Where to Submit After Product Hunt
Product Hunt is one day. Your launch is 90 days. Here is the exact wave-by-wave plan to ride the momentum into compounding backlinks and a steady stream of buyers.
The Mistake Most Founders Make
They spend three weeks preparing a Product Hunt launch, hit (or miss) top 5, and then... nothing. The momentum dies on day two. The traffic chart goes flat. They wonder why their "successful" launch did not move customers.
The fix is to treat Product Hunt as Wave 1 of a five-wave plan. Each wave hits a different audience, on a different time scale, with a different ROI profile. Done together they keep your traffic, sign-ups, and Domain Rating climbing for the entire quarter.
Below is the wave-by-wave breakdown, the same one we run for our customers, ordered by what to do first.
Wave 1: Ride the Launch Momentum
Capture every traffic spike from your Product Hunt page while it is still trending. Submit only to platforms that surface launches in real-time.
| Where | DR | Type | Why now |
|---|---|---|---|
| BetaList | 79 | Launch platform | Curated, indie-founder audience. Submit your product the same day as Product Hunt for a different audience and a different traffic spike. |
| Indie Hackers Products | 79 | Community | Add your product to the IH Products section and post a launch milestone. Founders cross-discover here daily. |
| Hacker News Show HN | 90 | Community | Only if your product is technical or genuinely novel. One post, with title format "Show HN: ProductName – one-line value prop". |
| Reddit (relevant subs) | 91 | Community | r/SaaS, r/SideProject, r/Entrepreneur, plus the niche subreddit your buyer reads. Follow each sub's self-promotion rules. |
| Launching Next | 49 | Launch platform | Free listing, fast approval, indexes well. Lightweight version of BetaList. |
Wave 2: Lock in the High-DR Backlinks
While the launch buzz is still fresh on your site (testimonials, badges, traffic), submit to high-Domain-Rating directories that pass real SEO authority.
| Where | DR | Type | Why now |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlternativeTo | 85 | Comparison directory | Massive long-tail SEO traffic from "X alternatives" searches. Best paired with naming 5–10 alternatives in your listing. |
| SaaSHub | 70 | SaaS directory | Strong SaaS-specific authority and decent traffic. DoFollow if you submit a clean profile with screenshots. |
| StackShare | 83 | Tech stack directory | For developer tools and B2B SaaS. List the tools your product integrates with for cross-discovery. |
| Slant | 75 | Comparison directory | Question-based SEO ("best tool for X"). Add your product to 3–5 relevant questions. |
| G2 (free profile) | 92 | Review site | Claim a free profile on launch week. Even without reviews yet, the profile starts indexing in 30–60 days. |
| Capterra (free profile) | 92 | Review site | Same as G2. Claim now, fill in details, and start collecting reviews. The DR 92 backlink is worth the form filling. |
| GetApp | 83 | Review site | Sister site to Capterra (same Gartner network). Profile carries over once Capterra is live. |
Wave 3: Niche & Vertical Directories
Most of your buyers are not on Product Hunt. They are on the directory specific to their industry. Hit these next.
| Where | DR | Type | Why now |
|---|---|---|---|
| There's An AI For That | 76 | AI directory | If your SaaS has any AI feature, this is mandatory. Massive traffic from "AI for X" searches. |
| Toolify | 64 | AI directory | AI-specific directory with strong long-tail rankings. Free and fast approval. |
| Futurepedia | 76 | AI directory | High-DR AI directory. Editorial review, so submit a polished listing with clear use cases. |
| AppSumo (Marketplace) | 77 | Deal marketplace | Only if you can offer a lifetime deal. Massive traffic burst plus permanent listing. |
| Niche subreddit / Slack / Discord | N/A | Community | Wherever your buyers actually hang out. One thoughtful post beats 10 generic submissions. |
| Industry-specific directories | 40–80 | Vertical | Marketing tools? Search "best [industry] tools directory". Most niches have 5–15 vertical directories with high buyer intent. |
Wave 4: Long-Tail SEO Directories
These directories rarely send referral traffic, but they pass cumulative DR and rank you for hundreds of long-tail queries.
| Where | DR | Type | Why now |
|---|---|---|---|
| High-DR general directories | 60–90 | General | Crunchbase, F6S, Tracxn, and AngelList are long-form profiles that compound SEO. |
| Free dofollow directories | 40–70 | Backlink | Submit to 50–80 vetted free dofollow directories. Each one is small DR, but the cumulative effect moves Domain Rating noticeably. |
| Country / region directories | 40–80 | Regional | If you have a specific region, country-level directories give you local search authority Google's algorithm specifically rewards. |
| Open-source / GitHub awesome lists | 90+ | Curated list | Submit a PR to relevant awesome-* repos. DR 90+ backlink, free, permanent, and hard to beat for ROI. |
Wave 5: Maintenance & Re-engagement
Directory listings decay. Set a quarterly cadence to keep them fresh and to re-submit anything rejected the first time.
| Where | DR | Type | Why now |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterly listing audit | N/A | Maintenance | Check that listings are still live, screenshots match the current UI, and pricing is current. |
| re-Submit rejections | N/A | Maintenance | Wait 14–30 days, fix the underlying issue, and re-submit with a short note explaining what changed. |
| Update on big releases | N/A | Maintenance | Major feature launch? Update your top 20 directory listings (description, screenshots) within a week. |
| Collect and update reviews | N/A | Maintenance | On G2/Capterra/GetApp, set a quarterly goal to collect 3–5 new reviews. Listings without recent reviews drop in their internal rankings. |
Pick Directories from Our 700+ Database
Filter by Domain Rating, link type, niche, and pricing. Sort top-DR descending and start at the top.
| # | Name | DR | Type | Pricing | Link Type | URL | Submit URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Trustpilot | 94.0 | Review Platform | Free | Nofollow | Visit | Submit |
| 2. | SourceForge | 92.0 | Software Directory | Free | Nofollow | Visit | Submit |
| 3. | Clutch | 91.0 | General Directory | Free | Nofollow | Visit | Submit |
| 4. | Hacker News | 91.0 | General Directory | Free | Nofollow | Visit | Submit |
| 5. | Product Hunt | 91.0 | Launchpad | Free | Dofollow | Visit | Submit |
| 6. | CrunchBase | 91.0 | Startup Directory | Free | Nofollow | Visit | Submit |
| 7. | G2 | 91.0 | Review Platform | Free | Dofollow | Visit | Submit |
| 8. | AI Tools Neil Patel | 91.0 | AI Directory | Free | Dofollow | Visit | Submit |
| 9. | Indie Dev Tools | 90.0 | Startup Directory | Free | Dofollow | Visit | Submit |
| 10. | DEV Community | 90.0 | Community | Free | Dofollow | Visit | Submit |
| 11. | Telegraph | 88.0 | Others | Free | Dofollow | Visit | Submit |
| 12. | Devpost | 87.0 | Software Directory | Free | Nofollow | Visit | Submit |
| 13. | FinancesOnline.com | 87.0 | Software Directory | Free | Nofollow | Visit | Submit |
| 14. | Built In | 86.0 | General Directory | Free | Nofollow | Visit | Submit |
| 15. | YourStory | 85.0 | Startup Directory | Free | Dofollow | Visit | Submit |
| 16. | GeekWire | 85.0 | Startup Directory | Free | Nofollow | Visit | Submit |
| 17. | TrustRadius | 84.0 | Review Platform | Free | Nofollow | Visit | Submit |
| 18. | HackMD | 83.0 | Others | Free | Dofollow | Visit | Submit |
| 19. | AppSumo | 83.0 | Software Directory | Free | Dofollow | Visit | Submit |
| 20. | Startup Fame | 83.0 | Startup Directory | Conditional Free | Dofollow | Visit | Submit |
Tools to Plan and Execute Each Wave
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