I recently shared this on another reddit and it got 500 upvotes — so I thought I’d share it here as well, hoping it helps more people. Every time I launch a new product, I go through the same annoying routine: Googling “SaaS directories,” digging up 5-year-old blog posts, and piecing together a messy spreadsheet of where to submit. It’s like searching for a needle in a haystack — frustrating and time-consuming.
For those who don’t know — launch directories are websites where new products and startups get listed and showcased to an audience actively looking for new tools and solutions. They’re like curated marketplaces or hubs for discovery, not just random link dumps.
It’s annoying to find a good list, so I finally sat down and built a proper list of launch directories — sites like Product Hunt, BetaList, StartupBase, etc. Ended up with 61 legit ones.
I also added a way to sort them by DR (Domain Rating) — basically a metric (from tools like Ahrefs) that estimates how strong a website’s backlink profile is. Higher DR usually means the site has more authority and might pass more SEO value or get more organic traffic.
I turned it into a simple site: launchdirectories.com
No fluff, no course, no upsell — just the list I wish I had every time I launch something.