A maintained list of 1,432 directories, launch platforms, registries and marketplaces that accept product submissions. 1,134 of them are free or have a free tier, and 192 are quick wins — free, low effort, and worth doing first. Every row shows cost, effort and priority, and links straight to the submission page.
Launch a human-reviewed Privacy & Accessibility Field Notes newsletter with original experiments, implementation lessons, and contextually relevant links to your tool resources.
Curate a thoughtful public channel on local-first privacy, scam safety, or accessible-tool design, adding your tool only among diverse high-quality resources with original annotations.
Publish original sanitized essays on privacy engineering, safe document processing, or accessible product design, using your tool only as a relevant implementation example.
Start your small human-written lab notebook with original build lessons, accessibility fixes, and privacy experiments, linking to tools only when they support the post.
Launch a public-interest digital-safety community and publish substantial methods, reports, and tutorials with contextual your tool references.
Publish your original research, privacy or accessibility deck with useful citations and contextual links.
If the maker qualifies as a mentor, build a credible technical profile and publish a useful privacy or browser-safety tutorial.
Publish your original privacy or accessibility guide and add contextual clickable links within the document.
Convert your original guide into a public flipbook and add contextual links or web embeds for cited tools and resources.
Curate a public online-privacy topic page and add expert notes to a diverse mix of industry sources and your tool guides.
Upload a useful original presentation on privacy, accessibility, or tool workflows with your natural reference.
Publish an original, useful privacy or digital-safety guide and mention your resource only when it directly supports the guidance.
Upload your original useful guide, complete its metadata and include relevant citations or resource links.
Run your genuine privacy/security publication and add contextual links in original posts and About pages.
Upload an unpublished evaluation study or research poster about your privacy or accessibility method with supporting code and data.
Create a genuine audio profile, add the website link and publish useful demo or education tracks.
Publish an original tool/privacy show and place contextual your tool links in HTTPS show notes.
Behind the list
Every row here starts as a line in a sheet, gets normalised into one of 15 groups, scored for cost, effort and impact, and written up with the steps to actually submit. The floor below represents that pipeline.
Open the sheet viewAn illustration of the AltF Backlinks floor: opportunities sourced at the back, vetted for cost and effort by the engineering pod, written up for outreach by the design pod, then tracked to placement along a line.
One-shot launches where timing and preparation decide the outcome.
Fast-growing listings specifically for AI-powered tools.
Extension, plugin and integration stores. Real review processes, real distribution.
Startup listings, beta lists and founder media.
General tool and software catalogues with real search traffic.
B2B review sites. Slow to approve, strong once live.
Package, image and docs hosting that carries real authority.
Showcases judged on craft. A good screenshot matters more than copy.
Write once, link back. Editorial standards vary widely.
Get quoted or distribute a release. Slower, higher ceiling.
Company and local listings. Unglamorous, consistently indexed.
Owned pages you control: company, founder, knowledge-panel entities.
Answer real questions. Never drop a bare link.
Brand surface and referral traffic more than link equity.
Everything that does not fit the buckets above.