Launching a SaaS Startup: Where to List Your Project at the Start, and Why It Matters Even If You Don't Have Any Sales Yet
When you’re just launching your SaaS, your first thought is to promote yourself everywhere you possibly can. It seems like all you have to do is list your product in a dozen or so directories, and a flood of early adopters credit cards in hand will pour onto your site. The reality is much more prosaic: most of these platforms won’t bring you instant popularity, an avalanche of leads, or even significant traffic. It’s pointless to expect direct sales from them the people there are fellow developers, not your end customers
Nevertheless, skipping this step is a big mistake. The main value of submitting to directories in the early stages lies not in lead generation, but in laying the SEO foundation. By registering your product on authoritative resources, you get high-quality backlinks with high Domain Authority for free. For Google’s search bots, this is a clear signal: the project exists, it’s legitimate, and it deserves a higher ranking. Start your promotion with this foundation it’s the simplest and most reliable way to speed up the indexing of a new domain and begin building its link equity
Below is a working list of directories and platforms that are a good place to start.
I'm not sure if the site rules allow posting direct links here, so I'm listing them without the domain extensions. This is part one:
saashub
10words
microlaunch
uneed
alternativeto
pitchwall
startupbase
betalist
devhunt
launchpedia
theresanaiforthat
peerpush
showmebest
toolfame
twelve . tools
