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.
Ship your real iOS or macOS app and add the product, support and privacy URLs in App Store Connect.
Publish your genuine Android app and use the website, support and privacy-policy fields for official links.
Create the product in PitchGround's vendor dashboard and prepare a tested redemption, onboarding, documentation, and support flow.
Create a genuine founder expert profile with your tool website, topics, bio, and real media appearances so relevant hosts can invite you.
Build a Homey app only if your tool adds a genuine IoT privacy or local-device workflow; package, test, validate, and submit it for certification.
Build your useful iOS or macOS app and submit complete support, privacy, accessibility and marketing metadata through App Store Connect.
Build a production Contentful app for your tool privacy or content checks and apply through the Marketplace submission flow.
Submit the production PWA URL only after its manifest, service worker, installability, icons, and offline flow pass validation.
Publish your genuine Android app with accurate support/privacy URLs, data-safety declarations, assets and compatible binary.
Build a truthful founder or your tool show profile, link relevant credentials, and book privacy, security or accessibility interviews.
Onboard only when your tool is a mature, live and independently valuable service for the European research community, under a legal or hosting entity.
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.