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Launch playbooks for people who ship more than once.
Everything we have learned submitting real products to dozens of directories: what to prepare, where to submit, what gets rejected, and how to do it again for the next product without redoing the work.
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How to submit your startup to directories (the complete 2026 guide)
A step-by-step process for listing a product on startup directories: what to prepare, which sites to start with, how to avoid rejections, and how to do it for every product you build.
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Startup communities, marketplaces and deal sites worth a launch
The startup communities and launch places that are not directories: subreddits, developer communities, AI tool lists, open source indexes, deal marketplaces and app stores. No form to autofill, but each one is a real audience.
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How to launch multiple products without redoing the work every time
The playbook for makers, studios and agencies shipping several products a year: one launch package per product, one submission process, every directory.
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Product launch kit: everything a directory will ask you for
The launch package checklist: every piece of copy, every image, link and bit of metadata startup directories request, with the character limits and image sizes that trip people up.
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How to launch on Product Hunt: a checklist for makers with more than one product
What to prepare before a Product Hunt launch, what the form asks for, and how to reuse the same material on the other launch sites the same week.
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Automated directory submission with an AI agent (WebMCP)
How automated directory submission works with WebMCP: expose your launch package to an in-browser AI agent so it can read your product details and fill directory submission forms while you review.
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Autofill startup directory forms with a Chrome extension
How the Launch to Win Chrome extension fills any directory submission form from your package, including logo and screenshot uploads, and what to do when a form is not mapped yet.
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Directory submission services vs doing it yourself: what $29 to $99 actually buys
What startup directory submission services really do, where the done-for-you model breaks (accounts, copy, badges, Product Hunt), when paying still makes sense, and how to get the same listings yourself in an afternoon.
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How to get backlinks for a new website: a directory-first plan for the first 30 days
How to get the first backlinks to a brand-new startup site: which directories link within days, which give dofollow links or want a badge in return, what those links actually do for SEO, and a week-by-week plan.
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SaaS product launch checklist: the 30 days before and after launch
A dated checklist for launching a SaaS product: what to have ready a month out, the week before, on launch day and in the month after, with directory queues and community posts sequenced so nothing waits.
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How to get your first users: 100 of them, without an audience
The channels that produce a first hundred users when nobody follows you yet: evergreen directories, Show HN, launch boards, communities and direct outreach, ranked by effort and return, with a four-week plan.
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AI tool directories: where to submit your AI tool and what each one costs
The AI tool directories that still send traffic, which are free and which want a badge or a fee, what their forms ask for that other directories do not, and how to write a listing that shows up in task-based searches.
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Directory backlinks: do they help SEO, and which startup directories are worth a link
What a directory backlink does for a new site and what it cannot do, the five kinds of directory link, dofollow versus nofollow versus badge-for-link, how to judge a directory, and how many you need before the returns stop.
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What is micro-SaaS? Definition, examples, and how a small product gets found
What makes a SaaS product "micro", the examples people point to and what they have in common, where the ideas come from, the economics, and the distribution routine that gets a small product found without a budget or an audience.
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