that people can just click. Which means that every directory of websites, software, or tools is fair game for you to submit to. Native devs can't do that. All they have to offer to a directory is a store link that nobody clicks. The vast majority of devs spend a month getting rejected and accepted in one store. Reverse the order. Cover your free web channels first, then apply to a store or two. You'll see results in two weeks instead of a month. Below, sorted by your time value. ## App stores: how far a PWA actually gets ### Microsoft Store — free, and the first one you should do **Cost: $0** · Review time: 24–48 hours · Tool: [PWABuilder](https://www.pwabuilder.com/) Microsoft cancelled individual developer account fee in September 2025, and then for company accounts in May 2026. Registration is free now. And you don't even need a credit card. You prove your identity with scanning a government ID and taking a selfie. Three simple steps: 1. Create an app reservation in Partner Center and claim your app name. 2. Go to [pwabuilder.com](https://www.pwabuilder.com/), input your URL, choose Windows, enter Publisher ID and other data that Partner Center gives you, and download the package. 3. Upload the package back in Partner Center, fill in the listing data and screenshots, submit. No code changes are necessary. If you have a manifest and a service worker, PWABuilder creates an MSIX. **Why it's worth it:** it's free, fast, and at the end you get a real store page on microsoft.com. Even if Windows isn't your primary platform, this page appears in searches for your product name. And it's solid proof of having an official store listing. **Watch out for:** your manifest must contain `name`, `short_name`, `description`, icons (at least 512×512), and `start_url`. Fail to provide one, and PWABuilder will spit an error. For screenshots you have to reshoot images in Windows sizes. Phone screenshots will be rejected. ### Google Play — it works, but the process is longer than you think **Cost: $25 one-time** · Tool: PWABuilder or [Bubblewrap](https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/bubblewrap) Google's approach is TWA, or Trusted Web Activity. It's a Chrome window without any browser UI, so user can't understand that it's a website. In technical terms, it's currently the best PWA store experience available. What you need before starting: - HTTPS. It's a strict requirement. - Full manifest: `name`, `icons`, `start_url`, `display`, `background_color`, `theme_color`. - Digital Asset Links file at `/.well-known/assetlinks.json`. Without it, your app will have an extra browser address bar stuck on top. Looks pretty unprofessional. - Lighthouse score in "Progressive Web App" report section above 60. **This part stops a lot of people from proceeding.** Personal developer account created after November 13, 2023 has to go through closed testing period first. At least 12 testers, opted in for 14 consecutive days, before you can apply for production access. If you lose even one tester and fall below 12, it resets your clock. Personal developer accounts registered as business entity are exempt. So if you're a sole developer and trying to publish to Google Play for the first time, you have to allocate at least three weeks for the process. And you have to find 12 testers first. **What to do:** submit to Microsoft Store right away and recruit testers meanwhile. Don't let Google Play block everything else. ### App Store — keep the $99 Apple's guideline 4.2 is minimum functionality. 4.2.2 explicitly mentions "web clipping" as a violation. Every year, somebody tries anyway. He pays the $99, submits a WKWebView shell, and gets the 4.2 rejection email. Rare cases that pass had added substantial native functionality: local storage, background tasks, real push notifications, native UI elements. That means that at this point you didn't publish a PWA. You rewrote the app. For iOS, try the opposite approach. Make your "Add to Home Screen" work well. Safari supports PWAs, including icons, splash screen, and standalone mode. Put two lines of installation instructions on your landing page. ### Meta Horizon Store — only if you're making WebXR Meta's Horizon Store actually supports PWAs, both 2D and immersive WebXR ones, and PWABuilder can package it for Meta Quest. Honestly speaking though: unless your product makes sense inside a headset, there's no audience match. Just good to know. ## PWA-only directories: which ones are still alive Bad news first. Most "PWA store" lists out there were written between 2019 and 2021, and half of the sites mentioned are not alive now. **[Appscope](https://appsco.pe/) — dead.** This is the most-cited PWA directory out there, and it currently returns 503 error. The site is hosted on Heroku and nobody's maintaining it. All the articles still citing it never clicked the link. Don't waste your time. **[PWA Directory](https://pwa.directory/) — alive, accepts submissions.** Around 477 apps, divided into 15 categories. Free submission goes into review queue, and they say they reject around 30%. They make sure you're a PWA (have manifest + service worker), use HTTPS, and do something meaningful. Plus they have €49 fast-track option that guarantees decision within 48 hours, paid on approval. Go for the free queue first. **[Store.app](https://store.app/) — alive, made by PWA Labs.** It has "Have an app? Get Listed" button on the main page. Out of all these, it's the one that feels like a real store. **[FindPWA](https://findpwa.com/) — alive, has a /submit page.** Client-side rendered, small directory, but submitting costs you five minutes. **[PWA Store](https://progressivewebapp.store/) — alive, personal project.** Redirects to pwastore.arnaudfavier.com. Made as a personal project. Don't expect any traffic here. **The honest take:** combined, these four probably don't get as much monthly traffic as a single general directory below. However, it's the intent that matters — people who are browsing these sites are actively looking for PWAs. But if you want traffic, read on. ## The ones that bring traffic: general directories that don't care These sites list "software" and "tools." You give them a URL, they check that it works, and they don't bother asking you if you're native or not. That's the part PWA devs usually ignore. Everything below is free to submit. The numbers are provided by the directory database. ### Software and alternative directories (the long-term search strategy) **[SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net)** — DR 92 · 2.5M visits/mo · **dofollow** · Free How to submit: create a SourceForge account, then go to vendor page creation at [sourceforge.net/software/vendors/new](https://sourceforge.net/software/vendors/new). Many people still believe that SourceForge is only for open source software. Its software directory has been listing SaaS and web apps for many years already. Watch out: fill everything. List features, pricing, screenshots. Unfinished pages don't rank in category pages. **[AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net)** — DR 80 · 1.3M visits/mo · **dofollow** · Free How to submit: [alternativeto.net/manage-item/](https://alternativeto.net/manage-item/). You list your product as an alternative to a well-known tool. Watch out: it's community-voted, so new entries stand still until people vote them up. Choose the right thing to be an alternative to — something people actively search for. And mark your platform as Web / Online. It's a plus here, not an exception. **[SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com)** — DR 68 · 1.6M visits/mo · **dofollow** · Free How to submit: [saashub.com/submit](https://www.saashub.com/submit). You list your competitors and verify with an email on your product's domain. Watch out: domain email is a must. Gmail won't work. Register `hi@yourdomain.com` before starting. **[Alternative.me](/sites/alternative-me)** — DR 77 · 2.0M visits/mo · Free How to submit: [alternative.me/how-to/submit-software/](https://alternative.me/how-to/submit-software/). The same principle as AlternativeTo, only smaller and less strict. **[StackShare](/sites/stackshare-io)** — DR 79 · 1.6M visits/mo · Free How to submit: [stackshare.io/submit/](https://stackshare.io/submit/). Watch out: **non-technical products get rejected almost every time.** If your PWA is a development tool, an API or something else that belongs in a stack, it's a good match. If it's a budgeting app, skip this. **[TheSaaSDirectory](/sites/thesaasdirectory-com)** — DR 88 · **dofollow** · Free Simple form, quick approval, clear link. Low traffic, but ten-minutes work for a high-DR dofollow link. **[TechDirectory](/sites/techdirectory-io)** — DR 67 · **dofollow** · Free **[AppaList](/sites/appalist-com)** — DR 50 · **dofollow** · Free It has "App" in the title, and it accepts web apps in practice. Easy one. **[Webwiki](/sites/webwiki-com)** — DR 77 · 15K visits/mo · Free How to submit: [webwiki.com/info/add-website.html](https://www.webwiki.com/info/add-website.html). This unit lists "websites," so PWA fits here perfectly. ### Launch boards (traffic for one day) **[Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com)** — DR 75 · 6.0M visits/mo · nofollow · Free PWAs have an edge over native apps here. People can click and use it right there. No installation, no TestFlight invitation, no waiting. Conversion rate is higher than for native apps just because of that. How to submit: [producthunt.com/posts/new](https://www.producthunt.com/posts/new). Launch at 12:01 AM Pacific to grab the whole day. Watch out: the link is nofollow, so expect zero SEO value. And never ask for upvotes publicly. PH strips those votes and can bury you. **[Micro Launch](/sites/microlaunch-net)** — DR 19 · 60K visits/mo · Free Monthly rankings instead of a 24-hour sprint. Friendlier to early products, and you get a month of exposure instead of a spike. **[Launching Next](/sites/launchingnext-com)** — DR 51 · 13K visits/mo · Free Watch out: the free queue is slow. Submit two weeks early. **[PitchWall](/sites/pitchwall-co)** — DR 64 · 59K visits/mo · Free Watch out: **pure link-grab submissions rarely get approved.** Write a real description that says what problem the thing solves. **[SideProjectors](/sites/sideprojectors-com)** — DR 67 · 52.6K visits/mo · Free Human-reviewed. Good fit for side projects and small tools. **[OpenHunts](/sites/openhunts-com)** — DR 56 · **dofollow** · Free **[Today Launches](/sites/todaylaunches-com)** — DR 60 · **dofollow** · Free Both are low-effort dofollow links. Do them in the same sitting. ### Dev communities (one post beats one listing) **[DEV Community](/sites/dev-to)** — DR 90 · Free Don't post an ad. Write "how I got my PWA into the Microsoft Store" or "what broke when I packaged a TWA," and link your product naturally in the body. dev.to posts rank well in Google. One decent technical post can feed you traffic for six months. Watch out: **it has to be real technical content.** Fluff gets removed. **[Indie Hackers](/sites/indiehackers-com)** — Free Same deal. Post the process, the numbers, the parts that went wrong. Straight promo posts get nuked. ### A few easy extras - **[F6S](/sites/f6s-com)** — DR 86 · 1.6M visits/mo · dofollow · Free. You're filling in company info, and it has to be real and in English. - **[Crunchbase](/sites/crunchbase-com)** — DR 80 · 10M visits/mo · nofollow · Free. Verify with a social account. The link passes nothing, but the profile shows up on page one for your brand name. - **[Startup Fame](/sites/startupfa-me)** — DR 83 · Free. You have to put a verification badge on your homepage to get approved. - **[LandBook](/sites/land-book-com)** — DR 72 · dofollow · Free. It's a landing page gallery with human curation. PWA landing pages tend to be better designed than average SaaS pages, so the hit rate here is decent. ## Get these ready before you submit anything Stores and directories want slightly different things, but there's a lot of overlap. Do it once and the rest is copy-paste. **Manifest must-haves:** `name`, `short_name`, `description`, `start_url`, `display` set to `standalone`, `background_color`, `theme_color`, and icons up to at least 512×512 (include a `purpose: "any maskable"` version too). Microsoft Store packaging and TWA packaging both read these. Missing one throws an error. **Digital Asset Links:** only needed for Google Play. File goes at `/.well-known/assetlinks.json`, and the SHA-256 fingerprint has to match your signing cert. Get it wrong and users see a browser address bar on top of your app. **Screenshots, two sets.** Windows-sized for Microsoft Store, 1280×720 landscape for directories. Vertical phone shots submitted to a desktop store get bounced. **Write your description at three lengths.** One line (under 60 characters, for directory taglines), one paragraph (about 150 characters, for listing pages), and long form (500+ words, for store pages). Write once, use thirty times. **A working email on your own domain.** SaaSHub and others verify with it. Gmail won't pass. ## A four-week rhythm, not one big day **Week 1 — get your assets done.** Fill out the manifest, run Lighthouse, write the three description lengths, shoot both screenshot sets, set up the domain email. Also go claim your app name in Partner Center. **Week 2 — carpet the free directories.** SourceForge, AlternativeTo, SaaSHub, Alternative.me, TheSaaSDirectory, TechDirectory, Webwiki, AppaList in one sitting. These are slow to approve but they feed search traffic for years, so earlier is better. Package with PWABuilder and submit to Microsoft Store the same week. **Week 3 — launch boards.** Pick a Tuesday or Wednesday for Product Hunt. Stack Micro Launch, Launching Next, PitchWall, SideProjectors, OpenHunts, and Today Launches around it. Write the dev.to post this week about what broke during packaging. **Week 4 — clean up.** See what got approved, what got rejected, and why. Grab your Microsoft Store page link and put it on your own landing page. Now decide whether Google Play is worth the $25 and the 12 testers. ## Common ways this goes wrong - **Submitting to Appscope because an old article said to.** It's been down for a while. Click every link in any pre-2022 PWA directory list before you trust it. - **Going store-first and nothing else.** Store review takes days or weeks, and you sit idle. You can hit a dozen web directories in an afternoon. - **No `description` in the manifest.** PWABuilder won't complain. You find out in Partner Center when the store listing is blank. - **Only shipping a 192×192 icon.** Stores want 512 minimum plus a maskable version. Icon rework is the most common do-over. - **Fighting the App Store anyway.** You pay $99, you get the 4.2.2 rejection, you don't get the money back. - **Pasting the same description everywhere.** Directories run duplicate content checks, and readers notice. At minimum, rewrite the first sentence each time. - **Submitting and forgetting.** Half these sites are human-reviewed and email you when they reject. That email lands in spam. ## FAQ **Can a PWA get into the App Store?** You can package one. It won't pass review. Guideline 4.2.2 blocks web clippings by name. Unless you add substantial native functionality, don't count on it. Focus on Safari's Add to Home Screen instead. **Is Microsoft Store really free now?** Yes. Free for individual developers since September 2025 and for company accounts since May 2026. Review usually takes 24–48 hours. **Do I really need 12 testers for Google Play?** If your personal developer account was created after November 13, 2023, yes. Accounts registered as a business entity are exempt. So if you have a legal entity, register with it and skip that whole round. **Are PWA-only directories enough on their own?** No. Together they're too small. They're precise, but general software directories and launch boards are where the volume is. **Will general directories reject me for "not being a real app"?** Almost never. They list software or websites, and you're handing them a URL that works on click. That's actually less friction than a native app — the reviewer tries it in one tap. **If I only do three, which three?** Microsoft Store (free, fast, real store page), [SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net) (DR 92 and dofollow), and [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net) (1.3M monthly visits and long-term search traffic). Do those, then add more as you find time. ## Useful sources - [PWABuilder](https://www.pwabuilder.com/) — official tool for Windows / Android / iOS / Meta Quest packages - [Publish a PWA to the Microsoft Store](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/progressive-web-apps/how-to/microsoft-store) — Microsoft's own docs - [Bubblewrap](https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/bubblewrap) — Google's TWA packaging CLI - [Play Console testing requirements](https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/14151465) — the official page on the 12-tester rule - [App Store Review Guideline 4.2](https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#minimum-functionality) — minimum functionality, in Apple's words Work through that list and your PWA ends up more visible in search than most native apps. They live in two stores. You can live in dozens. To keep going, browse [directories](/c/directory), [dev tools](/c/dev), and [SaaS](/c/saas) — there are a few hundred more sites in there. ## 中文 > **TL;DR** > > - **Microsoft Store 是免费里最值的一个。** 个人开发者注册从 2025 年 9 月起免费，公司账号 2026 年 5 月起也免了。用 PWABuilder 打个包提交，审核一般 24–48 小时。 > - **Google Play 收，但别叫它免费。** 走 TWA 打包，开发者账号 $25 一次性，个人账号还得先凑 12 个测试员连测 14 天才能上正式版。 > - **App Store 省下这 $99。** 4.2.2 那条明写着挡"网页套壳"，PWA 套壳提上去基本是拒。 > - **PWA 专属目录站活着的没几个，流量也小。** Appscope（appsco.pe）现在直接 503，别再照着三年前的老文章去提了。 > - **真正带量的是通用目录。** [SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net)（DR 92、月访问 250 万）、[AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net)（DR 80、130 万）、[SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com)（DR 68、160 万）收的是"软件"，压根不问你是不是 PWA。 ## 先掰扯个观念：你的 PWA 是网站，这是优势不是短板 写原生 App 的人只有两个地方能去：App Store 和 Google Play。一个 $99 一年，一个 $25 加一堆测试要求。就这两条路，走不通就没了。 你不一样。你的 PWA 有个能直接点开的 URL。 这意味着全网所有收网站、收软件、收工具的目录站，你都能提。原生 App 开发者提不了 —— 他们没法给目录站一个"点进去就能用"的链接。你能。 大多数人卡在"我要进商店"这一步，一个月折腾下来就干成了一件事。反过来排：先把免费的 Web 渠道铺完，再挑一两个商店去磕，两周就能看到东西。 下面按"值不值得花时间"从高到低排。 ## 应用商店：PWA 各能走到哪一步 ### Microsoft Store —— 免费，第一个该做的 **费用：$0** · 审核：一般 24–48 小时 · 工具：[PWABuilder](https://www.pwabuilder.com/) 微软 2025 年 9 月取消了个人开发者的注册费，2026 年 5 月把公司账号的也免了。现在从注册到提交，一分钱不花，连信用卡都不用绑，用身份证件加自拍验一下身份就行。 流程就三步： 1. 去 Partner Center 建一个应用预留名（app reservation），把名字占下来。 2. 打开 [pwabuilder.com](https://www.pwabuilder.com/)，输入你的网址，选 Windows，把 Partner Center 给你的 Publisher ID 之类的信息填进去，下载包。 3. 回 Partner Center 传包，填商店描述和截图，提交。 代码一行不用改。你的 PWA 有 manifest 有 service worker，PWABuilder 就能吐出一个 MSIX。 **为什么值得做：** 免费、快、拿到的是 microsoft.com 上一个真实的商店页面。哪怕 Windows 的量不大，这个页面本身在搜你产品名的时候会出现，而且它是"我在正经商店上架了"的硬证据。 **坑：** manifest 里 `name`、`short_name`、`description`、图标（至少 512×512）、`start_url` 都得齐，缺一样 PWABuilder 就报错。截图要按 Windows 的尺寸重截，直接扔手机截图会被打回来。 ### Google Play —— 能进，但流程比你想的长 **费用：$25 一次性** · 工具：PWABuilder 或 [Bubblewrap](https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/bubblewrap) Google 这边走的是 TWA（Trusted Web Activity），说白了就是拿 Chrome 全屏套一层壳，用户看不出来是网页。技术上是 PWA 上架体验最好的一条路。 要准备的东西： - 站点必须 HTTPS。 - manifest 齐全：`name`、`icons`、`start_url`、`display`、`background_color`、`theme_color`。 - 域名下要放一个 Digital Asset Links 的 JSON 文件（`/.well-known/assetlinks.json`），用来证明这个域名是你的。这一步没做，套出来的 App 顶上会挂一条浏览器地址栏，看着就很业余。 - Lighthouse 的 PWA 分数别太难看。 **真正劝退的是这个：** 2023 年 11 月之后新注册的个人开发者账号，想发正式版，得先跑闭门测试 —— 至少 12 个测试员，连续 14 天保持加入状态。中途掉到 12 个以下，14 天重新算。注册成公司主体的账号不受这条限制。 所以如果你是个人开发者、第一次发 Play，从今天到应用真正上架，正常预期是三周起步，还得先找到 12 个愿意配合的人。 **建议：** 先做 Microsoft Store，同时开始攒测试员。别一上来就死磕 Play。 ### App Store —— 这 $99 省下来 Apple 的审核指南 4.2 是"最低功能要求"，4.2.2 明确点名"web clippings"——网页套 WebView。PWA 套壳正正好撞在枪口上。 每年有人不信邪，交 $99，写个 WKWebView 壳，然后收到 4.2 的拒信。有极少数能过的，靠的是壳里加了大量真原生功能（本地存储、后台任务、真正的推送、平台特有的 UI），那已经不叫 PWA 上架了，那叫重写了个 App。 iOS 上你该做的是另一件事：把"添加到主屏幕"这条路走顺。Safari 装 PWA 是能装的，图标、启动图、全屏都支持。在你的落地页上放一段两行的安装说明，比在 App Store 门口撞墙管用得多。 ### Meta Horizon Store —— 只有你做 WebXR 才值得看 Meta 的 Horizon Store 收 PWA，2D 的和 WebXR 的都收，PWABuilder 也支持导 Meta Quest 的包。 但说实话：除非你的东西在头显里用有意义，否则这里的用户量和你的产品类型对不上。做工具类、效率类的，看看就行，别当重点。 ## PWA 专门的目录站：哪些还活着 先说个不太好的消息。你在网上搜"PWA store"翻出来的那些列表，一大半是 2019 到 2021 年写的，里面的站现在点开一半是死的。 **[Appscope](https://appsco.pe/) —— 已经挂了。** 这是被引用最多的一个 PWA 目录，现在服务器直接返 503（后端跑在 Heroku 上，没人管了）。所有还在推荐它的文章都没验证过。别浪费时间。 **[PWA Directory](https://pwa.directory/) —— 还活着，能提。** 收录 477 个左右，分 15 个类目。免费提交要排队审核，官方说大概会拒掉 30% 的投稿，验的是你到底是不是真 PWA（manifest + service worker）、HTTPS、有没有实际价值。另有 €49 的加速通道，48 小时内出结果，过审才付款。免费的先走，别急着付。 **[Store.app](https://store.app/) —— 还活着，PWA Labs 在做。** 首页有 "Have an app? Get Listed" 的入口。是目前这批 PWA 专属目录里做得最像一个正经商店的。 **[FindPWA](https://findpwa.com/) —— 还活着，有 /submit 页面。** 站点是纯前端渲染的，收录量不大，但提交成本低。 **[PWA Store](https://progressivewebapp.store/) —— 还活着，个人项目。** 现在跳到 pwastore.arnaudfavier.com。当练手项目做的，别期待流量。 **这一段的实话：** 这四个加起来的月访问量，可能还不如上面随便一个通用目录站。它们的价值在于"精准"—— 会来这儿逛的人本来就是找 PWA 的。但如果你想要的是流量和外链，重点在下一节。 ## 真正带量的：不在乎你是不是 PWA 的通用目录 这些站收的是"软件"和"工具"。你填个网址进去，它们只看你能不能用，从来不问你是原生还是 Web。这是 PWA 被严重低估的一块。 下面全是免费能提交的，数据来自站点库。 ### 软件目录和替代品站（长期吃搜索的） **[SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net)** —— DR 92 · 月访问 250 万 · **dofollow** · 免费 怎么提：先注册账号，走 [sourceforge.net/software/vendors/new](https://sourceforge.net/software/vendors/new) 建一个 vendor 页面。很多人以为 SourceForge 只收开源下载包，其实它的软件目录早就收 SaaS 和 Web 应用了。 坑：资料要填全，功能列表、定价、截图都别偷懒。半吊子页面在它的分类页里排不上去。 **[AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net)** —— DR 80 · 月访问 130 万 · **dofollow** · 免费 怎么提：[alternativeto.net/manage-item/](https://alternativeto.net/manage-item/) 提交，把你的产品挂成某个知名工具的替代品。 坑：这是社区投票制的站，新提交的条目要等人来投票才能往上走。你得选对"替代谁"—— 挑一个真的有人在搜替代品的工具，别挑一个没人听过的。平台标签记得勾 Web / Online，PWA 在这儿的定位就是跨平台，反而占便宜。 **[SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com)** —— DR 68 · 月访问 160 万 · **dofollow** · 免费 怎么提：[saashub.com/submit](https://www.saashub.com/submit)。要填竞品，还要用你产品域名下的邮箱做验证。 坑：域名邮箱这一条是硬要求，Gmail 提交会卡住。提前把 `hi@你的域名` 配好。 **[Alternative.me](/sites/alternative-me)** —— DR 77 · 月访问 200 万 · 免费 怎么提：[alternative.me/how-to/submit-software/](https://alternative.me/how-to/submit-software/)，逻辑和 AlternativeTo 一样，规模小一点，但审核松一点。 **[StackShare](/sites/stackshare-io)** —— DR 79 · 月访问 160 万 · 免费 怎么提：[stackshare.io/submit/](https://stackshare.io/submit/)。 坑：**非技术类产品几乎必拒。** 如果你的 PWA 是开发者工具、API、或者技术栈的一部分，这儿很合适。如果是个记账小程序，别提了，浪费时间。 **[TheSaaSDirectory](/sites/thesaasdirectory-com)** —— DR 88 · **dofollow** · 免费 表单简单，审核快，链接干净。流量不高，但这是那种"十分钟搞定，白捡一条高 DR 外链"的站。 **[TechDirectory](/sites/techdirectory-io)** —— DR 67 · **dofollow** · 免费 **[AppaList](/sites/appalist-com)** —— DR 50 · **dofollow** · 免费 名字里带 App，实际上收 Web 应用。属于顺手就提的那一类。 **[Webwiki](/sites/webwiki-com)** —— DR 77 · 月访问 1.5 万 · 免费 怎么提：[webwiki.com/info/add-website.html](https://www.webwiki.com/info/add-website.html)。它收的单位就是"网站"，PWA 提这儿一点不违和。 ### 发布板（当天有量的） **[Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com)** —— DR 75 · 月访问 600 万 · nofollow · 免费 PWA 在 PH 上有个天然优势：评委和用户点开就能试，不用装 App、不用等 TestFlight。转化率比原生 App 高一截。 怎么提：[producthunt.com/posts/new](https://www.producthunt.com/posts/new)，太平洋时间 0:01 发，能吃满一整天。 坑：链接是 nofollow，别指望 SEO。也别公开求票，PH 会直接抹票甚至压你的排名。 **[Micro Launch](/sites/microlaunch-net)** —— DR 19 · 月访问 6 万 · 免费 按月榜排名，不是一天定生死。对早期产品友好，能持续吃到一个月的曝光。 **[Launching Next](/sites/launchingnext-com)** —— DR 51 · 月访问 1.3 万 · 免费 坑：免费通道要排队，提早两周提。 **[PitchWall](/sites/pitchwall-co)** —— DR 64 · 月访问 5.9 万 · 免费 坑：**纯拿链接的投稿基本过不了审。** 描述里得有真东西，讲清楚这个产品解决什么问题。 **[SideProjectors](/sites/sideprojectors-com)** —— DR 67 · 月访问 5.26 万 · 免费 人工审核。适合副业项目、小工具这类。 **[OpenHunts](/sites/openhunts-com)** —— DR 56 · **dofollow** · 免费 **[Today Launches](/sites/todaylaunches-com)** —— DR 60 · **dofollow** · 免费 后两个都是提交成本极低、拿 dofollow 链接的站，同一天顺手打完。 ### 开发者社区（写一篇比提一条管用） **[DEV Community](/sites/dev-to)** —— DR 90 · 免费 别去发广告。写一篇"我怎么把 PWA 提进 Microsoft Store"或者"TWA 打包踩的坑"，正文里自然带上你的产品链接。dev.to 的文章在谷歌上收得很好，一篇写得像样的技术文能给你带半年的量。 坑：**必须是有内容的技术文，水贴会被删。** **[Indie Hackers](/sites/indiehackers-com)** —— 免费 同理，发过程、发数据、发翻车经历。纯广告帖会被清掉。 ### 顺手能加的几个 - **[F6S](/sites/f6s-com)** —— DR 86 · 月访问 160 万 · dofollow · 免费。填的是公司信息，得是真实的、英文的。 - **[Crunchbase](/sites/crunchbase-com)** —— DR 80 · 月访问 1000 万 · nofollow · 免费。要用社交账号验证。链接不传权重，但品牌词搜索时它经常在第一页。 - **[Startup Fame](/sites/startupfa-me)** —— DR 83 · 免费。要在你首页挂一个验证徽章才能过。 - **[LandBook](/sites/land-book-com)** —— DR 72 · dofollow · 免费。收的是落地页设计，人工筛。PWA 的落地页通常做得比一般 SaaS 用心，这儿命中率不低。 ## 提交前把这几样准备好（PWA 特有的） 商店和目录站要的东西不一样，但有交集。一次性做齐，后面全是复制粘贴。 **manifest 里必须有的：** `name`、`short_name`、`description`、`start_url`、`display`（设 `standalone`）、`background_color`、`theme_color`、图标至少给到 512×512（带 `purpose: "any maskable"` 那一份也补上）。Microsoft Store 和 TWA 打包都靠读这些字段，缺一个就报错。 **Digital Asset Links：** 只有走 Google Play 要。文件放 `/.well-known/assetlinks.json`，内容里的 SHA-256 指纹要和你的签名证书对上。这一步错了，App 打开时顶上会挂一条地址栏。 **截图，准备两套。** 一套 Windows 尺寸给 Microsoft Store，一套横版 1280×720 给各类目录站。手机竖版截图往桌面商店传，基本会被打回。 **描述写三个长度。** 一句话版（60 字以内，给目录站的 tagline）、一段版（150 字左右，给列表页）、长版（500 字以上，给商店页面）。写一次，用三十次。 **一个能收信的域名邮箱。** SaaSHub 这类站验证要用，Gmail 过不了。 ## 四周节奏，别一天全打光 **第一周：把东西做齐。** manifest 补全，跑一遍 Lighthouse，截图和三档描述写好，域名邮箱配上。同时去 Partner Center 把 Microsoft Store 的应用名占了。 **第二周：铺免费目录。** SourceForge、AlternativeTo、SaaSHub、Alternative.me、TheSaaSDirectory、TechDirectory、Webwiki、AppaList 一口气提完。这些是收得慢但长期吃搜索的，越早提越好。同时 PWABuilder 打包提交 Microsoft Store。 **第三周：发布板。** Product Hunt 定个周二或周三，Micro Launch、Launching Next、PitchWall、SideProjectors、OpenHunts、Today Launches 排在同一周前后。这周写一篇 dev.to 的技术文，讲你打包上架踩的坑。 **第四周：收尾和补。** 看哪些站审核回来了、哪些被拒了、拒的理由是什么。Microsoft Store 的商店页面链接拿到手，挂回你自己的落地页。这时候再决定要不要为 Google Play 投入那 $25 和 12 个测试员。 ## 常见翻车点 - **照着老文章往 Appscope 提。** 那站 503 好一阵了。所有 2022 年前写的 PWA 目录列表都得自己点一遍再信。 - **一门心思只做商店。** 商店审核动辄几天几周，中间你什么都没干。Web 目录当天就能提十几个。 - **manifest 里没写 `description`。** PWABuilder 打包时不报错，等你到了 Partner Center 才发现商店描述是空的。 - **图标只给了一个 192×192。** 商店最低要 512，还要 maskable 版本。补图标是最常见的返工。 - **在 App Store 上硬撞。** 交了 $99，被 4.2.2 拒，钱不退。 - **描述在每个站都复制同一段。** 目录站之间是有重复内容检测的，而且用户看得出来。至少改改开头那句。 - **提完就不管了。** 一半的站是人工审核，被拒了会发邮件。那封邮件八成进垃圾箱。 ## 常见问题 **PWA 能不能上 App Store？** 技术上能打包，实际上过不了审。指南 4.2.2 明确挡"网页套壳"。除非你在壳里加了大量真原生功能，否则别指望。iOS 那边走 Safari 的"添加到主屏幕"更实际。 **Microsoft Store 现在真的完全免费？** 是。个人开发者从 2025 年 9 月起免注册费，公司账号 2026 年 5 月起也免了。审核一般 24–48 小时。 **Google Play 那 12 个测试员必须凑够吗？** 2023 年 11 月之后注册的个人账号必须。用公司主体注册的账号不受这条限制。所以如果你有公司实体，直接用公司注册能省掉这一整轮。 **只提 PWA 专属目录够不够？** 不够。那几个站加起来量太小了。它们精准，但通用的软件目录和发布板才是量的来源。 **PWA 提到通用目录站会不会被拒，因为"不是真 App"？** 基本不会。这些站收的单位是"软件"或者"网站"，你给的是一个能打开就能用的 URL，反而比原生 App 少一道摩擦 —— 审核的人点一下就试上了。 **这么多站，先做哪三个？** Microsoft Store（免费、快、真商店页）、[SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net)（DR 92 加 dofollow）、[AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net)（130 万月访问加长期搜索流量）。这三个做完，剩下的按空闲时间往上加。 ## 有用的链接 - [PWABuilder](https://www.pwabuilder.com/) —— 打 Windows / Android / iOS / Meta Quest 包的官方工具 - [Publish a PWA to the Microsoft Store](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/progressive-web-apps/how-to/microsoft-store) —— 微软官方文档 - [Bubblewrap](https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/bubblewrap) —— Google 的 TWA 打包 CLI - [Play Console 测试要求说明](https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/14151465) —— 12 个测试员那条规则的官方页 - [App Store 审核指南 4.2](https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#minimum-functionality) —— 最低功能要求原文 把上面这些提完，你的 PWA 在搜索里的存在感会比大多数原生 App 强 —— 因为它们只能待在两个商店里，你能待在几十个地方。想继续挑站，看 [目录站](/c/directory)、[开发者工具](/c/dev) 和 [SaaS](/c/saas) 这几个分类，里面还有几百个能提的。 --- # 11 Substack Alternatives, With DR and Dofollow Data Canonical URL: https://wheretosubmit.org/guides/substack-alternatives Last updated: 2026-08-04 11:28:57 ## English > **TL;DR:** If you're leaving Substack over the 10% cut, go to [beehiiv](https://www.beehiiv.com) or Ghost — both keep your audience and your links. If you're staying but want more places to publish, Blogger (DR 94), Tumblr (DR 99), and Hashnode (DR 83) all give real dofollow links. Skip Medium and Telegra.ph for link building. We checked — they nofollow everything. ## Why people leave Substack Three reasons come up over and over. They're not the same problem, and they don't have the same fix. **The 10% cut.** Substack takes 10% of paid subscriptions, on top of Stripe fees. At $500/month that's $50. At $10,000/month that's $1,000, every month, forever. This is the reason most people actually leave, and it's the easiest one to solve. **You don't own the pipe.** Your list is exportable. Your archive is exportable. But your recommendations, your network effects, and your `yourname.substack.com` domain authority stay behind. If you built on the subdomain instead of a custom domain, you're handing all your SEO value to Substack. **Content policy.** A number of high-profile writers left over what Substack does and doesn't moderate. If that's your reason, the platform features matter less than just getting off. There's a fourth reason nobody talks about, and it's the one this guide is about. Substack is fine at email. It's mediocre at getting found. If you want Google traffic and links, one platform was never going to be enough. ## What Substack actually gives you Don't leave for the wrong reason. Here's what you'd be giving up. [Substack](/sites/substack-com) sits at DR 93. We checked a live post — external links in the body carry no `rel` attribute at all. That means **dofollow**. When you link to your own product from a Substack post, that link passes equity. A lot of "Substack alternatives" lists get this wrong. The recommendation network is real too. If a big newsletter recommends you, you get subscribers you'd never have found. No self-hosted setup replicates that. So the honest framing: Substack is a good publishing platform with an expensive payment processor bolted on. If money is the problem, fix the money. Don't burn the distribution. ## The 11 Substack alternatives Split into two groups, because "alternative" means two different things depending on why you're leaving. ### If you want to keep running a newsletter These replace Substack directly. You move your list, you keep sending. **beehiiv — DR 86, dofollow** Built by former Morning Brew people. Free up to 2,500 subscribers, and no cut of your subscription revenue on paid plans. It has the closest thing to Substack's recommendation network, which matters more than most feature comparisons admit. We checked outbound links on beehiiv-hosted posts — no `nofollow`. Best default if you're leaving over the 10%. **Ghost — DR 87, links live on your own domain** Open source. Self-host it free, or pay Ghost Pro from $9/month. The important bit for SEO: Ghost runs on *your* domain, so you're building your own authority instead of renting Substack's. Nothing to nofollow, because it's your site. Steeper setup. Worth it if you're in this for years. **Kit (formerly ConvertKit) — DR 80** More an email marketing tool than a publishing platform. Free to 10,000 subscribers. Pick this if you sell things and need automation, tagging, and sequences. Pick something else if you mostly want to write and be read. **Buttondown — DR 72** Small, fast, run by one developer. Markdown-first, no bloat, cheap. Great if the Substack UI annoys you and you just want a plain text editor and a send button. Weakest discovery of the group — you bring your own audience. **MailerLite — DR 82** The cheap one. Free to 1,000 subscribers, paid plans well under the competition. Ugly-ish templates, solid deliverability. Fine if the newsletter is a side channel and not the main event. ### If you want the backlink too This is the part other lists skip. These aren't newsletter tools — they're places you republish, and they hand you a dofollow link to your site. Publish the same essay in two or three of them and you get links a newsletter platform can't give you. We checked each one's live HTML. The link status below is what the page actually emits, not what a marketing page claims. | Platform | DR | Link | Cost | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Tumblr](/sites/tumblr-com) | 99 | dofollow | free | | [Blogger](/sites/blogger-com) | 94 | dofollow | free | | [LiveJournal](/sites/livejournal-com) | 91 | dofollow | free | | [Hashnode](/sites/hashnode-com) | 83 | dofollow | free | | Write.as | 76 | dofollow | free tier | | Bear Blog | 74 | dofollow | free | **Tumblr (DR 99)** is the highest-authority free publishing target on the open web, and almost nobody in the newsletter space uses it. Links in posts carry no `rel`. We counted 178 outbound links on a live Tumblr page with nothing blocking them. **Blogger (DR 94)** is old and unfashionable and still works. It's Google's own product, indexed fast, dofollow confirmed. **Hashnode (DR 83)** is the one to use if you write anything technical. It has a canonical-URL feature, so you can republish from your own site without a duplicate content problem, and still keep the link. **Bear Blog** and **Write.as** are both tiny, both minimalist, both dofollow. Lower DR, but the pages are clean and they rank better than their DR suggests. ### The ones that look good and give you nothing Worth naming, because these show up on every other list. - [Medium](/sites/medium-com) — DR 94, and **nofollow**. Huge audience, zero link value. Publish there for readers, never for SEO. - [Telegra.ph](/sites/telegra-ph) — DR 88, and **nofollow**. We found five outbound links on a live page, every one of them `rel="nofollow"`. Our own directory had this wrong until we checked. - [dev.to](/sites/dev-to) — DR 90, **nofollow** on external links. Same deal as Medium. Great community, no link equity. None of these are bad platforms. They're just bad at the one thing this table is measuring. ## How to move without losing what you have The mistake is treating this as a switch. It's a migration, and the order matters. **1. Export first, cancel later.** Substack lets you export subscribers as CSV and posts as a zip. Do both before you touch anything else. Keep Substack live and paid until the new setup sends reliably. **2. Redirect your posts.** If you were on a custom domain, set up 301s from every old URL to the new one. If you were on `yourname.substack.com`, you can't add redirects — Substack won't let you. Your only option is to keep the archive up and link forward from your most-visited posts. Check which those are before you decide. **3. Warm the new sender.** Don't blast 5,000 people from a cold domain on day one. Send to your most engaged 10% first, then scale over a week or two. Skipping this is how you land in spam and blame the platform. **4. Tell people twice.** Once on Substack, once on the new platform. Expect to lose 5–15% of the list no matter what you do. **5. Then start republishing.** Once the newsletter is stable, pick two from the dofollow table and republish your best three posts. Use a canonical tag pointing at your own site where the platform supports it. ## Common mistakes - **Leaving Substack for a platform that nofollows.** Moving from Substack (dofollow) to Medium (nofollow) is a downgrade in link terms, whatever else improves. - **Publishing on `yourname.substack.com` for years.** All that authority belongs to Substack. Custom domain from day one, always. - **Republishing without a canonical.** Same essay on four platforms with no canonical tag splits your ranking signal instead of building it. - **Chasing DR alone.** A DR 99 nofollow link is worth less than a DR 60 dofollow one. - **Migrating the list and the archive on the same day.** Do the list first. Confirm delivery. Then move content. ## FAQ **Is Substack dofollow?** Yes. We checked a live post — 51 external links, none carrying a `rel` attribute. Links from Substack posts pass equity. **What's the closest thing to Substack?** beehiiv. Same publish-and-send model, a real recommendation network, and no cut of subscription revenue. **Which alternative is best for SEO?** Ghost, because it runs on your own domain and every link you build points at property you own. Substack and beehiiv are both fine but you're building on rented land. **Can I use more than one?** Yes, and you probably should. Newsletter on one platform, republished posts on two or three of the dofollow ones. That's how you get email and search working at once. **Does Medium hurt my SEO?** No, it just doesn't help it. Links are nofollow. Set a canonical to your own site and treat Medium as a distribution channel. **How much traffic will I lose moving off Substack?** Expect 5–15% list attrition. Search traffic depends entirely on whether you had a custom domain. If you did, redirects keep most of it. If you didn't, assume you're starting over. ## Other places worth publishing If you're building the republishing habit, these are all in our directory with checked link status: - [Patreon](/sites/patreon-com) — DR 93, dofollow. Works as a link source even if you never charge. - [Buy Me a Coffee](/sites/buymeacoffee-com) — DR 88, dofollow. Simpler than Patreon, same idea. - [Ko-fi](/sites/ko-fi-com) — DR 89, but nofollow. Fine for tips, not for links. - [WriteXO](/sites/writexo-com) — DR 71, dofollow. Small, no signup friction. - [Posteezy](/sites/posteezy-com) — DR 63, dofollow. Low effort, publish and go. More publishing platforms with DR and link status in [content platforms](/c/content). If you write technical posts, [developer sites](/c/dev) has the ones worth your time. ## 中文 > **TL;DR：** 要是你受不了 Substack 抽 10%，就去 [beehiiv](https://www.beehiiv.com) 或者 Ghost，订阅者和外链都能保住。要是你不打算走、只想多几个地方发文章，Blogger（DR 94）、Tumblr（DR 99）、Hashnode（DR 83）都给真的 dofollow。Medium 和 Telegra.ph 别指望了，我们实测过，外链全 nofollow。 ## 大家为什么要走 翻来覆去就三个原因。这三个不是一回事，解法也不一样。 **抽 10%。** Substack 在 Stripe 手续费之外还要抽 10% 的订阅收入。月入 500 刀就是 50 刀，月入 1 万刀就是 1000 刀，每个月都得交。大部分人真正走的原因就是这个，而且这个最好解决。 **渠道不是你的。** 名单能导出，文章也能导出。但推荐位、网络效应，还有 `yourname.substack.com` 攒下的域名权重，全留在原地。要是你当初没绑自己的域名，那这几年的 SEO 积累就是白送给 Substack 了。 **内容政策。** 前阵子一批有名的作者因为审核尺度的事走了。要是你也是为这个，那平台功能怎么样都不重要，先走再说。 还有第四个原因没人提，也是这篇要讲的：Substack 发邮件是够用的，但被人搜到这件事它做得一般。你要谷歌流量、要外链，指望一个平台本来就不现实。 ## 先说清楚 Substack 好在哪 别为了错的理由走。走之前得知道你放弃的是什么。 [Substack](/sites/substack-com) DR 93。我们扒了一篇真实文章的 HTML，正文里的外链一个 `rel` 属性都没带——**就是 dofollow**。也就是说你在 Substack 文章里链自己的产品，那条链接是能传权重的。这点很多"Substack 替代品"清单都写错了。 推荐网络也是真的有用。哪天有个大号推荐你一下，来的订阅者是你自己怎么找都找不到的。这个东西自建站复制不了。 所以实话是：Substack 是个不错的发布平台，只不过绑了个很贵的收款通道。要是钱是问题，那就解决钱的事，别把渠道也一起烧了。 ## 11 个替代品 分两组说，因为"替代品"这个词，看你为什么走，意思完全不一样。 ### 想继续做 newsletter 的 这几个是直接顶替 Substack 的。名单搬过去，接着发。 **beehiiv — DR 86，dofollow** Morning Brew 出来的人做的。2500 订阅以内免费，付费套餐也不抽你订阅收入的成。它有个最接近 Substack 推荐网络的东西，这点比功能对比表上写的那些重要得多。我们查过 beehiiv 托管的文章，外链没有 `nofollow`。为了那 10% 走的话，默认选它就行。 **Ghost — DR 87，外链落在你自己域名上** 开源。自己部署免费，用 Ghost Pro 从 9 刀一个月起。对 SEO 来说关键的是：Ghost 跑在**你自己的**域名上，攒的权重是你的，不是租 Substack 的。也谈不上 nofollow，因为那就是你的站。搭起来麻烦点。要是打算干好几年，值。 **Kit（以前叫 ConvertKit）— DR 80** 与其说是发布平台，不如说是邮件营销工具。1 万订阅以内免费。你要卖东西、需要自动化和打标签分组，选它。你就是想写东西给人看，选别的。 **Buttondown — DR 72** 小而快，一个开发者在做。Markdown 优先，没有乱七八糟的东西，便宜。要是你嫌 Substack 界面烦、只想要个纯文本编辑器加一个发送键，挺合适。这组里发现渠道最弱的一个——读者得你自己带。 **MailerLite — DR 82** 便宜的那个。1000 订阅以内免费，付费档也比同行低不少。模板丑了点，送达率还行。newsletter 只是你的副业渠道、不是主战场的话，够用。 ### 顺便想要外链的 这部分别的清单都不写。这几个不是 newsletter 工具，是你转发文章的地方，而且会给你一条指向自己站的 dofollow。同一篇文章在两三个地方再发一遍，拿到的外链是 newsletter 平台给不了的。 下面每一个我们都扒了实际 HTML，链接状态是页面真实输出的，不是官网宣传页上写的。 | 平台 | DR | 链接 | 价格 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Tumblr](/sites/tumblr-com) | 99 | dofollow | 免费 | | [Blogger](/sites/blogger-com) | 94 | dofollow | 免费 | | [LiveJournal](/sites/livejournal-com) | 91 | dofollow | 免费 | | [Hashnode](/sites/hashnode-com) | 83 | dofollow | 免费 | | Write.as | 76 | dofollow | 有免费档 | | Bear Blog | 74 | dofollow | 免费 | **Tumblr（DR 99）** 是公开网络上权重最高的免费发布平台，而 newsletter 圈基本没人用。文章里的链接不带 `rel`，我们在一个真实页面上数了 178 条外链，一条拦着的都没有。 **Blogger（DR 94）** 又老又土，但是真好使。谷歌自己的产品，收录快，dofollow 已确认。 **Hashnode（DR 83）** 写技术内容的话用这个。它有 canonical 功能，你可以从自己站转发过去，不用担心重复内容，链接还能留着。 **Bear Blog** 和 **Write.as** 都小、都极简、都是 dofollow。DR 低一些，但页面很干净，实际排名比 DR 看着要好。 ### 看着不错但什么也给不了的 得点名，因为这几个每份清单上都有。 - [Medium](/sites/medium-com) — DR 94，**nofollow**。读者多得很，外链价值是零。去那儿是为了被人看见，不是为了 SEO。 - [Telegra.ph](/sites/telegra-ph) — DR 88，**nofollow**。我们在一个真实页面上找到五条外链，每一条都是 `rel="nofollow"`。这个我们自己目录里之前都标错了，实测才发现。 - [dev.to](/sites/dev-to) — DR 90，外链**nofollow**。跟 Medium 一样。社区很好，没有权重。 这几个平台本身不差，只是在这张表衡量的这件事上不行。 ## 怎么搬才不亏 最容易犯的错是把这事当成"换一个"。它是迁移，顺序很要紧。 **1. 先导出，后取消。** Substack 能把订阅者导成 CSV、文章导成 zip。别的什么都先别动，先把这两样拿到手。新平台稳定发出去之前，Substack 那边继续开着、继续付钱。 **2. 做跳转。** 之前绑了自己域名的，把每个老 URL 301 到新的。之前用 `yourname.substack.com` 的，做不了跳转，Substack 不给这个功能。你只能把老存档留着，在流量最高的几篇文章里往新地址引。决定之前先查清楚哪几篇流量最高。 **3. 新发信域名要养。** 别第一天就往 5000 人的新域名上群发。先发给最活跃的那 10%，然后一两周内慢慢加量。跳过这步就是进垃圾箱，然后怪平台不好用。 **4. 通知两遍。** Substack 上发一次，新平台上发一次。不管你怎么做，掉个 5%–15% 是正常的。 **5. 最后才开始转发。** newsletter 那边稳了，再从上面那张 dofollow 表里挑两个，把你最好的三篇转过去。平台支持 canonical 的就设上，指回自己站。 ## 常见翻车点 - **从 Substack 跳到一个 nofollow 的平台。** 从 Substack（dofollow）搬到 Medium（nofollow），别的方面再好，外链这块是降级。 - **在 `yourname.substack.com` 上写了好几年。** 那些权重全是 Substack 的。第一天就绑自己域名，永远。 - **转发不设 canonical。** 同一篇文章发四个平台又不设 canonical，排名信号是被拆散，不是被叠加。 - **只看 DR。** 一条 DR 99 的 nofollow，不如一条 DR 60 的 dofollow 值钱。 - **名单和存档同一天搬。** 先搬名单，确认能收到信，再动内容。 ## 常见问题 **Substack 是 dofollow 吗？** 是。我们扒了一篇真实文章，51 条外链，一条都没带 `rel` 属性。Substack 文章里的链接能传权重。 **最像 Substack 的是哪个？** beehiiv。一样是写完就发的模式，有真的推荐网络，而且不抽你订阅收入。 **做 SEO 的话选哪个？** Ghost，因为它跑在你自己域名上，你建的每条外链指的都是自己的资产。Substack 和 beehiiv 都不错，但那是在租来的地上盖房子。 **能同时用好几个吗？** 能，而且建议这么干。newsletter 放一个平台上，文章再往两三个 dofollow 的平台转。这样邮件和搜索两头都占着。 **Medium 会不会拖累我的 SEO？** 不会，它只是帮不上忙。链接是 nofollow。设个 canonical 指回自己站，把 Medium 当分发渠道就行。 **从 Substack 搬走会掉多少流量？** 名单大概掉 5%–15%。搜索流量完全看你有没有绑过自己域名。绑过的，跳转能保住大部分。没绑过的，当重新开始吧。 ## 还有哪些地方值得发 要是你打算把转发这事做成习惯，下面这些我们目录里都有，链接状态都核过： - [Patreon](/sites/patreon-com) — DR 93，dofollow。就算你从来不收费，当外链来源也好使。 - [Buy Me a Coffee](/sites/buymeacoffee-com) — DR 88，dofollow。比 Patreon 简单，一个意思。 - [Ko-fi](/sites/ko-fi-com) — DR 89，但是 nofollow。收打赏可以，做外链不行。 - [WriteXO](/sites/writexo-com) — DR 71，dofollow。小站，注册没什么门槛。 - [Posteezy](/sites/posteezy-com) — DR 63，dofollow。不费劲，发了就走。 更多发布平台的 DR 和链接状态在[内容平台](/c/content)。写技术内容的话，[开发者站点](/c/dev)里有值得花时间的那些。 --- # How to Submit Your Product to SaaSHub for Free Canonical URL: https://wheretosubmit.org/guides/saashub-submission-guide Last updated: 2026-08-04 11:28:57 ## English > **TL;DR:** Submitting to [SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com) is free and takes about 20 minutes. The site does 564,000 page views a month, so the traffic is real. But we checked six product pages and every vendor link is `rel="nofollow"` — you're not getting link equity here. Do it for the referral traffic and the competitor-comparison pages. If you want a dofollow link from a software directory, [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net) and [SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net) are the better use of the same hour. ## What SaaSHub is SaaSHub is a software alternatives and review site. Someone types "Notion alternatives" into Google, lands on SaaSHub's Notion page, and sees a list of competing products. That list is where you want to be. It sits at DR 68. Not huge, but the traffic is targeted — the site reports 564,000 page views a month, and the people reading an "alternatives" page are shopping. That's a better visitor than a random directory listing gets. The site is run by the same people as LibHunt. It's been around a while and it's actively maintained, which is more than you can say for half the directories on the web. Three things live under the same roof, and they're easy to confuse: - **The main directory** — product pages, reviews, alternatives lists. This is what you're submitting to. - **SaaSHub Submit** (`/submit`) — the free submission tool. - **Startup Hub** (`/startups`) — a separate startup directory with its own listing flow. Most people want the first one. ## Is it worth your time? Here's the part other guides get wrong. **The links are nofollow.** We pulled six live product pages — Notion, Slack, Figma, Linear, Vercel, Supabase — and checked every outbound link. Every single vendor link came back as `rel="nofollow"`, in one of three flavours: `nofollow`, `nofollow noreferrer`, or `nofollow noopener noreferrer`. Not one dofollow link on any page. So if you're building backlinks, SaaSHub does nothing for you. Our own directory had this listed as dofollow until we checked, and we've fixed it. **The traffic is real, though.** 564,000 page views a month on a site where every page is a buying-intent comparison. A listing on the right alternatives page can send steady referrals for years. That's the case for doing it. So: submit if you want visitors and a presence on your competitors' comparison pages. Don't submit expecting SEO value. Twenty minutes for a free listing on a targeted site is still a good trade — just go in with the right expectation. ## What SaaSHub rewards The ranking on any given alternatives page isn't random. From watching what sits at the top: - **Being tied to the right competitors.** Your product shows up on the pages of products you're an alternative to. Pick those carefully — it's the single biggest lever. - **A complete profile.** Filled-out description, screenshots, categories, pricing. Half-finished listings sit lower. - **Reviews.** Products with reviews outrank products without. They don't need to be glowing, they need to exist. - **Being verified.** Unverified listings can be edited by anyone and don't get the vendor treatment. - **Paying.** Featured products get pinned placement. More on that below. The most common foot-gun: people submit, get listed on two irrelevant category pages, and never link themselves to actual competitors. Then they wonder why nobody visits. The competitor association is the whole game here. ## Before you submit You don't need much, but having it ready turns this into one sitting instead of three. ### The hour before - **A live product URL.** Not a waitlist page. They'll check. - **A one-line description.** Under 100 characters, says what the product does. No taglines like "reimagine your workflow". - **A longer description.** Two or three paragraphs. Plain language, what it does, who it's for. - **A logo.** Square, at least 256×256, transparent PNG. - **Two or three screenshots.** Real UI, not marketing mockups with floating phones. - **A list of competitors.** Five to ten products yours is an alternative to. This is the important one — write it down before you start. ### Worth doing first - **Get one review lined up.** A customer, a colleague, anyone who's used it. Products with zero reviews look abandoned. - **Check whether you're already listed.** SaaSHub scrapes and creates pages for products it finds. Search your name first — if a page exists, you claim it instead of creating a duplicate. ## The submission flow ### 1. Register an account Go to `saashub.com/submit`. You need an account before you can do anything — there's no anonymous submission. Sign up with email or GitHub. ### 2. Search for your product first Type your product name into the search box. If SaaSHub already has a page for you, don't submit a new one. Go to that page and look for the claim option instead. Duplicate pages get merged or deleted, and you'll have wasted the effort. ### 3. Submit the product Fill in the URL, name, and short description. The form is short — SaaSHub pulls a lot from your site automatically once you give it the URL. ### 4. Pick your categories Choose two or three that actually fit. SaaSHub's category tree is deep (eCommerce → eCommerce Tools → Customer Feedback, and so on), so go as specific as you can. A specific category page has less competition and better-qualified readers than a broad one. ### 5. Add your competitors This is the step that matters. Add the products yours competes with. Each one you add is a chance to appear on that product's alternatives page — which is where SaaSHub's traffic actually lands. Be honest here. If you add Salesforce as a competitor to your two-person CRM, moderators will strip it. ### 6. Verify ownership SaaSHub asks you to verify that you own the product. This is a separate step from submitting and it's the one people skip. See the next section. ### 7. Wait Review takes a few days. The submit page shows recently submitted products with counters — most sit between a few hours and two weeks before going live. If yours is still pending after two weeks, the listing probably has a problem, not the queue. ## Fill in "Startup Details" — it's a second directory for free This one's easy to miss and it costs you nothing. SaaSHub runs a separate Startup Hub at `/startups` with its own directory and per-country startup lists. It looks like a second submission. It isn't. Their own wording: if you're a startup founder, you add yours **by submitting on SaaSHub and filling in the "Startup Details" section**. So it's the same form. Fill in that one extra block and you land in two places instead of one: - Your normal product page in the main directory. - A listing in the Startup Hub, including the "Startups by Country" page for wherever you're based. The country pages are the interesting part. "Startups in Portugal" is a much smaller pool than "Project Management software", so a listing there is easier to actually get seen on. And those pages pick up long-tail searches from people looking for local companies — journalists, job seekers, and other founders. Skip the section and you get one listing. Fill it in and you get two, for maybe ninety extra seconds of typing. There's no reason not to. ## The verification step, which most people skip An unverified listing is a page about your product. A verified listing is *your* page. The difference matters: - You can edit the description, screenshots, and pricing. Unverified, you can't. - You get the vendor badge on the profile. - You can respond to reviews. - You're eligible for the featured tier if you ever want it. Verification means proving you control the product's domain. The usual routes are an email at the product's domain, or a meta tag / DNS record. If your only email is a gmail address, this is where you get stuck — set up an address on your own domain first. It takes ten minutes with any mail provider and you'll need it for [G2](/sites/g2-com) and [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com) too. Do this the same day you submit. It's much easier than coming back in three months trying to remember which email you used. ## Is the $99 featured listing worth it? SaaSHub sells a featured placement at **$99 a month, cancel anytime**. Their own page says featured products get an estimated **9–17 targeted referrals a month**, and that 109+ products are currently featured. Do the arithmetic. At 9 referrals that's $11 per visitor. At 17 it's $5.80. Those are clicks, not signups — so if you convert visitors to trials at 10% and trials to paid at 20%, you're paying somewhere between $290 and $550 per customer. That's fine if you sell a $200/month B2B product. It's terrible if you sell a $9/month app. What you get for the money: - A slot in the homepage "FEATURED" section, rotated with other paying products. - One premium product gets the #2 position as "SPONSORED". - A green "Visit Website" button, which stands out against the plain links. - Placement on the pages of all your identified competitors. - Your screenshot shown in list views — free listings don't get this. That last one is quietly the most valuable. In a list of twenty text rows, the one with a screenshot gets the eye. My take: start free. Give it two months, check your referral traffic in analytics, and only then decide whether $99 buys enough. Don't pay on day one — you don't know yet whether SaaSHub's audience is your audience. ## After you're listed - **Add the review link to your onboarding email.** Two or three reviews put you ahead of most listings. - **Check which alternatives pages you landed on.** Search your competitors' names on SaaSHub and see whether you show up. If you don't, edit the listing and add them. - **Keep the pricing current.** Outdated pricing is the most common complaint in SaaSHub reviews, and it makes the listing look dead. - **Don't expect link juice.** Nofollow, remember. Track this listing on referral traffic in your analytics, not in your backlink tool. ## Common mistakes - **Submitting a duplicate.** Search first. SaaSHub may already have a page for you. - **Skipping verification.** An unverified listing isn't yours and you can't edit it. - **Adding wildly oversized competitors.** Moderators remove them and it makes you look unserious. - **Broad categories only.** "Productivity" has a thousand products. "Goal Setting And OKRs" has a handful. - **Paying $99 before you know the traffic converts.** Two months free first. - **Counting it as a backlink.** It's nofollow. Put it in the traffic column. ## SaaSHub vs the other software directories | Site | DR | Link | Cost | Best for | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com) | 68 | nofollow | free | Competitor alternatives pages | | [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net) | 80 | **dofollow** | free | Same job, and the link counts | | [SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net) | 92 | **dofollow** | free | Highest authority, dev-leaning | | [GetApp](/sites/getapp-com) | 87 | **dofollow** | free | B2B buyers, review-driven | | [Software Advice](/sites/softwareadvice-com) | 88 | **dofollow** | free | B2B, shares data with Capterra | | [G2](/sites/g2-com) | 91 | nofollow | free | Enterprise credibility, slow | | [StackShare](/sites/stackshare-io) | 79 | — | free | Developer tools only | If your hour is limited and you want a link, do [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net) first — same kind of site, higher DR, and the link is dofollow. Do SaaSHub for the traffic, not instead of that. ## FAQ **Is SaaSHub free to submit to?** Yes. The free listing gets you a product page, category placement, and a spot on competitor alternatives pages. The $99/month tier only adds promotion on top. **Does SaaSHub give dofollow links?** No. We checked six live product pages and every vendor link is `rel="nofollow"`. Submit for traffic, not for SEO. **How long does approval take?** Usually a few days. Looking at the recently-submitted list, most products go live somewhere between a few hours and two weeks. **Do I need a company email?** For verification, yes, in practice. Use an address on your product's domain. A gmail address will slow you down here and on most other directories. **What if SaaSHub already has a page for my product?** Claim it, don't submit a duplicate. Search your name first — SaaSHub creates pages for products it finds on its own. **Is the $99 featured tier worth it?** Only if your customer is worth a few hundred dollars. At the 9–17 referrals SaaSHub quotes, you're paying $6–$11 a click. Run it free for two months and look at your actual referral numbers first. ## Other places worth submitting the same week If you've got the description, logo, and screenshots ready, reuse them while they're open in a tab: - [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net) — DR 80, dofollow, free. Closest thing to SaaSHub and the link counts. - [SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net) — DR 92, dofollow, free. Highest-authority free listing in this category. - [GetApp](/sites/getapp-com) — DR 87, dofollow, free. Same parent company as Capterra. - [Crozdesk](/sites/crozdesk-com) — DR 74, free. Quick B2B listing. - [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com) — DR 75, nofollow. Different game entirely, but worth planning. - [BetaList](/sites/betalist-com) — DR 70, dofollow, paid. Pre-launch products only. - [Startup Fame](/sites/startupfa-me) — DR 83, dofollow. Fast to submit. - [Toolify](/sites/toolify-ai) — DR 64, nofollow, paid tiers. AI tools only. More options with DR and link status in [SaaS directories](/c/saas) and [startup directories](/c/startup). ## 中文 > **TL;DR：** 提交 [SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com) 免费，大概花 20 分钟。站点月浏览量 56 万，流量是真的。但我们扒了六个产品页，每一条厂商链接都是 `rel="nofollow"`——这里拿不到权重。做它是为了引荐流量和竞品对比页的曝光。要是你想从软件目录拿一条 dofollow，同样一个小时花在 [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net) 和 [SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net) 上更划算。 ## SaaSHub 是什么 SaaSHub 是个软件替代品和测评站。有人在谷歌搜 "Notion alternatives"，落到 SaaSHub 的 Notion 页面，看到一列竞品。你想进的就是那个列表。 DR 68，不算高，但流量很精准——站点自己说月浏览量 56 万，而看"替代品"页面的人是在挑东西准备买。这种访客比随便一个目录收录带来的强。 站是做 LibHunt 那伙人做的。开了挺久，还在更新，这点比网上一半的目录站强。 同一个域名下有三样东西，容易搞混： - **主目录** — 产品页、评论、替代品列表。你要提交的是这个。 - **SaaSHub Submit**（`/submit`）— 免费提交工具。 - **Startup Hub**（`/startups`）— 另一个独立的创业公司目录，走自己的流程。 大部分人要的是第一个。 ## 值不值得花这个时间 这段是别的教程写错的地方。 **链接是 nofollow。** 我们拉了六个真实产品页——Notion、Slack、Figma、Linear、Vercel、Supabase——挨个查外链。每一条厂商链接都是 `rel="nofollow"`，三种写法：`nofollow`、`nofollow noreferrer`、`nofollow noopener noreferrer`。六个页面里一条 dofollow 都没有。 所以你要是冲着外链去的，SaaSHub 给不了。我们自己目录里之前也标的 dofollow，实测之后已经改了。 **但流量是真的。** 月浏览 56 万，而且每个页面都是带购买意图的对比页。挂在对的替代品页上，能持续好几年往你这儿送人。这才是做它的理由。 所以：想要访客、想出现在竞品的对比页上，就提交。别指望 SEO。20 分钟换一个精准站点的免费收录还是划算的，只是别抱错期待。 ## SaaSHub 在按什么排 某个替代品页上谁排前面不是随机的。看下来是这几条： - **绑对竞品。** 你的产品会出现在"你是谁的替代品"那些产品页上。这几个选好了，是最大的一根杠杆。 - **资料填满。** 描述、截图、分类、价格都填全。填一半的listing排得靠后。 - **有评论。** 有评论的产品排在没评论的前面。不需要多好看，需要存在。 - **验证过。** 没验证的listing谁都能改，也拿不到厂商待遇。 - **付费。** Featured 产品有固定位置。下面细说。 最常见的翻车：提交完了，被扔进两个不相干的分类页，从来没把自己跟真正的竞品关联上，然后纳闷怎么没人来。竞品关联在这个站上就是全部。 ## 提交前要准备什么 要的东西不多，但备齐了能一次做完，不然得来回三趟。 ### 动手前一小时 - **能打开的产品链接。** 别拿等待名单页糊弄，他们会看。 - **一句话描述。** 100 字符以内，说清楚干什么的。别写"重新定义你的工作流"这种。 - **长一点的描述。** 两三段。说人话，做什么的、给谁用的。 - **Logo。** 正方形，至少 256×256，透明 PNG。 - **两三张截图。** 真实界面，别放那种手机悬浮在渐变背景上的宣传图。 - **一份竞品名单。** 五到十个你算是其替代品的产品。**这条最重要**，动手之前就写下来。 ### 建议先做的 - **先约一条评论。** 客户、同事，用过的人都行。零评论的产品看着像废弃了。 - **先查你是不是已经在上面了。** SaaSHub 会自己抓产品建页面。先搜一下自己的名字，有页面的话是去认领，不是重新提交。 ## 提交流程 ### 1. 注册账号 打开 `saashub.com/submit`。必须先有账号，没有匿名提交这一说。邮箱或者 GitHub 都行。 ### 2. 先搜一遍自己 把产品名敲进搜索框。SaaSHub 要是已经有你的页面了，别新建。去那个页面找认领入口。重复页面会被合并或者删掉，白忙一趟。 ### 3. 提交产品 填链接、名字、简短描述。表单很短——给了链接之后 SaaSHub 会自己从你站上抓一部分信息。 ### 4. 选分类 选两三个真正对得上的。SaaSHub 的分类树很深（eCommerce → eCommerce Tools → Customer Feedback 这样一层层下去），能选多细选多细。细分类竞争小，来的人也更对口。 ### 5. 加竞品 这一步才是关键。把你竞争的产品加进去。每加一个，就多一次出现在那个产品替代品页上的机会——而 SaaSHub 的流量恰恰落在那些页面上。 这里要实事求是。你一个两个人的 CRM 把 Salesforce 加成竞品，审核会给你删掉。 ### 6. 验证归属 SaaSHub 会让你证明这产品是你的。这是跟提交分开的一步，也是最多人跳过的一步。下一节单讲。 ### 7. 等 审核几天。提交页面上能看到最近提交的产品和各自等了多久——大部分在几小时到两周之间上线。超过两周还没动静，那多半是 listing 本身有问题，不是排队慢。 ## 顺手把 "Startup Details" 填了，等于白送一个目录 这条很容易漏，而且不要钱。 SaaSHub 在 `/startups` 有个独立的 Startup Hub，自己的目录，还有分国家的创业公司榜。看着像要另外提交一次，其实不是。他们自己的说法：创业公司创始人**在 SaaSHub 提交时把 "Startup Details" 那块填了**就行。 也就是同一个表单。多填那一块，你就同时落在两个地方： - 主目录里正常的产品页。 - Startup Hub 里的一条记录，包括你所在国家的 "Startups by Country" 页面。 分国家那些页面才是有意思的地方。"葡萄牙的创业公司"这个池子比"项目管理软件"小太多了，挂上去更容易被真人看到。而且这类页面能接住一批长尾搜索——记者、找工作的、还有其他创始人，都会搜本地公司。 不填就一个 listing，填了就两个，多打九十秒字。没有理由不填。 ## 验证这一步，大部分人跳过了 没验证的 listing 是"一个关于你产品的页面"。验证过的才是"你的页面"。区别在于： - 能改描述、截图、价格。没验证改不了。 - 资料页上有厂商标识。 - 能回复评论。 - 以后想上付费档才有资格。 验证就是证明你控制产品的域名。常见的两条路：用产品域名下的邮箱，或者放 meta 标签 / DNS 记录。你要是只有 gmail，就卡在这儿了——先去开一个自己域名的邮箱。随便找家邮件服务十分钟搞定，而且 [G2](/sites/g2-com) 和 [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com) 也都要。 提交当天顺手就把这步做了。比三个月后回来想"我当时用的哪个邮箱"容易多了。 ## 99 刀的 Featured 值不值 SaaSHub 卖付费位，**99 美元一个月，随时可取消**。他们自己页面上写，featured 产品每月大概能拿到 **9–17 次精准引荐**，目前有 109 多个产品在买。 算笔账。9 次的话每个访客 11 美元，17 次的话 5.8 美元。这还只是点击不是注册——假设访客转试用 10%、试用转付费 20%，那一个客户的获客成本在 290 到 550 美元之间。 你卖 200 刀一个月的 B2B 产品，这没问题。你卖 9 刀一个月的小工具，这很糟。 99 刀买到的东西： - 首页 "FEATURED" 区一个位置，跟其他付费产品轮播。 - 其中一个付费产品会拿到第 2 位的 "SPONSORED" 位。 - 一个绿色的 "Visit Website" 按钮，在一片纯文字链接里挺显眼。 - 出现在你标注的所有竞品页面上。 - 列表页里显示你的截图——免费 listing 没有这个。 最后这条其实最值钱。二十行纯文字里夹一张截图，眼睛肯定往那儿走。 我的建议：先免费。跑两个月，去分析工具里看引荐流量，再决定这 99 刀买不买得回来。别第一天就付钱——你还不知道 SaaSHub 的用户是不是你的用户。 ## 上线之后做什么 - **把评论链接放进新用户邮件里。** 两三条评论就能排到大部分 listing 前面。 - **查你落在了哪些替代品页上。** 在 SaaSHub 上搜竞品名字，看有没有你。没有就回去改 listing 把它们加上。 - **价格保持更新。** SaaSHub 评论区最常见的抱怨就是价格过期，而且会让 listing 看着像没人管。 - **别指望权重。** nofollow，记住。这条 listing 要在分析工具的引荐流量里追踪，不是在外链工具里。 ## 常见翻车点 - **提交了重复页面。** 先搜。SaaSHub 可能早就有你的页面了。 - **跳过验证。** 没验证的 listing 不算你的，你改不了。 - **把体量差太多的公司加成竞品。** 会被删，而且显得不专业。 - **只选大分类。** "Productivity" 底下上千个产品，"Goal Setting And OKRs" 底下没几个。 - **不知道转化就先付 99 刀。** 先免费跑两个月。 - **把它算成一条外链。** 它是 nofollow，该算进流量那一栏。 ## SaaSHub 和其他软件目录怎么选 | 站点 | DR | 链接 | 价格 | 适合 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com) | 68 | nofollow | 免费 | 蹭竞品替代品页 | | [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net) | 80 | **dofollow** | 免费 | 干同样的事，而且链接算数 | | [SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net) | 92 | **dofollow** | 免费 | 权重最高，偏开发者 | | [GetApp](/sites/getapp-com) | 87 | **dofollow** | 免费 | B2B 采购方，靠评论驱动 | | [Software Advice](/sites/softwareadvice-com) | 88 | **dofollow** | 免费 | B2B，跟 Capterra 数据互通 | | [G2](/sites/g2-com) | 91 | nofollow | 免费 | 企业级背书，但慢 | | [StackShare](/sites/stackshare-io) | 79 | — | 免费 | 只收开发者工具 | 时间有限又想要外链的话，先做 [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net)——同类型的站，DR 更高，而且链接是 dofollow。SaaSHub 做它是为了流量，不该拿来替代前者。 ## 常见问题 **SaaSHub 提交免费吗？** 免费。免费档就有产品页、分类位置，以及出现在竞品替代品页上的机会。99 刀那档只是在这之上加推广。 **SaaSHub 给 dofollow 吗？** 不给。我们查了六个真实产品页，每条厂商链接都是 `rel="nofollow"`。冲流量去，别冲 SEO。 **多久能过审？** 一般几天。看最近提交列表，大部分产品在几小时到两周之间上线。 **必须要企业邮箱吗？** 验证这一步实际上是要的。用你产品域名下的邮箱。只有 gmail 的话，这里和其他大部分目录都会卡。 **SaaSHub 上已经有我的产品页了怎么办？** 去认领，别新建。先搜自己的名字——SaaSHub 会自己抓产品建页面。 **99 刀的 Featured 值得买吗？** 你的客户值几百美元才值得。按 SaaSHub 自己说的 9–17 次引荐算，一次点击 6 到 11 美元。先免费跑两个月，看真实引荐数据再说。 ## 同一周可以顺手一起打的 描述、logo、截图都还开着的话，趁热复用： - [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net) — DR 80，dofollow，免费。最像 SaaSHub 的站，而且链接算数。 - [SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net) — DR 92，dofollow，免费。这一类里权重最高的免费收录。 - [GetApp](/sites/getapp-com) — DR 87，dofollow，免费。跟 Capterra 同一家公司。 - [Crozdesk](/sites/crozdesk-com) — DR 74，免费。B2B，提交很快。 - [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com) — DR 75，nofollow。完全是另一套玩法，但值得提前规划。 - [BetaList](/sites/betalist-com) — DR 70，dofollow，付费。只收未发布的产品。 - [Startup Fame](/sites/startupfa-me) — DR 83，dofollow。提交很快。 - [Toolify](/sites/toolify-ai) — DR 64，nofollow，有付费档。只收 AI 工具。 更多带 DR 和链接状态的选择在 [SaaS 目录](/c/saas) 和 [创业公司目录](/c/startup)。 --- # How to Get Listed on G2 and Submit Your Product Canonical URL: https://wheretosubmit.org/guides/g2-submission-guide Last updated: 2026-08-04 11:20:58 ## English > **TL;DR:** G2 is a B2B software review site. DR 91. Google indexes its pages for years. It's nothing like Product Hunt. There is no launch day. It's a long game where you slowly collect reviews, quarter by quarter. The bar is high: B2B only, work email required, 3-5 business days to approve a profile, plus 1-3 more days to claim it. The hard part is not making the page. The hard part is getting real reviews without breaking the rules. If you give customers a gift card for a 5-star review, G2 catches you and wipes your reviews. ## What is G2 [G2](/sites/g2-com), formerly G2 Crowd, is one of the biggest B2B software review sites in the world. Its pages sit near the top of Google search for years. DR 91. That's a real number. In short, it does three things: - **Lists B2B software.** SaaS, dev tools, business software. No B2C. - **Collects real user reviews.** Only people who actually used the product can write one. G2 reviews each one. - **Publishes a Grid Report every quarter.** Each category gets a four-quadrant chart. The top-right corner is the "Leader" quadrant. That's the badge people fight over. If you sell B2B software, you cannot really skip G2. When buyers search your product name, the G2 page often ranks higher than your own website. ## Is G2 still worth it in 2026 It depends. If you build B2C — consumer apps, games, personal tools — **don't waste your time**. G2 doesn't list B2C products. They will reject you. If you build B2B SaaS, dev tools, or business software — **yes, do it. But don't expect a one-shot win**. G2 gives you three real things: - **Long-term Google traffic.** When buyers search "<your product> review", "<your product> vs <competitor>", or "best <category> software", the G2 page sits near the top. Way easier than getting your own site to rank there. - **An easier time with procurement.** When a company buys software, they look at G2. They check the star rating and your spot on the Grid. A "Leader" badge on your sales deck is strong proof. - **Free press from the quarterly Grid Report.** Every time a Grid Report drops, top products get quoted by tech blogs for weeks. You don't pay for that. One more thing that's nice to know: **once you have reviews on G2, your own website also ranks better**. Google sees both your site and your G2 page in the same searches and starts to think "OK, this company is real in this space." ## What does G2 actually reward The full algorithm is private. But the Grid math is public, and after watching it for a while, a few things stand out: - **How many reviews you got in the last 90 days.** Old reviews fade fast. If you get no new reviews for six months, your Grid spot drops. You can see it. - **How long each review is.** One review that fills out all six prompts and is 200+ words beats five short "great tool, recommend" reviews. By a lot. - **Reviews from many different companies.** Five reviews from the same company on the same email domain get merged. Ten reviews from ten companies is the goal. - **Industry match.** If the people writing reviews work in the industry your profile targets, those reviews count more. - **Verified vs anonymous.** A review verified by LinkedIn or work email counts a few times more than an anonymous one. - **Whether you reply.** When the vendor replies to reviews (especially bad ones), G2 sees the profile is "alive" and pushes it more. That last one is where most people mess up: vendors send mass invites and offer customers cash or gift cards for reviews. G2's anti-fraud got serious in 2024. **If they catch you, they don't just delete the bad reviews. They knock your whole profile down for 90 days.** ## What to do before you submit Don't open the form and start typing. Spend two weeks on this stuff first. You'll pass review on the first try. ### Two weeks out - **Pick the right category.** Search G2 for three to five direct competitors. See what category they sit in. If you pick the wrong one, the G2 editor moves you to a tiny side category nobody searches. Hard to fix later. - **Get a work email ready.** Must be `name@yourdomain.com`. Gmail / Outlook / iCloud will be rejected. If you still run your business off a personal email, set one up now. There's a section below on how. - **Submit [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com) too.** Capterra is owned by Gartner. Strict review like G2, but they don't conflict. Run them in parallel. ### One week out - **Write the profile copy.** Tagline is one line, under 60 characters. Say **what it does**, not **what it is**. Good: "Auto-tags customer tickets in Slack with AI." Bad: "An intelligent collaboration platform for teams." - **Get the assets ready.** Logo (transparent PNG). Three to five product screenshots, 1280×720 or bigger. A 60 to 90 second demo video. Don't use plain UI shots. Add some real-looking data so it feels like a real product. - **Make a list of customers to invite.** At least 15 paying customers. Start inviting them the same day you submit the profile. **Don't wait until it's approved.** ### Three days out - **Check your website end to end.** The G2 reviewer will open your site to verify the company is real. Privacy policy, pricing page, About page — all of it should be there. Don't give them a reason to push back. - **Write the review invite.** One short message under 60 words. Neutral tone. **Do not mention rewards. Do not say "5 stars". Do not say "leave a good review".** More on the wording below. ## How submission works: three steps and each one can stall G2 splits "make the profile" and "own the profile" into two steps. A lot of people get stuck on the second one. ### Step 1: Apply for a new profile Go to sell.g2.com/create-a-profile. The form has a checkbox: "I would like to serve as admin for this profile." **Check Yes.** That way, when it gets approved, the profile is already yours. You don't have to claim it again. Pick your country code and use a phone that can get international SMS. ### Step 2: Wait for the G2 editor to review Three to five business days. The reviewer actually opens your site, checks your LinkedIn company page, and looks up the domain whois. Don't resubmit while you wait. They'll flag you as suspicious. ### Step 3: Claim the profile (only if you didn't check admin in Step 1) Open your profile. Click "Claim this profile" in the top right. Wait one to three more business days. **Use a work email here.** Gmail will get rejected. Once you're in, you can upload assets, invite customers to write reviews, and buy a plan. The free plan does about 90% of what you need. The Premium plan unlocks competitor compare pages and lead info. **Don't pay on day one.** Get to 10+ reviews first. Then think about it. ## How to get a work email This is where most people get stuck. G2 doesn't care if your email is fancy. It cares about one thing: **does the email domain match your product website domain.** Three options: - **Cloudflare Email Routing (fastest, free).** If your domain is on Cloudflare, go to Email Routing. Add a rule: forward `hello@yourdomain.com` to your Gmail. 5 minutes. The G2 verification email will land in your Gmail. Click the link. Done. - **Google Workspace (cleanest, paid).** Business Starter is $6 per user per month. Set up MX records and you have a real `you@yourdomain.com`. Worth it long term — you'll use it for sales emails too. - **A regional provider.** Tencent Exmail, Aliyun, Zoho Mail. Free or cheap. The catch: G2 emails are international, and these providers sometimes mark them as spam or bounce them. If option 1 works for you, take option 1. The address part also matters. Don't use `info@`, `admin@`, or `noreply@`. The G2 editor sees those as suspicious. Use something that looks like a real person: `jian@`, `founder@`, `mike.chen@`. ## How to get real reviews without breaking rules PH is a one-day game. G2 is a one-quarter game. G2 publishes a Grid Report four times a year, in the middle of **March, June, September, and December**. Reviews written in the **45 days before the report** carry the most weight. So the right rhythm is: - **Start inviting six weeks before the report.** Five to ten reviews per week. Spread across different customers, different email domains, different industries. - **Don't blast everyone in one day.** 30 reviews on the same day is exactly what the anti-fraud system looks for. - **Invite long-term users first.** Customers who used your product for three months or more write reviews with real detail. G2 rewards that. - **Never offer a reward yourself.** The only legal incentive is the **$10–$25 gift card G2 itself sends out**. G2 hands it to the reviewer directly. The vendor never touches it. Anything you pay for on your own is against the rules. ### How to write the invite (the safe version) You can send this: > "Hi <name>, would you have five minutes to leave a review of <product> on G2? Honest feedback is fine, good or bad. Here's the link: <invite link from G2>" You cannot send this: > "Leave a 5-star review and get a $20 Amazon gift card." / "Please say nice things about us." / "Send me a screenshot when you're done and I'll send you cash back." Anything that pushes a rating, G2 will find. Reviewers screenshot it and report. AI text checkers catch copy-paste invites. **If they confirm it, the related reviews get deleted, and your profile is downranked for 90 days.** ## What happens after the review goes up The review going live is the start, not the end. The next steps are how you actually catch the traffic. - **Reply to every review.** Even the 5-star ones. Just write "Thanks. Next version we're shipping X." Always reply to bad reviews. Your reply gets indexed by Google too. - **Put the badges back on your website.** When you earn "High Performer", "Leader", or "Users Love Us", drop them on your homepage and pricing page right away. Solid social proof. - **Turn reviews into content.** Read the reviews. Find the pain points and use cases that show up over and over. Write a case study or blog post about them. That post will get linked back from G2. - **Ride the quarterly report.** When a new Grid Report drops, screenshot your spot in the grid. Post it on LinkedIn or your blog. The report is already credible. Some of that credit rubs off on you. ## Common ways people mess this up - **Using a personal email.** You'll get blocked at step one. - **Paying for reviews.** Already covered. The deadliest mistake. - **Getting 15 reviews in a single day.** Anti-fraud flags it as a suspicious batch. They all go to manual review. Some get rejected. - **Filling the profile with marketing words.** "Revolutionary AI", "industry-leading", "next-gen" — the G2 editor will rewrite or reject this. Use plain feature descriptions instead. - **Not replying after reviews come in.** A profile with a dead reply section gets flagged as half-abandoned. Less exposure. - **Making two profiles for the same product.** You can list different products under one company. But the same product under two names will get merged. You wasted the review time. ## G2 vs Capterra: which one to pick People often ask: G2 and [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com) both do B2B reviews. Which one is worth it more? The answer is — do both. They focus on different things. | Aspect | G2 | Capterra | | --- | --- | --- | | Traffic type | Direct search traffic. Strong on "X review" keywords. | Referral traffic. Strong on category lists. | | Audience | Small to mid-size companies. Lots of technical buyers. | Small companies. Traditional industries too. | | Grid-style ranking | Yes. Quarterly Grid Report. | No formal grid, but "Top 20" lists. | | Review style | Longer. More depth. | Shorter. Quicker. | | Review strictness | Strict. Email checks are tight. | Strict, but the process is a bit simpler. | **Bottom line:** for B2B SaaS going global, do G2 first. Then run Capterra in parallel. The reviews don't transfer between them — you have to invite each customer twice. But the same customer can write on both, that's fine. ## FAQ **Does G2 cost money?** The free plan lets you build a profile, collect reviews, and reply to them. The Premium plan unlocks competitor compare pages, lead info, and category ranking tracking. New companies should stick with the free plan until they have 10+ reviews. Then think about paying. **How long does it take to review a G2 review?** G2 usually takes 1-3 business days to approve a review after it's submitted. They check that the reviewer is a real person and actually used the product. Reviews get rejected when they're too short, look copy-pasted, or don't match what the product actually does. **Can I sign up for G2 with Gmail at all?** Pretty much no. The form blocks it on the front-end. In rare cases, indie developers with real product websites have made it through, but the odds are low. Don't bet on it. **Can a bad review be deleted?** A real bad review cannot be deleted. But you can **reply** to it and explain the context. If the bad review has a factual error (says your product doesn't support a feature when it actually does), you can file a dispute and G2 will re-check it. **What do I do with the Grid Report when it comes out?** Screenshot your quadrant position and score. Post it on LinkedIn, your blog, and email newsletter. The report comes with a PDF too — you can quote specific sections at the top of customer case studies. ## Other platforms to run in the same quarter G2 has the highest DR in the B2B review space, but it's not the only one. Run these in parallel during the same quarter. The backlinks and search exposure stack up: - [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com) — Gartner-owned. Doesn't conflict with G2. Submit at the same time. - [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com) — Different beast, but you can run it alongside a G2 push at launch time. PH gets you the spike. G2 builds the long-term reviews. - [BetaList](/sites/betalist-com) — You can list while still in beta and pair it with G2 to get your first round of early-user reviews. - [SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com) — High DR, slow pace. Good for long-term backlink value. - [Uneed](/sites/uneed-best) — Newer curated site. Works for design tools and AI products. - [Microlaunch](/sites/microlaunch-net) — Less crowded than PH. Friendlier audience. Full lists by category: [SaaS launch platforms](/c/saas), [startup communities](/c/startup), [launch and directory sites](/c/directory). ## 中文 > **TL;DR:** G2 是个 B2B 软件评测网站，DR 91，谷歌长期收录。它跟 Product Hunt 完全不一样——没有上线日，是按季度慢慢喂评价的长期游戏。门槛比 PH 高一截：必须 B2B、必须用公司邮箱、profile 审核 3-5 个工作日、认领再 1-3 天。最难的部分不是把页面建出来，是怎么持续拿到合规的真实评价。给客户发红包换好评是 G2 的死线，碰一次封一次。 ## G2 是什么 [G2](/sites/g2-com) 全称 G2.com，前身叫 G2 Crowd，是全球最大的 B2B 软件评测网站之一。它的页面常年挂在谷歌搜索结果前几位，DR 91 这个数字摆在那。 简单说，它做三件事： - **收录 B2B 软件**——SaaS、开发者工具、企业服务这些都能上，toC 不收。 - **聚合真实用户评价**——只有用过这款软件的真人能写，每条都要 G2 审核。 - **每季度发 Grid Report**——把每个分类下的产品按"用户满意度 + 市场存在感"画成四象限图，最右上角是 Leader 象限，俗话说的"G2 第一梯队"。 国内做出海的 SaaS 团队基本都绕不开 G2。客户搜你产品名，G2 那一页大概率比你自己官网还靠前。 ## 2026 年还该做 G2 吗 要分情况。 如果你做 toC 工具——消费类 app、游戏、个人效率工具——**别浪费时间**。G2 不收 toC 产品，提了也是退回来。 如果你做 B2B SaaS、开发者工具、企业服务——**做，但别指望"一战封神"**。G2 真正能给你的就三样： - **谷歌长期搜索流量。** 客户搜"<你产品> 怎么样"、"<你产品> vs <竞品>"、"<某类> 软件推荐"，G2 那一页常年在第一页前几位。让你自己的官网排上去要难得多。 - **采购那关好过。** 公司采购走流程的时候会去 G2 看星级、看你在 Grid 图上的位置。Leader 象限的徽章放在销售页和投标书里很硬。 - **季度报告白送的 PR。** 每次 Grid Report 出来，分类前几名会被各种科技媒体反复引用。免费曝光。 还有件挺有意思的事：**你 G2 上评价多了之后，你自己官网的搜索排名也跟着上去**。因为谷歌看到 G2 和你官网都在同一组关键词里，就会觉得"哦，这家是真的在做这块的"。 ## G2 在按什么排序 排序算法没全公开，但 Grid 排序方法论是公开的，再加上盯榜久了能看出几条： - **最近 90 天的评价数量。** 老评价掉权很快。半年没人写新评价，Grid 位置肉眼可见往下掉。 - **评价写得多不多。** 一条把六个问题都填满、200 字以上、写了具体怎么用的评价，比五条"好用，推荐"加起来都管用。 - **评价别都来自同一家公司。** 五条评价都是同公司同域名邮箱发的，G2 会合并算分。十家不同公司一人写一条最理想。 - **行业对得上。** 写评价的人来自的行业，跟你 profile 写的目标行业对得上，权重更高。 - **是不是 verified。** 用 LinkedIn 或公司邮箱验过身份的评价，比匿名的重几倍。 - **你回不回。** vendor 在评价底下回复（尤其差评），G2 会判这个 profile 还活着，多推一点。 最后一条最容易翻车：vendor 一次性群发邀请、给客户塞红包换评价，G2 从 2024 年开始查得很严。**违规的评价不光是删掉，整个 profile 还会跟着降权 90 天。** ## 提交前要准备什么 别打开表单就开始填。提前两周把下面这些做完，过审率高很多。 ### 还有两周 - **看清楚归到哪个 category。** 在 G2 上找三五个直接竞品，看它们挂在哪个分类下。分类选错了，G2 编辑会把你扔到一个搜索量很低的边角分类里，后期再调很麻烦。 - **公司邮箱配好。** 必须是 `name@yourdomain.com` 这种。gmail / qq / 163 几乎一律拒。还在用个人邮箱办公？现在就搞起来，下一节专门讲怎么搞。 - **顺手把 [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com) 也提了。** Capterra 是 Gartner 旗下，审核也严，但跟 G2 不冲突，可以并着打。 ### 还有一周 - **写 profile 文案。** 一句 tagline，60 个字母以内。说**它干啥**，别说**它是啥**。好的："在 Slack 里自动给客户工单分类的 AI"。差的："为团队打造的智能协作平台"。 - **素材包准备齐。** Logo（PNG 透明底）、3-5 张产品截图（建议 1280×720 以上）、一段 60-90 秒的演示视频。截图别上纯界面大图，加点真实数据更像真东西。 - **列一份请人写评价的名单。** 至少 15 个真实付费客户。profile 提交那天就开始邀请，**别等通过了再说**。 ### 还有三天 - **官网逐条对一遍。** 审核会顺着官网核对你公司是真的。隐私政策、定价页、关于我们都要齐，别给审核员理由把你打回来。 - **写好邀请话术。** 一段 60 字以内的中性邀请，**不能提奖励、不能提"五星"、不能提"好评"**。后面单独说怎么写。 ## 提交流程：三步，每步都会卡 G2 把"建 profile"和"拿到 profile 控制权"分成两步走，很多人卡在第二步。 ### 第一步：申请新 profile 入口在 sell.g2.com/create-a-profile。表单里有一项叫"I would like to serve as admin for this profile"——**勾 Yes**，这样审核过了 profile 直接归你，不用再单独认领一次。country code 选 +86（中国大陆），手机号要能收国际短信。 ### 第二步：等 G2 编辑审核 3-5 个工作日。审核的人会真的去打开你官网、刷你 LinkedIn 公司页、查 whois。这期间别重复提交，会被当成可疑账号。 ### 第三步：认领 profile（第一步没勾 admin 才需要） 进自己的 profile，点右上角"Claim this profile"。再等 1-3 个工作日。**这一步用工作邮箱收验证信**，gmail 在这一步会被直接拒。 通过之后才能上传素材、邀请客户写评价、买套餐。免费版能做 90% 的事，Premium 才解锁竞品对比页和潜在客户信息。**新公司别一上来就充值**，先把评价数攒到 10 条以上再考虑。 ## 公司邮箱怎么搞 这是大多数人卡住的地方。G2 看的不是邮箱本身好不好用，而是**邮箱域名跟产品官网域名是不是一样**。三条路： - **Cloudflare Email Routing（最快，免费）。** 域名挂在 Cloudflare 上的话，进 Email Routing，加一条 `hello@yourdomain.com` → 你 gmail 的转发规则，5 分钟搞定。G2 发的验证邮件会自动转到 gmail。 - **Google Workspace（最规矩，付费）。** Business Starter 6 美元一个月一个账号，配 MX 记录就能用。以后正经发销售邮件、客服邮件都用得上，长期值得投。 - **腾讯企业邮 / 阿里云企业邮箱。** 国内域名常用。腾讯免费版给 50 个账号。但 G2 是美国服务，发出来的验证邮件偶尔被国内邮箱判垃圾或者退信，能走方案 1 优先走方案 1。 邮箱地址名也讲究——别用 `info@`、`admin@`、`noreply@`。用像真人的：`jian@`、`founder@`、`mike.chen@`。 ## 怎么拿到合规的真实评价 PH 是一天打完，G2 是一个季度定一次位置。G2 一年发四次 Grid Report，一般在 **3 月、6 月、9 月、12 月** 月中。报告出之前的 **45 天里写的评价权重最高**，所以最佳节奏是： - **报告前六周开始集中邀请。** 每周 5-10 条，分散到不同客户、不同公司域名、不同行业。 - **千万别一天群发完。** 一天涌进来 30 条评价，是反作弊系统最敏感的信号。 - **优先找老用户。** 用了三个月以上的付费客户，写得才有"真实场景"，G2 给这种评价加分。 - **永远别给奖励。** 唯一合规的激励是 **G2 自己发的 10-25 美金礼品卡**——是 G2 直接发给写评价的人，vendor 不掺和。其他你自己掏钱的奖励都违规。 ### 邀请话术怎么写 可以发： > "Hi <name>，有空在 G2 上花五分钟写一条对 <产品名> 的反馈吗？好评差评都行。链接：<G2 给的专属邀请链接>" 不能发： > "写五星好评送 50 块红包" / "帮忙夸一下我们" / "写完截图发我返现" 任何引导评分的话术，G2 都能查出来。reviewer 会截图举报，AI 文本查重也会发现复制粘贴的邀请。**一旦实锤，相关评价全删，profile 降权 90 天。** ## 评价拿到之后做什么 评价上线只是起点。下面这些事才是把 G2 流量真正接住的关键。 - **每条评价都回。** 哪怕五星好评也回一句"谢谢，下个版本我们会做 X"。差评必回，回复内容也会被谷歌一起索引。 - **徽章搬回官网。** 拿到"High Performer"、"Leader"、"Users Love Us"这种徽章后，赶紧贴到 landing page 首屏和定价页上。挺硬的背书。 - **用评价写内容。** 把客户评价里反复出现的痛点和使用场景，整理成一篇案例或者博客发出去。这种内容回头又会被 G2 自己引用。 - **季度报告借势发一波。** 每次 Grid Report 出来，截一张你在象限里的位置，发 LinkedIn 或公众号。报告本身的权威性也会让你的内容跟着沾光。 ## 常见翻车点 - **用个人邮箱注册。** 第一关基本就过不去。 - **拿奖励换评价。** 前面讲过，最致命的一条。 - **一天涌进十几条评价。** 反作弊会判可疑批次，全部进人工复核，弄不好被驳回。 - **profile 里全是营销词。** "革命性 AI"、"行业领先"这种词 G2 编辑会给你改掉，甚至打回。用具体功能描述代替形容词。 - **评价拿到了不回。** 评论区死气沉沉的 profile，G2 会判半弃用，曝光会降。 - **同一个产品起两个 profile。** 同一公司不同产品可以分别开，但同一产品换个名再开一个，肯定被合并，白折腾审核时间。 ## G2 vs Capterra 怎么选 很多人会问：G2 和 [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com) 都做 B2B 评测，哪个更值得？答案是——两个都做，但侧重点不同。 | 维度 | G2 | Capterra | | --- | --- | --- | | 流量类型 | 直接搜索流量为主，"X review"类关键词强 | 推荐导流为主，被分类列表带 | | 受众 | 中小到中型公司、技术买家多 | 中小公司、传统行业占比高 | | 类 Grid 排名 | 有，每季度发 Grid Report | 没有正式 Grid，但有"Top 20"列表 | | 评价风格 | 偏长、偏深度 | 偏短、偏快速 | | 审核严格度 | 严，邮箱验证查得很死 | 也严，但流程稍简单 | **结论：** 出海 SaaS 第一站打 G2，第二站并行打 Capterra。两边的评价不能互相导入，得分别邀请，但邀请名单可以重叠（同一个客户可以分别在两边写）。 ## 常见问题 **G2 收费吗？** 免费版能建 profile、收评价、回复评价。Premium 才解锁竞品对比页、潜在客户线索、品类排名追踪。新公司先用免费版攒到 10 条以上评价，再考虑付费。 **G2 review 多久能审完？** 评价提交后 G2 一般 1-3 个工作日审完。审核会查 reviewer 是不是真人、是不是真实使用过产品。被打回的常见原因：内容太短、明显复制粘贴、跟产品功能对不上。 **用 gmail 注册 G2 vendor 一定不行吗？** 基本上不行。前端表单层就会拦下来。极少数情况下个人开发者带着真实产品官网过审过，但概率极低，不要赌。 **G2 评价能不能删？** 真实差评不能删。但你可以**回复**，把上下文讲清楚。如果差评里有事实错误（比如说你产品不支持某功能但其实支持），可以提交 dispute，G2 会复审。 **Grid Report 出来怎么用？** 截图你的象限位置 + 分数，发 LinkedIn、博客、邮件 newsletter。报告里有原始 PDF，可以引用具体段落作为客户案例的开头。 ## 同期可以一起打的其他平台 G2 是 B2B 评测里 DR 最高的，但不是只有它一家。同一个季度里把下面这几个并着打，外链和搜索曝光会叠起来： - [Capterra](/sites/capterra-com) — Gartner 旗下，跟 G2 不冲突，可以同步提交。 - [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com) — 跟 G2 性质完全不一样，但发版时可以一起打，PH 抢曝光、G2 攒长期评价。 - [BetaList](/sites/betalist-com) — 还在 beta 阶段就能先曝光，配合 G2 收第一批早期用户评价。 - [SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com) — DR 高、节奏慢，长期外链价值好。 - [Uneed](/sites/uneed-best) — 较新的精选站，设计类和 AI 工具效果还行。 - [Microlaunch](/sites/microlaunch-net) — 比 PH 不那么卷，受众友善。 完整分类列表：[SaaS 发布平台](/c/saas)、[创业社区](/c/startup)、[发布与目录站](/c/directory)。 --- # Startup Directories: Which Ones Are Worth Your Time Canonical URL: https://wheretosubmit.org/guides/startup-directories Last updated: 2026-07-28 06:02:34 ## English > **TL;DR** > > - **"Startup directory" covers two very different things.** One is a launch platform you post to on a specific day, like [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com). The other is an evergreen listing that slowly picks up Google traffic, like [F6S](/sites/f6s-com). They need different work. Treating them the same is why people get nothing out of either. > - **There are still good free high-DR ones.** F6S is DR 86 with 1.6M monthly visits. [SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net) is DR 92 with 2.5M. [The SaaS Directory](/sites/thesaasdirectory-com) is DR 88. All free, all dofollow. > - **[BetaList](/sites/betalist-com) is paid only now.** $99 to submit. The free lane is gone. > - **High DR doesn't mean traffic, and low DR doesn't mean no traffic.** [Micro Launch](/sites/microlaunch-net) is DR 19 with 60K monthly visits. Plenty of DR 70+ directories get under 10K. > - **Nofollow isn't the dealbreaker people think.** Product Hunt and [Crunchbase](/sites/crunchbase-com) are both nofollow and they're still two of the best places to be. More on this below. ## What a startup directory actually is It's a site that lists startups and their products. You fill in a form — product name, one-line pitch, URL, logo, screenshots — and it builds you a page. Sounds like a 2012 thing. It isn't dead, for two reasons. First, Google. Most of these are old domains sitting at DR 60 to 90. Your page lives on one of them and Google crawls it. Someone searching "best tool for X" lands on a directory page, and sometimes clicks through to you. It's slow, but it keeps working. Second, people really do browse them. Investors check Crunchbase. Journalists check F6S. Anyone writing a comparison post checks [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net) and [SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com). If you're not there, they can't write about you. **The problem is that "startup directory" now gets used for three different things**, and most list posts mix them together: - **Launch platforms** — Product Hunt, [Uneed](/sites/uneed-best), Micro Launch. There's a leaderboard and a launch day. You get a traffic spike, then the page sinks. Running one of these is its own job — we've covered it in the [Product Hunt launch playbook](/guides/producthunt-launch-guide) and in [15 Product Hunt alternatives with real numbers](/guides/product-hunt-alternatives). - **Evergreen directories** — F6S, SourceForge, AlternativeTo. No launch day. Submit whenever. The page builds up Google traffic over months. - **Submission directories** — a long tail of sites you've never heard of. Fill a form, get listed. Each one is worth very little on its own, but they're cheap. Know which kind you're submitting to before you decide how much effort to spend. A full day of prep for Product Hunt, five minutes for a submission directory. Lots of people get this backwards and spend an hour writing a careful listing for a site with 400 monthly visitors. This guide only covers the ones worth writing about. If you want the whole set, filterable by DR and monthly traffic, we keep a [directory of 500+ submission sites](/) with pricing, link type, and first-hand submission notes on each one. ## Are they still worth it Depends where you are. **Just launched, nothing yet: yes, and it's the best use of an afternoon.** You need Google to know you exist at all. Going from zero backlinks to a dozen is fastest through directories. You can do seven or eight in one sitting. **Already have steady traffic: be picky.** One DR 60 directory link barely moves your rankings now. But still do the comparison-style ones — AlternativeTo, SaaSHub — because your competitors are already there. If you're missing, anyone searching "X alternatives" never sees you. **Building B2B: reorder the list.** [Crunchbase](/sites/crunchbase-com) and F6S matter more to you than Product Hunt. Buyers google your company name before a sales call. Finding nothing costs you trust immediately. Past that, review sites beat directories by a wide margin, and they're a different game — see [how to submit to G2](/guides/g2-submission-guide) and the [Capterra submission guide](/guides/capterra-submission-guide). **Building a pure consumer app: most of these won't help.** Do two or three high-DR ones for basic SEO and put the rest of your time into app store listings and social. One case where it's clearly not worth it: **trying to rank by submitting to 200 directories.** That worked in 2015. Google now gives directory links very little weight, and a backlink profile full of junk directories is a negative signal on its own. Twenty real ones beat two hundred bad ones. ## Get your assets together first The forms all ask for the same things. Prep once and each site becomes a five-minute copy-paste job. Skip the prep and you'll be hunting for a logo file on site number three, and you'll quit by site five. **Three descriptions, three lengths.** This is the important one: - One line, under 60 characters. For tagline fields. - One paragraph, 150 to 200 characters. For "short description". - One long block, 400 to 600 characters. For the listing body. **Write three different ones. Don't just truncate the long one.** Directory pages are thin to begin with. Paste identical text everywhere and Google reads them as duplicates and skips indexing all of them. Then the whole effort was for nothing. **Images.** Square logo (512×512, transparent PNG), a wide banner (1200×630 — Product Hunt and social previews both want that size), and two or three screenshots. Don't screenshot an empty app. Fill it with real-looking data first. **An email on your product's domain.** Something like `hi@yourdomain.com`. SaaSHub and others require it for verification and won't take Gmail. Set it up before you start, since DNS changes take time to propagate. **A competitor list.** AlternativeTo and SaaSHub both ask, and your answer decides which listings you appear in. Pick 3 to 5 names people actually search for. Picking obscure ones puts you on pages nobody visits. **A tracking sheet.** Site, date submitted, approved or not, listing URL, dofollow or nofollow. Five columns. Without it you'll have no idea three months later what to check, or which sites wasted your time. ## The free ones worth doing, in three tiers ### Tier 1: high DR, free, submit and forget These are the ones I'd tell anyone to do first: - **[F6S](/sites/f6s-com)** — DR 86, 1.6M monthly visits, free, dofollow. An old startup-scene site where investors and accelerators genuinely look for companies. Company info has to be real and in English. No placeholders. - **[SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net)** — DR 92, 2.5M monthly visits. You need an account before you can submit. It lists *software*, so your product should be clearly a tool. If you're selling a service, skip it. The form is longer than most, and the [SourceForge submission guide](/guides/sourceforge-submission-guide) walks through it. - **[The SaaS Directory](/sites/thesaasdirectory-com)** — DR 88, free, dofollow. Straightforward if you're SaaS. - **[TechDirectory](/sites/techdirectory-io)** — DR 67, free, dofollow, short form, fast approval. A ten-minute job. Don't expect traffic. Treat it as one clean high-DR link. - **[Startup Fame](/sites/startupfa-me)** — DR 83, dofollow. **It wants you to put their badge on your homepage** before you get listed. Think about that trade. A DR 83 dofollow link for one badge slot is usually fine. If your homepage already has seven badges on it, you're starting to look desperate. It also runs a daily leaderboard — the [Startup Fame submission guide](/guides/startupfa-me-submission-guide) covers how to take the top spot. ### Tier 2: the ones with real traffic Fill these in carefully. People will actually see them. - **[Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com)** — DR 75, 6M monthly visits. The link is nofollow, and that's fine — you're there for the day of exposure. Launch at 12:01 AM Pacific so you get the full day. **Never publicly ask for upvotes.** PH strips those votes and can bury your rank. Write your assets and your first comment ahead of time. There's no room to improvise on launch day. For the full timeline and how to run the day itself, read the [Product Hunt launch playbook](/guides/producthunt-launch-guide). - **[Crunchbase](/sites/crunchbase-com)** — DR 80, 10M monthly visits, nofollow. Needs social verification. The point isn't the link. It's that someone googling your company name finds a real profile. - **[AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net)** — DR 80, 1.3M monthly visits, dofollow. You list yourself as an alternative to existing tools. A fresh entry with no likes sits at the bottom forever, so pick 2 to 3 well-known competitors, fill the page out fully (platforms, license, screenshots), and get a few users to like it. That's what gets you visible in those lists. - **[SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com)** — DR 68, 1.6M monthly visits, dofollow. You need to name competitors and verify with an email on your product's domain. - **[Uneed](/sites/uneed-best)** — 252K monthly visits, $30. They cap it at 30 products a day, so expect a queue. ### Tier 3: small, fast, do a batch Nothing here looks impressive on DR or traffic alone, but the forms are quick. Good for knocking out a batch in one sitting: - **[Launching Next](/sites/launchingnext-com)** — DR 51. Free submissions wait in line. Fine if you're not in a hurry. - **[Startup Base](/sites/startupbase-io)** — DR 50, free. Very little traffic. This one's for the link. - **[Startup Buffer](/sites/startupbuffer-com)** — DR 39. Everything has to be in English. - **[Micro Launch](/sites/microlaunch-net)** — DR 19, but 60K monthly visits. A clean example of DR and traffic pointing different directions. You go here for people, not links. - **[OpenHunts](/sites/openhunts-com)** and **[Today Launches](/sites/todaylaunches-com)** — DR 56 and 60, free, dofollow. - **[PitchWall](/sites/pitchwall-co)** — 59K monthly visits. **Submissions that are obviously just SEO plays don't get approved.** It has to read like a real product. - **[Startups.fyi](/sites/startups-fyi)** — submissions go through a Tally form. With form-hosted submissions, check afterwards that a page actually got created. Two more that aren't general directories but are worth naming: [Land-book](/sites/land-book-com) is a curated landing-page gallery with a human reviewer, so don't waste the submission if your page looks rough. [SideProjectors](/sites/sideprojectors-com) is for buying and selling side projects, which only makes sense if you're thinking about selling. Land-book's whole category is less crowded than general directories, mostly because few people will spend two extra days on a landing page. That makes acceptance rates better than you'd expect. We wrote it up separately in [the underrated design and portfolio sites](/guides/design-portfolio-backlinks). ## The paid ones, and when to pay - **BetaList, $99.** DR 70, 180K monthly visits. No free lane anymore. Worth it depends on whether your product is early, novel, and looks like a beta. BetaList readers show up looking for new things. A good fit gets a few hundred real signups. A bad fit spends $99 for twenty visits. - **[Startup Stash](/sites/startupstash-com), from $199/year.** DR 65, 370K monthly visits. **It only takes startup tools.** If you're not building something for founders, skip it. - **Uneed, $30.** Cheapest of the three and the most honest about what it is: buying one shot of exposure. Here's the test I use. **Is the money buying a place in line, or buying a spot?** Paying to skip the queue on a site that would list you free anyway is usually not worth it — two extra weeks won't hurt you. Paying for a spot you can't get otherwise (front page, newsletter placement, a listing that free users never get) is the only version worth arguing about. ## After you submit: check whether the listing did anything This is the part to read twice. Most people submit and walk away. Three months later they say directories don't work. Usually what happened is this: **the page got created and Google never indexed it.** An unindexed page contributes exactly zero to your SEO. Three steps, thirty seconds per site. **Step 1: check the page exists.** Open your listing. Is the content right? Does the link point to you? Some sites send a "pending review" email and then nothing ever happens. **Step 2: check Google indexed it.** Search: ``` site:example.com/your-listing-page ``` Nothing comes back means it isn't indexed. Then check the whole domain: ``` site:example.com ``` If the entire site only has a few hundred pages in Google, that site has an indexing problem and your page probably isn't going to make it either. Cross it off and don't submit there again. **Step 3: check the link type.** On your listing page, view source and search for your domain. Look at the `<a>` tag — is there a `rel="nofollow"` or `rel="ugc"` on it? And while we're here: **nofollow is not the disaster people treat it as.** Since 2019 Google treats nofollow as a hint, not a rule, and decides for itself. More to the point, a nofollow link still sends real clicks and still tells Google your brand exists. Product Hunt and Crunchbase are both nofollow and nobody sensible skips them. **The thing to avoid isn't nofollow. It's sites that nobody reads and Google doesn't index.** That's the actual waste of time. ## Side by side | Site | DR | Monthly visits | Price | Link | When to do it | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | SourceForge | 92 | 2.5M | Free | dofollow | Your product is clearly a software tool | | F6S | 86 | 1.6M | Free | dofollow | Any time, especially for B2B | | Crunchbase | 80 | 10M | Free | nofollow | You have a real company and meet investors or buyers | | AlternativeTo | 80 | 1.3M | Free | dofollow | You have well-known competitors | | Product Hunt | 75 | 6M | Free | nofollow | Assets are ready and you can watch it all day | | BetaList | 70 | 180K | $99 | dofollow | Product is early and feels new | ## Common mistakes - **Fifty submissions in one day.** A backlink curve that goes vertical overnight is a suspicious pattern by itself. Spread it over a few weeks. Three to five a day is plenty. - **Submitting before you've launched.** A reviewer clicking through to a "Coming soon" page rejects you. And most sites won't let the same domain resubmit after a rejection. - **Picking a category carelessly.** The category page is the page that actually ranks on these sites. Pick the wrong one and you land on a page nobody searches for. Spend thirty seconds looking at what's already in each category and pick the closest fit. - **Listing the wrong competitors on AlternativeTo.** Listing yourself under an obscure tool gets you nothing. You want the name people really type into the search box. - **Not checking form-hosted submissions.** If the form runs on Typeform or Tally, the high DR you saw belongs to the form platform, not the directory. Go back and confirm a real page exists. ## FAQ **Do startup directories still help SEO?** Yes, but they're not your main channel. What they do is take you from zero to a base layer of backlinks and get your brand into Google's index. Expecting them to move keyword rankings isn't realistic. **How many should I do?** Twenty to thirty real ones beats two hundred filler ones. Judge each by three things: is the site alive, do its pages get indexed, and does its audience overlap with your users. **What's the difference between free and paid?** Mostly you're paying to skip a queue or to get a placement you can't get free. Free lanes usually mean "you'll get listed, but slowly and lower down". BetaList is the exception — there's no free lane at all now. **How long does approval take?** Automatic sites: minutes. Human review: one to four weeks. Free queues on paid sites: sometimes a month or two. Don't chase them, it doesn't help. **Should I bother with nofollow sites?** Yes. See the section above. The question to ask is whether people read it and whether Google indexes it — not dofollow versus nofollow. **My product isn't in English. Can I still submit?** Most international directories require English throughout, including the product name and description. [Startup Buffer](/sites/startupbuffer-com) and F6S both say so directly. Non-English listings get rejected. **Is [Indie Hackers](/sites/indiehackers-com) a startup directory?** No, it's a community, and the links are nofollow. Worth your time, but for conversations and early users, not for backlinks. Posting there has its own rules — see the [Indie Hackers posting guide](/guides/indiehackers-submission-guide). **I built a web app / PWA. Will these sites take it?** Yes. Directories don't care whether you're native or web. They just want a URL you can click, which is the one place a PWA has the advantage. App stores are the harder part — that's covered in [where to post your PWA for free](/guides/post-pwa-app-for-free). ## Other places to hit in the same week While you're already doing this, these use the exact same assets: - **[Startup Ranking](/sites/startupranking-com)** — DR 67. The free review queue is long, so get in early. - **[Micro Launch](/sites/microlaunch-net)** — mentioned above. Low DR, real people. - **[Land-book](/sites/land-book-com)** — throw your landing page in if it looks good. Getting accepted brings solid referral traffic from designers. - **[TechDirectory](/sites/techdirectory-io)** — ten minutes, one clean dofollow. To filter the whole set by DR, monthly traffic, and price, two category pages do the job: [startup submission sites](/c/startup) and [general directories](/c/directory). Building SaaS? Also check [SaaS directories](/c/saas) — those lean toward software comparison pages, and the traffic they send converts better than a general listing. For step-by-step walkthroughs of individual sites, we write those up one at a time. They're all in the [submission guides index](/guides). ## 中文 > **TL;DR** > > - **"startup directory"这个词底下混着两种完全不同的东西。** 一种是发布当天冲榜的，比如 [Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com)；一种是提一次躺那儿慢慢吃谷歌流量的，比如 [F6S](/sites/f6s-com)。这两类的做法完全不一样，混着提就是白干。 > - **免费的高 DR 站还有不少。** F6S DR 86、月访问 160 万；[SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net) DR 92、月访问 250 万；[The SaaS Directory](/sites/thesaasdirectory-com) DR 88。都免费，都给 dofollow。 > - **[BetaList](/sites/betalist-com) 现在只剩付费。** $99 起，免费通道没了。 > - **DR 高不等于有流量，反过来也成立。** [Micro Launch](/sites/microlaunch-net) DR 才 19，月访问 6 万；不少 DR 70 往上的目录站月访问连 1 万都不到。 > - **nofollow 不等于没用。** Product Hunt 和 [Crunchbase](/sites/crunchbase-com) 给的都是 nofollow，但它俩仍然是最值得花时间的。原因在正文。 ## startup directory 到底是什么 就是收录创业公司和产品的网站。你填个表，交产品名、一句话介绍、链接、logo、截图，它给你生成一个页面。 听着像十年前的东西，但它没死，原因有两个。 一个是谷歌。这些站大多是 DR 60 到 90 的老域名，你的页面挂在上面，谷歌会去爬。搜"最好的 XX 工具"的人有时候会点进这些目录页，再点进你的站。这条路慢，但一直在。 另一个是别人在这儿找东西。投资人翻 Crunchbase，记者翻 F6S，做对比评测的人翻 [AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net) 和 [SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com)。你不在上面，他们就写不到你。 **但"startup directory"这个词现在被用得很乱**，网上那些清单文章会把下面三种东西全塞在一起： - **发布平台**：Product Hunt、[Uneed](/sites/uneed-best)、Micro Launch。有排行榜、有发布日、当天冲一波流量，之后页面基本沉底。这类怎么打是另一个话题，我们单独写过 [Product Hunt 上线实战](/guides/producthunt-launch-guide)，也整理过 [15 个有真实数据的 Product Hunt 替代站](/guides/product-hunt-alternatives)。 - **常青目录**：F6S、SourceForge、AlternativeTo。没有发布日，你什么时候提都行，页面靠谷歌慢慢积累。 - **提交型目录**：一堆你没听过的小站。填个表就收，DR 参差不齐，单个价值很低，但便宜。 看清楚你正在提的是哪一种，再决定花多少力气。给 Product Hunt 准备一天，给一个提交型小站准备五分钟，这才是对的分配。反过来的人特别多。 这篇只挑值得写的那些展开讲。想看全量、按 DR 和月访问筛的，我们维护了一个 [500 多个提交站点的完整目录](/)，每条都标了价格、链接类型和第一手的提交笔记。 ## 现在还值得提吗 看你在哪个阶段。 **产品刚上线、什么都没有的时候：值得，而且是性价比最高的一件事。** 你需要谷歌至少知道你存在。从零到有十几个外链，这些目录站是最快的路，一个下午能搞定七八个。 **已经有稳定流量了：选着提。** 这时候一条 DR 60 的目录链接对你排名的影响已经很小了。但 AlternativeTo、SaaSHub 这种带对比属性的还是要提，因为你的竞品都在上面，你不在，用户搜"XX 的替代品"就看不到你。 **做 B2B 的：优先级要调。** [Crunchbase](/sites/crunchbase-com) 和 F6S 对你比 Product Hunt 重要。销售在打电话之前会搜你公司名，搜出来是个空白，信任感直接掉一半。再往后，带 review 的评测站比目录站值钱得多，那是另一套打法，看 [G2 怎么提交产品](/guides/g2-submission-guide)和 [Capterra 投稿指南](/guides/capterra-submission-guide)。 **做纯 C 端消费级 App 的：大部分目录站帮不上你。** 提两三个高 DR 的应付一下 SEO 就行，时间花到 App Store 优化和社交平台上更划算。 有一个情况是明确不值得的：**你想靠提 200 个目录站来冲排名。** 这套在 2015 年好用，现在谷歌对目录外链的权重压得很低，而且低质量目录站扎堆出现在你的外链档案里，反而是个负面信号。宁可提 20 个正经的，别提 200 个垃圾的。 ## 提交前，先把这套素材备齐 目录站的表单长得都差不多。你把素材准备好一次，后面每个站就是复制粘贴，一个站三五分钟。不准备的话，每提一个都要现写现找图，提到第五个就不想提了。 **三个长度的描述。** 这是最关键的一条： - 一句话，60 字符以内。填 tagline 那种框。 - 一段话，150 到 200 字符。填"简短描述"。 - 一大段，400 到 600 字符。填详情页正文。 **三个都要不一样，不是把长的截短。** 目录页本身内容就少，你要是全网贴同一段，谷歌很容易把这些页面判成重复内容，一起不收录，那你提了个寂寞。 **图。** 正方形 logo（512×512，透明底 PNG）、横版 banner（1200×630，Product Hunt 和社交预览都吃这个尺寸）、两三张产品截图。截图别放空白状态的界面，放有真实数据的。 **一个产品域名的邮箱。** `hi@你的域名` 这种。SaaSHub 这类站明确要求用产品域名的邮箱验证，Gmail 不认。这个提前配，临时配 DNS 要等生效。 **竞品名单。** AlternativeTo 和 SaaSHub 都要你列竞品，而且这个直接决定你出现在哪些列表里。挑 3 到 5 个真的有人搜的大名字，别挑跟你一样没人知道的。 **一张记录表。** 提了哪个站、哪天提的、审核过没过、页面地址是啥、链接是 dofollow 还是 nofollow。就这五列。不记的话三个月后你完全不知道该去查什么，也不知道哪些站白提了。 ## 免费还值得提的，分三档 ### 第一档：高 DR、免费、提完就不用管 这几个是我会让所有人先提的： - **[F6S](/sites/f6s-com)** —— DR 86，月访问 160 万，免费，dofollow。创业圈的老站，投资人和加速器真在上面找项目。公司信息必须是真实的英文内容，别写中文，别写占位符。 - **[SourceForge](/sites/sourceforge-net)** —— DR 92，月访问 250 万。得先注册账号才能提。它收的是"软件"，所以你的产品最好能说清楚是个工具，纯服务类的别硬提。表单比一般目录站长，[SourceForge 投稿指南](/guides/sourceforge-submission-guide)里一步步写了。 - **[The SaaS Directory](/sites/thesaasdirectory-com)** —— DR 88，免费，dofollow。SaaS 产品直接提。 - **[TechDirectory](/sites/techdirectory-io)** —— DR 67，免费，dofollow，表单很短，审核快。十分钟的活儿。别指望流量，当成一条干净的高 DR 链接就行。 - **[Startup Fame](/sites/startupfa-me)** —— DR 83，dofollow。**要求你在自己首页挂一个它的徽章**才给收录。这条要想清楚：一个 DR 83 的 dofollow 链接换你首页一个外链位，大多数情况下划算，但如果你首页已经挂了七八个徽章，那看着就很掉价了。它还有个当日榜，想冲第一看 [Startup Fame 提交流程](/guides/startupfa-me-submission-guide)。 ### 第二档：有真实流量的 这一档提的时候要认真填，因为真的会有人看到。 - **[Product Hunt](/sites/producthunt-com)** —— DR 75，月访问 600 万。链接是 nofollow，但没关系，你要的是那一天的曝光。太平洋时间凌晨 12:01 发，才能吃满一整天。**千万别公开求票**，PH 会把票撤掉，还可能把你的排名压下去。素材和第一条评论提前写好，发布当天没时间现想。完整的节奏和当天怎么盯，看 [Product Hunt 上线实战](/guides/producthunt-launch-guide)。 - **[Crunchbase](/sites/crunchbase-com)** —— DR 80，月访问 1000 万，nofollow。需要用社交账号验证。这个页面的作用不是外链，是"你搜我公司名的时候能搜到一个正经档案"。 - **[AlternativeTo](/sites/alternativeto-net)** —— DR 80，月访问 130 万，dofollow。做法是把自己列成某几个知名工具的替代品。新条目没有赞会一直沉在列表底部，所以挂到 2 到 3 个大家都知道的竞品下面，把页面填满（平台、授权方式、截图），再找几个用户去点个赞，这样才能在那些列表里露脸。 - **[SaaSHub](/sites/saashub-com)** —— DR 68，月访问 160 万，dofollow。要求你列出竞品，并且用产品域名的邮箱验证。 - **[Uneed](/sites/uneed-best)** —— 月访问 25 万，$30。平台每天只放 30 个产品，得排队。 ### 第三档：小站，便宜，量大管饱 DR 或者流量单看都不亮眼，但填表快，几分钟一个，适合一次性刷一批： - **[Launching Next](/sites/launchingnext-com)** —— DR 51。免费提交要排队，不急的话就等着。 - **[Startup Base](/sites/startupbase-io)** —— DR 50，免费。流量很小，当外链用。 - **[Startup Buffer](/sites/startupbuffer-com)** —— DR 39。所有内容必须是英文。 - **[Micro Launch](/sites/microlaunch-net)** —— DR 只有 19，但月访问 6 万。这就是典型的 DR 和流量不同步，冲着人来的，不是冲着链接。 - **[OpenHunts](/sites/openhunts-com)** 和 **[Today Launches](/sites/todaylaunches-com)** —— DR 56 和 60，免费，dofollow。 - **[PitchWall](/sites/pitchwall-co)** —— 月访问 5.9 万。**纯粹为了外链去提的基本过不了审**，得像个真产品。 - **[Startups.fyi](/sites/startups-fyi)** —— 提交走的是 Tally 表单。注意这种表单托管的，填完不一定马上有页面。 另外两个不是通用目录但值得单独说：[Land-book](/sites/land-book-com) 是落地页设计的精选画廊，人工筛，页面做得不好看就别浪费机会；[SideProjectors](/sites/sideprojectors-com) 是买卖副业项目的地方，你要是打算卖掉这个项目，那儿才对口。 Land-book 这一类竞争其实比通用目录小得多，愿意在落地页上多花两天的人不多，所以过审率反而高。这条路我们单独写过：[被低估的 Design / Portfolio 类网站](/guides/design-portfolio-backlinks)。 ## 付费的那几个，什么时候该掏钱 - **BetaList,$99。** DR 70，月访问 18 万。现在已经没有免费通道了。值不值取决于你的产品是不是"早期、有新鲜感、看起来像个 beta"。BetaList 的读者就是来找新东西的，合适的产品能拿到几百个真实注册；不合适的产品花了 $99 拿到二十个访问。 - **[Startup Stash](/sites/startupstash-com),$199/年起。** DR 65，月访问 37 万。**只收创业工具类的产品**，你要是做的不是给创业者用的东西，直接跳过。 - **Uneed,$30。** 这个是三个里最便宜的，也最像"买一次曝光"。 一个判断标准：**这笔钱买的是插队，还是买的是位置？** 买插队（免费也能上，给钱快点上）的，大多数时候不值得花——你不差那两周。买位置（不给钱根本上不去，或者给钱能上首页/推送邮件）的，才有讨论的必要。 ## 提交完，怎么确认这条链接真的有用 这一节是整篇里最该看的。 大部分人提完就走了，过三个月说"目录站没用"。但真实情况往往是：**页面生成了，谷歌根本没收录它。** 一个没被收录的页面，对 SEO 的贡献严格等于零。 三步，一个站三十秒： **第一步，确认页面真存在。** 直接打开你的收录页，看看内容对不对、链接是不是指向你。有些站提交完给你发个"审核中"的邮件，然后就没有然后了。 **第二步，确认谷歌收录了。** 在谷歌搜： ``` site:example.com/your-listing-page ``` 搜不出来就是没收录。这时候可以去它的域名下随便搜几个别的收录页： ``` site:example.com ``` 如果整个站在谷歌里只有几百个页面，说明这站本身收录就差，你那一页大概率也等不到。这种站以后不用再提了。 **第三步，看链接是什么类型。** 在收录页上右键"查看网页源代码"，搜你的域名，看那个 `<a>` 标签上有没有 `rel="nofollow"` 或者 `rel="ugc"`。 顺手说一下 **nofollow 这事没大多数人想的那么严重**。谷歌 2019 年之后把 nofollow 当"提示"而不是"指令"了，该不该传权重它自己判断。更重要的是，一条 nofollow 链接照样能带来真人点击，照样能让谷歌知道你这个品牌存在。Product Hunt 和 Crunchbase 都是 nofollow，但没人会说这两个不值得提。 **真正该躲的不是 nofollow，是没人看又不被收录的站。** 那种才是纯浪费时间。 ## 一张表：主流的横向对比 | 站点 | DR | 月访问 | 价格 | 链接 | 什么时候提 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | SourceForge | 92 | 250 万 | 免费 | dofollow | 产品是个能说清楚的软件工具 | | F6S | 86 | 160 万 | 免费 | dofollow | 任何时候，尤其做 B2B | | Crunchbase | 80 | 1000 万 | 免费 | nofollow | 有公司实体、要见投资人或客户 | | AlternativeTo | 80 | 130 万 | 免费 | dofollow | 你有明确的知名竞品 | | Product Hunt | 75 | 600 万 | 免费 | nofollow | 攒够素材、能盯一整天的时候 | | BetaList | 70 | 18 万 | $99 | dofollow | 产品还在早期、有新鲜感 | ## 常见翻车点 - **一天提五十个。** 外链增长曲线一夜之间陡起来，本身就是个可疑信号。摊到几周里去，一天三五个就够。 - **产品还没上线就提。** 审核的人点进去看到一个"Coming soon"，直接拒。而且大多数站拒了之后不让同一个域名重提。 - **category 随手选。** 目录站的分类页是它真正有排名的页面，选错了你就出现在没人搜的那页上。花三十秒看看每个分类下面已经有哪些产品，挑最像的那个。 - **AlternativeTo 挂错竞品。** 挂到冷门工具下面等于白提。你要挂的是"用户真的会去搜的那个名字"。 - **表单托管的站要留神。** 用 Typeform、Tally 这类做提交表单的，你看到的高 DR 是表单平台的，不是它自己的；填完之后到底有没有生成页面，得回去确认。 - **表单托管的站要留神。** 用 Typeform、Tally 这类做提交表单的，你看到的高 DR 是表单平台的，不是它自己的；填完之后到底有没有生成页面，得回去确认。 ## 常见问题 **startup directories 现在还对 SEO 有用吗？** 有用，但不是主力。它的作用是"让你从零到有一批基础外链，并且让谷歌知道你这个品牌"。指望靠它冲关键词排名是不现实的。 **该提多少个？** 20 到 30 个正经的，比 200 个凑数的强。挑的标准是：站还活着、页面能被谷歌收录、目标读者跟你的用户有交集。 **免费的和付费的差在哪？** 大部分付费买的是插队和位置。免费通道通常是"能上，但排队久、位置靠后"。BetaList 是个例外，它现在没有免费通道。 **提交需要多久能通过？** 自动收录的站几分钟；人工审核的一到四周；免费通道排队的可能一两个月。别催，催了也没用。 **nofollow 的站要不要提？** 要。见上面那一节。你要区分的是"有没有人看+谷歌收不收录"，不是 dofollow 还是 nofollow。 **我不是英文产品，能提吗？** 大部分国际目录站要求全英文，包括产品名和描述，[Startup Buffer](/sites/startupbuffer-com) 和 F6S 都明说了。中文内容会被拒。 **[Indie Hackers](/sites/indiehackers-com) 算 startup directory 吗？** 不算，它是社区不是目录，链接也是 nofollow。值得去，但目的是找人聊、找早期用户，不是拿外链。发帖有发帖的门道，看 [Indie Hackers 投稿指南](/guides/indiehackers-submission-guide)。 **我做的是 web app / PWA，这些站收吗？** 收。目录站不在乎你是原生 App 还是网页，它只要一个能点开的 URL —— 这反而是 PWA 的优势。商店那条路要另想办法，见 [PWA 应用免费发到哪儿](/guides/post-pwa-app-for-free)。 ## 同期可以一起打的 提目录站的那几天，顺手把这几个也做了，素材是同一套： - **[Startup Ranking](/sites/startupranking-com)** —— DR 67。免费通道审核队列很长，早提早排。 - **[Micro Launch](/sites/microlaunch-net)** —— 上面提过，DR 低但有真人流量。 - **[Land-book](/sites/land-book-com)** —— 落地页好看的话顺手投一个，通过了能从设计师那边带来不错的转介流量。 - **[TechDirectory](/sites/techdirectory-io)** —— 十分钟，一条干净的 dofollow。 想按 DR、月访问、价格自己筛，两个分类页可以直接用：[创业公司类的提交站点](/c/startup)和[通用目录站](/c/directory)。做 SaaS 的另外看一眼 [SaaS 类目录](/c/saas)，那边偏软件对比的站更多，带来的搜索流量往往比通用目录站更准。 单个站点怎么提，我们一篇篇写过第一手流程，都在[提交指南列表](/guides)里。 --- # Design & Portfolio Sites: An Underrated Backlink Play Canonical URL: https://wheretosubmit.org/guides/design-portfolio-backlinks Last updated: 2026-07-26 04:05:59 ## English > **TL;DR:** In 2026, stop pouring all your backlink effort into G2, Product Hunt, and a pile of directories. That space is packed. The spot almost nobody works is design and portfolio galleries. Sites like ArtStation and 500px sit at DR 88, take free submissions, and give you a dofollow link. You already have the assets — your landing page, your OG image, your UI screenshots. The big names (Behance is nofollow, Dribbble depends) are for reach and brand, not link juice. The real link weight is in the free dofollow mid-tier. This guide covers which sites to pick, how to submit without looking like spam, and why this beats one more directory. ## The short version: why these sites in 2026 Let me be straight. These sites aren't worth it because they send tons of traffic. Most design galleries don't. They're worth it because nobody else is doing them, and the domains are old and strong. Here's the real reasoning: - **Nobody's fighting for it.** The second a founder launches, they run to G2, Capterra, Product Hunt, and a few hundred directories that all look the same. Almost none of them think to put the product on a design gallery. Less competition means easier approval, and you stand out more. - **High DR, and the link is free.** [ArtStation](/sites/artstation-com) and [500px](/sites/500px-com) are both DR 88, free to list on, and dofollow. One dofollow link from DR 88 is worth more than twenty nofollow links from DR 30 directories put together. - **You already have the assets.** In 2026, every SaaS and every AI tool has a landing page, an OG image, and a set of UI screenshots. That stuff is design work. Posting it somewhere new isn't faking anything. - **The audience is the right one.** The people browsing these galleries are designers and makers — exactly the early adopters who like trying new things. That beats the dead traffic on most directories. - **Your link profile looks more like a real brand.** Google leans toward real brands now. Links from a mix of sources — design sites, media, directories — read as more real than five hundred identical directory listings. - **It holds value in the AI flood.** Text directories are drowning in AI spam. Their trust and traffic are slipping. Human-curated design galleries don't have that problem, so their links keep their weight. ## What these sites actually give you Don't treat them all as backlink sites out of the gate. They give different things. Sort them first: | Site | DR | Link type | What it's for | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Flickr](/sites/flickr-com) | 95 | dofollow | Old domain, images stay indexed | | [Behance](/sites/behance-net) | 94 | **nofollow** | Brand and reach, not link weight | | [Dribbble](/sites/dribbble-com) | 93 | depends | Design-scene exposure, hiring traffic | | [ArtStation](/sites/artstation-com) | 88 | **dofollow** | Main backlink | | [500px](/sites/500px-com) | 88 | **dofollow** | Main backlink | | [Designer News](/sites/designernews-co) | 73 | **dofollow** | Hacker News for designers, front-page reach | | [Curated.design](/sites/curated-design) | 52 | **dofollow** | Landing-page gallery, curated | | [Crevado](/sites/crevado-com) | 50 | **dofollow** | Portfolio homepage plus a link | The table makes the point: **the big names don't always give you link weight.** Behance is nofollow. Whether Dribbble gives dofollow depends on its current setup. Don't lean on those two for links — use them for exposure. The ones that hand you real weight are the mid-tier: ArtStation, 500px. Not the highest DR, but free, dofollow, and old, all three at once. ## You already have stuff to submit Lots of people get stuck here: "I'm not a designer, what would I even post?" You already have it. You just didn't think of using it this way: - **Landing page → landing-page galleries.** [Land-book](/sites/land-book-com), [Curated.design](/sites/curated-design), and [Webdesign Inspiration](/sites/webdesign-inspiration-com) collect good-looking landing pages. Your product's homepage is the submission. - **Brand kit / OG image → a Behance or Dribbble case study.** Write up how you made the logo, the colors, the OG image, as a small case study. The design crowd eats that up. - **Product UI screenshots → 500px, ArtStation, Flickr.** A clean set of interface shots, or one hero visual, with a good title and tags. That's a submission. - **Infographics / data viz → Dribbble, Behance.** That chart from your blog post is a piece of work on its own. The trick is to **look at what you already have from a new angle** — not to build a pile of new stuff. You made what you made. Feed the same things to different places. ## Which sites to hit first Ordered by what to do first, not by DR. ### Free and dofollow — do these first - **[ArtStation](/sites/artstation-com) (DR 88):** Built for 3D, games, and concept art, but a product hero shot or UI showcase works fine. Free, dofollow. Sign up, fill the profile, upload. - **[500px](/sites/500px-com) (DR 88):** Photography-first, but it takes brand visuals and high-quality screenshots too. The profile page is dofollow — put your URL in it. - **[Designer News](/sites/designernews-co) (DR 73):** Hacker News for designers. You post a link and it needs upvotes and comments to hit the front page. Don't post a plain ad — share a useful tool or a teardown and mention yourself naturally. - **[Curated.design](/sites/curated-design) (DR 52)** and **[Webdesign Inspiration](/sites/webdesign-inspiration-com) (DR 45):** Two landing-page and web-design galleries, human-curated, only good-looking pages get in. Submit your product's site. - **[Crevado](/sites/crevado-com) (DR 50):** You can build a portfolio homepage here, put your URL on it, and get a dofollow link. ### Big names, discounted links — do these for reach - **[Behance](/sites/behance-net) (DR 94, nofollow):** Adobe's platform, the face of the design world. The link is nofollow, but a good case study brings real designer visitors and can get reshared. - **[Dribbble](/sites/dribbble-com) (DR 93):** The main stage for design exposure and hiring. Post a few shots, put your URL in the profile. Dofollow depends on the setup, but the value here isn't that one link. - **[Flickr](/sites/flickr-com) (DR 95):** Old photo site, very high DR, images and profiles stay indexed for a long time. Upload a set of product visuals, add your URL to the profile. ## How to submit without looking like spam This is where people trip. **These are design communities, not directories.** On a directory you fill a form and you're done. Here there are people looking and reviewing. Get it wrong and you get rejected, or downvoted. A few real rules: - **Act like a normal user first.** A brand-new account that uploads its own product and drops links everywhere stands out in a bad way. Fill in your avatar and bio, look around for a couple of days, like a few other people's work. - **The work has to actually look good.** No blurry or crooked screenshots. Spend two hours on one clean hero shot — it beats ten lazy grabs. - **Write like a person, not an ad.** Say what it is, how you made it, what tools you used. Skip "revolutionary AI-powered all-in-one solution." - **Don't dump everything at once.** Post one or two good pieces at a time, not twenty screenshots in one go. - **Put the link where it belongs.** The profile URL field, and once inside the work description, naturally. Don't stuff URLs into titles and tags. ## What a submission looks like Details differ by site, but the shape is the same: 1. **Sign up and fill the profile fully.** Avatar, bio, and most of all the URL field — on a lot of these sites, that's where the dofollow lives. 2. **Get your assets ready.** One hero image (clear and bright), two or three supporting shots, a plain-English description, a few accurate tags. 3. **Submit the work or the URL.** Galleries (Land-book, Curated) take your site URL for curation. Work sites (ArtStation, 500px, Behance) take an image upload with your URL in the description. 4. **Wait for review.** Curated sites can take a few days to a couple of weeks — a human picks. Work sites usually go live right away. 5. **Don't abandon it after it's in.** Reply to comments, reshare when you can. Work with some interaction ranks higher and gets referenced more. ## Common mistakes - **Only chasing the highest DR.** Behance and Flickr have high DR, but Behance is nofollow. Do only those two and you barely picked up any link weight. - **Blasting the same images everywhere.** Each site has a different crowd. ArtStation leans visual, Designer News leans opinion. Match the content a little. - **New account, heavy posting.** Uploading link-heavy work the moment you sign up is the fastest way to get flagged as spam. Warm the account up for a couple of days. - **Writing the description like an ad.** Design communities hate hard sells. The more it reads like an ad, the more it gets ignored — and reported. - **Submitting and walking away.** Work with no interaction sinks. A few minutes replying and liking pays off a lot. ## Design sites vs traditional directories Why does this guide keep saying "don't just do directories"? Put the two side by side: | | Design / Portfolio sites | Traditional directories (G2, generic directory) | | --- | --- | --- | | Competition | Almost no one submits | Packed, everyone does it | | Approval | Decent work gets in | Form listing, but very samey | | Link type | Mid-tier is mostly dofollow | A lot are nofollow | | Domain age / authority | Usually old, high DR | All over the place | | Audience | Designers, makers, early adopters | Buyers looking for software, or dead traffic | | Where AI is taking it | Human-curated, holds value | Flooded by AI, losing weight | | Assets needed | Visuals you already have | Product info plus a description | This isn't "don't do directories." It's that everyone only does directories, so the extra gain there is small now. The design side is nearly empty. Getting in now is the move. ## FAQ **My product isn't a design tool. Can I still submit to design sites?** Yes. What you submit is your product's visuals — landing page, UI, brand images. Every product has those. **Behance and Dribbble are nofollow. Why bother?** Two reasons: real designer visitors, and the chance of getting reshared. Brand and reach are sometimes worth more than one link. And they're indexed by Google, which helps indirectly. **Will I get rejected for "not being real design work"?** On curated sites, maybe. So pick the right site: landing pages go to galleries (Land-book, Curated), visual screenshots go to work sites (ArtStation, 500px). Put it in the right place and you're fine. **Are these links safe? Could they count as spam links?** Safe. These are old, real, human-run platforms, not link farms. They're the kind of source that makes your link profile cleaner, not worse. **How many should I do at once?** Do three or four free dofollow ones well first (ArtStation, 500px, Curated, Crevado). That beats rushing twenty. ## Other platforms to run in the same window Once the design sites are done, pair them with these for a more varied round of links: - **[Designer News](/sites/designernews-co):** Post something with an opinion and bring the product along. - **[Land-book](/sites/land-book-com):** If your landing page looks good enough, submit it — a curated spot carries real weight. - To go through everything, open the [Design / Portfolio category](/c/design) and work down the list. - Don't drop [the directory category](/c/directory) either — still do directories, just don't only do directories. Run design sites and directories together, so your links come from a mix of places and read like a real brand. This corner is empty right now. Whoever moves first gets the edge. ## 中文 > **TL;DR：** 2026 做外链，别再只盯 G2、Product Hunt 和一堆目录站了——那儿早挤爆了。真正没人抢的是 Design / Portfolio 类画廊：ArtStation、500px 这种 DR 88 的老站，免费收录，还给 dofollow。你手上的落地页、OG 图、产品截图本来就是能提交的素材，不用另做东西。大牌 Behance 是 nofollow、Dribbble 看设置，那俩图的是导流和牌子；真正的外链权重在中腰部那几个免费 dofollow 的站。这篇讲清：该提交哪些、怎么摆不被当 spam、以及为什么它比目录站值。 ## 结论先放这：2026 为什么要盯这类站 先把话说白。这类站值得做，不是因为流量大——大部分设计画廊的转化流量并不多。值得做是因为**别人都没在做**，而它们的域名又老又硬。 几个实在的理由： - **没人抢。** 独立开发者一上线，条件反射就是去挤 G2、Capterra、Product Hunt、还有几百个长得一样的目录。几乎没人想到把产品挂进设计画廊。竞争小，过审就容易，你也更显眼。 - **DR 高，链接还免费。** [ArtStation](/sites/artstation-com) 和 [500px](/sites/500px-com) 都是 DR 88，免费收录，给的是 dofollow。一条 DR 88 的 dofollow，比你在二十个 DR 30 目录里的 nofollow 加起来还值。 - **素材你早就有。** 2026 每个 SaaS、每个 AI 工具都有落地页、有 OG 图、有一套 UI 截图。这些本身就是设计作品。换个场子提交，不是造假。 - **受众是对的人。** 逛这些画廊的是设计师和 maker，正好是爱试新东西的早期用户。比目录站那种死流量强。 - **外链画像更像真牌子。** Google 现在更认“真实品牌”：你的链接来源杂一点（设计站、媒体、目录混着来），比五百条一模一样的目录收录更可信。 - **AI 洪水里它反而保值。** 文字目录被 AI 灌水灌垮了，信任和流量都在掉。人工审、靠眼睛挑的设计画廊没这个问题，链接的分量也就守住了。 ## 这类站到底能给你什么 别一上来就都当外链站。它们给的东西不一样，先分清： | 站点 | DR | 链接类型 | 你图它什么 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Flickr](/sites/flickr-com) | 95 | dofollow | 老域名 + 图片长期收录 | | [Behance](/sites/behance-net) | 94 | **nofollow** | 牌子 + 导流，不算权重 | | [Dribbble](/sites/dribbble-com) | 93 | 看设置 | 设计圈曝光 + 招人向流量 | | [ArtStation](/sites/artstation-com) | 88 | **dofollow** | 主力外链 | | [500px](/sites/500px-com) | 88 | **dofollow** | 主力外链 | | [Designer News](/sites/designernews-co) | 73 | **dofollow** | 设计师版 HN，能顶上首页 | | [Curated.design](/sites/curated-design) | 52 | **dofollow** | 落地页画廊，人工策展 | | [Crevado](/sites/crevado-com) | 50 | **dofollow** | 作品集主页 + 外链 | 看这张表，重点很清楚：**大牌未必给你外链权重。** Behance 是 nofollow，Dribbble 给不给 dofollow 看它当时的设置。这俩别当外链主力，当曝光和导流去做。真正把权重稳稳给你的，是 ArtStation、500px 这些中腰部——DR 不算最高，但免费、dofollow、老域名，三样都占。 ## 你手上早就有能提交的素材 很多人卡在“我又不是设计师，拿什么提交”。其实你早就有了，只是没想到能这么用： - **落地页 → 落地页画廊。** [Land-book](/sites/land-book-com)、[Curated.design](/sites/curated-design)、[Webdesign Inspiration](/sites/webdesign-inspiration-com) 收的就是好看的落地页。你产品的首页本身就是投稿素材。 - **品牌 kit / OG 图 → Behance、Dribbble 的 case study。** 把你做 logo、配色、OG 图的过程整理成一个小 case study 发上去。设计圈就吃这套。 - **产品 UI 截图 → 500px、ArtStation、Flickr。** 一组干净的界面截图、一张主视觉，配好标题和标签，就能提交。 - **信息图 / 数据可视化 → Dribbble、Behance。** 你博客里那张数据图，单独拎出来也是一份作品。 关键是**换个角度看现成的东西**，而不是为了提交去另做一堆。做出来的就那些，分别喂给不同的场子。 ## 值得先打的几个站 按“先做哪个”排，不按 DR 排。 ### 免费还给 dofollow 的，先做这些 - **[ArtStation](/sites/artstation-com)（DR 88）**：本来是给 3D、游戏、概念美术的，但产品主视觉、UI 展示一样能发。免费，dofollow，注册完填好 profile 直接传作品。 - **[500px](/sites/500px-com)（DR 88）**：摄影为主，但产品的品牌视觉、高质量截图也收。profile 页给 dofollow，把网址填进去。 - **[Designer News](/sites/designernews-co)（DR 73）**：设计师版 Hacker News。发链接靠点赞评论顶上首页。别发纯广告，发个有用的工具或者复盘，自然带上自己。 - **[Curated.design](/sites/curated-design)（DR 52）** 和 **[Webdesign Inspiration](/sites/webdesign-inspiration-com)（DR 45）**：两个落地页 / 网页设计画廊，人工策展，页面好看才收。把你产品官网提交上去。 - **[Crevado](/sites/crevado-com)（DR 50）**：能直接建一个作品集主页，主页里放你的网址，拿一条 dofollow。 ### 牌子大但链接打折的，当曝光做 - **[Behance](/sites/behance-net)（DR 94，nofollow）**：Adobe 家的，设计圈门面。链接是 nofollow，但一个做得好的 case study 能带来真实的设计师访客，还能被别人引用转发。 - **[Dribbble](/sites/dribbble-com)（DR 93）**：设计招聘和曝光的主场。传几张 shot，profile 里挂网址。给不给 dofollow 看设置，但这里的圈子价值不在那条链接。 - **[Flickr](/sites/flickr-com)（DR 95）**：老牌图片站，DR 极高，图片和 profile 长期被收录。传一组产品视觉，资料里带上网址。 ## 提交时怎么不被当成 spam 这是最容易翻车的地方。**这些是设计社区，不是目录。** 目录你填个表就完事，这里有一群人在看、在审。摆得不对，轻则被拒，重则被踩。 几条实在的规矩： - **先像个正常用户。** 新账号一上来就传自己产品、挂满链接，很扎眼。先填好头像和简介，逛两天，给别人的作品点几个赞。 - **作品要真的能看。** 截图别糊、别歪。主视觉花两小时做干净，比传十张随手截的强。 - **描述写人话，不写广告。** 说这是什么、怎么做的、用了什么工具。别写“革命性 AI 驱动的一站式解决方案”这种。 - **一个站一次别传太多。** 一次传一两个精选，别把二十张截图一股脑倒进去。 - **链接放在该放的地方。** profile 的网址栏、作品说明里自然带一次。别在标题、标签里硬塞网址。 ## 一次提交大概怎么走 不同站细节不一样，但套路差不多： 1. **注册，把 profile 填全。** 头像、简介，最重要的是网址栏——很多站的 dofollow 就在这。 2. **准备好素材。** 主图一张（尽量清晰、亮），配图两三张，一段说人话的描述，几个准确的标签。 3. **提交作品或网址。** 画廊类（Land-book、Curated）是提交你的网站 URL 等策展；作品类（ArtStation、500px、Behance）是上传图 + 在说明里带网址。 4. **等审。** 策展站可能等几天到一两周，人工挑。作品站一般即时上线。 5. **收进去之后别扔着。** 有评论就回，能转发就转发。作品有互动，排得靠前，也更容易被别人引用。 ## 常见翻车点 - **只盯 DR 最高的做。** Behance、Flickr DR 是高，但 Behance 是 nofollow。只做这俩，外链权重没吃到多少。 - **同一套图无差别乱投。** 每个站受众不一样。ArtStation 偏视觉、Designer News 偏观点，内容得稍微对下口味。 - **新号猛发。** 刚注册就狂传带链接的作品，最容易被判 spam。养两天再发。 - **描述当广告写。** 设计社区最烦硬广。越像广告越没人理，还容易被举报。 - **提交完就不管。** 没互动的作品会沉底。花几分钟回评论、点赞，回报差很多。 ## Design 站 vs 传统目录站 为什么这篇一直在说“别只做目录”？把两边摆一起就清楚了： | 对比项 | Design / Portfolio 站 | 传统目录站（如 G2、一般 directory） | | --- | --- | --- | | 竞争程度 | 几乎没人提交 | 挤爆，人人都在做 | | 过审难度 | 作品过得去就行 | 表单收录，但同质化严重 | | 链接类型 | 中腰部多为 dofollow | 很多是 nofollow | | 域名年龄 / 权威 | 普遍很老、DR 高 | 参差不齐 | | 受众 | 设计师、maker，爱试新品 | 找软件的买家 or 死流量 | | AI 时代走向 | 人工策展，保值 | 被 AI 灌水，掉权重 | | 需要的素材 | 你已有的视觉资产 | 产品信息 + 描述 | 不是说目录站不做。是说大家都只做目录，边际收益早就低了。设计站这块几乎是空的，现在进正是时候。 ## 常见问题 **我的产品不是设计工具，也能提交设计站吗？** 能。提交的是你产品的视觉——落地页、UI、品牌图。任何产品都有这些。 **Behance、Dribbble 是 nofollow，那还做它干嘛？** 图两样：真实的设计师访客，和被别人引用转发的机会。牌子和曝光有时候比一条链接值钱。而且它们被 Google 收录，间接也有用。 **会不会因为“不是纯设计作品”被拒？** 策展站有可能。所以挑对站：落地页发画廊（Land-book、Curated），视觉截图发作品站（ArtStation、500px）。摆对地方就没事。 **这些链接安全吗，会不会被算作垃圾外链？** 安全。这些都是老牌、真实、人工在运营的平台，不是链接农场。它们反而是让外链画像更干净的那种来源。 **一次要做几个？** 先挑三四个免费 dofollow 的做扎实（ArtStation、500px、Curated、Crevado），比一口气糊二十个强。 ## 同期可以一起打的其他平台 设计站这批做完，顺手配上这些，凑成一轮杂一点的外链： - **[Designer News](/sites/designernews-co)**：发一篇有观点的帖子，顺带产品。 - **[Land-book](/sites/land-book-com)**：落地页够好看就投，策展位含金量高。 - 想系统性铺开，直接看 [设计 / 作品集分类](/c/design) 下的全部站点，一个个过。 - 别落下 [目录站分类](/c/directory)——目录还是要做，只是别只做目录。 把设计站和目录站搭着做，外链来源才够杂、够像真牌子。这一块现在没人抢，先下手的占便宜。