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Guides for people shipping things.
Where to submit, what a listing is actually worth, and how a product gets found by an assistant. Written by the people who run a directory, and honest about what one is worst at.
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Indie Builder Launch Playbook: PH, Directories & 30 Days AfterPrep, launch window, and day +7: one lasting listing live.All guides
- How AI assistants find your productAssistants cite what they can read: clear pages, an llms.txt, and directories they can query. Not another AI tools list. What to do, in order.
- How to launch a SaaS productThe launch sequence for a web product you charge for: pricing, the first paying customers, launch week and the channels that keep working afterwards.
- How to launch an appWhat to do in the six weeks around shipping a mobile app, in order: store listing, testers, launch day, and the month that matters more.
- How to tell a do-follow directory from a badge tollMany free directories gate the do-follow link behind a reciprocal "Listed on" badge. How to check rel in two minutes, and how an optional badge differs.
- How to Validate a Product Idea as a Solo Founder (No Network Required)Solo founders: validate a product idea with search demand, Reddit and review gaps, then willingness-to-pay, before you build. Free tools, no warm intros.
- Marketing for appsWhat actually gets an independent app used after launch week: store search, retention, the communities where your users already are, and what to ignore.
- Product Hunt alternatives: spike vs lasting listings (2026)Compare Product Hunt alternatives by spike vs lasting page, cost, dofollow, and badge tolls. Free lasting listing tips for indie builders.
- What an indie builders directory isA builders directory maps who is shipping AI, SaaS and dev tools by country, category and funding stage, not what launched today or the best 500 AI apps.
- Where to submit your startupWhere to submit your startup, what each place is actually worth, and how to tell a free do-follow listing from one that wants a badge on your site first.
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What a listing is, how a machine reads it, and the form that takes a minute.
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